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Stories of the Royal Humane Society

Read by Steve C

Frank Mundell

Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…

An Idler In The Wilds

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Tickner Edwardes

Although he was well known around the South Downs in West Sussex as 'The Bee-man of Burpham', Tickner Edwardes also had a great affinity for…

The Burston Rebellion

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Thomas George Higdon

The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…

Rough Talks by a Padre

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Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy

Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC was an ordained Anglican priest, who in the early stages of World War I volunteered for duty as a chap…

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

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Robert Fortune

An account by Scottish botanist of his journey to China to discover the secret of producing tea and securing plants for propagation outside…

Stone and Wood Carving

In Arts and Crafts Essays

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Various

A series of essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society with a preface by William Morris who writes "It is this conscio…

The Earth

In Bill Nye's Cordwood

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Bill Nye

From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at ever…

Sir Francis Drake

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1

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Charles F. Horne

Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than …

Topsy: The Tale Of A Tank - Parts 1 & 2

In The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns

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Harold Ashton

Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvem…

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