Life Sciences
Man and His Ancestor
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Charles Morris
An examination of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and subsequent texts, written for the general public at the turn of the twentieth cen…
The Book of Love
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Paolo Mantegazza
Translated from Italian, it delves into the physiology of love from a scientific standpoint, in beautiful writing.
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…
Dragons of the Air
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Harry Seeley
Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th cent…
Wildwood Ways
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Winthrop Packard
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a journey among the wild woods and ponds alerting us to their many inhabitants. He points…
Little Masterpieces of Science
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George Iles
Another in the series of Little Masterpieces in Science, The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer includes essays and excerpts from the works …
Notes of An East Coast Naturalist
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Arthur Henry Patterson
Arthur Henry Patterson was a self-taught naturalist with an immeasurable knowledge and perspicacity of the Broadland region’s flora and faun…
Man and Nature on the Broads
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Arthur Henry Patterson
From its man-made origins as a consequence of medieval peat excavations, the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk have evolved into a natural ecosy…
Botany, The Story of Plant Life
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Julia Mcnair Wright
Botany, The Story of Plant Life, is a charming book explaining plant life. The author chose the format of a chapter for each month to discus…
Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity
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Robert N Bader, Donald J Coxwell and Thomas R. Johnson
In recent years the number of people interested in keeping amphibians and reptiles in captivity has grown rapidly. All too often, these same…
Malaria in Greek History
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William Henry Samuel Jones
This book is an attempt to correct and develop the theory proposed tentatively in the little work Malaria. Put briefly, this theory is as fo…
Wood Wanderings
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Winthrop Packard
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat.…
The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song
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Frederick Walker Mott
From the Preface: "The contents of this little book formed the subject of three lectures delivered at the Royal Institution "On th…
Civilization and Climate
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Ellsworth Huntington
This book presents the science of geography one step further than just the physical features of the earth's surface. The relationship betwee…
Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's Desk
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Austin L. Rand
Canadian zoologist, Austin L. Rand, takes a divergence from his scholarly works on ornithology to give us 60 entertaining sketches of bird l…
Zoology
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Ernest Ingersoll
Scientist and prolific author, Ernest Ingersoll, in this book gives as an overview of animal life. Included here are descriptions of sea li…
Our Feathered Friends
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Elizabeth Grinnell
This volume displays the romance of birds in beautiful prose and dialog in simple language for children and adults alike. Written by a moth…
Woodland Paths
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Winthrop Packard
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods, alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat…
The Malay Archipelago
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Alfred Russel Wallace
The Malay Archipelago is a classical Victorian work combining natural history, biogeography and ethnology while describing Wallace's travels…
Walnut Growing in Oregon
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Jacob Calvin Cooper
Although published to promote the business of walnut production, this short volume describes the current science and practice of growing wal…