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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…

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

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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

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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

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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

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Constantine Panunzio

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

Grape Vines

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 050

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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--the …

Winter Expedition Over the Rocky Mountains (1857)

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032

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Randolph B. Marcy

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the history of aeroplanes, politica…

First Approach to Mt. Rainier (1833)

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033

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William Fraser Tolmie

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States…

A Blacksmith by Trade

In A Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound

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John R. Jewitt

John Jewitt (1783-1821), a blacksmith by trade, spent the years 1803-1806 as a slave among the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound, off t…

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