Gianluca: 83 books

CHAPTER I: THE BODY-REPUBLIC AND ITS DEFENSE CHAPTER II: OUR LEGACY OF HEALTH: THE POWER OF HEREDITY IN THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE CHAPTER III: THE PHYSIOGNOMY OF DISEASE: WHAT A DOCTOR CAN TELL FROM APPEARANCES CHAPTER IV: COLDS AND HOW TO CATCH THEM CHAPTER V: ADENOIDS, OR MOUTH-BREATHING: THEIR...

The first created thing was light. Then life came, then death. In between was fear. But not love. Love was absent. In Eden, there was none. Adam and Eve emerged there adult. The phases of the delicate fever which others in paradise since have experienced, left them unaffected. Instead of the reluctances...

The book introduces the study of socialism as a phenomenon and socialist movements in America during the nineteenth century.

"The view of the Immortality of Man which I have the privilege of stating is, broadly speaking, that of the Buddhist religion. But Buddhism, like many other great religions, is divided into main churches and subdivided into sects: and we find conspicuously two broad divisions, commonly called...

THE WHITE HORSE mentioned in THE APOCALYPSE CHAPTER 19 In the Apocalypse of John the Word is thus described as to its spiritual or internal sense: I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and He that sat upon him was called faithful and true, and in justice He doth judge and make war. His eyes...

In the working, out of my original plan, I have added more questions and answers in the text of each new English edition of the Catechism, leaving it to its translators to render them into whichever of the other vernaculars they may be working in. The unpretending aim in view is to give so succinct...

Ibsen’s last play and his most confessional work, it is an examination of the problem that had obsessed him throughout his career: the struggle between art and life. Arnold Rubek, a famous sculptor, is vacationing at a mountain resort. There he meets Irene von Satow, a former model of his, whose love he had rejected years ago because of his plan to consecrate his life to his art.

“The pleasure of giving to the public this volume has been brought about by the publication of the author’s work entitled, “Boy Wanted,” which he presented as “a book of cheerful counsel to his young friends and such of the seniors as are not too old to accept a bit of friendly admonition.”...

INTRODUCTION SECT. I. - The NATURE of the DISORDER SECT. II. - Persons Subject to it SECT. III. - The SYMPTOMS of the DISORDER SECT. IV. - The DANGER SECT. V. - The Causes of the HYPOCHONDRIASIS SECT. VI. - Rules of Life for Hypochondriac Persons SECT. VII. - The proper DIET SECT. VIII. - The MEDICINE

"...The natural position of woman is clearly, to a limited degree, a subordinate one. Such it has always been throughout the world, in all ages, and in many widely different conditions of society. There are three conclusive reasons why we should expect it to continue so for the future. First. Woman...

INTRODUCTION THE FREEDOM OF LIFE HOW TO SLEEP RESTFULLY RESISTANCE HURRY, WORRY, AND IRRITABILITY NERVOUS FEARS SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE OTHER PEOPLE HUMAN SYMPATHY PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE SELF-CONTROL THE RELIGION OF IT ABOUT CHRISTMAS TO MOTHERS

Clever, original presentations of present day social problems and the best solutions of them. A book every girl and woman should possess.

PREFACE CHAPTER I: RUNNING THE HUMAN AUTOMOBILE CHAPTER II: WHY WE HAVE A STOMACH - WHAT KEEPS US ALIVE - THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - THE JOURNEY DOWN THE FOOD TUBE CHAPTER III: THE FOOD-FUEL OF THE BODY-ENGINE - WHAT KIND OF FOOD SHOULD WE EAT? - THE THREE GREAT CLASSES OF FOOD-FUEL CHAPTER IV: THE COAL...

I. THE CARE OF CHILDREN Bathing Genital Organs Eyes Mouth Skin Clothing Napkins Nursery Airing Weight, Growth, and Development Dentition II. INFANT FEEDING Nursing Weaning Artificial Feeding Selection and Care of Milk Used for Infant Feeding Modification of Cow’s Milk Food for Healthy Infants The...