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  • Child of the Dawn-Arthur Christopher Benson

    Child of the Dawn-Arthur Christopher Benson
    Nov 13 2026
    Child of the Dawn by Arthur Christopher Benson.

    Ready to explore the depths of the human mind and soul? This book explores the themes of morality, spirituality, and the search for meaning in a chaotic world. Benson ponders the deeper questions of life and existence from his own experiences.

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    7 ore e 23 min
  • Anticipations-H. G. Wells

    Anticipations-H. G. Wells
    Nov 12 2026
    Anticipations by H. G. Wells.

    Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine. His goal was to get people to think and act in new ways. The book starts with a look at how humans get along socially and how they carry out their business ventures. It then discusses how these elements influence others, such as politics, the world of work, and education. H. G. tried to make clear how the current social order was disintegrating without preparing another to take its place. He then traced the roots of democracy, which in its present state he saw as unworkable. Instead, he proposed a new republic. He also critiqued modern warfare.

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    8 ore e 24 min
  • Science of Getting Rich (version 2)-Wallace D. Wattles

    Science of Getting Rich (version 2)-Wallace D. Wattles
    Nov 11 2026
    Science of Getting Rich (version 2) by Wallace D. Wattles.

    This groundbreaking book uses simple language to bring an astonishing idea to the world. Our thoughts, powered with the emotion of gratitude, can change our habits, circumstances and opportunities. By understanding this fact on a practical scientific level, we can experiment and build new lives for ourselves filled with financial success. While it has astounding metaphysical implications, here finally is a practical guide on how to adjust our mental attitude, which will result in riches and a better life.

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    2 ore e 18 min
  • Life's Enthusiasms-David Starr Jordan

    Life's Enthusiasms-David Starr Jordan
    Nov 10 2026
    Life's Enthusiasms by David Starr Jordan.

    The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and recommends certain routes to its attainment. He explores schooling (public secondary and the university), travel, and the study of nature as ways to stay buoyant during life's trials. He also praises the power of the arts (literature, music, painting, sculpture) to keep spirits soaring.

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    37 min
  • Earth's Enigmas-Charles G. D. Roberts

    Earth's Enigmas-Charles G. D. Roberts
    Nov 9 2026
    Earth's Enigmas by Charles G. D. Roberts.

    Most of the stories in this collection attempt to present one or another of those problems of life or nature to which, as it appears to many of us, there is no adequate solution within sight. Others are the almost literal transcript of dreams which seemed to me to have a coherency, completeness, and symbolic significance sufficiently marked to justify me in setting them down. The rest are scenes from that simple life of Canadian backwoods and tide-country with which my earlier years made me familiar.

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    4 ore e 23 min
  • Life and Adventures of Jack Engle An AutoBiography-Walt Whitman

    Life and Adventures of Jack Engle An AutoBiography-Walt Whitman
    Nov 8 2026
    Life and Adventures of Jack Engle An AutoBiography by Walt Whitman.

    It was first published anonymously in 1852 as a serial in a newspaper before being rediscovered in 2017, when it was reprinted in journal article and book form.

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    4 ore e 8 min
  • Drum-Taps-Walt Whitman

    Drum-Taps-Walt Whitman
    Nov 7 2026
    Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman.

    Drum Taps is the next collection of poems published by Walt Whitman after his famous Leaves of Grass. Despite the miseries of war described, Whitman's poems in Drum Taps assert a steady patriotism in favor of Lincoln's war effort. Interestingly, the 1915 edition used for this reading includes an introduction from the Times Literary Supplement which draws analogies between the Civil War and the current throes of World War I, enlisting Whitman posthumously as a supporter of the Allied campaign against Germany.

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    1 ora e 36 min
  • Longings for Home-Walt Whitman

    Longings for Home-Walt Whitman
    Nov 6 2026
    Longings for Home by Walt Whitman.

    This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. He died at age 72 and his funeral became a public spectacle.

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    49 min