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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 …

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…

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…

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…

Chapter XI: Animals, Insects, and Fish

In Porto Rico: The Land of the Rich Port

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Joseph B. Seabury

Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. This volume was written in 1903 as Book XII in the…

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…