Health & Fitness

Notes on Nursing

by Florence Nightingale Read by Cori Samuel 4.8
Notes on Nursing was published in 1859 and is a fascinating view into the theories underpinning the early development of modern nursing and …

John Barleycorn

by Jack London Read by Peter Kelleher 4.5
Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work, London describes his life as seen through the eyes of John Barleycorn (…

Quit Your Worrying!

by George Wharton James Read by Gillian Hendrie 4.9
"People will worry, they do worry. What they want to know and need to learn is how to quit worrying. This I have attempted herein to sh…

The Silence

by David Van Bush Read by LT 4.5
Wrong thinking produces inharmony in our body, which in turn produces sickness. Our bodies sometimes are instantly re-harmonized while in th…

Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual

by F. Matthias Alexander Read by Kazbek 5
F. Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor, author and educator, who is best known as the inventor of Alexander Technique, a method for &…

The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath

by William Walker Atkinson Read by Mike Justice 4.6
Increase your awareness about the forgotten art of breathing as researched, practiced and written by our Eastern brothers. Inside you will f…

The Elements of Botany

by Asa Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
The book is intended to ground beginners in Structural Botany and the principles of vegetable life, mainly as concerns Flowering or Phanerog…

The Science of Being Well

by Wallace D. Wattles Read by Daniel Sanchez 4.8
The sequal to "The Science of Getting Rich", this book discusses how the power of positive thinking, and other specific habits can…

ABC of Vegetable Gardening

by Eben Eugene Rexford Read by Bill Boerst 4.3
ABC of Vegetable Gardening by Eben Eugene Rexford is a comprehensive guide designed to help both novice and experienced gardeners cultivate …

Vegetarianism and Occultism

by C. W. Leadbeater Read by Audio Andrea 4.5
Vegetarianism and Occultism explores the intriguing relationship between dietary choices and spiritual practices. C. W. Leadbeater delves in…

Strength and How to Obtain It

by Eugen Sandow Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

The Fun of Getting Thin

by Samuel G. Blythe Read by Christine Lehman 4.5
In this short, amusing book, subtitled "How to Be Thin and Reduce The Waist Line," Samuel G. Blythe explains how he was able to lo…

A Guide to Health

by Mahatma Gandhi Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Mahatma Gandhi, known today as a fascinating political leader and pacifist, also considered himself "something of an authority on matte…

Bacteria in Daily Life

by Grace Coleridge Frankland Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.5
The author provides a fascinating look at the emerging science of bacteriology at the start of the twentieth century including early progres…

Married Love

by Marie Stopes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
"Married Love" is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, an…

A Mind That Found Itself

by Clifford Whittingham Beers Read by Skip Corris 5
At twenty-four, Clifford Beers, Yale graduate and son of an old New England family, was confined to a mental institution, where he experienc…

The Logic of Vegetarianism

by Henry Salt Read by Lee Smalley 4.7
With clear logic and entertaining dialogues, the author presents many reasons for a vegetarian rather than a “flesh-eating” diet, and his ar…

On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp

by William Brooke O'Shaughnessy Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
The author investigated the uses of cannabis resin as an anticonvulsant and relaxant in cases of tetanus, cholera, and infantile convulsions…

Pleasure Cycling

by Henry Clyde Read by TriciaG 4.7
"In this little book, the writer, looking back to his own days of inexperience in cycling, has endeavored to furnish some useful inform…

Habits that Handicap

by Charles B. Towns Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Habits that Handicap delves into the complex world of addiction, exploring the psychological and social factors that contribute to alcoholis…

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