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Observ. XIII.

In Micrographia

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Robert Hooke

Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…

Foreword

In The Life Story of a Black Bear

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Harry Perry Robinson

This is the life story of a Black Bear in the western US, as told by the bear himself. He tells of the days when humans began to invade th…

The Symbols

In From Ritual to Romance

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Jessie Laidlay Weston

From Ritual to Romance is a 1920 book written by Jessie L. Weston.Weston's book is an examination of the roots of the King Arthur legends an…

Physics and Metaphysics

In The Problem of Truth

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Herbert Wildon Carr

A problem of philosophy is completely different from a problem of science. In science we accept our subject-matter as it is presented in una…

The Screaming Skull, part 1

In Wandering Ghosts

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Francis Marion Crawford

This is a collection of seven ghost stories by Francis Marion Crawford. The volume includes all of the essential ingredients for good ghost …

Chpts 1 & 2: Looking For Trouble & Running The Gauntlet

In First From the Front

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Harold Ashton

In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breath…

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