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Education

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George Herbert Betts - Mind And Its Education

«We are to study the mind and its education; but how? It is easy to understand how we may investigate the great world of material things about us; for we can see it, touch it, weigh it, or measure it. But how are we...

Mike Justice and 11 more 10 hours 23 minutes

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Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

Biography & Autobiography

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John Gilmary Shea - Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

«It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette's map and voyage have indeed appeared, but the narrative varies in no small...

laurencetrask and 8 more 11 hours 59 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Nikola Tesla - My Inventions and Other Works

Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these works is a six part series titled My Inventions , which is an autobiographical...

Kane Mercer and 6 more 5 hours 44 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 06

National Geographic Magazine Volume 6, articles published from January, 1894, to May, 1895. Geographic Progress of Civilization — Annual Address by the President Honorable Gardiner G. Hubbard Shawangunk Mountain,...

MaryAnn and 8 more 12 hours 1 minute National Geographic Magazines

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Animals & Nature

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William J. Long - Wood Folk at School

The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without this element his pioneer work in the realm of nature would now be familiar only...

Kangaroo and 6 more 4 hours 37 minutes Wood Folk Series

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Sermons on Several Occasions, Third-Fifth Series

Literary Collections

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John Wesley - Sermons on Several Occasions, Third-Fifth Series

John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. «The following Sermons contain the substance of what I have been preaching for between eight and nine years last...

MaryAnn and 13 more 13 hours 13 minutes

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Chemistry

Thomas Thomson - History of Chemistry

Origin and progress of chemistry, from its beginnings in alchemy into the early 19th century including history and characters of important contributors to the science. (Summary by Sienna)

Sienna and 16 more 24 hours 27 minutes

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Family Life

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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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Animals

William J. Long - Wilderness Ways

Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us into the secret worlds of woodland animals in this, his second, fascinating book. Long's stories of the secret lives of woodland animals come from time he...

Kangaroo and 4 more 3 hours 43 minutes Wood Folk Series

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Crafts & Hobbies

Frederic Maccabe - Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions

This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general introduction of ventriloquism, it explains how sounds are formed in the human body and how the voice is used. It then...

tazzle and 4 more 2 hours 17 minutes

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Poetry

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Ewart Alan Mackintosh - In Memoriam

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of In Memoriam by Ewart Alan Mackintosh. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 7th, 2010. This week's poem has been chosen for this time of remembrance....

Andrea Boltz and 17 more 37 minutes

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Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor

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Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard - Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor

John Jacob Astor was pre-eminently the opener of new paths, a breaker of trails. From his first tramp alone through the Black Forest of Baden, at sixteen, his life never lost this typical touch. In America, both...

Pamela Krantz and 12 more 7 hours 30 minutes

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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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