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PETER PAUL RUBENS

In Great Artists: Volume 1

Read by Laura Caldwell

Jennie Ellis Keysor

Biographies of Raphael Santi, Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens, and Albrecht Durer. This is a wonderful tool for art study as there are references…

Exercises of Practical Life

In The Montessori Method

Read by Laura Caldwell

Maria Montessori

In the early 1900's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work the 'Case dei Bambini' in Rome, Italy. Montessori…

Charlemagne

In Famous Men of the Middle Ages

Read by Laura Caldwell

John H. Haaren and A.B. Poland and John Henry Haaren

“THE study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been fixed in me…

Preface

In Curiosities of the Sky

Read by Laura Caldwell

Garrett Serviss and Garrett P. Serviss

Astronomy is known as the oldest of the sciences, and it will be the longest-lived because it will always have arcana that have not been pen…

Miss Thorne and Not Miss Thorne

In Elusive Isabel

Read by Laura Caldwell

Jacques Futrelle

Elusive Isabel is a novel by Jacques Futrelle (April 9, 1875 - April 15, 1912) first published in 1909. Set in Washington, D.C., it is a spy…

Vol I Ch 2: Plan and Preparations, pt 1

In The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1…

Read by Laura Caldwell

Roald Amundsen

In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally…

Forward and Preface

In Beautiful Girlhood

Read by Laura Caldwell

Mabel Hale

The transitioning years between girlhood and womanhood are an exciting time for a girl, as well as tumultuous and confusing. Beautiful Girlh…

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