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The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre

Spider PlanMyGreen by Ryan, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

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Tarantula

01 – The Black-Bellied Tarantula

02 – The Banded Epeira

03 – The Narbonne Lycosa

04 – The Narbonne Lycosa: The Burrow

05 – The Narbonne Lycosa: The Family

06 – The Narbonne Lycosa: The Climbing Instinct

07 – The Spider’s Exodus

08 – The Crab Spider

Spider web Telarana by Danel Solabarrieta, Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 license

09 – The Garden Spiders – Building The Web

10 – The Garden Spiders: My Neighbour

11 – The Garden Spiders: The Lime-snare

12 – The Garden Spiders: The Telegraph Wire

13 – The Garden Spiders: Pairing And Hunting

Spider on the hunt

14 – The Garden Spider: The Question of Property

15 – The Labyrinth Spider

16 – The Clotho Spider

17 – Appendix

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The Biography of a Grizzly by Ernest Thomas Seton

Bear Grizzly_Denali photo taken by Jean-Pierre Lavoie, Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license

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bears forest Utro_v_sosnovom_lesu

00 – Dedication, Preface

01 – The Cubhood of Wahb

Bear and Cubs photo from Wikimedia commons licensed by wwwdotfapasdotes, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license

02 – The Days of His Strength

03 – The Waning

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When Mother Lets us Cook by Constance Johnson

Baking When Mother Lets us Cook

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Rolling piecrust When Mother Lets us Cook

Part 1

Fill to a level spoon or cup unless you're told to heap it up

Part 2

This rule above all others heed, have ready everything you need

Part 3

Part 4

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Richard of Jamestown: A Story of the Virginia Colony by James Otis

Jamestown Virginia settlement ships

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Total running time: 3 hours, 8 minutes

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storm at sea detail by Peter Bruegel the elder

Forward

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Virginia Fisherman Island, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia photo by Ebyabe, GNU Free documentation license
Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Captain John Smith, retouched and digitally altered derivative work by Spiderpig, GNU Free Documentation license

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Baptism of Pocahontas in Jamestown

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Oysters, Huitres, by Julienbzh35, GNU Free documentation license

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

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Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography

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Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
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Teddy Roosevelt at Yellowstone, 1904

Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt, Forward

01 – Ch 01, Boyhood and Youth

02 – Ch 02, The Vigor of Life, pt 1

03 – Ch 02, The Vigor of Life, pt 2

04 – Ch 02, The Vigor of Life, pt 3

05 – Ch 03, Practical Politics, pt 1

06 – Ch 03, Practical Politics, pt 2

07 – Ch 03, Practical Politics, pt 3

Theodore Roosevelt with the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill

08 – Ch 04, In Cowboy Land, pt 1

09 – Ch 04, In Cowboy Land, pt 2

10 – Ch 04, In Cowboy Land, pt 3

11 – Ch 05, Applied Idealism, pt 1

12 – Ch 05, Applied Idealism, pt 2

13 – Ch 05, Applied Idealism, pt 3

14 – Ch 06, The New York Police, pt 1

15 – Ch 06, The New York Police, pt 2

16 – Ch 06, The New York Police, pt 3

Teddy Roosevelt, Lt Col, 1898

17 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 1

18 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 2

19 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 3

20 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 4

21 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 5

Roosevelt family portrait, color added

22 – Ch 08, The New York Governorship, pt 1

23 – Ch 08, The New York Governorship, pt 2

24 – Ch 08, The New York Governorship, pt 3

25 – Ch 08, The New York Governorship, pt 4

26 – Ch 09, Outdoors and Indoors, pt 1

27 – Ch 09, Outdoors and Indoors, pt 2

28 – Ch 09, Outdoors and Indoors, pt 3

Teddy Roosevelt large globe

29 – Ch 10, The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive, pt 1

30 – Ch 10, The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive, pt 2

31 – Ch 10, The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive, pt 3

32 – Ch 10, The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive, pt 4

33 – Ch 11, The Natural Resources of the Nation, pt 1

34 – Ch 11, The Natural Resources of the Nation, pt 2

35 – Ch 11, The Natural Resources of the Nation, pt 3

Roosevelt with John Muir at Glacier Point

36 – Ch 12, The Big Stick and the Square Deal, pt 1

37 – Ch 12, The Big Stick and the Square Deal, pt 2

38 – Ch 12, The Big Stick and the Square Deal, pt 3

"Walk softly and carry a big stick!"

39 – Ch 13, Social and Industrial Justice, pt 1

40 – Ch 13, Social and Industrial Justice, pt 2

41 – Ch 13, Social and Industrial Justice, pt 3

Teddy Roosevelt with gun standing next to a dead elephant, on safari, probably in Africa

42 – Ch 14, The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal, pt 1

43 – Ch 14, The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal, pt 2

44 – Ch 14, The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal, pt 3

45 – Ch 15, The Peace of Rightousness, pt 1

46 – Ch 15, The Peace of Righteousness, pt 2

47 – Appendix A-The Trusts, the People, and the Square Deal, pt 1

48 – Appendix A-The Trusts, the People, and the Square Deal, pt 2

49 – Appendix B-The Control of Corporations and the New Freedom & C-The Blaine Campaign

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Lewis and Clark Horizons West

Lewis and Clark mural by Frank H. Schwarz

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The 13 episodes in this old time radio drama paint a vivid picture of Lewis and Clark’s journey west.

Mr. Jefferson’s Dream

The Confrontation

Dakota Winter

Salmon River Canyon

Into the Unknown

The Great Falls

Indian Encampment Shoshone Village, Albert Bierstadt

Shoshone Country

To the Pacific

Fort on the Columbia

Lewis Clark Expedition map, GNU Free Documentation license

Homeward Bound

Decision at Travelers Rest

Clark and the Horse Thieves

Lewis and the Blackfeet

Down the Missouri to St. Louis

Lewis and Clark River photo by Pfly, Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license

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Annie Oakley

Cavalcade of America: 1874, Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley was probably the most famous marksman/woman in the world when this short clip was produced in Edison’s Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Barely five feet tall, Annie was always associated with the wild west, although she was born in 1860 as Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee (or Moses)in Darke County, Ohio. Nevertheless, she was a staple in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and similar wild west companies. Because of her diminutive stature, she was billed as “Little Sure Shot.”

The man assisting her is this appearance is probably her husband, Frank E. Butler. Annie had outshot Butler (a famous dead-eye marksman himself) in a shooting contest in the 1880’s. Instead of nursing his bruised ego because he had been throughly outgunned by a woman, Butler fell in love, married Little Sure Shot, and became her manager.

Theirs was a solid and happy marriage that lasted 44 years, and when Annie died on November 3, 1926, at age 66, a heartbroken Butler followed her to the grave 18 days later. [Summary from Internet Archive accompanying this footage]

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How I Found Livingstone by Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Livingstone Preaching from a wagon, London Missionary Society
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Livingstone buying a book, London Missionary Society

01 – Chapter 1

02 – Chapter 2

03 – Chapter 3

04 – Chapter 4 Part 1

05 – Chapter 4 Part 2

Livingstone showing watch to natives, London Missionary Society

06 – Chapter 5 Part1

07 – Chapter 5 Part 2

08 – Chapter 5 Part 3

09 – Chapter 6 Part 1

10 – Chapter 6 Part 2

Livingstone, Fetish image, London Missionary Society

11 – Chapter 7 Part 1

12 – Chapter 7 Part 2

13 – Chapter 7 Part 3

14 – Chapter 7 Part 4

Livingstone by Frederick Havill

15 – Chapter 8 Part1

16 – Chapter 8 Part 2

17 – Chapter 9 Part 1

18 – Chapter 9 Part 2

Livingstone, Ivory and Carriers, London Missionary Society

19 – Chapter 10 Part 1

20 – Chapter 10 Part 2

21 – Chapter 10 Part 3

22 – Chapter 10 Part 4

23 – Chapter 11 Part 1

24 – Chapter 11 Part 2

25 – Chapter 11 Part 3

26 – Chapter 11 Part 4

"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

27 – Chapter 12 Part 1

28 – Chapter 12 Part 2

29 – Chapter 12 Part 3

30 – Chapter 12 Part 4

31 – Chapter 13 Part 1

32 – Chapter 13 Part 2

33 – Chapter 13 Part 3

Livingstone, The Slave Gang, London Missionary Society

34 – Chapter 14 Part 1

35 – Chapter 14 Part 2

36 – Chapter 14 Part 3

37 – Chapter 14 Part 4

Livingstone, Slave Dhow, London Missionary Society

38 – Chapter 15 Part 1

39 – Chapter 15 Part 2

40 – Chapter 15 Part 3
41 – Chapter 15 Part 4

Livingstone, Carrying the body to the Coast, London Missionary Society

42 – Chapter 16

43 – Concluding Chapter

Livingstone's Bechuana Congregation by The London Missionary Society, circa 1900

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Stories and Music for Christmas

Stories:

The Angel at the Altar

The Manger of Bethlehem

Shepherds and Singing Angels

The Star and the Wise Men

Music:

The following Christmas songs and madrigals are masterfully played by classical guitarist Jon Sayles. Many thanks to Mr. Sayles for releasing this music to the public domain, for our enjoyment.

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang by John Wilbye

Hark, Jolly Shepherds by Thomas Morley

Though Amaryllis Dance in Green by William Byrd

Four hands, two necks, one Wreathing by Thomas Weelkes