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Nicholas Copernicus by John Stoughton

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 3

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Charles F. Horne


A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Alfred…

Thoughts on Science-Part One

In Thoughts on Art and Life

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Leonardo da Vinci and Leonardo Da Vinci


This is a compilation of the thoughts on art, science and life of Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Maurice Baring and edited by Lewis Einst…

Chapter II. The Northeast Passage. Part I

In The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

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Hendrik Van Loon


This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The…

Um des Kindes Willen

In First Chapter Collection 004

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Curtis Yorke


LibriVox First Chapter Collection 004 - a collection of the first chapters of 15 different books, chosen by LibriVox volunteers.This volume …

Die Schuesse von Serajewo

In Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 1

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Carl von Ossietzky and Carl Von Ossietzky


Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), Journalist, Pazifist und Friedensnobelpreisträger [1935], zählte zu den herausragenden Persön…

Fiammetta Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

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Anonymous


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…

Dedication of The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies by Nicolaus Copernicus

In Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books

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Nicolaus Copernicus and Variousandcharles William Eliot


Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Baco…

The Arrival at Babylon by Georg Moritz Ebers

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13

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Various


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…

An Account of a New Comet, 1786

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

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Catherine Herschel


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

Chapter II The Medici

In The Medici, Volume 1

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G. F. Young


This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…

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