Books Should Be Free Loyal Books Free Public Domain Audiobooks & eBook Downloads |
|
Science |
---|
Book type:
Sort by:
View by:
|
By: Linnean Society of London | |
---|---|
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology |
By: Lorin Low Dame (1838-1903) | |
---|---|
Handbook of the Trees of New England |
By: Lorne W. (Lorne Webster) Barclay (1885-) | |
---|---|
Educational Work of the Boy Scouts | |
By: Lou Tabakow (1915?-1981) | |
---|---|
Faithfully Yours |
By: Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) | |
---|---|
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence |
By: Louis Albert Banks (1855-1933) | |
---|---|
White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor |
By: Louis Compton Miall (1842-1921) | |
---|---|
History of Biology
A history of biology from ancient times to Darwin and Pasteur by Louis Compton Miall, Professor of Biology, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy at the University of Leeds. This book covers all the major advances in botany and zoology through the mid-1800's and concludes with the impact that Darwin's "Origin of Species" and Pasteur's research into microorganisms will have on future generations of biologists. “Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.” – Louis Pasteur |
By: Louis Dechmann | |
---|---|
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration |
By: Louise DeKoven Bowen (1859-1953) | |
---|---|
Colored People of Chicago
This book presents a summary of the findings conducted by the the Juvenile Protective Association in Chicago before the changes brought on by the war-time economy. The study's researchers were A. P. Drucker, Sophia Boaz, A. L. Harris, and Miriam Schaffner. Its author, Louise DeKoven Bowen was a well-known philanthropist and suffragist in Chicago. The summary makes no strong argument on its own, but presents simple facts and observations that would alert the reader to the need for social and economic reform in the city. - Summary by KevinS |
By: Louise Stevens Bryant (1885-1959) | |
---|---|
Educational Work of the Girl Scouts |
By: Lowell Howard Morrow | |
---|---|
Omega, the Man |
By: Lucien Biart (1829-1897) | |
---|---|
Adventures of a Young Naturalist |
By: Lucius Daniel | |
---|---|
Martians Never Die |
By: Luigi Cornaro (1475-1566) | |
---|---|
Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life Wherein is demonstrated, by his own Example, the Method of Preserving Health to Extreme Old Age |
By: Luther Newton Hayes (1883-1978) | |
---|---|
Chinese Dragon
The subject of this little book [1923] is of general interest to people who are acquainted with things Chinese. The dragon has played a large part in Chinese thought through four thousand and more years…. The author is peculiarly fitted to undertake this piece of work. He was born in China and speaks the Chinese language as a native. Thus, he has had the first-hand knowledge and the language to help him in his study. He has been studying on the subject of the dragon for fourteen years. In this time, he has traveled over more than one half the number of provinces of China…... |
By: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company | |
---|---|
Food and Health |
By: Lydia Estes Pinkham (1819-1883) | |
---|---|
Treatise on the Diseases of Women |
By: Lyman Abbott (1835-1922) | |
---|---|
Darkness and Daylight; or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life
A Pictorial Record of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the Great Metropolis, with hundreds of thrilling anecdotes and incidents, sketches of life and character, humorous stories, touching home scenes, and tales of tender pathos, drawn from the bright and shady sides of the great under world of New York. By Mrs. Helen Campbell, City Missionary and Philanthropist; Col. Thomas W. Knox, Author and Journalist; and Supt. Thomas Byrnes, Chief of NY Police and Detectives. With highly interesting descriptions of little known phases of New York life; and an account of Detective Byrnes' thirty years' experiences and reminiscences written by himself from his private diary... |
By: Lyn Venable | |
---|---|
Homesick | |
Grove of the Unborn |
By: M. A. (Monette A.) Cummings (1914-) | |
---|---|
No Pets Allowed |
By: M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke (1825-1914) | |
---|---|
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses |
By: M. C. Pease | |
---|---|
This One Problem |
By: M. I. Mayfield | |
---|---|
On Handling the Data |
By: M. M. Pattison Muir (d1931) | |
---|---|
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
A light journey through the history of chemistry, from its start in the obscure mysteries of alchemy to what was, for the author, the cutting edge of the development of modern atomic theory … and whose developing blind ends we can now see with the advantage of hind sight. |
By: Mack Reynolds (1917-1983) | |
---|---|
Mercenary
Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior. But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning... (Introduction from the Gutenberg text) | |
Ultima Thule
Ronny Bronston has dreamed all his life of getting a United Planets job that would take him off-world. He finally gets the opportunity when he is given a provisional assignment with Bureau of Investigation, Section G. But will he be able to complete his assignment and find the elusive Tommy Paine? | |
Happy Ending | |
I'm a Stranger Here Myself | |
Gun for Hire | |
Dogfight—1973 | |
Combat | |
The Common Man | |
Freedom | |
Border, Breed Nor Birth | |
Medal of Honor | |
Unborn Tomorrow | |
Subversive | |
Off Course | |
Summit |
By: Mae Franking | |
---|---|
My Chinese Marriage
Mae Watkins, a University of Michigan student, unexpectedly falls in love with a Chinese international law student in the midst of World War I. Despite the socially unacceptable pairing the couple decide to tie the knot and forge ahead with an unsure future. Mae demonstrates her unique ability to observe and describe a foreign culture after their move to Shanghai. She documents in detail her perceptions of Chinese fashion and food in addition to her knowledge of such controversial customs as foot binding and widow suicide... |
By: Mallanaga Vatsyayana | |
---|---|
The Kama Sutra
The Kama Sutra, or Aphorisms on Love, has survived at least 1400 years as a dominant text on sexual relations between men and women. Vatsyayana claimed to have written the Kama Sutra while a religious student, “in contemplation of the Deity” - but references to older works, shrewd disputations by Vatsyayana of those authors' recommendations, and careful cataloging of practices in various of the Indian states indicate much more emphasis on kama, or sensual gratification. Part of the book discusses the 64 arts of love employed by masters of coitus... |
By: Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986) | |
---|---|
The Devil's Asteroid |
By: Mann Rubin | |
---|---|
The Second Voice |
By: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (75 BC - c. 15 BC) | |
---|---|
Ten Books on Architecture
On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus as a guide for building projects. The work is one of the most important sources of modern knowledge of Roman building methods as well as the planning and design of structures, both large (aqueducts, buildings, baths, harbours) and small (machines, measuring devices, instruments). He is also the prime source of the famous story of Archimedes and his bath-time discovery. |
By: Margaret Burnham | |
---|---|
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship
Teenagers Peggy Prescott and her brother Roy share a love of aviation that they inherited from their late father. Mr. Prescott had always dreamed of building an aeroplane that would be free of the defects of planes already invented. Peggy and Roy manage to build a plane starting with the framework their father had begun. Peggy christens it ‘The Golden Buttefly’ and she and Roy are determined to enter it in a young aviator’s contest for a prize of $5000. The Prescotts need the money desperately to save the home they share with their aunt which is about to be taken from them by the rather nasty banker, Mr... |
By: Margaret Herschel (1810-1884) | |
---|---|
Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel
For many people, the name Caroline Herschel will be unfamiliar, but she was one of the most significant women on the English scientific scene during the late 18th and early 19th century. Sister of the well known William Herschel , she first worked as his assistant in his astronomical works, and then went on to become a noted astronomer in her own right. She discovered eight new comets in her lifetime, and was the first woman to be paid for her contribution to science, and was awarded a Gold Medal... |
By: Margaret Sanger (1883-1966) | |
---|---|
The Pivot of Civilization |
By: Margaret W. Lewis | |
---|---|
Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City |
By: Margaret Warner Morley (1858-1923) | |
---|---|
The Insect Folk
Through delightful outings with her students, a teacher introduces her class to the fascinating world of insects. She encourages her students to observe and ask questions. This is a wonderful science text for young children. | |
The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young |
By: Marie Curie (1867-1934) | |
---|---|
Radioactive Substances
Marie Curie, born in Warsaw in 1867, was a French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes - in physics (1903) and chemistry (1911). The risks of working with strongly radioactive materials were not known at that time, and she eventually died in 1934 from an illness likely caused by radiation poisoning.Radioactive Substances is the thesis of Marie Curie, presented to the Faculté de Sciences de Paris in 1903, and subsequently published in "Chemical News" vol 88, 1903... |
By: Marion Harland (1830-1922) | |
---|---|
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) | |
Marion Harland's Complete Etiquette
Haven't you always wondered how to properly accept a formal dinner invitation? Perhaps you have a débutante under your wing, in which case you need to make sure her appearance in society goes perfectly, to increase her chances of a brilliant match. And what exactly would be your duties as her chaperon? These and many other questions are expertly answered by Marion Harland in this little volume. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
---|---|
The Door Through Space
At one time Race Cargill had been the best Terran Intelligence agent on the complex and mysterious planet of Wolf. He had repeatedly imperiled his life amongst the half-human and non-human creatures of the sullen world. And he had repeatedly accomplished the fantastic missions until his name was emblazoned with glory. But that had all seemingly ended. For six long years he’d sat behind a boring desk inside the fenced-in Terran Headquarters, cut off there ever since he and a rival had scarred and ripped each other in blood-feud... | |
Year of the Big Thaw |
By: Marjory MacMurchy Willison (-1938) | |
---|---|
The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance |
By: Mark Clifton (1906-1963) | |
---|---|
Sense from Thought Divide | |
A Woman's Place | |
The Kenzie Report |