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The Friendly Road, New Adventures in Contentment

Read by Sue Anderson


Ray Stannard Baker


My grandmother Gertrude received a copy of The Friendly Road for Christmas in 1919. It must have been a special gift book--green leather bin…

The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances

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John Charles Van Dyke


The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "…

Dallam's Travels with an Organ to the Grand Signieur, 1599-1600

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Thomas Dallam


Queen Elizabeth the First of England, the Grand Turk at Constantinople, and an organ builder named Thomas Dallam—quite a trio. In 1599, E…

Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the An…

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Francis Bond Head


“Galloped on with no stopping, but merely to change horses until five o’clock in the evening—very tired indeed, but . . . saw fresh horses i…

Travels to Oaxaca

Read by Sue Anderson


Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry De Menonville and Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville


Botanical Piracy! A French botanist plots to steal red dye cochineal insects from Spanish Mexico and transplant them and their cacti hosts …

An American in the Making, the Life Story of an Immigrant

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Marcus Eli Ravage


“The sweat-shop was for me the cradle of liberty. . . It was my first university.” Attending lectures and the New York theatre at night; by …

The Soul of an Immigrant

Read by Sue Anderson


Constantine Panunzio


Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) begins his autobiography by describing his childhood in Molfetta, Italy. At age 13, he left home as a sailo…

Spiders

Read by Sue Anderson


Cecil Warburton


The mental capacity of spiders; web architecture; spiders that live under water, even though they need air to breath; spiders that mimic ant…

My Days and Dreams

Read by Sue Anderson


Edward Carpenter


Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against est…

Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Ve…

Read by Sue Anderson


William Beebe and Blair Niles


In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

Migration of Birds

Read by Sue Anderson


U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service and U. S. Fish And Wildlife Service


Snow Geese which left James Bay, Canada, arrived at the Louisiana Gulf coast "60 hours later after a continuous flight of over 1,700 mi…

Towards Democracy

Read by Sue Anderson


Edward Carpenter


“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …

The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920

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Constantine Panunzio


"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…

Euthyphro

Read by Andrew Miller


Plato


Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the …

Letters of Pliny

Read by Andrew Coleman


Pliny The Younger


The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and…

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3)

Read by Andrew Kennedy


Booker T. Washington


Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave…

The Invisible Man (Version 3)

Read by Andrew Gaunce


H. G. Wells


A mysterious, bandaged stranger arrives in the small English village of Iping - and chaos follows close behind. H.G. Wells' classic story of…

Recruit for Andromeda

Read by Andrew Huguelet


Stephen Marlowe


No one comes back from the Nowhere Journey, whatever they say about some “rotation.” When Kit Temple's drafted, he figures he's leaving his …

Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories

Read by Andrew Gaunce


Ralph Adams Cram


A collection of six ghostly tales by Ralph Adams Cram, ranging from the demonic to the deeply sad. Gruesome apparitions, oppressive atmosphe…

White Trash Land

Read by Andrew Beatty


Andrew Beatty


Chuck Mitchell thought he had everything –a high powered job, a beautiful girlfriend, an exclusive condo on the Toronto waterfront, but the …

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