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Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

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Joseph Priestley


Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political th…

George and Robert Stephenson

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Samuel Smiles


George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

The Life of Reason volume 2

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George Santayana


The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-bo…

The Persian Hidden Words

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


Bahá'U'Lláh


Kalimát-i-Maknúnih (کلمات مکنونه) or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, t…

Von der Unerschütterlichkeit des Weisen (De Constantia Sapientis)

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Unverwundbar ist nicht Das, wogegen kein Schlag geschieht, sondern, Was nicht verletzt wird. Das ist das Kennzeichen, das ich dir für d…

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Volume 01

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United Nations


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. It defines the fundamental rights of …

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 4

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot


François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prio…

A Collection Of Stories, Reviews And Essays

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Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather


Stories and essays by Willa Cather - Summary by david wales

Helsinkiin

Read by Tuija Aalto


Juhani Aho


The miniature novel Helsinkiin by Juhani Aho was published in 1889. A psychological novel about a young man’s stepping into adult life, it a…

The Book of the National Parks

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Robert Sterling Yard


Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeto…

The Quiet Flame

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Eva K. Betz


“You will never be a leper nor will any Sister of our Order.”The amazing promise was made by Mother Marianne of Molokai, the “Quiet Flame” o…

Bible (Reina Valera) NT 07: 1 Corintios

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Reina-Valera


La ciudad de Corinto estaba en el corazón de una ruta comercial principal en el mundo antiguo. Como muchas ciudades que trabajan en e…

Afloat on the Ohio

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Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

The World's Lumber Room

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Selina Gaye


If this book were written today, it would be called "The Story of the World's Rubbish".That may not sound a promising subject for …

Human Nature and Conduct - Part 3, The Place of Intelligence In Conduct

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, saw Social Psychology as much a physical science…

The Secrets of the Italian Language 2 - I Segreti della Lingua Italiana per Stra…

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Antonio Libertino


Have YOU ever wanted to listen to real Italian, read it and understand it? How can YOU understand Italian even if YOU are an absolute beginn…

What Dress Makes of Us

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Dorothy Quigley


A wickedly funny book of advice on women's dress. However old, fat or plain you are, Dorothy Quigley will tell you what not to wear. (Summar…

The Dancing Mania

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Justus Hecker


Numerous theories have been proposed for the causes of dancing mania, and it remains unclear whether it was a real illness or a social pheno…

Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago

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Hannah Trager


Hannah Trager published Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago in 1926, so the book is a portrait of day to day life for a Jewish fami…

The Masque of Anarchy

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Percy Bysshe Shelley


The Masque of Anarchy was Shelley's response to the Peterloo massacre at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, where 18 died and hundreds were inju…

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