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The Mirror of the Sea

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Joseph Conrad



The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays by Joseph Conrad, reflecting on his deep connection to the sea and the life…

Wild Life on the Rockies

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Enos A. Mills



"This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twent…

Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen

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Jacob Christoph Burckhardt



Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen von Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (1818 - 1897), herausgegeben von Jacob Oeri (1844-1908). 1905 veröffent…

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot



François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (October 4, 1787 -September 12, 1874) was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a do…

Omega

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Camille Flammarion



Omega: The Last Days of the World transports listeners to a thought-provoking vision of the 25th century, where humanity faces an impending …

What Is Love?

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Ernest Dowson



LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of What Is Love? by Ernest Dowson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 15, 2012.Ernest C…

Signs of Change

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William Morris



In the 1880s William Morris, the artist and poet famously associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, left the Liberal Party and threw him…

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee

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L. L. Langstroth



Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his top opened hive. In the summer of 1851 he found that, by leaving…

Domestic Cookery

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Elizabeth E. Lea



The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic aff…

The Country of the Pointed Firs

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Sarah Orne Jewett



The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achi…

Public Opinion

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Walter Lippmann



Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann offers a profound exploration of the dynamics that shape public perception and its impact on democracy. Wr…

Scott's Last Expedition

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Robert Falcon Scott



Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…

Good Sense

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Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach



Good Sense is an essential work by Baron Paul Henri Thiry D'Holbach that distills the core ideas of his earlier masterpiece, Systeme de la N…

The Prairie Traveler

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Randolph B. Marcy



Commissioned by the US War Department and written in 1859 by a decorated US Army captain, The Prairie Traveler is a complete how-to travel g…

France in the Nineteenth Century

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Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer



France in the Nineteenth Century offers a comprehensive overview of a pivotal era in French history, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth W…

Pirates of Panama

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Alexandre Exquemelin



This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaenech…

Making a Rock Garden

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Henry Sherman Adams



A short look at building a rock garden, right from the rocks themselves and how to arrange them, to choosing and placing the plants, touchin…

Three Years In Europe

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William Wells Brown



William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave--his father a white man who never acknowl…

The Petticoat Commando

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)


Johanna Brandt



In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little…

A Ballade of Suicide

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G. K. Chesterton



A Ballade of Suicide is a thought-provoking poem by G. K. Chesterton that delves into the complexities of life and death with a unique blend…

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