Non-fiction Books
The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
William Walker AtkinsonThe Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath is a manual on the science of controlling your breathing by Yogi Ramacharaka.The Western student is apt to be somewhat confused in his ideas regarding the Yogis and th..
The Positive School of Criminology
Enrico FerriThe Positive School of CriminologyThree Lectures Given at the University of Naples, Italy on April 22, 23 and 24, 1901..
Surgical Anatomy
Joseph MacliseThe object of this work is to present to the student of medicine and the practitioner removed from the schools, a series of dissections demonstrative of the relative anatomy of the principal regions o..
A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts
Benjamin WaterhouseA Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts is a real account of captivation written by Benjamin Waterhouse.Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May,..
Die Italienische Plastik
Wilhelm BodeDie Italienische Plastik is a book on sculpture written by Wilhelm Bode, German art historian and curator. Born Arnold Wilhelm Bode in Calvörde, he was ennobled in 1913. He was the creator and fi..
American Notes
Rudyard KiplingAn interesting account of Kipling's travels in the USA and his reflections on what he found in 19th century America. Kipling's shares generally unflattering observations of Americans during his visits..
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
Francis Pharcellus ChurchYes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus is a phrase from an editorial called Is There a Santa Claus?. The editorial appeared in the September 21, 1897, edition of The (New York) Sun and has since become..
Less Than Words Can Say
Richard MitchellIt is possible, Sagan says, to damage the brain in precisely such a way that the victim will lose the ability to understand the passive or to devise prepositional phrases or something like that.....