Larry Wilson

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Nature

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Robert Hooke - Micrographia

Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to the Latin of other publications of the time like Newton's 'Principia...

DrPGould and 22 more 17 hours 11 minutes

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Reference

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Asa Gray - Elements of Botany

The book is intended to ground beginners in Structural Botany and the principles of vegetable life, mainly as concerns Flowering or Phanerogamous plants, with which botanical instruction should always begin; also to...

J. M. Smallheer and 7 more 7 hours 45 minutes

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Medical

523

William Ruschenberger - Elements of Anatomy and Physiology

The Elements of Anatomy and Physiology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1852 presents an introduction to the...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 4 hours 7 minutes

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Nature

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Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 1, June 1901

«Birds and Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

tovarisch and 9 more 2 hours 28 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Essays & Short Works

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George William Curtis - From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 4 hours 21 minutes

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Poetry

428

Friedrich Schiller - Suppressed Poems

This is a collection of poems by German classical poet Friedrich Schiller. These poems have all been suppressed in the past for different reasons. Some of these reasons are evident, others less so. All of the poems...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 1 hour 3 minutes

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Poetry

476

Henry Kendall - Early Poems

This is a collection of early poetry by Australian poet Henry Kendall. The poems contained in this volume already reflect the particular style for which Kendall became famous later on: his poetry focussing on...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 2 hours 42 minutes

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Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses

Poetry

524

Andrew Barton Paterson - Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses

This is a collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. This collection contains some of Paterson's most famous poems, such as Rio Grande's Last Race, and poems featuring Saltbush Bill. — Summary by Carolin

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Poetry

483

James Weldon Johnson - Fifty years & Other Poems

This is a collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson was an early civil rights activist, and this theme is the basis for many of the poems in this collection as well. This volume also contains an...

Larry Wilson and 5 more 2 hours 11 minutes

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Poetry

460

Charles Maurice Stebbins - Christmas Eve, and other Poems

This is a collection of poems by C. Maurice Stebbins. The titular poem is a Christmas poem, but it is dark and somber in tone. The following shorter pieces are very varied, making for a beautiful little collection. —...

Larry Wilson and 5 more 46 minutes

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Literary Criticism

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H. L. Mencken - American Language

«It was part of my daily work, for a good many years, to read the principal English newspapers and reviews; it has been part of my work, all the time, to read the more important English novels, essays, poetry and...

DrPGould and 10 more 15 hours 41 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Walter De la Mare - Listeners

This year's Hollowe'en offering is an eerie tale by Walter de La Mare. ( David Lawrence )

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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