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First Impressions Of Yucatan

In The American Egypt

Read by Jon Smith


Channing Arnold


Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote "the first book ever written by Englishmen…

14 - Chapter 3B

In John Quincy Adams

Read by Jon Smith


John T. Morse


This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. …

Why the Danger Sign was Up

In The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise

Read by Jon Kerfoot


Victor G. Durham


Captain Jack Benson and Hal Hastings have been sailing in torpedo submarines a while now. But, there is new danger that they will have to g…

22 - Judgment and Reasoning

In Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young

Read by Jon Ingram


Jacob Abbott


Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the rig…

10 - Interest and Discipline

In Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

Read by Jon Miller


John Dewey


An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the d…

67alt - A Sermon to Leopold (alternate reading)

In Thomas Wingfold, Curate

Read by Jon Smith


George MacDonald


Republished in modern times as "The Curate's Awakening". A young man (Thomas Wingfold) "enters the church" through no re…

Chapter Eleven: Laws the Cause of Slavery

In The Slavery of Our Times

Read by Jon Saunders


Leo Tolstoy (Aylmer Maude, Translator) and Leo Tolstoy


This little book shows, in a short, clear, and systematic manner, how the principle of Non-Resistance, about which Tolstoy has written so mu…

14 - Book 13, Chapters 1 - 5:Unguents: at what period they were first introduce…

In The Natural History Volume 3

Read by Jon Ingram


Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

Cromwell 1599-1658

In Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages Volume 2

Read by Jon Smith


George Hodges


In this second volume, Hodges uses stories of the lives of fourteen well-known saints and heroes of the faith to continue the history of the…

William McKinley

In Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable

Read by Jon Smith


Jean S. Remy


Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a halting account in presidential history - quite literally! From Washington to Jac…

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