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The Awful German Language
Read by Kirsten Wever
Mark Twain
This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, compl…
Magna Carta
Read by Jim Mowatt
Unknown
The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version…
An Introduction to Metaphysics
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Henri Bergson
An Introduction to Metaphysics (Introduction a la Metaphysique) is a 1903 essay by Henri Bergson that explores the concept of reality. For B…
Stories of Inventors
Read by Adam Marcetich
Russell Doubleday
Doubleday chronicles the history of everyday inventions that form the foundation of technology now common through the world. While some of t…
Saint Athanasius
Read by Patty Marie
Frances Alice Forbes
A short and rather old fashioned biography a great saint. Don't expect subtlety; it's unapologetic hagiography. The saint is presented as a …
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Edward Gibbon
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…
Romulus
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Jacob Abbott
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface t…
Music Notation and Terminology
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Karl Wilson Gehrkens
Until relatively recently, music students at all levels of study—from the conservatories to public schools—had few resources available for t…
Radioactive Substances
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Marie Curie
Marie Curie, born in Warsaw in 1867, was a Polish-French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was a pioneer in th…
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Edward Gibbon
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…
Queen Victoria
Read by Michele Eaton
E. Gordon Browne
This book is about the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). All nine of her children married into the royal houses of Europe. She became t…
The Sinking of the Titanic
Read by Allyson Hester
Logan Marshall
This is a detailed and accurate account of the most awful marine disaster in history, constructed from the real facts as obtained from those…
Black Beauty
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Anna Sewell
The same beloved story of the adventures of a young horse that we all know and love, but rewritten by the author for young people. All of th…
Discoverers and Explorers
Read by Laura Caldwell
Edward R. Shaw
Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry g…
Chemical Phenomena in Life
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Frederick Czapek
Published in 1911 as part of the "Harper's Library of Living Thought," this volume presents an introduction to the chemistry of ce…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook
Read by Norman Elfer
Federal Aviation Administration
The handbook does an outstanding job of explaining the application of management and learning psychology for the general educator/manager wi…
On Union with God
Read by David Barnes
Blessed Albert The Great
Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over t…
Famous Men of Modern Times
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John Henry Haaren
Famous Men of Modern Times is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interestin…
A Theologico-Political Treatise
Read by Chiquito Crasto
Benedict De Spinoza
Written by the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus or Theologico-Political Treatise was one of the most con…
The Mountains of California
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John Muir
John Muir (1838–1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and …