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Cedric the Forester

Read by Lynette Caulkins

Bernard Gay Marshall

A rollicking juvenile adventure tale, this historical fiction book received the Newbery Honor award in 1922. Set in England during the early…

The Dream Coach

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Anne Parrish

The Dream Coach was named a Newbery Honor Book in 1925. Anne Parrish's original stories of dream adventures hold fairy-tale charm that is su…

Gertrude Bell

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Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst

A highly engaging biography about a fascinating English woman who was most unusual for her time. An adventurous traveler who fell completely…

How coups operate

In The Anti-Coup

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Gene Sharp

Supporters of political democracy, human rights, and social justice have good reasons to be alarmed about coups d'état. These abrupt …

IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …

In Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

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Agnes Arber

Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to cat…

The Twentieth Chapter

In Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

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Wilhelm Meinhold

Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author ass…

The Princess of Wellesley -- Alice Freeman Palmer

In Heroines of Service

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Mary Rosetta Parkman

From time immemorial, women have served as wives, mothers and domestic organizers. But in the nineteenth century, the lives of women were ch…