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Christianity - Other

490

Saint Francis de Sales - Introduction to the Devout Life

First published in the early 17th century, it has proven its value as a daily spiritual guide and helpful reference for living an authentic Christian life. Written specifically for laymen, it began as letters from...

Phil Chenevert and 23 more 10 hours 11 minutes

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Education

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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Geology

Elements of Geology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1846 presents an introduction to geology. The information,...

Mich_elle and 8 more 10 hours 33 minutes

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Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

Christianity - Other

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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal - Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded The Congregation of the Visitation after the death of her husband. St. Francis de Sales was her Spiritual Director and a close friend....

Eduardo and 14 more 8 hours

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Christianity - Other

495

John R. MacDuff - Evening Incense

This is a small volume of Evening Prayers. Thoughts to think on in the quiet before bedtime; ideas that edify the soul, calm the mind and prepare our bodies and spirits for sleep. Each is not long, but they are...

Kymberli Welch and 8 more 2 hours 18 minutes

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Family Life

496

William Ruschenberger - Elements of Mammalogy

The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1845 presents an introduction to mammalogy. The...

laurencetrask and 9 more 5 hours 53 minutes

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St. Rose of Lima: The Flower of the New World

Biography & Autobiography

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Florence Mary Capes - St. Rose of Lima: The Flower of the New World

Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), was a Spanish colonist in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the city through her own...

Eduardo and 3 more 4 hours 21 minutes

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Education

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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...

Grace Byrne and 7 more 11 hours 47 minutes

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Gardening

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P. Agricola - New-York Gardener

A series of twelve letters from a proud father to a son who has just bought his own farm. The author instructs «my dear son» not to overlook the kitchen garden, and writes one letter for each month of the year,...

Pete Darg and 8 more 4 hours 44 minutes

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Christianity - Biographies

443

Frances Alice Forbes - Pope Pius the Tenth

Pope Saint Pius X (2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was Pope from 4 August 1903 to his death in 1914. He was the first pope since Pius V (1566 to 1572) to be canonized. St. Pius X is...

MariaS and 3 more 3 hours 44 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

482

Frances Alice Forbes - Life of Saint Monica

This book is above all things the story of a mother. But it is also the story of a noble woman—a woman who was truly great, for the reason that she never sought to be so. Because she understood the sphere in which a...

MariaS and 3 more 2 hours 7 minutes

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Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

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517

John Burroughs - Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, fishing, walking—than has John Burroughs. His books are redolent of the soil,...

Woolly Bee and 5 more 5 hours 29 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Pliny the Elder - Natural History Volume 4

Naturalis Historia (Latin for «Natural History») is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and...

Arnie Horton and 11 more 12 hours 1 minute The Natural History by Pliny

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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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