Nature
Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
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Edward Tyson Allen
Written by a forester, this book aims to educate people on the importance of maintaining forests and those events which pose a danger to for…
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. "…
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation (Selection)
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William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of A Selection from Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by Anon…
Lullaby
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Louisa May Alcott
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Lullaby by Louisa May Alcott. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 4th, 2009.
Nature Near Home and Other Papers
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John Burroughs
Nature Near Home is one of many books on natural history by John Burroughs. It is full of simple observations about rural scenes and charmin…
Natural Theology
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William Paley
In this early nineteenth-century classic, William Paley assesses how our understanding of nature reflects characteristics of its creator. Fi…
Animals of the Past
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Frederic Lucas
Prior to the emergence of paleontology and comparative anatomy as scientific disciplines at the end of the 18th century, it was generally kn…
The Sun's Babies
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Edith Howes
Charming stories and poems for young children about nature and the changes that occur with the seasons, weaving in life lessons throughout t…
Bashan And I
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Thomas Mann
Simple and unpretentious as a statement by Francis d’Assisi, yet full of a gentle modern sophistication and humour, this little work will br…
Historic Waterways
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Reuben Gold Thwaites
Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.This volume is the record of six hundred miles of …
A Country Calendar
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Tickner Edwardes
‘A Country Calendar’ was written in 1928 by the Reverend Tickner Edwardes, who was the vicar of Burpham, a small village tucked away in the …
Birds and Nature, Vol. XII, No 5, December 1902
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Various
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…
The Great Beach
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John Hay
Written by John Hay, a naturalist and co-founder of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, The Great Beach is an exploration into the natur…
A Rambler's Lease
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Bradford Torrey
The writer of this little book has found so much pleasure in other men's woods and fields that he has come to look upon himself as in some s…
The Children's Book of Birds
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Olive Thorne Miller
The Children's Book of Birds combines under a single cover the First and Second Books of Birds, originally published in 1899 and 1901 respec…
Trees and Tree Drawing
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Edward Charles Clifford
A short instructional book that may be of interest to nature and art lovers alike. Clifford, an artist himself, shares his tips and tricks o…
Present Day Gardening: Orchids
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James O'Brien
A meticulously written treatise on the structure, care and cultivation of orchids. This book benefits both the orchid obsessed and the amate…
The American Bee Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 1, January 5, 1881
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Various
The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…
Bee-Keeping Do’s and Dont’s
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Tickner Edwardes
Originally published by a master bee-keeper in 1925, this book ‘Bee-Keeping Do’s and Dont’s’ was written to compliment an earlier book produ…
Side-lights of Nature in Quill and Crayon
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Tickner Edwardes
In the following pages no attempt has been made to bring to light any new fact in Natural History. The papers are laid before the notice of …