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The Indians in Wisconsin's History

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John M. Douglass


Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, huntin…

The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales to the World in the Moon

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Francis Godwin


Among the earliest sci-fi books known in English, this account of a trip to the moon was originally published in 1638. The version recorded …

Dark Princess

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W. E. B. Du Bois


This story begins as Matthew Towns, a brilliant young Black medical student, is dismissed from medical school because the white board has de…

Catalogs to Sleep By

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Various


Excerpts from vintage catalogs, read in a soft, soothing voice and meant to lull you to sleep. Drift off to dreamland with details of such t…

Insomnia Collection Vol. 006

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Various


Drift off to dreamland with excerpts from this vintage collection of books about mechanical and engineering topics. You’ll be sure to snooze…

Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin

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Frank Tilton


The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…

Christmas in the Heart - Read by VV

In Christmas in the Heart

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Paul Laurence Dunbar


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Christmas in the Heart by Paul Laurence Dunbar.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for De…

Exceptions to the Rule of Legibility

In The Booklover and His Books

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Henry Lyman Koopman


This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…

Pains and Penalties in Library Work

In Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries

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Arthur Elmore Bostwick


This 1920 collection of essays gathers together 25 years of papers, articles, and presentations given by Arthur E. Bostwick. The ideas in ma…

CHAPTER III: CONCERNING ST. PETERSBURG

In Six Years at the Russian Court

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Magaretta Eagar


From 1898 to 1904, Irish born Margaretta Eagar was the nanny to Olga (Ольга), Tatiana (Татьяна), Maria (Мария) and Anastasia (Анастасия) Nik…

Chapter 2, Part 1, Solar Myths and Christian Festivals

In Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning

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Edward Carpenter


In this work from 1921, Carpenter analyzes the origin of Christian beliefs, arguing that they are derived from pre-Christian myths and relig…

Woodbine Entertains

In Adventures in Idealism

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Eugene Benjamin, Boris Bogen, Saul Drucker, Jacob Lipman, Solomon Lowenstein, Bernard Palitz, Joseph W. Pincus, Katharine Sabsovich and George W. Simon


Professor H. L. Sabsovich is recognized as one of the foremost figures in the field of Jewish social service. A great part of his active lif…