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The Friendly Road, New Adventures in Contentment

Read by Sue Anderson


Ray Stannard Baker


My grandmother Gertrude received a copy of The Friendly Road for Christmas in 1919. It must have been a special gift book--green leather bin…

The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances

Read by Sue Anderson


John Charles Van Dyke


The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "…

Dallam's Travels with an Organ to the Grand Signieur, 1599-1600

Read by Sue Anderson


Thomas Dallam


Queen Elizabeth the First of England, the Grand Turk at Constantinople, and an organ builder named Thomas Dallam—quite a trio. In 1599, E…

Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the An…

Read by Sue Anderson


Francis Bond Head


“Galloped on with no stopping, but merely to change horses until five o’clock in the evening—very tired indeed, but . . . saw fresh horses i…

Travels to Oaxaca

Read by Sue Anderson


Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry De Menonville and Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville


Botanical Piracy! A French botanist plots to steal red dye cochineal insects from Spanish Mexico and transplant them and their cacti hosts …

An American in the Making, the Life Story of an Immigrant

Read by Sue Anderson


Marcus Eli Ravage


“The sweat-shop was for me the cradle of liberty. . . It was my first university.” Attending lectures and the New York theatre at night; by …

The Soul of an Immigrant

Read by Sue Anderson


Constantine Panunzio


Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) begins his autobiography by describing his childhood in Molfetta, Italy. At age 13, he left home as a sailo…

Spiders

Read by Sue Anderson


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…

My Days and Dreams

Read by Sue Anderson


Edward Carpenter


Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against est…

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

Read by Sue Anderson


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

Read by Sue Anderson


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

Read by Sue Anderson


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

Read by Sue Anderson


Constantine Panunzio


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

Christmas Poetry and Hymn Collection

Read by Douglas D. Anderson


Various


This collection includes 40 different Christmas carols collected and read by Douglas D. Anderson, the creator of The Hymns and Carols of Chr…

Implant

Read by Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson


Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson


Neurosurgeon Julia Nolan places cortical implants into the brains of field operatives to record data from their auditory and visual cortices…

P-2 Ch 5 On Guard

In The Adventures of Jimmie Dale

Read by Wyatt


Frank L. Packard


Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 – February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist born in Montreal, Quebec. He worked as a civil engineer …

03 – On Star Peak

In The Flaming Jewel

Read by Wyatt


Robert W. Chamber and Robert W. Chambers


During the last two years, Fate, Chance, and Destiny had been too busy to attend to Mike Clinch. But now his turn was coming in the Eternal …

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