Philosophy
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René Descartes - Selections from the Principles of Philosophy
The Principles of Philosophy, originally published in Latin in 1644, and translated to French in 1647, sets forth the principles of nature--the Laws of Physics--as Descartes viewed them. The book provides a systematic...
2 hours 43 minutes
Philosophy
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Yoritomo Tashi - Common Sense, How to Exercise It
One of three seminal philosophical works by the twelfth century Japanese Shogun, Yoritomo-Tashi. (From the Preface) He knows how to clothe his teachings in fable and appealing legend, and his exotic soul, so near and...
3 hours 49 minutes
Mathematics
1.7K
Charles Babbage - Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Some men write their lives to save themselves from ennui, careless of the amount they inflict on their readers. Others write their personal history, lest some kind friend should survive them, and, in showing off...
15 hours 28 minutes
Performing Arts
1.1K
P. T. Barnum - Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself
The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the «Greatest Show on Earth,» P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It details his life and business struggles up to the year 1872. Not only a showman and a...
27 hours 17 minutes
Travel & Geography
1.1K
William Caruthers - Loafing Along Death Valley Trails; A Personal Narrative Of People And Places
William Caruthers was a retired newspaperman who spent 25 years listening to stories told by the inhabitants of Death Valley. This 1951 book collects those stories; the printed version has many interesting pictures....
7 hours 35 minutes
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