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Selections from Josephus

Read by Rebecca Eden Walker

Flavius Josephus

Jewish historian, military leader and Roman citizen, Titus Flavius Josephus, provides the most thorough history of the 1st century Roman Emp…

The Grand Cañon of the Colorado

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John Muir

Nothing is ordinary in the world of John Muir, naturalist and author known as the Father of the US National Parks. In this short work, writ…

Chapter 25

In Bible (YLT) NT 01: Matthew

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Young'S Literal Translation

This Bible version tries to stay as close to the original Hebrew and Greek texts as possible. As stated in the preface to the second edition…

Meeting of Sighs

In Heart of Spring

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Shaw Neilson

John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…

The Falcon and the Raven

In The Fables of Pilpay

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Abdullah Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ

These moralistic stories within stories date back to the Sanskrit text Panchatantra (200 BC – 300 AD). They were first translated into Arabi…

Buttercup

In A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children

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Sir George Webbe Dasent

This is a collection of Norse folktales selected as being appropriate for children. They range from short pieces such as, "How One Wen…

Buy a Home

In The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him

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William H. Councill

William H. Councill, former slave and contemporary of Booker T. Washington was founder of Huntsville Normal School, now Alabama Agricultural…