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• Giants of Land, Sea and Air, Past and Present (with descriptions of other books; c1986), by David Peters (PDF files with commentary at davidpetersstudio.com)

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• Beyond the Vanishing Point (New York: Ace Books, c1958), by Ray Cummings (Gutenberg text and page images)

• Neonatal Intensive Care for Low Birthweight Infants: Costs and Effectiveness (OTA-HCS-38; 1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • PDF at unt.edu
  • PDF at ed.gov

• Groundwater Recharge with Reclaimed Water: Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles County, 1982-1993, by Elizabeth M. Sloss, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Ronald D. Fricker, Sandy A. Geschwind, and Beate R. Ritz (PDF files at rand.org)

• Preventing Low Birthweight: Summary (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Preventing Low Birthweight: Summary (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2021), by Rexford S. Ahima (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
• Hitchcock's Appetites: The Corpulent Plots of Desire and Dread (New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic, c2016), by Casey McKittrick
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images and PDF at HathiTrust
• Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (third edition; London: Harrison, 1864), by William Banting
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (fourth edition; London: Harrison, 1869), by William Banting
  • HTML with commentary at lowcarb.ca
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Strong Medicine (Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., 1962), by Blake F. Donaldson, contrib. by Charles Gordon Heyd (page images at HathiTrust)

• Self-Administration of Abused Substances: Methods for Study, ed. by Norman A. Krasnegor (PDF at NIH)
• Behavioral Analysis and Treatment of Substance Abuse, ed. by Norman A. Krasnegor (PDF at NIH)

• Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2021), by Rexford S. Ahima (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
• Reducing Weight Comfortably: The Dietetic Treatment of Obesity (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1914), by Gustav Gaertner (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)

• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)

• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report, by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)

• Let's Eat for the Health of It (Washington: GPO, 2011), by United States Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Health and Human Services (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Mrs. Knox's "Be Fit, Not Fat" Recipes: A Grand Collection of Favorite Recipes With Calories Reduced From 1/3 to 2/3 (Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., c1939), contrib. by Rose Markward Knox (page images at HathiTrust)

• Weighing the Options: Criteria for Evaluating Weight-Management Programs (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life (blogged version of 1993 book, with reader comments and additional materials; scroll down page to see start of book), by Ray Kurzweil (HTML at kurzweilai.net)

• Weight Loss for Life (electronic edition, 2009), by Weight-control Information Network (U.S.) (HTML and PDF at NIH)
• Weighing the Options: Criteria for Evaluating Weight-Management Programs (1995), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Aim for a Healthy Weight (2005), by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Pat and the Spider: The Biter Bit (Toronto: Musson Book Co., ca. 1905), by Helen Bannerman
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Little People: A Father Reflects on His Daughter's Dwarfism and What it Means to be Different (Boston: Northeastern University, c2007), by Dan Kennedy (multiple formats at Northeastern)
• Little People (2010 edition), by Dan Kennedy (HTML with commentary at littlepeoplethebook.com)

• Die Riesen Kommen!! (The Food of the Gods in German; Minden in Westphalia: J. C. C. Bruns, ca. 1904), by H. G. Wells, trans. by Frederick Philip Grove
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Food of the Gods, and How It Came to Earth, by H. G. Wells (Gutenberg text)
• Thomas Boobig: A Complete Enough Account of His Life and Singular Disappearance (Boston: Lee and Shepard, c1895), by Luther Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel, by François Rabelais, trans. by Thomas Urquhart and Peter Anthony Motteux, illust. by Gustave Doré (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Unholy Three (New York and London: J. Lane; Toronto: S. B. Gundy, 1917), by Tod Robbins (multiple formats at Google; US access only)
• The Unholy Three (New York: A. L. Burt Co., c1917), by Tod Robbins (page images at HathiTrust)

• Jack and the Beanstalk (various editions) (HTML and page images with commentary at USM)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1888), illust. by R. André (HTML and page images at USM)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (New York: McLoughlin Bros., c1897) (page images at Preservica)
• The History of the Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (London and New York: G. Routledge and Co., ca. 1858), by Edward Dalziel, George Dalziel, and William McConnell (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
• Tom Swift in Captivity: or, A Daring Escape by Airship, by Victor Appleton
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at durendal.org

• The Cyclops, by Euripides, trans. by Edward P. Coleridge (HTML at MIT)
• Cyclops, by Euripides, trans. by David Kovacs (HTML with commentary at Perseus)

• Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals, by James W. Redfield (page images at MOA)

• Giants of Land, Sea and Air, Past and Present (with descriptions of other books; c1986), by David Peters (PDF files with commentary at davidpetersstudio.com)

• Giants of Land, Sea and Air, Past and Present (with descriptions of other books; c1986), by David Peters (PDF files with commentary at davidpetersstudio.com)

• Abortion Questions and Answers: Love Them Both (2003 edition), by J. C. Willke and Barbara Willke (PDF files at lifeissues.org)

• Israel, the Conflict, and Peace: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (2003), by Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (illustrated HTML in Israel)
• Israel, the Conflict, and Peace: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (current electronic edition, 2009 or later), by Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (illustrated HTML in Israel)

• The Cross of the Magi: An Unveiling of the Greatest of All the Ancient Mysteries (New York: Roger Bros.; London : L.N. Fowler, 1912), by Frank C. Higgins
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• New Lands (from the 1941 Thayer 1-volume edition; originally published 1923), by Charles Fort (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy From the Time of the Roman Empire Up to the Present Day, Showing It to Be an Amazing Series of Blunders Founded Upon an Error Made in the Second Century B.C. (London and New York: Hicksonia Pub. Co., ca. 1922), by Gerrard Hickson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• New Lands, by Charles Fort, contrib. by Booth Tarkington (HTML with commentary at resologist.net)
• The Book of the Damned (based on the third printing, 1931, with recent annotations added), by Charles Fort (HTML at resologist.net)
• The Book of the Damned (from the 1941 Thayer 1-volume edition; originally published 1919), by Charles Fort (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Moon Walk 1835: Was Neil Armstrong Really the First Man on the Moon? (1990 edition of Locke's "Great Astronomical Discoveries..."), by Richard Adams Locke, ed. by C. W. Tazewell (HTML at archive.org)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.