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The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI

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Diogenes Laertius


There are 10 divisions in this title. This project is a recording of book 6. There is a number of interesting anecdotes on the lives of Anti…

The Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

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David Brewster


“The martyrs of Science” gives a brief biography of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. These three men played a pivotal role in the scientific revol…

My Reminiscences

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Rabindranath Tagore


These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America…

5 - The Children See Benares and Go Home for a Wedding

In Our Little Hindu Cousin

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Blanche McManus and Blanche Mcmanus


This book is one of a series that aims at describing other cultures to children in an entertaining way that honors the culture, educates the…

55 - Book 4, Chapters 29 - 30

In Amadis of Gaul

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Vasco de Lobeira and Vasco De Lobeira


Amadis of Gaul (Amadís de Gaula, in Spanish) was not the first, but certainly one of the best known knight-errantry tales of the 16th…

What Men Live By, Part 1

In What Men Live By and Other Tales (Version 2)

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Leo Tolstoy


This is a collection of 4 stories by Leo Tolstoy, all dealing with the question asked in the title of the first story: What Does Man Live By…

MADRAS AND CALCUTTA, PART 1

In A Woman's Journey Round the World

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Ida Laura Pfeiffer


Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated i…

Chapter 2

In The Riddle of the Universe

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Ernst Haeckel


The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the natu…

12 - Volume 1, Chapter 12: I have no Wrong, where I can claim no Right

In Vixen

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, ar…

Chapter IV

In The Gods are Athirst

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Anatole France


The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by An…

Jack the Giant Killer

In The Fairy Book

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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik


The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Hop-O'-My-Thumb -- Cinderella; or, the little glass slipper -- Adventures of John Dietrich -- Beauty and …