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The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919
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Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS
A Magician Among the Spirits
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Harry Houdini
Houdini, an escape artist and illusionist, became interested later in his life in debunking spiritualists, disbelieving anyone who claimed t…
The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks from 25 August 1768-12 July 1771
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Joseph Banks
In this Journal, Joseph Banks records almost daily observations of the journey of the ship the Endeavour on the first of James Cook’s voyage…
On the Elementary Electrical Charge
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Robert Andrews Millikan
The experiments herewith reported were undertaken with the view of introducing certain improvements into the oil-drop method of determining …
Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the An…
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Francis Bond Head
“Galloped on with no stopping, but merely to change horses until five o’clock in the evening—very tired indeed, but . . . saw fresh horses i…
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt
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David Miller DeWitt
April, 1865 -- The war ended and throughout the Northern States joy and relief reigned. Then, less than a week later, a thunderbolt: the p…
The Bolshevik Myth
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Alexander Berkman
The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920–1922) is a book by Alexander Berkman who with his partner Emma Goldman was deported from the USA under the 19…
Birdseye Views of Far Lands
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James T. Nichols
Birdseye Views of Far Lands is an interesting, wholesome presentation of something that a keen-eyed, alert traveler with the faculty of maki…
Out of the Shadow
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Rose Gollup Cohen
In this interesting autobiography we get a very candid look into the life of Rose Cohen, a Russian Jewish girl who immigrates from Russia to…
A Book of American Explorers
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the…
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. IV
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James Boswell
This is the fourth volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides…
The Book of Tea (Version 2)
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Kakuzō Okakura
The Book of Tea is as much about philosophy, religion and art as it is about a drink made with dried leaves in boiling water. It traces the …
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…
On Piety
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Jean Guibert
Father Jean Guibert of the Society of St. Sulpice served as superior of the Catholic Institute of Paris. He wrote this short book, which bea…
Native Races and the War
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Josephine Butler
Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was strongly committed to liberal reforms. As a result of her efforts, i…
A Story of Love
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Francis Cassilly
This is not a love story, but the story of love, a love which every man and woman was created to experience, a love so intense and fulfillin…
Child-life in Art
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Estelle M. Hurll
The poetry of childhood is full of attractiveness to the artist, and many and varied are the forms in which he interprets it. The Christ-chi…
Music On Christmas Morning
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Anne Brontë
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Music On Christmas Morning by Anne Brontë.Published in the 1846 collection Poems By Curr…
Lancashire
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Francis Archibald Bruton
The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…