Psychology
The Man of Genius
Read by Leon Harvey
Cesare Lombroso
Famous criminologist, anthropologist, and psychiatrist, Dr Lombroso, investigated the memetic anecdotal belief that genius is associated wit…
The psychic life of micro-organisms
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Alfred Binet
Described by Binet as a branch of psychology little known, he endeavoured in the following essay upon Micro-organisms, to show that psycholo…
Genetic Studies of Genius
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Lewis Terman
It should go without saying that a nation's resources of intellectual talent are among the most precious it will ever have. The study of the…
Practical Mysticism
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Evelyn Underhill
I write only for the larger class which, repelled by the formidable appearance of more elaborate works on the subject, would yet like to kno…
Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix
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Francis Tiffany
A biography of a woman who advocated for the humane treatment of people with mental illness. As a young woman travelling overseas, Dorothea …
The Salem Witchcraft
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Harriet Beecher Stowe and Samuel Robert Wells
The object in reprinting this most interesting review is simply to show the progress made in moral, intellectual, and physical science. The …
The Dry Dock of a Thousand Wrecks
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Philip Ilott Roberts
After an introduction to the Ole Jerry McAuley Mission in the year 1912, many wonderful stories of destitute alcoholics and addicts making a…
Studies in the Psychology of Sex
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Havelock Ellis
Volume 3: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and PainIn the study of Love and Pain I have discussed the sources of those aberrations which…
The Kallikak Family
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Henry H. Goddard
The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness, written by famous American psychologist and eugenicist Henry H. Goddard, …
Nerves and Common Sense
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Annie Payson Call
This is a collection of 30 articles on mental health, stress reducing and general advice on how to deal with everday problems at work or at …
Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity
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Richard Alfred Davenport
This book contains many brief tales from history of commoners pretending to be kings and kings pretending to be commoners. Learn the fate of…
On the Witness Stand
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Hugo Münsterberg
Eight sketches by one of the pioneers of applied psychology, which highlight the mind of the witness on the witness stand, and how one can b…
Popular Superstitions
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Herbert Mayo
"In the following Letters I have endeavoured to exhibit in their true light the singular natural phenomena of which old superstition an…
Abraham Lincoln
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Francis Grierson
A knowledge of the influences which ruled the life of Lincoln, the greatest of practical mystics, is essential now that a new form of pagani…
Mental Fatigue
Read by Leon Harvey
Tsuru Arai
Published as a doctoral thesis, the human capacity for sustained effort in mental work and the occurrence of exhaustion has been examined in…
Home Education
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Charlotte Mason
In proposing these lectures, my original notion was to popularize and amplify the valuable educational hints contained in some two or three …
Outwitting Our Nerves
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Josephine A. Jackson And Helen M. Salisbury
This book shall give information to practitioners and others on the subject of nervous disorders, and especially knowledge of the significan…
Weather Influences
Read by Leon Harvey
Edwin Grant Dexter
An empirical study of the mental and physiological effects of definite meteorological conditions. The seasonal and daily climatic changes th…
Psychology of the Stock Market
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G. C. Selden
Written in 1912 (before the 1929 crash and way before electronic trading), economist G. C. Selden explores the psychology behind stock marke…
Mythology
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Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison was an English classical scholar whose work had a particular focus on the earliest origins of Greek religion. Her Mythol…