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17 - Book 17, Chapters 40-47:Methods of irrigation; remarkable facts connected …

In The Natural History Volume 4

Read by Mary J


Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

The National Framework for Emergency Management, part 1

In A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Inv…

Read by Mary J


United States House of Representatives and United States House Of Representatives


In September 2005, the House of Representatives created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to H…

Song of the Broad-Axe, 4th stanza - Read by JM

In Song of the Broad-Axe - stanza 4

Read by J. McDougall


Walt Whitman


This Weekly Poem is an excerpt from Song of the Broad-axe (4th Stanza) by Walt Whitman, who was an American poet, essayist and journalist. …

The Lake - Read by JM

In The Lake

Read by J. McDougall


Edgar Allan Poe


Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movemen…

Ch. XIV: Concluding Remarks and Summary, Part 1

In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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Charles Darwin


The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects …

Beauty Making - Read by JM

In Beauty Making

Read by J. McDougall


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Ella Wheeler was born in 1850 on a farm in Johnstown, Wisconsin, east of Janesville, the youngest of four children. The family soon moved no…

00 - Dramatis Personae and Translator's Preface

In Crime and Punishment (Version 4 Dramatic Reading)

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky


The story tells of the inner turmoil of Rodion Raskolnikov, a student in St. Petersburg who commits murder. His psychological and moral agit…

The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece - Read by JM

In The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece

Read by J. McDougall


Sam Walter Foss


Sam Walter Foss was an American librarian and poet. For many years the opening lines from Foss' The Coming American ("Bring me men to m…

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