Science
Within the Deep
Read by Laura Victoria
R. Cadwallader Smith
Presented in the form of lessons, R. Cadwallader Smith vividly portrays life in the ocean. Learn about the common and not so common that swi…
A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Thei…
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William James Mcglothlin
This book, a reprint of a successful English publication, has been so enlarged as to be to all intents and purposes new. It has been careful…
Insect Adventures
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Jean-Henri Fabre
This book is composed of selections from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ Translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques,” retold for childre…
Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…
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Hans Gross
Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …
The ABC of Relativity
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Bertrand Russell
The ABC of Relativity clearly and engagingly explains Einstein's Theory of Relativity to the layperson. It is considered to be a significant…
The Woodpeckers
Read by Laura Victoria
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
The Woodpeckers is a wonderful introduction to the world of bird study for the young naturalist, covering such topics as how he finds food, …
How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers
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Robert Williams Wood
How do you tell apart a parrot from a carrot? A plover from a clover? A bay from a jay? Although there are several ways of differentiating, …
Apis Mellifica
Read by Marie Daum
C. W. Wolf
Wolf's essay considers the homeopathic medicine Apis Mellifica, or the poison of the honey bee, as a therapeutic agent based on his experien…
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 8: Mathematics
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Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The eighth volume is on Pure Mathematics written by L. Leland Locke and on Math…
Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies
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David Todd
The progress of astronomy from age to age has been far from uniform—rather by leaps and bounds: from the earliest epoch when man's planet ea…
The Hurricane Hunters
Read by David Wales
Ivan Ray Tannehill
This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the li…
The Bee People
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Margaret Warner Morley
"The Honey-bees are buzzy-fuzzy little pepper pots" Thus this wonderful nature writer begins to tell us about bees, their habits, …
LibriVox 7th Anniversary Collection
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
To celebrate the 7 years of LibriVox , readers from all around the world have recorded 77 works they have selected, all of which have 7 in …
A Brief History of Forestry
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Bernhard Eduard Fernow
An accessible, comprehensive summary of the science and art of forestry, from its ancient roots to its 20th century techniques (many of whic…
The Chemistry of Cookery
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W. Mattieu Williams
This book, written in the late 1800s, is a book of chemistry that explains the whys and hows of cooking to trained chefs and laymen alike. T…
Seed-Babies
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Margaret Warner Morley
Seed Babies piques the child's interest about how seeds grow. It provides interesting information about seeds in a conversational style bet…
A Text-book of Assaying
Read by Peter Yearsley
Cornelius Beringer and Cornelius Beringerandjohn Jacob Beringer
This is a formal but relaxed text covering assaying techniques for most of the substances which are mined. As the authors say: "At firs…
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine
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Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The seventh volume is on Anthropology written by the editor himself and on Medi…