Health & Fitness
Music in Medicine
Read by James R. Hedrick
Sidney Licht
In spite of a spirited rebirth of the movement towards the establishment of a system of healing based on music, there are many valuable uses…
A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used…
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Richard Mead
This is a work written about the plague in France and how to prevent its spread. It is considered an important historical work for the unde…
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
A COMPLETE HAND BOOK FOR THE USE OF THE LADY IN POLITE SOCIETY. CONTAINING FULL DIRECTIONS FOR CORRECT MANNERS, DRESS, DEPORTMENT, AND CONVE…
The Breath of Life
Read by Martha Heaton
George Catlin
George Catlin was an American artist who lived among the Plains Indians, during the 1830s, capturing their way of life in his art. During hi…
What to Eat and When
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Susanna Cocroft
What is the purpose of food? How can it be utilized best to maintain health, aid recovery from illness and raise robust children, while bein…
The New Science of Controlled Breathing, Vol. 1 and 2
Read by Martha Heaton
Edward Lankow
Instructions on the health benefits of consciously controlled breathing, by famous opera singer, Edward Lankow.
Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks
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May Farinholt Jones
"The child's mind dwells constantly in the realm of imagination; dry facts are too prosaic to enter this realm. The "Land of Story…
Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking
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William Scott Tebb
William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the mak…
The Uses of Water in Health and Disease
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John Harvey Kellogg
A practical guide in the use of hydrotherapy for the treatment of disease and the promotion of health. - Summary by Brian Wilson
Über die Dummheit
Read by Claus Misfeldt
Leopold Loewenfeld
In seinem Werk aus dem Jahr 1909 behandelt der Autor umfassend das Phänomen der menschlichen Dummheit - wohlgemerkt zu einer Zeit, in d…
The Mesmeric Guide, for Family Use
Read by Jordan Watts
S. D. Saunders
Aimed at "those who judge of a Science by its practical utility and think that one minute spent in applying it to the benefit of mankin…
The Golden Rule Cook Book: Six Hundred Recipes for Meatless Dishes
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M. R. L. Sharpe
M. R. L. Sharpe, (Maud Russell Lorraine Carpenter) was Boston socialite and activist for animal rights and vegetarianism. These ethical co…