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56 public-domain general books, summarised. Page 2 of 2.
Civilization and its discontents
Sigmund Freud
Civilization is a profound, uneasy pact: humans trade their primitive instinctual freedom for the relative security of communal life, only to find that this exchange breeds a permanent, unavoidable sense of unhappiness and guilt.
The facts about rejuvenation
Morris Fishbein
The quest for eternal youth is a perennial human folly, and this investigation serves as a sharp, clinical correction to the snake-oil promises that frequently exploit the aging and the desperate.
How to read and correct proof
Lloyd E. (Lloyd Edwin) Smith
To catch the minute errors that evade the casual reader, one must cultivate a patient, trained mind and a relentless eye for detail. This guide reveals how the professional corrector ensures that what reaches the page is as accurate as humanly possible.
Select letters of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
The Atlantic becomes a bridge between worlds in these dispatches, where the wonder of new horizons collides with the encroaching shadows of political betrayal and personal ruin.
Outline of Mexican popular arts and crafts
Katherine Anne Porter
Deep within the Mexican craftsman lives an ancient, unbroken impulse to shape utility into beauty, merging indigenous soul with foreign influence into an enduring personal diary.
Oscar Wilde in outline
Charles Joseph Finger
A provocative stylist challenges Victorian complacency with biting paradox, proving that beneath his sparkling superficiality lies a rigorous, deeply intentional critique of modern society.
The German Arctic expedition of 1869-70, and narrative of the wreck of the "Hansa" in the ice
Karl Koldewey
Bound for the high north in 1869, two German ships set out to conquer the Arctic ice, only to find their destinies shattered and divided in a perilous struggle for survival against the frozen sea.
American honey plants
Frank C. (Frank Chapman) Pellett
Across North America’s meadows, swamps, and forests, the survival of honeybee colonies and the yield of sweet surplus rest on a vast, intricate carpet of nectar-bearing flora.