Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a woman in Alaska, Cuban folklore, and hunting peccaries on the Nueces; Max Planck’s Quantum Theory and Newton’s world view; church bells and chocolate cake; naval flag signals, rocket life-saving apparatus, and seashore plants and pebbles; also many literary and philosophical figures including Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Edwards, Johann Fichte, Joseph Butler, George Sand, Marie Corelli, G. K. Chesterton, and Hilaire Belloc. (summary by Sue Anderson)
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An Account of the System of the World (described in Mr Newton's Mathematical Principles of Philosophy)
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Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes
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Concerning The Notion of Liberty and of Moral Agency
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Cuban Folklore
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George Sand, a Biography
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Gravel
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Henry Trengrouse and His Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus
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How To Ring A Church Bell Properly
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A Modest Proposal
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Mr. G.K. Chesterton and Mr. Hilaire Belloc
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Of Academical Freedom
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Of Personal Identity
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Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory
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A Peccary Hunt on the Nueces
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Plants of the Shore
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Signals in Use in the Port of Sydney, New South Wales
