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The Reason Why - Robert Kemp Philp
The Reason Why - Robert Kemp Philp
- Author: Robert Kemp Philp
- Genre: Family Life / *Non-fiction / Education
This collection of useful information on "Common Things" is put in the interesting form of "Why and Because," and comprehends a familiar explanation of many subjects which occupy a large space in the philosophy of Nature, relating to air, animals,...
Wings and the Child - E. Nesbit
Wings and the Child - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Education
"When this book first came to my mind it came as a history and theory of the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys and little things such as a child may find and use. But as I kept the thought by me it grew and changed, as...
The Decoration of Houses - Edith Wharton
The Decoration of Houses - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: Education / Reference
The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounced Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially those...
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 2 - Federal Aviation Administration
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 2 - Federal Aviation Administration
- Author: Federal Aviation Administration
- Genre: Education
This audiobook is volume 2 from the Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A. This volume covers chapters 11 to 15, on transitions to complex, multiengine, tailwheel, turboprop, and jet aircraft. Study of the handbook should include the PDF from the...
English Synonyms and Antonyms - James Champlin Fernald
English Synonyms and Antonyms - James Champlin Fernald
- Author: James Champlin Fernald
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Writing & Linguistics
English Synonyms and Antonyms is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each entry gives a list of synonyms, followed by a paragraph that briefly explains or exemplifies the subtle...
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 1 - Federal Aviation Administration
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 1 - Federal Aviation Administration
- Author: Federal Aviation Administration
- Genre: Education
This audiobook contains chapters 1 through 10 from the Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A. Study of the handbook should include the PDF from the FAA, which is available at http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/. From the...
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25A - Federal Aviation Administration
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25A - Federal Aviation Administration
- Author: Federal Aviation Administration
- Genre: Education / Technology & Engineering
"The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. Except for the...
The Chronicles of America Volume 09 - Colonial Folkways - Charles McLean Andrews
The Chronicles of America Volume 09 - Colonial Folkways - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: Family Life / Business & Economics / Education
This work according to the subtitle is "a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges." It describes land, locales, houses, habits, diversions, learning, religion, labor, and travel....
Rhetoric - Aristotle
Rhetoric - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Education
The Rhetoric was developed by Aristotle during two periods when he was in Athens, the first between 367 to 347 BCE (when he was seconded to Plato in the Academy), and the second between 335 to 322 BCE (when he was running his own school, the...
The Mind And Its Education - George Herbert BETTS
The Mind And Its Education - George Herbert BETTS
- Author: George Herbert BETTS
- Genre: Education / Psychology
"We are to study the mind and its education; but how? It is easy to understand how we may investigate the great world of material things about us; for we can see it, touch it, weigh it, or measure it. But how are we to discover the nature of the...
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 3 - Federal Aviation Administration
Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 3 - Federal Aviation Administration
- Author: Federal Aviation Administration
- Genre: Education
This audiobook is third and final volume of the Airplane Flying Handbook. This volume is chapter 16, Emergency Procedures. From the preface: "The Airplane Flying Handbook is designed as a technical manual to introduce basic pilot skills and...
Simple Sabotage Field Manual - UNITED STATES OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
Simple Sabotage Field Manual - UNITED STATES OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
- Author: UNITED STATES OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
- Genre: War & Military / Education
Formed during World War II, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), was organized for special operations and intelligence gatheringand analysis. Included in its mission was the implementation of, and training of foreign forces in,...
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II - John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II - John Locke
- Author: John Locke
- Genre: Education / Philosophy / Psychology
John Locke wrote four essays on human (or humane) understanding. Here are a few quotes from the book: "I see no reason to believe, that the soul thinks before the senses have furnished it with ideas to think on. The dreams of sleeping men are, as I...
A Guide to the Study of the Christian Religion - Gerald Birney SMITH
A Guide to the Study of the Christian Religion - Gerald Birney SMITH
- Author: Gerald Birney SMITH
- Genre: Education / Christianity - Other
Articles by numerous authors, compiled into a single collection for use by first year divinity students. This book is intended to be a guide to the study of the Christian religion for Protestants. It was prepared to aid students to understand...
The Intelligence of School Children - Lewis TERMAN
The Intelligence of School Children - Lewis TERMAN
- Author: Lewis TERMAN
- Genre: Education / Psychology
This book has been written for the rank and file of teachers, school supervisors, and normal-school students. Its purpose is to illustrate the large individual differences in original endowment which exist among school children and to show the...
Annual Reports to the Massachusetts Board of Education - Horace MANN
Annual Reports to the Massachusetts Board of Education - Horace MANN
- Author: Horace MANN
- Genre: Education
Horace Mann is called The Father of the Common School and was one of the first progressive thinkers on education in the United States. His Annual Reports to the Massachusetts Board of Education, written between 1837 and 1848, are wide-ranging essays...
The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1 - Charles E. Flandrau
The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1 - Charles E. Flandrau
- Author: Charles E. Flandrau
- Genre: War & Military / Business & Economics / Education
"It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and unimportant creation, but which in its half century of growth has expanded into one of the most brilliant and...
Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 1 - Marcus Fabius QUINTILIANUS
Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 1 - Marcus Fabius QUINTILIANUS
- Author: Marcus Fabius QUINTILIANUS
- Genre: Education / Performing Arts
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and was the first rhetorician to set up a genuine public school and to receive a salary from the State. He left...
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- Genre: Education / Performing Arts
The scene of the Dialogus de Oratoribus, as this work is commonly known, is laid in the sixth year of Vespasian, 75 a.D. The commentators are much divided in their opinions about the real author; his work they all agree is a masterpiece in the kind;...
Sabotage - Elizabeth Gurley FLYNN
Sabotage - Elizabeth Gurley FLYNN
- Author: Elizabeth Gurley FLYNN
- Genre: Education / Political Science
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a leading American socialist and feminist. Her book "Sabotage, the conscious withdrawal of the workers' industrial efficiency" was written to explain the utility and legality of sabotage. (Summary by Enko)...
The Citizen's Almanac - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Citizen's Almanac - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Author: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Genre: Education
This is a recording of a booklet given to new naturalized American citizens, it contains an explanation of fundamental documents, symbols and anthems of the United States. "Today you are a citizen of the United States of America— becoming “a peer of...
Robert's Rules of Order - Henry M. ROBERT
Robert's Rules of Order - Henry M. ROBERT
- Author: Henry M. ROBERT
- Genre: Education
Originally written in 1876 by Major Henry M. Robert of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Robert's Rules of Order is the most widely used authority in the United States today for "parliamentary law, based...upon the rules and practice of Congress" for...
Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1. - Aesop
Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1. - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Language learning
A celebration of all the wonderful dialects and accents found within the Librivox community!The goal being to record a 'phonetically relevant' text by as many volunteers as possible, and make this dialect/accent 'database' available to the world, by...
The Elements of Conchology - William Ruschenberger
The Elements of Conchology - William Ruschenberger
- Author: William Ruschenberger
- Genre: Animals / Education / Nature
The fifth of the Series of First Books of Natural History, embraces that branch of our subject which treats of the Mollusca, or soft animals, and consequently, includes the Elements of Conchology. In the beauty and singularity of their forms, the...
The Elements of Geology - William Ruschenberger
The Elements of Geology - William Ruschenberger
- Author: William Ruschenberger
- Genre: Education / Science / Modern (19th C)
Elements of Geology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1846 presents an introduction to geology. The information, albeit not current, is still...
Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook - Maria MONTESSORI
Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook - Maria MONTESSORI
- Author: Maria MONTESSORI
- Genre: Education / Psychology
This is the authoritative book written by Montessori to describe her methods. It gives an overview of the Montessori Method as developed for 3 to 6 year olds. It is a short work, intended as a manual for teachers and parents, detailing the materials...
Education - Ellen G. White
Education - Ellen G. White
- Author: Ellen G. White
- Genre: Education / Reference
Ellen White said that one of the most delicate tasks in life was working with youthful minds. Teaching should be varied which can make it possible for the 'high and noble powers of the mind' to have a chance to progress. Educators of youth should be...
How to Sing (Meine Gesangskunst) - Lilli LEHMANN
How to Sing (Meine Gesangskunst) - Lilli LEHMANN
- Author: Lilli LEHMANN
- Genre: Education / Music / Self-Help
Lilli Lehmann, born Elisabeth Maria Lehmann, was a German operatic soprano of phenomenal versatility. She was also a voice teacher. She wrote: "Every serious artist has a sincere desire to help others reach the goal—the goal toward which all singers...
In the School Room - John S. HART
In the School Room - John S. HART
- Author: John S. HART
- Genre: Education
In the first place, teaching is not simply telling. A class may be told a thing twenty times over, and yet not know it. Talking to a class is not necessarily teaching. I have known many teachers who were brimful of information, and were good...
The Arte or Crafte of Rhethoryke - Leonard COX
The Arte or Crafte of Rhethoryke - Leonard COX
- Author: Leonard COX
- Genre: Education
This text is a reprint of the first English-language book on rhetoric, including an introduction and notes from Frederic Ives Carpenter of the University of Chicago. Cox's original brief treatise covers various themes and topics related to oratory...
The Awful German Language (version 2) - Mark Twain
The Awful German Language (version 2) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Education
This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, complains about, and shows how one might improve upon various aspects of the (awful) German language. His examples...
Intelligence Tests and School Reorganisation - Lewis TERMAN
Intelligence Tests and School Reorganisation - Lewis TERMAN
- Author: Lewis TERMAN
- Genre: Education / Psychology
A collection of essays relating to the efforts to reorganise American schools to provide a more efficient and effective education system. Also includes discussions on adjustment rooms for students with special educational needs. Edited by Lewis...
Spontaneous Activity in Education - Maria MONTESSORI
Spontaneous Activity in Education - Maria MONTESSORI
- Author: Maria MONTESSORI
- Genre: Education
Maria Montessori saw that children gained a sense of satisfaction through doing work of their own choosing, and that the role of the adult was to allow this natural ability of the child to flourish through careful design of the environment, and the...
The Awful German Language - Mark Twain
The Awful German Language - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Education
If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix D from Twain’s 1880 book A Tramp Abroad, this comedic gem outlines the pitfalls one will encounter when...
Home Education Series Vol. I: Home Education - Charlotte MASON
Home Education Series Vol. I: Home Education - Charlotte MASON
- Author: Charlotte MASON
- Genre: Education
This is the first volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled: The Education of Children under Nine Years of Age. The series is used today by many homeschoolers around the globe and...
On Interpretation - Aristotle
On Interpretation - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / *Non-fiction / Education
Aristotle's On Interpretation (Greek Περὶ Ἑρμηνείας or Peri Hermeneias) or De Interpretatione (the Latin title) is the second of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon. On Interpretation is one of the earliest...
English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World - William J. Long
English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World - William J. Long
- Author: William J. Long
- Genre: Education / Literary Criticism
This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims. The first is to create or to encourage in every student the desire to read the best books,...
A Dictionary of English Synonymes, Vol. 01 - Richard SOULE
A Dictionary of English Synonymes, Vol. 01 - Richard SOULE
- Author: Richard SOULE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Self-Help
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions, Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology is a project for new LibriVox members to practice recording and using their recording setup....
The Elements of Style - William STRUNK, JR.
The Elements of Style - William STRUNK, JR.
- Author: William STRUNK JR.
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Language learning
“The Elements of Style (1918) by William Strunk, Jr. is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading in U.S. high school...
Aviation Instructor's Handbook FAA-H-8083-9A - Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Instructor's Handbook FAA-H-8083-9A - Federal Aviation Administration
- Author: Federal Aviation Administration
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education
The handbook does an outstanding job of explaining the application of management and learning psychology for the general educator/manager with detailed guidance for those studying to become Certificated Flight Instructors. Study of the handbook...