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Genetic Studies of Genius, Volume 1: Mental and Physical Traits of a Thousand G…
Read by Leon Harvey
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…
Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome
Read by Leon Harvey
William Henry Samuel Jones
This short book has the objective of showing how important it is to stamp out malaria as soon as possible. Unlike a plague that suddenly tak…
Malaria in Greek History
Read by Leon Harvey
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…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. V…
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James Frazer
The sixth volume in the Golden Bough. Frazer continues into the second part of the compilation of analogies dealing with the recurring theme…
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…
Genetic Studies of Genius Volume 2: The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Ge…
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Catharine Cox Miles
The second volume in the longitudinal study of gifted children in the United States of America supervised by Lewis Terman. An extensive disc…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn An…
Read by Leon Harvey
James Frazer
The seventh volume in The Golden Bough series by Sir James George Frazer. The figure of the dying and reviving god in Oriental religions of …
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…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn An…
Read by Leon Harvey
James Frazer
The eighth volume in The Golden Bough collection, and second volume of The Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. The investigations into the …
The Beggars of Paris
Read by Leon Harvey
Louis Paulian
Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…
The Northward Course of Empire
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
The Northward Course of Empire was written to promote the idea of a new wave of civil expansion into the Arctic Circle, a region generally c…
World-Power and Evolution
Read by Leon Harvey
Ellsworth Huntington
Every important aspect of human knowledge must be considered in its relation to both space and time. In "Civilization and Climate"…
The Golden Bough. Part VI. The Scapegoat
Read by Leon Harvey
James Frazer
The ninth book in The Golden Bough Series. With The Scapegoat the general discussion of the theory and practice of the Dying God is brought …
Rural Improvement
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Frank Albert Waugh
The principles of civic art applied to rural conditions including village improvement and the betterment of the open country. Big issues are…
The psychic life of micro-organisms : a study in experimental psychology
Read by Leon Harvey
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…
Psychological Examining in the United States Army
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Robert Mearns Yerkes
When, on April 6, 1917, the Nation was called to war a group of experimental psychologists promptly assembled to consider means of psycholog…
The Animate and the Inanimate
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William James Sidis
Sidis wrote The Animate and the Inanimate to elaborate his thoughts on the origin of life, cosmology, and the potential reversibility of the…
The Flexner Report. Medical Education In The United States And Canada
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Abraham Flexner
The Flexner Report is a book-length review and investigation into medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flex…
Mental Fatigue
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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…
The Golden Bough. Part VII. Balder The Beautiful. Volume I
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James Frazer
The tenth volume in The Golden Bough series. Frazer discusses the problem which gives its title to the whole work. If right, the Golden Boug…