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The Psychology of Peoples: Its Influence on Their Evolution

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Gustave Le Bon


"It is barely a century and a half ago that certain philosophers, who, it should be remarked, were very ignorant of the primitive histo…

American Psychology, 1900-1922

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Various


This is the first of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an academ…

Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…

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Hans Gross


Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …

A Hero of Our Time

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Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov


A Hero of Our Time is indeed a portrait, but not of one man. It is a portrait built up of all our generation's vices in full bloom. You will…

La Comédie Humaine: 06 - Scènes de la vie de province tome 2 (25-6-42)

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Honoré de Balzac


Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

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Gustave Le Bon


"Civilisations as yet have only been created and directed by a small intellectual aristocracy, never by crowds. Crowds are only powerfu…

Diary of a Suicide

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Wallace E. Baker


“Mr. B. Russell Herts, c/o International Magazine, New York City.Under separate cover I am sending you a record of a young man who is about …

The Outline of Science, Vol 2

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J. Arthur Thomson


The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

The Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2

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Henry James


This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chance…

Six Characters in Search of an Author

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Luigi Pirandello


Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi …

The Anatomy of Melancholy Volume 3

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Robert Burton


The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burto…

Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct

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John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science …

The Psychology of Alcoholism

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George Barton Cutten


After presenting an overview of alcoholism and its affect on society, Dr. Cutten dives into the effects of chronic alcoholism on physiology,…

Good Sense

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Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach


In 1770, Baron D'Holbach published his masterpiece, "Systeme de la Nature", which for a long time passed as the posthumous work of…

The Anatomy of Melancholy Volume 2

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Robert Burton


The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burto…

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II

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John Locke


John Locke wrote four essays on human (or humane) understanding. Here are a few quotes from the book: "I see no reason to believe, that…

Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half

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Jacob A. Riis


These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…

La Comédie Humaine: 07 - Scènes de la vie de province tome 3 (8-9-44)

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Honoré de Balzac


Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…

Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum

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Hiram Chase


Hiram Chase is a well liked Reverend in a small ministry in Utica. When his mental and physical health deteriorates, he is taken to Utica lu…

Some Haunted Houses of England and Wales

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Elliott O'Donnell


Old buildings necessarily have a history. It is not always a happy history and folklore abounds. Sometimes unhappy souls come back to haunt …

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