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The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

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Jane Andrews



"You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous "old woman who lived in the shoe," has so many children that she doesn't k…

The Andes and The Amazon

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James Orton



This book, with the subtitle "Across the Continent of South America" describes the scientific expedition of 1867 to the equatorial…

Enquire Within Upon Everything

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Robert Kemp Philp



Enquire Within Upon Everything was a book of how to do things in domestic life It was first published in 1856 by Houlston and Sons of Patern…

Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman

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Martha Summerhayes



"This is the lively autobiography of Martha Summerhayes, the wife of an officer in the American Army. Here, she tells many stories abou…

The Roaring Girl

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Thomas Middleton



The Roaring Girl is a rip-roaring Jacobean comedy co-written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker and first published in 1611. The play is …

Old Ireland

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Walt Whitman



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Ireland by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 1st, 2010.

Coffee Break Collection 006 - Food and Drink

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Various



This is the sixth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in leng…

The Autobiography of Mother Jones

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Mary Harris Jones



Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the I…

Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History

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Allen H. Godbey



"Mankind is constantly astonished by reports of mishaps and disasters of manifold character, when there is seldom room for astonishment…

The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse

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Arthur Scott Bailey



This volume in the series, Sleepy-Time Tales, follows the adventures of Master Meadow Mouse as he moves his home to various (safer) places, …

Old Chants

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Walt Whitman



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Chants by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 15, 2011.Walter &…

Treatise on Light

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Christiaan Huygens



Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book e…

The Secret Doctrine, Volume I. Cosmogenesis. Part II. The Evolution Of Symbolism

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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky



In this work of comparative religion, ontology and epistemology, Mme. Blavatsky presents science as a belief system of as much value as othe…

Careers of Danger and Daring

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Cleveland Moffett



In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed…

Anything Once

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Isabel Ostrander



An unlikely pair of wanderers they were; the orphan girl Lou and her travelling partner Jim Botts. Jim appeared in need of following some ap…

Best Way to Read a Book

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Edgar A. Guest



LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Best Way to Read a Book by Edgar A. Guest. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Septem…

The Higher Pantheism

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson



LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Higher Pantheism by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Septemb…

Histology of the Blood

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Paul Ehrlich



This is a textbook on the science of blood and bloodwork by (1908) Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Paul Ehrlich. Should appeal to hematologists, phl…

The Convivio

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Dante Alighieri



Convivio (The Banquet) is a work written by Dante Alighieri roughly between 1304 and 1307. This unfinished work of Dante consists of four tr…

Darwin or Design

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Jason Rennie



Darwin or Design is a collection of interviews with 25 people on both sides of the intelligent design question. There are interviews on what…

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