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Home Vegetable Gardening

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Fredrick Frye Rockwell


Either as hobby or a great economic help, home vegetable gardens are valued. With spare time limited, this book is a great aid to those who …

Discourses of Epictetus

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Epictetus


Philosophical discourses of Epictetus as recorded by his affectionate student, Arrian. One main precept expounded is that we do not fear eve…

Book 32, Chapters 13 to 22. Remedies from amphibious animals. Remedies for pois…

In The Natural History Volume 7

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Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

PART I. CHAPTER XIV. HEAVY WEIGHT-LIFTING

In Strength and How to Obtain It

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Eugen Sandow


In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

Book II A Childhood in Delphi: Theria, Seven Years Old

In The Perilous Seat

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Caroline Dale Snedeker


Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian wars, a doomed love affair, and a strong woman make up this well-researched …