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The Indians in Wisconsin's History

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John M. Douglass


Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, huntin…

The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales to the World in the Moon

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Francis Godwin


Among the earliest sci-fi books known in English, this account of a trip to the moon was originally published in 1638. The version recorded …

Catalogs to Sleep By

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Various


Excerpts from vintage catalogs, read in a soft, soothing voice and meant to lull you to sleep. Drift off to dreamland with details of such t…

Dark Princess

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W. E. B. Du Bois


This story begins as Matthew Towns, a brilliant young Black medical student, is dismissed from medical school because the white board has de…

Insomnia Collection Vol. 006

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Various


Drift off to dreamland with excerpts from this vintage collection of books about mechanical and engineering topics. You’ll be sure to snooze…

Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin

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Frank Tilton


The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…

Amores deportivos

In Cuentos festivos para niños menores de 50 años

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Juan Pérez Zúñiga


Recopilación de historias breves muy divertidas, absurdas y disparatadas del gran Juan Pérez Zúñiga, uno de los …

Federal Register, Vol. 28 Numbers 137-139

In Insomnia Collection Vol. 005

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Various


Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…

Chapter 2, Part 1, Solar Myths and Christian Festivals

In Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning

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Edward Carpenter


In this work from 1921, Carpenter analyzes the origin of Christian beliefs, arguing that they are derived from pre-Christian myths and relig…

Esperanto - Ĉe la fajrejo

In Multilingual Short Works Collection 030 - Poetry & Prose

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Arne Garborg


This is our 30th collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard Engli…

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In Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico

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Julian Corbett and John M. Corbett


This U.S. National Park Service historical handbook from 1962 introduces the reader to the history, geography, and archaeology of the Aztec …

Electricity Applied to the Manufacture of Varnish

In Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885

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Various


The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge launched its first publication in …

The Atomic Bomb vs. Civilization (1945)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 094

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Robert Maynard Hutchins


"Fine experience lies at one's own doorstep" writes Raymond S. Spears, suggesting that boating on the Mississippi River offers &qu…

II, 2. Via dolorosa.

In La casa de vapor

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Jules Verne


El ingeniero Banks, que ha inventado una máquina rodante de vapor con forma de elefante, invita a tres personas, el coronel Munro, el…

Spanish - Redondilla I: A los hombres

In Multilingual Short Works Collection 031 - Poetry & Prose

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz


This is our 31st collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard Engli…