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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…

Light and the Atom

In Lasers

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Hal Hellman


Among great technologic developments of the twentieth century has to be that of laser light with its myriad of applications in industry, com…

Bedside Books

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 097

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William Davenport Adams


"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wr…

En la puerta del cielo

In Cuentos valencianos

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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez


Publicado en 1896, este volumen contiene 13 cuentos que transcurren en la Valencia natal de Blasco Ibáñez (Wikipedia en espa&n…

Woman: The Serf

In Love's Coming-of-Age: A Series of Papers on the Relations of the Sexes

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Edward Carpenter


"The little god of Love is generally represented as a child; and rightly, perhaps, considering the erratic character of his ways among …

Why are Two Queens Sometimes Found in One Hive?

In The American Bee Journal, Vol. VI. No. 5, Nov 1870

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Various


The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…

Esperanto - Ĉe la fajrejo

In Multilingual Short Works Collection 030 - Poetry & Prose

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Arne Garborg


This is our 30th collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard Engli…

The Entail

In Human Affairs

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Vincent O'Sullivan


Vincent O'Sullivan was a celebrated writer of decadent and morbid fiction of his time, a notable contemporary of Oscar Wilde. While O'Sulliv…

Winter - Read by VV

In Winter

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Richard Le Gallienne


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Winter by Richard Le GallienneThis was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 24, 2023. …

Three Kinds of Librarians

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102

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Arthur Elmore Bostwick


"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…

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…

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…

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…