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A Year with the Birds

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W. Warde Fowler


William Warde Fowler was a true polymath; although his early studies focused on natural history, he became a well-known authority on the his…

The Astral Plane: Its Inhabitants, Scenery, and Phenomena

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C. W. Leadbeater


Few words are needed in sending this little book out into the world. It is the fifth of a series of Manuals designed to meet the public dema…

Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot

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Wilkie Collins


Two travellers, the writer of this book, and an artist friend who is the companion of his ramble, explored Cornwall together, on foot in the…

William Blake

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G. K. Chesterton


From the author’s introduction: "Blake’s life of Blake … would have been full of symbolic wild beasts and naked women, of monstrous cl…

Practical Mysticism (Version 2)

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Evelyn Underhill


I write only for the larger class which, repelled by the formidable appearance of more elaborate works on the subject, would yet like to kno…

Orthodoxy (Version 3)

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G. K. Chesterton


… [In] its pages I have attempted in a vague and personal way, in a set of mental pictures rather than in a series of deductions, to state t…

A Christmas Sermon

In Christmas Short Works Collection 2022

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Robert Louis Stevenson


The 2022 Christmas collection brings some old favourites along with some new selections, from the traditional to the bizarre. Among the sele…

Keep Going - Read by DBG

In Keep Going

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Edgar A. Guest


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Keep Going, by Edgar A. Guest.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 24, 2022.---…

Wood Roads

In Woodland Paths

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Winthrop Packard


American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods, alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat…

Selected excerpts by Erasmus

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 14

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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…

Chapter I. The Origin of the "Free People"

In The Cossacks: Their History and Country

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William Penn Cresson


One of the earliest histories of the Cossacks to appear in English, with an emphasis on the exploits of famous Cossack leaders and Cossack s…

William Smith

In Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year…

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William Walker, Jr.


The early nineteenth century was a period of great discovery and advancements in science. Here we have a snapshot of some of those whose nam…

Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel

In More Celtic Fairy Tales

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Joseph Jacobs


More fairy tales from the early days of the British Isles, collected and edited by Joseph Jacobs. - Summary by bookworm360

Chapter 7 - An Adequate Theory of Education

In Home Education Series Vol. III: School Education

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Charlotte Mason


This is third volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled: School Educatio…

The Pueblos

In Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico

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Julian Corbett and John M. Corbett


This U.S. National Park Service historical handbook from 1962 introduces the reader to the history, geography, and archaeology of the Aztec …

The Curse of the Golden Cross

In The Incredulity of Father Brown

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G. K. Chesterton


Originality and humor characterize the plots of these clever detective stories. The mysteries are solved by the detective priest, Father Bro…

Introduction

In Psychological Types: Or, the Psychology of Individuation

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Carl Gustav Jung


Ever wondered if there is any "theoretical basis" for the well-known Myers–Briggs Type Indicator Personality Test? In this groundb…