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Spiders

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Cecil Warburton

The mental capacity of spiders; web architecture; spiders that live under water, even though they need air to breath; spiders that mimic ant…

Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Ve…

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William Beebe and Blair Niles

In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

Migration of Birds

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U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service and U. S. Fish And Wildlife Service

Snow Geese which left James Bay, Canada, arrived at the Louisiana Gulf coast "60 hours later after a continuous flight of over 1,700 mi…

Towards Democracy

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Edward Carpenter

“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …

The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920

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Constantine Panunzio

"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…

A Happy Hour's Command --- Sources of Character-Results-1860

In Specimen Days

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Walt Whitman

Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

Bk2,C1-Spain under Charles V,progress of discovery

In History of the Conquest of Mexico

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William H. Prescott

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;Round many western islands have I beenWhich bards in fe…

01 - The Feel of the Outdoors; How We Found Mojave

In The White Heart of Mojave

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Edna Brush Perkins

"The White Heart of the Mojave" recounts a 1920's adventure "in the wind and sun and big spaces" of Death Valley by two …

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