Health & Fitness

Strength and How to Obtain It

by Eugen Sandow Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

ABC of Vegetable Gardening

by Eben Eugene Rexford Read by Bill Boerst 4.3
ABC of Vegetable Gardening by Eben Eugene Rexford is a comprehensive guide designed to help both novice and experienced gardeners cultivate …

No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet

by Rupert H. Wheldon Read by Ben Adams 4.4
>Though little is known about its author, this is considered the first vegan cookbook ever written. At the time of its composition, the V…

The Natural History of Chocolate

by D. De Quelus, D. De Quelustranslated Byrichard Brookes and D. De Quelustranslated By Richard Brookes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…

Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza

by Francis Edward Tourscher Read by David Wales 4.6
In 1918 over 2,000 Roman Catholic nuns left their convents in the Philadelphia area to nurse the sick and dying of the influenza epidemic. …

A Mind That Found Itself

by Clifford Whittingham Beers Read by Skip Corris 5
At twenty-four, Clifford Beers, Yale graduate and son of an old New England family, was confined to a mental institution, where he experienc…

Infection and Immunity

by George M. Sternberg Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.8
Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…

Food Guide for War Service at Home

by Katherine Blunt Read by Maria Kasper 4.3
"The long war has brought hunger to Europe; some of her peoples stand constantly face to face with starvation. To meet all this great f…

Bacteria in Daily Life

by Grace Coleridge Frankland Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.5
The author provides a fascinating look at the emerging science of bacteriology at the start of the twentieth century including early progres…

Nerves and Common Sense

by Annie Payson Call Read by Scientila Duddempudi 5
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 …

How to Eat

by Thomas Clark Hinkle Read by Rapunzelina 4.6
A regime on how to keep a healthy mind in a healthy body, consisting of a yogic way of eating, fresh air and light exercise. - Summary by Ra…

What to Eat and When

by Susanna Cocroft Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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…

Married Love

by Marie Stopes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
"Married Love" is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, an…

Pleasure Cycling

by Henry Clyde Read by TriciaG 4.7
"In this little book, the writer, looking back to his own days of inexperience in cycling, has endeavored to furnish some useful inform…

The Logic of Vegetarianism

by Henry Salt Read by Lee Smalley 4.7
With clear logic and entertaining dialogues, the author presents many reasons for a vegetarian rather than a “flesh-eating” diet, and his ar…

The Mystery of Pain

by James Hinton Read by Ethan D. Gilkey 4.5
This book is addressed to the sorrowful, ... to whom their own or others' pain is a daily burden, upon whose hearts it weighs with an intole…

The Prospective Mother

by J. Morris Slemons Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy. This book, written for women who have no special knowledge of medicine, aims to answer the questions …

The Uses of Water in Health and Disease

by John Harvey Kellogg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
A practical guide in the use of hydrotherapy for the treatment of disease and the promotion of health. - Summary by Brian Wilson

The Major Symptoms of Hysteria

by Pierre Janet Read by Peter Tucker 5
In this series of lectures delivered in English by the author while visiting the USA, Janet summarises the (at the time) cutting edge perspe…

Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls

by Ernest A. Bell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young …

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