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Lichen Dyes

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

Read by Sue Anderson

Ethyl M. Mairet

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, A…

Introduction by Edmond S. Meany

In First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier, 1870

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Hazard Stevens

Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August …

Saved by a Nose

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 099

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Edward Carpenter

"Instead of letting ourselves, at the thought of mealtime, fall into a state of chronic mental flutter that incapacitates us for any se…

Roget's Thesaurus, Introduction, Excerpt (1853)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 095

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Peter Mark Roget

"A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, first mentioned by Plato", is how the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica descr…

Preface; Brighton, Part 1

In My Days and Dreams

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Edward Carpenter

Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against est…

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