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149 public-domain general books, summarised. Page 4 of 4.
Christmas in Storyland
Unknown
This collection of holiday fiction serves as a gentle time capsule, gathering stories from the early twentieth century that capture the wonder, simplicity, and moral earnestness of a bygone Christmas.
How to speak with the dead
Sciens
How can the boundary between the living and the departed be breached? This inquiry strips away the mysticism often surrounding spiritualism to frame the afterlife as a subject for rigorous, laboratory-style investigation.
A history of English lotteries
John Ashton
The allure of unearned wealth has long haunted the English public, driving a cycle of state-sanctioned gambling that fueled both the national coffers and individual ruin for over three centuries.
The social basis of consciousness
Trigant Burrow
We struggle with persistent emotional isolation because we are trapped in a self-centered social game that forces us to view life as a series of personal victories or failures. This work challenges the foundations of modern psychiatry by arguing that our neuroses are not personal flaws, but inevitable symptoms of…
Lignum-vitae
Samuel J. (Samuel James) Record
A dense, self-lubricating tropical hardwood underpins international maritime trade and naval operations. This study details the botany, commercial supply lines, physical mechanics, and synthetic substitutes of true lignum-vitae and its close botanical relatives.