Psychology
Revelations of a Spirit Medium
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A. Medium
Written anonymously by "a working 'medium' for the past twenty years", this little book was an inspiration for a young Harry Houdi…
The Author's Abstract of Melancholy
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Robert Burton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Author's Abstract of Melancholy by Robert Burton. This was the fortnightly poetry project …
The Passing of the Year
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Robert W. Service
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Passing of the Year by by Robert W. Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for D…
The Major Symptoms of Hysteria
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Pierre Janet
In this series of lectures delivered in English by the author while visiting the USA, Janet summarises the (at the time) cutting edge perspe…
A Study of British Genius
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Havelock Ellis
The psychological and anthropological character of genius in the British Isles was investigated by Ellis. Citing and collating an extensive …
The Man of Genius
Read by Leon Harvey
Cesare Lombroso
Famous criminologist, anthropologist, and psychiatrist, Dr Lombroso, investigated the memetic anecdotal belief that genius is associated wit…
The Emotions
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James McCosh and James Mccosh
I am not satisfied with the account which has been given of the feelings and emotions in our books of mental science, and thence transferred…
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…
Genetic Studies of Genius, Volume 1: Mental and Physical Traits of a Thousand Gifted Children
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…
Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix
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Francis Tiffany
A biography of a woman who advocated for the humane treatment of people with mental illness. As a young woman travelling overseas, Dorothea …
Practical Mysticism (Version 2)
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Evelyn Underhill
I write only for the larger class which, repelled by the formidable appearance of more elaborate works on the subject, would yet like to kno…
The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism
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Harriet Beecher Stowe and Samuel Robert Wells
The object in reprinting this most interesting review is simply to show the progress made in moral, intellectual, and physical science. The …
The Dry Dock of a Thousand Wrecks
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Philip Ilott Roberts
After an introduction to the Ole Jerry McAuley Mission in the year 1912, many wonderful stories of destitute alcoholics and addicts making a…
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3
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Havelock Ellis
Volume 3: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and PainIn the study of Love and Pain I have discussed the sources of those aberrations which…
The Kallikak Family
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Henry H. Goddard
The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness, written by famous American psychologist and eugenicist Henry H. Goddard, …
Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity
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Richard Alfred Davenport
This book contains many brief tales from history of commoners pretending to be kings and kings pretending to be commoners. Learn the fate of…
Nerves and Common Sense
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Annie Payson Call
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 …
On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime
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Hugo Münsterberg
Eight sketches by one of the pioneers of applied psychology, which highlight the mind of the witness on the witness stand, and how one can b…
Popular Superstitions, and the Truths Contained Therein
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Herbert Mayo
"In the following Letters I have endeavoured to exhibit in their true light the singular natural phenomena of which old superstition an…