Sunday, September 20, 2009

A Text-book of Geometry /Google Books

A text-book of geometry
Author George Albert Wentworth
Publisher Ginn & Co., 1890
Length 437 pages

Overview here.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Short Sermons for Children

Title Short sermons for children
Author Elizabeth Rumsey
Publisher Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 24, Paternoster-Row, and 23, Holles-Street, Cavendish-Square, 1859

Overview here.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A Child's History of Ireland/Google Books

A Child's History of Ireland
Author Patrick Weston Joyce
Publisher Longmans, Green, 1897
Length 507 pages

Overview here.

The Book of Knowledge/Google books

The book of knowledge: or, An explanation of words and things connected with all the arts and sciences
By George Crabb
Publisher Leavitt & Allen
Original from the New York Public Library
Length 368 pages

Overview here.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them/Google Books

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Famous Men of Modern Times

"This easy to read text will be not only be a delight for your child to read, but also provide a great insight to the foundations of the modern world. You can experience the adventurous times of the birth of the modern era through the eyes of such men as Lorenzo de Medici, Christopher Columbus, Galileo, Newton, Napoleon, Gladstone, and George Washington."

Overview here.


Authors John Henry Haaren, Addison B. Poland
Publisher American Book Co., 1909
Length 352 pages

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Hero Tales from History

Book overview provided by Google Books:
"Here are mighty men of the world and makers of modern American. Some of the men chosen as the heroes of these stories were great figures in world history and were selected because they are among the foremost heroes of our own country and our own culture. Hero Tales from History are told with the thought of the mental development of the children. Each story has a hero, full of action and written in a clear and simple language.The history of the past can never become a vital thing to us or to those whom we teach until the men of the past are live, flesh and blood men."

Hero tales from history
Author Smith Burnham
Edition illustrated
Publisher The John C. Winston company, 1922

Overview here.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Black American History/Google Books

The Negro in Our History
Author Carter Godwin Woodson
Publisher Associated Publishers, 1922
Overview here.

Monday, August 31, 2009

The Story Book of Science/Google Books

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The story-book of science
Authors Jean-Henri Fabre, Florence Constable Bicknell
Translated by Florence Constable Bicknell
Publisher The Century Co., 1917

Monday, August 17, 2009

Great Inventors and Their Inventions/Google Books

Overview

Great Inventors and Their Inventions
Author Frank Puterbaugh Bachman
Publisher American Book Company, 1918
Length 304 pages

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Alexander the Great/Goggle Books

Overview

Alexander the Great
Makers of history, Jacob Abbott
Author Jacob Abbott
Publisher Harper, 1901
Length 278 pages

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Classic Myths in English Literature/Google Books

Overview
The Classic Myths in English Literature
by Charles Mills Gayley, Thomas Bulfinch.
Publisher Ginn, 1893
Length 539 pages

Monday, August 10, 2009

The Elements of Geology / Google Books

Overview

The Elements of Geology
Author William Harmon Norton
Publisher Ginn & company, 1905
Length 461 pages

Friday, August 7, 2009

Free E-Book: Embracing the E-Book Revolution

I'm not sure how long this PDF download will be free, but it is helpful for those wanting to learn more about using E-books for homeschooling.

Click here.

HT to Denese.

Primary Word Studies/Google Books

Overview

Word studies: Primary book and Advanced book
Author Edwin Samuels Sheppe
Publisher B.F. Johnson Publishing Co., 1905
Length242 pages

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Practical English for High Schools/Google Books

Overview

Practical English for High Schools
Authors William Dodge Lewis, James Fleming Hosic
Publisher American Book Co., 1916
Length 415 pages

Saturday, August 1, 2009