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The ABC of Relativity clearly and engagingly explains Einstein's Theory of Relativity to the layperson. It is considered to be a significant contribution to the popularization of science. Its author, Bertrand Russell, was an acclaimed British mathematician, philosopher and logician. Please note that in a few of the chapters, diagrams are included which clarify the author's discourse. The listener may wish to consult a published text to refer to these diagrams.

A governess comes to Sherlock Holmes for advice on an offer of a excellent position with a new employer. But the conditions are odd and expectations strange. What is behind the smiling demeanor of the owner of the Copper Beeches house? Sherlock and Dr. Watson are happy to help this lady with her conundrum and save lives as a consequence.

Absolute Surrender and Other Addresses by Andrew Murray is a classic collection of Christian devotional teachings centered on faith, obedience, humility, and complete dedication to God.Murray presents the idea of “absolute surrender” as the foundation of a deeper spiritual life. Through a series of addresses, he encourages readers to trust God fully, let go of self-reliance, and allow faith to shape everyday decisions, relationships, and personal conduct.The book explores themes such as prayer, spiritual growth, dependence on God, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the transformation that ...

Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with this 1920 novel about Old New York society. Newland Archer is wealthy, well-bred, and engaged to the beautiful May Welland. But he finds himself drawn to May's cousin Ellen Olenska, who has been living in Europe and who has returned following a scandalous separation from her husband. (Introduction by Elizabeth Klett) Proof listened by Stav Nisser & Betty M.

Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John picks up the continuing story of the three cousins Patsy Doyle, Beth De Graf, and Louise Merrick, and their family; the plot of the book begins three days after the wedding of Louise and her fiancé Arthur Weldon, the event that concluded the sixth book in the series, Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society. Uncle John hires a touring car and the party makes a tour of the South West, visiting New Mexico and Arizona. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

Lamb used Homer's Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses's journey back from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. Not a direct translation and deemed modern in its time, Lamb states in the preface that, "I have gained a rapidity to the narration which I hope will make it more attractive and give it more the air of a romance to young readers". (Summary by Rebecca)

Jerry Muskrat and his friends love their homes in the Smiling Pool and Laughing Brook. So when the Smiling Pool suddenly stops smiling, and the Laughing Brook stops laughing, Jerry Muskrat goes on an adventurous investigation along with Grandfather Frog, Billy Mink, Little Joe Otter and Spotty the Turtle.

As Jowett relates in his brilliant introduction, 95% of Plato's writing is certain and his reputation rests soundly on this foundation. The Alcibiades 1 appears to be a short work by Plato with only two characters: Socrates and Alcibiades. This dialogue has little dramatic verisimilitude but centres on the question of what knowledge one needs for political life. Like the early dialogues, the question is on whether the virtues needed by a statesman can be taught, on the importance of self-knowledge as a starting point for any leader. While this may be only partially the work of Plato, or even ...

Aces Up by Covington Clarke is a fast-paced World War I aviation adventure that follows a group of American pilots serving in France, where courage, rivalry, friendship, and the dangers of aerial combat shape their lives.Eager to prove themselves in battle, the young airmen must first endure training, uncertainty, and the frustration of waiting for their chance to enter combat. Among them are pilots whose confidence and competitive spirit are tested as they face the realities of military flying and learn that survival depends as much on discipline and teamwork as on individual daring.Clarke ...

The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth is a social and political novel that explores wealth, class, family duty, and the consequences of absentee landlordism in Ireland.The story follows Lord Colambre, the son of Lord and Lady Clonbrony, an Irish aristocratic family living expensively in London while drawing their income from estates in Ireland. Lady Clonbrony is deeply concerned with social status and fashionable society, while her husband’s finances are increasingly strained.Colambre becomes uncomfortable with the artificial world surrounding his family and begins to question the way their Irish ...

Three classic SF stories by Jack Williamson: The Cosmic Express, The Pygmy Planet and Salvage in Space. All were published in Astounding Stories in the very early 1930's. and all are fine examples of the far ranging imagination of science fiction writers of the day.

These are three imaginative SF stories by an author I admire a lot, William Tenn. Venus is a Man's World, (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1951), Project Hush (Galaxy Science Fiction, 1954_ and Of All Possible Worlds. (Galaxy, Sept 1956) - Summary by phil chenevert

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel is a lively woodland tale by Thornton W. Burgess, following one of the Green Forest’s most curious and mischievous inhabitants. Chatterer loves excitement and often creates trouble simply to amuse himself. However, his playful behavior becomes dangerous when he attracts the attention of Shadow the Weasel and Redtail the Hawk.Forced to run for his life, Chatterer leaves the familiar safety of the Green Forest in search of a new home. His journey brings unexpected dangers, difficult choices, and surprising encounters with Farmer Brown’s Boy. ...

This story presents through letters, poems and third-person commentary the love affair between a young man named Freeman Jones and a married woman named Elinor, lady of the castle he is visiting in Scotland. Events in the affair are traced from initial attraction through seduction to (somewhat) graphic sexual encounters and their aftermath. (Allegedly based on a real-life scandal, the author, in re-issuing his story two years later, transplanted the action to Italy, renaming the principals Fernando Jeronimi and Leonora.) (Summary by Grant Hurlock)

Adaptation by Mack Reynolds is a thought-provoking science-fiction novel about colonization, ideology, survival, and the way human societies change when they are forced to develop on their own.The story begins with humanity spreading across the galaxy. Small groups of pioneers are sent to distant planets and left largely isolated, with the expectation that they will either survive, adapt, and rebuild—or disappear. After many centuries, Earth returns to see what has become of these colonies.What the explorers discover is not a simple repetition of Earth. Each society has developed according ...

Against Celsus, preserved entirely in Greek, is a major apologetics work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, written in around 248 AD, countering the writings of Celsus, a pagan philosopher and controversialist who had written a scathing attack on Christianity in his treatise "The True Word". Among a variety of other charges, Celsus had denounced many Christian doctrines as irrational and criticized Christians themselves as uneducated, deluded, unpatriotic, close-minded towards reason, and too accepting of sinners. He had accused Jesus of performing his miracles using black magic rather...

The Adventures of Buster Bear is another set of children’s stories by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. Buster Bear has many adventures and misadventures as he meets the different characters in the Green Forest near the Laughing Brook. Along the way, we learn about the habits of Buster and his friends and we learn little lessons about life such as the importance of sharing, not stealing, making friends and not sticking one's head into tin pails. (Summary by John Lieder)

Aeschylus’s Agamemnon begins as Argos awaits the return of its victorious king after the ten-year Trojan War. A watchman sees the beacon announcing Troy’s fall, yet celebration is shadowed by fear. Queen Clytemnestra has ruled during her husband’s absence, concealing a carefully prepared revenge for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia. When Agamemnon arrives with the captive Trojan prophetess Cassandra, Clytemnestra welcomes him with magnificent crimson tapestries and persuades him to enter the palace in triumph. His proud steps, however, lead toward judgment and death.Cassandra ...

This fictional work is written in 1st person by the dog himself. It's a cute story of the adventures in the life of a noble dog who is appropriately named, Job. The canine society in which he lives is an interesting parallel to human society. (Summary by Allyson Hester)

Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary companies and multinational armies who fought in the service of city states, monarchs, and the Pope. Some like Ludovico Sforza in Milan seized power and founded dynasties in their own right. The merchant princes of the Medici family reached their apogee in Lorenzo the Magnificent in Florence, but faltered in the Papacy; Leo X proved no match for Martin Luther and Clement VII was powerless to avert the sack of Rome in 1527. Venice lost her overseas empire to ...