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305 books
Education
623
Maria Montessori - Spontaneous Activity in Education
Maria Montessori saw that children gained a sense of satisfaction through doing work of their own choosing, and that the role of the adult was to allow this natural ability of the child to flourish through careful...
11 hours 47 minutes
War & Military
544
James McConnell - Flying for France - With the American Escadrille at Verdun
The experiences of American James R. McConnell, while flying with the French Flying Corp at Verdun during World War One. Sgt McConnell was a member of the Layfette Escadrille also called the American Escadrille from...
2 hours 6 minutes
Poetry
513
Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow - Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems
This is a volume of poems by Mary Ann Bigelow, who turned her historical research into a poem in «the Kings and Queens of England». This volume also contains a number of her other poems, especially acrostics, many of...
1 hour 59 minutes
*Non-fiction
505
James Stonehouse - Recollections of Old Liverpool by a Nonagenarian
These reflections of a 93 year old Liverpudlian provide a unique view of life in late 19th to mid19th century Liverpool. They were transcribed as they were related by him and, as a result this narrative has the ring...
5 hours 38 minutes
Reference
666
Frank G. Carpenter - Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands
The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especially those which have become colonies or dependencies of the United States. In...
9 hours 11 minutes
