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An early booklet, designed to encourage tourism in the northern parts of New South Wales, and the southern parts of Queensland, particularly the area now in the Gold Coast. (Introduction by Timothy Ferguson)

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a book by Peter Kropotkin on the subject of mutual aid, written while he was living in exile in England. It was first published by William Heinemann in London in October 1902. The individual chapters had originally been published in 1890-96 as a series of essays in the British monthly literary magazine, Nineteenth Century. Written partly in response to Social Darwinism and in particular to Thomas H. Huxley's Nineteenth Century essay, "The Struggle for Existence," Kropotkin's book drew on his experiences in scientific expeditions in Siberia to illustrate the...

This precursor to The New Yorker magazine features several Algonquin Roundtable regulars, including Broun, Woolcott, and Morley. Editor is John C. Farrar, an American editor, writer and publisher. Farrar founded two publishing companies — Farrar & Rinehart and Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ( Matt Pierard)

Understanding why dachshunds do what they do. The Dachshund Clinic is a podcast for dachshund owners who want to better understand their dogs. Hosted by Désiré Mirelux, each episode explores behaviour, training, welfare, health, genetics, enrichment, and everyday life with dachshunds. Practical, evidence-based advice designed to help owners build happier, healthier relationships with their dogs.

This is a collection of 26 selections, both fiction and nonfiction, in which each topic begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

John Scott was a Scottish journalist, editor and publisher. Scott edited several liberal newspapers: The Statesman, which Leigh Hunt founded; the Stamford News, a weekly political and literary journal published by John Drakard which he later renamed The Champion. The London Magazine which he revived as a monthly is considered his most notable. "A visit to Paris in 1814" is a review of the moral, political, intellectual, and social condition of the French capital. - Summary by Celine Major

More commonly know as "The Blue Book" written by "Baron von Steuben" this publication was key to organizing the young American military in the Revolutionary War with England. This book served both as a regulation and a how-to manual. Each officer was required to: purchase a copy upon being commissioned, carry it at all times, read it, and use it. (Summary by David Olson) A Librivox recording of The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben: Major General in the Revolutionary Army

“Fascinating discourse [that] travels through anatomy, paleontology, anthropology, the arts, the zoo, museums, medicine, murder and more. . . . Superb." ―Wall Street Journal A 300-million-year tour of the prominent role of the neck in animal evolution and human culture. Humans give a lot of...

Astronomy is known as the oldest of the sciences, and it will be the longest-lived because it will always have arcana that have not been penetrated." - Excerpt from the Preface

An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the different methods for achieving quality in education. After its initial publication, this book began a revolution in educational thinking; one that emphasized growth, experience, and activity as key elements in promoting democratic qualities in students and educators alike. (Introduction by timferreira)

A Gospel That Dances is a joint podcast from Princeton United Methodist Church (Princeton, NC) and Westwood United Methodist Church (Goldsboro, NC). Pastor Billy Sander presides at both churches.You can learn more about Princeton United Methodist Church on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/princetonumcnc. You can learn more about Westwood United Methodist Church at: https://www.facebook.com/WestwoodUnitedMethodistChurch/ Both churches also have active profiles on YouTube, Instagram, and the YouVersion Bible app.

Sleepy Scientist is a calming science storytelling podcast that turns complex ideas from physics, biology, space, and human discovery into soft, easy-to-follow narratives designed for relaxation and sleep.Each episode takes you on a peaceful journey through scientific concepts, real experiments, and fascinating discoveries — explained in a slow, soothing voice that helps quiet the mind while gently expanding your knowledge.This is where curiosity meets calm.🌙 What you’ll experience:Relaxing science storytelling made for sleepSpace, physics, biology, and human evolution explained ...

(Re)Turning to the River is a podcast from California State Parks about the powerful connections between people and water. --- (Re)Turning to the River es un podcast de California State Parks sobre los fuertes vínculos que existen entre las personas y el agua.

Humans have long observed animals for advanced warnings of danger. What can they tell us about the growing threat of viruses and other infectious organisms in the age of climate change?

Coronaviruses jump from bats to chimpanzees to humans. You can give your cat the flu, and pass tuberculosis to an elephant. The scientific term for this –zoonosis – reveals how human and animal lives are inextricably linked. Scientists warn that human destruction of the environment is responsible for the accelerating spillover of animal diseases, posing a global health threat.

A mid-nineteenth century book of etiquette. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

From the premier expert on psychedelic research, a groundbreaking exploration of how psychedelics may unlock long-held mysteries of the mind, and how these revelations can be used to treat the most crippling of mental illnesses We are living through a psychedelic renaissance, a moment when...

From bestselling author David Quammen, a fascinating scientific detective story about how a transmissible cancer first discovered in Tasmanian devils is connected to the discovery that cancer in humans can be treated as a chronic illness, not a fatal one—a radically new approach that promises...

The Elements of Entomology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a succinct little textbook from 1845 that presents an introduction to entomology. The author was a surgeon in the U.S. Navy and president of the Academy of Natural Sciences.(Summary by A.L. Gramour)

“…there can be little doubt that the Federal drive on Atlanta, launched in May 1864, was the beginning of the end for the Southern Confederacy…. The Atlanta Campaign had an importance reaching beyond the immediate military and political consequences. It was conducted in a manner that helped establish a new mode of warfare. From beginning to end, it was a railroad campaign, in that a major transportation center was the prize for which the contestants vied, and both sides used rail lines to marshal, shift, and sustain their forces…. and one of the most impressive features of Richard ...

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law. He is best known as an early advocate of utilitarianism and animal rights who influenced the development of liberalism. The essay Offences Against One's Self (c. 1785), argued for the liberalisation of laws prohibiting homosexuality. The essay remained unpublished during Bentham's lifetime for fear of offending public morality. It was finally published for the first time in 1931. (Wikipedia) This recording was ...