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In Gold Hunting in Alaska

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Joseph Grinnell


In 1898, naturalist, Joseph Grinnell joins a company of twenty men bound for Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, from California aboard the schooner Pen…

A Plan of Action

In The Secret of the Old Mill (Version 2)

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Franklin W. Dixon


Frank and Joe solve the case of a counterfeiting ring, after Mrs. Hardy took some from a stranger. A tale full of thrills! This is third boo…

The Foundering of the “Titanic”

In The Truth about the Titanic

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Archibald Gracie


Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously…

At the Isles of Shoals

In Literary Pilgrimages of a Naturalist

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Winthrop Packard


Noted American Naturalist, Winthrop Packard, who gave us such titles as “Woodland Pastures,” “Wood Wanderings,” and “Wildwood Ways,” now tak…

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In Westy Martin on the Santa Fe Trail

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Percy Keese Fitzhugh


Mr. Madison C. Wilde, Field Manager of Educational Films, has engaged young Westy Martin, the so-called best scout since Buffalo Bill, to ac…

Colonel Lane Goes Off Guard

In The Thirteenth Man

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Mrs. Coulson Kernahan


Philip Barrimore is driven to distraction by his uncle, who has taken up residence in his mother's home. Against all advice, he takes a cott…

The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn

In Household Tales (Version 2)

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Do you like fairy tales and stories about all sorts of animals and people? Here are a wide variety of stories that go from warm and fuzzy t…

10 - The Long Sway Of The Ho-jo Clan

In History of Japan In Words of One Syllable

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Helen Ainslie Smith


A simplified history of the country of Japan, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one sylla…

The Wichita Falls Bank Robbery and Murder

In Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform

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Albert Bigelow Paine


"William Jesse "Bill" McDonald (1852 - 1918) in the 1880s served as a deputy sheriff in Wood County. After moving to Hardeman…

Into the Dark: The Long Term Future of our Dying Universe

In Global Catastrophic Risks Conference 2008

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University of Oxford Podcasts

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