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12 - Daily Bread

In Parables from Nature

Read by Veronica Schlette

Margaret Gatty

Parables From Nature is a collection of short stories which were originally published as 4 separate volumes. They are inspired from Nature a…

03 - Sylvia in Trouble

In A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter

Read by Veronica Schlette

Alice Turner Curtis

Sylvia Fulton is a ten-years-old girl from Boston who stayed in Charleston, South Carolina, before the opening of the Civil War. She loves h…

Classification of Geographic Forms by Genesis

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 1

Read by Veronica Schlette

William John McGee (1853-1912) and National Geographic Society

National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

Chapter 10 - The Theory of Rent

In The Principles of Economics with Applications to Practical Problems

Read by Veronica Schlette

Frank Albert Fetter

Frank Albert Fetter was an American economist of the Austrian school, but referred to himself as a member of the “American Psychological Sch…

The Story of My Childhood

Read by Veronica Jenkins

Clara Barton

Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, recalls growing up in early 19th Century Massachusetts. (Introduction by Veronica Jenkins)

Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch

Read by Veronica Jenkins

Eaton G. Osman

This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Nat…

The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 4)

Read by Veronica Maresh Mead

H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells follows shipwreck victim, Edward Prendick, as he explores a strange island his rescuer, Montgomer…

18 - Composition and Central Connections of Spinal Nerves

In Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 4 (Gray's Anatomy)

Read by Veronica Jenkins

Henry Gray

Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…

03 - Illinois in 1830

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1)

Read by Veronica Jenkins

John G. Nicolay and John Hay and John Hay

This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries. (Summary by ashleighjane)