Leon Harvey

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn And Of The Wild. Volume 1.

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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 …

Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology

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Frederick Adams Woods



Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral…

The Revolutions of Civilization

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William Matthew Flinders Petrie



British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europ…

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…

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…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn And Of The Wild. Volume 2

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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 …

World-Power and Evolution

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Ellsworth Huntington



Every important aspect of human knowledge must be considered in its relation to both space and time. In "Civilization and Climate"…

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…

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…

Weather Influences

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Edwin Grant Dexter



An empirical study of the mental and physiological effects of definite meteorological conditions. The seasonal and daily climatic changes th…

Is War Diminishing?

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Frederick Adams Woods



A study In the prevalence of war in Europe from 1400 to the present day. This small book summarises historical periods of peace compared to …

The Golden Bough. Part VI. The Scapegoat

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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 …

The Beggars of Paris

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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…

Genetic Studies of Genius Volume 2: The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses

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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…

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 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…

Criminal man: according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso

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Gina Lombroso



This book is an English summary and paraphrase of the multi-volume Italian work of the same name compiled by Cesare Lombroso, the father of …

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…

Climatic Changes. Their Nature and Causes

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Ellsworth Huntington



Evidence for historical changes in the geography of Earth's climate, and a discussion of the hypothesis of climate change. - Summary by Leon…

The Golden Bough. Part VII. Balder The Beautiful. Volume II

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James Frazer



The eleventh volume of The Golden Bough series. Fire festivals in exotic nations, magical properties of flowers, the concept of the external…

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