Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Heretics and Heresies by Robert Green Ingersoll Well, you can't go wrong with a title like that. It sounds like the best/weirdest Dungeons & Dragons spin-off ever. Okay, so today's book never gets that wild. But it's interesting nonetheless, and its author is an especially interesting guy. Robert Green … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #22
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Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture by H. Clay Trumbull Another educational text here. This was published in 1885 and based on a series of lectures that its author gave in June of that year. It starts out as an anthropological journey, focusing on … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #5
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And we're back! Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Curiosities of Heat by Lyman Beecher Tefft This is a strange book. You might assume from the title that it's a purely scientific text, as I did. And eventually it does get there, giving us at the various properties and behaviors of heat. You've got heat … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #2
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Well, would you look at that. We're coming up on the 1-year anniversary of this little blog here. I'm pleased with what's been accomplished so far, but I know I could be doing a lot better. Coming up on Year 2, I've been thinking of ways to add more content to HH. Something quick and … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #1