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Tarzan and the Ant Men

Read by Matthew Reece


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Lord Greystoke, Tarzan of the Apes, is embroiled in thrilling adventures among the tiny, warlike Minunians. (Summary by Matthew Reece)

The Autobiography of Methuselah

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John Kendrick Bangs


A satirical look at early biblical events from the point of view of someone who was there to witness most of them: the oldest man in recorde…

Elves and Heroes

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Donald Alexander Mackenzie


This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the c…

American Fairy Tales

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L. Frank Baum


This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stor…

Excerpt from 'The American Ornithological Biography'

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02

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John James Audubon


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Sealed Room

In Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 5

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Julian Hawthorne, ed. and Bernhard Severin Ingemann


In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

08 - A Raid on the Stale-Beer Dives

In How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

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Jacob Riis and Jacob A. Riis


How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting…

Why Babe Ruth Is Greatest Home Run Hitter

In American Psychology, 1900-1922

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Hugh Fullerton


This is the first of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an academ…

Who is Einstein? How to Lose Weight, A Substitute for Gravity

In Easy Lessons in Einstein

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Edwin E. Slosson


Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of Einstein’s theory of relativity. This book is m…

Joan of Arc pt 3

In The Heroines of History

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John S. Jenkins


A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; …

5 - Industrial Democracy

In History of the United States, Vol. VII

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Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard and Charles Austin Beard


Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

Theory of Human Motivation, A

In American Psychology, 1922-1947

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A. H. Maslow


This is the second of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an acade…

Vive La Bagatelle

In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 02

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Gelett Burgess, Variousandmarshall Pinckney Wilder and H. G. Wells


The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the second volume, 44 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 author…