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In The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour

Read by Sue Anderson


Sir Alfred Edward East


Sketching from Nature, Equipment, Colour, Composition, Trees, Skies, Grass, Reflections, Distance -- chapters rich with timeless oil paintin…

07 - Chapter VII

In Afloat on the Ohio

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Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

The Amana Community

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028

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Charles Nordhoff


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Ch 73-77:

In Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2

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Benvenuto Cellini


Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…

Appearance of the 17-year Cicada in Rhode Island in 1903

In LibriVox 17th Anniversary Collection

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Alpheus S. Packard


"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089

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Harriet Monroe


"From vocalists you may learn much, but do not believe all that they say." Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians is replete …

0 - Dedication, Preface, List of Illustrations

In On the Trail of Don Quixote, Being a Record of Rambles in the Ancient Province …

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August F. Jaccaci


On the Trail of Don Quixote is an engaging 1890’s “record of rambles in the Ancient Province of La Mancha” by two artist friends, French aut…

Of Line and Form

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 092

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Walter Crane


Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…

Chapter IV: Doors

In The Decoration of Houses

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Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman and Edith Wharton


The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In …

Fruitlands, Bronson Alcott's Transcendental Utopia, 1843

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

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Louisa May Alcott


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

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