Dr. Bob’s Free Books

Medicine/Healing

Electrodynamic Man, Leonard Ravitz, Rutledge Books, Danbury, CT, 2002. Hardback/Jacket.
Electromagnetic Field Measurements in Biology, Medicine, Hypnosis & Psychiatry.

The D.O.s, Norman Gevitz, Johns Hopkins University, 1982. Hardback. Autographed.
Osteopathic Medicine in America.

The Modern Bethesda, AE Newton, reprint - first published 1879. Paperback.
The Gift of Healing Restored, Some Account of the Life and Labors of J.R. Newton, Healer.

Healing from the Source,  Yeshi Dhonden, Snow Lion, Ithaca, 2000. Paperback.
The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine.

Hand to Hand, John Harvey Gray and Lourdes Gray, XLibris, 2002.
The Longest-Practicing Reiki Master Tells His Story

The Youngest Science, Lewis Thomas, Viking, NY, NY, 1983. Hardback/Jacket.
Notes of a Medicine-Watcher. By author of The Lives of a Cell.

A Surgeon’s Odyssey, Richard Moss, Archway, Bloomington, IN, 2018. Paperback.
A young surgeon travels Southeast Asia plying his trade and learning life lessons.

Chiropractic in America, J. Stuart Moore, Johns Hopkins, 1993. Hardback.
A history of a medical alternative. Useful information.

Bonding, Klaus, Kennell & Klaus, Addison, 1995. Paperback.
Building the foundations of secure attachment and independence.
A bit heavy on research studies, not much for stories.

Woman Who Glows in the Dark, Elena Avila, Tarcher, 1999. Paperback.
A curandera reveals traditional Aztec secrets of physical & spiritual health.

Florence Nightingale, Hugh Small, St. Martin’s, 1999. Hardback - Exlibri. See our Review.
Avenging Angel – Small’s research into Nightingale’s life especially after the Crimean War.

Rex, Cathleen Lewis, Thomas Nelson, 2008. Paperback
A mother, her autistic child, and the music that transformed their lives.
Rex is not only autistic, but also blind. See our Review.

Soul Retrieval, Sandra Ingerman, Harper Collins, 1991. Paperback.
Mending the Fragmented Self.
An alternative to psychoanalysis drawn from shamanic tradition.

The Call, Oral Roberts, Avon, 1978. Paperback.
Oral Roberts’s Autobiography.
His journey from healing thousands in tents to building Oral Roberts University.

Coyote Medicine, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Fireside, 1997. Paperback. See our Review.
Lessons from Native American Healing.
A university-trained physician delves deeply into Native American Medicine.

Gabby, Gabrielle Giffords & Mark Kelly, Schuster, 2011. Hardback with jacket.
A Story of Courage and Hope. See our Review.
Mark Kelly tells of the couples’ journeys and details following Gabby’s wounding.

Shattered Love, Richard Chamberlain, Regan Books, 2003. Hardback with jacket.
A Memoir. See our Review.

Daughter of Destiny, Jamie Buckingham, Bridge-Logos, North Brunswick, 1999. PB
Kathryn Kuhlman: She Spoke of God and Miracles.
Authorized biography of the famous healer.

And There Was Light, Jacques Lusseyran, Morning Light, Sand Point, 1963/2006. PB.
Autobiography of the Blind Hero of the French Resistance in WWII. See our Review.

Still Me, Christopher Reeve, Ballantine, 1999. Hardback, Exlibris. See our Review.
Superman’s personal story with especial focus on life after his fall and quadriplegia.

The Blue Cord, Laurel Duran, DuirSoul, Santa Fe, 1995. Paperback. See our Review.
Once upon a time, the author, a massage therapist, died in a crash and returned to a paralyzed body.

The Alarming History of Medicine, Richard Gordon, St. Martin’s, 1993. Paperback.
Amusing Anecdotes from Hippocrates to Heart Transplants.

John of God, Heather Cummings and Karen Loeffler, Atria, 2007. Hardback/jacket.
The Brazilian Healer’s Touched the Lives of Millions. See our Review.
Written long before the healer was arrested and imprisoned for touching too much.

The Royal Touch, Marc Bloch, Dorset, 1961. Hardback with jacket.
Monarchy and Miracles in France and England.
A studious review of healing through royal hands.

Sounding the Inner Landscape, Kay Gardner, Caduceus, 1990. Paperback.
Music as Medicine.
A musician treads through mysteries of music and connections with healing.

The Humming Effect, Jonathan & Andi Goldman, Healing Arts, 2017. Paperback.
Sound Healing for Healing and Happiness.
Small volume which explores potentials to heal through Humming.

Healing Sounds, Jonathan Goldman, Healing Arts, 2002. Paperback.
The Power of Harmonics.
Using harmonic frequencies to stimulate healing. 

Practical Guide to Magnetic & Spiritual Healing, Jussara Korngold, Spiritist Alliance, 1999. Paperback.
Written from the standpoint of Latin American Spiritists.

Psychic Surgery & Faith Healing, Jessica Bryan, Lampico Creek, 1997. Paperback.
In the Lowlands of Pangasinan. See our Review.
An American’s adventures in healing and romance in the Philippines.

House Calls, Patch Adams, Robert D. Reed, 1998. Paperback.
How we can all heal the world one visit at a time.
Patch Adams uses humor & cartoons to get his message across.

Honoring the Medicine, Kenneth Cohen, One World Ballantine, 2003. Hardback/Jacket.
The Essential Guide to Native American Healing.

Born to Heal, Analea McGarey, Inkwell, 2003. Paperback.
The Life Story of Holistic Pioneer, Gladys Taylor McGarey, M.D.
Biography done by Gladys’s daughter. See our Review.

The Physician Within YOU, Gladys Taylor McGarey, Inkwell, 2000. Paperback.
Dr. McGarey shares the guiding philosophy of her 50-year medical practice.
See our Review.

The Edgar Cayce Handbook …, Harold J. Reilly, Berkley, 1975. Paperback.
For Health through Drugless Therapy. Hundreds of Practical Tips for Super Health.

The Oil That Heals, William A. McGarey, A.R.E. Press, 1993. Paperback.
A Physician’s Successes with Castor Oil Treatments.

The Brazilian Healer with the Kitchen Knife, Sandy Johnson, Rodale, 2003. Hardback.
And Other Stories of Mystics, Shamans, and Miracle Makers.

The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen, Doubleday, 1990. Paperback.
In our own Woundednesss, We can become a Source of Life for others.

Holistic Medicine, Tracy Deliman & John Smolowe, Reston, 1982. Hardback
Harmony of Body Mind Spirit.

Becoming a Physician, Thomas Neville Bonner, Johns Hopkins, 1995. Paperback.
Medical Education in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, 1750-1945.

Healing, Francis MacNutt, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, 1978. Paperback.
The first comprehensive Catholic book on healing -
By the foremost authority on the healing ministry in the Roman Catholic Church today.

Healing from the Source, Yeshi Dhonden, Snow Lion, 2000. Paperback.
The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine.

The I That Is We, Richard Moss, Celestial Arts, Berkeley, 1981.
Awakening to Higher Energies Through Unconditional Love.

Stories the Feet Can Tell Thru Reflexology, Eunice D. Ingham, 1984. Paperback.
& Stories the Feet Have Told Thru Reflexology

What Doctors Don't Tell You, Lynne McTaggart, Avon, 1998. Paperback.
The Truth About the Dangers of Modern Medicine.

The Complete Book of Water Healing, Dian Dincin Buchman, Instant Improvement, 1994, Hardback.

Chicken Soup for the Soul, Canfield and Hansen, Health Communications, 1996. Paperback.
A 3rd Serving.

Bodymind, Ken Dychtwald, Tarcher-Putnam, 1986. Paperback.

How We Do Harm, Otis Webb Brawley, St Martin's Press, 2011. Hardback with jacket.
A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America. See our Review.

The Myth of Psychotherapy, Thomas Szasz, Doubleday, 1978. Hardback with jacket.
See our Review.


And a Voice to Sing with,  Joan Baez, Summit, 1987. Hardback.
A Memoir.

Scott Joplin, James Haskins, Scarborough, 1980. Paperback.
The Man Who Made Ragtime.

In Pieces, Sally Field, Grand Central, 2018, Paperback.

Shattered Love, Richard Chamberlain, Regan Books, 2003. Hardback with jacket.
A Memoir. See our Review.

Memoirs of an Ordinary Mystic, Dorothy G. Maclean, Lorian Press, 2010. Paperback.

Behaving as if the God in All Life Mattered, Machaelle Wright, Perelandra, 1997. Paperback.


Oscar Levant, The Memoirs of an Amnesiac, Oscar Levant. Bantam, 1965. Paperback.

You Can Get There from Here, Shirley MacLaine, Norton, 1975. Hardback/Jacket.

Jack Benny, Irving A. Fein, Putnam's Sons, 1976. Hardback.

Jerry Lee Lewis, Rick Bragg, Harper, 2014, Hardback,
His Own Story

The Education of a Public Man, Hubert H. Humphrey, Doubleday, NY, NY, 1976. Hardback/Jacket.
My Life and Politics.

Until Tuesday, Luis Carlos Montalvan, Hyperion, 2011. Hardcover/jacket.
A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him.

Uncle Tungsten, Oliver Sacks, Vintage, 2002. Paperback.
Memories of a Chemical Boyhood.
The first autobiography of neurologist Oliver Sacks - his early years. See our Review.

Memoirs of an Ordinary Mystic, Dorothy G. Maclean, Lorian Press, 2010. Paperback.
Autobiography of one the founder’s of Findhorn Garden.

Cracking the Egyptian Code, Andrew Robinson, Oxford, 2012. Hardback.
The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion.
Historical review of Champollion and his decoding of the Rosetta Stone.

American Emperor, David O. Stewart, Simon & Schuster, 2011. Hardback.
Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America.
Narrates the notorious Burr’s life, duel with Hamilton, efforts to take over the USA.

The Heretic in Darwin’s Court, Ross A. Slotten, Cornell, 2004, Hardback with jacket.
The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace.
Tightly woven tome on Wallace’s life and work which rivaled that of Charles Darwin.

Gabby, Gabrielle Giffords & Mark Kelly, Schuster, 2011. Hardback with jacket.
A Story of Courage and Hope. See our Review.
Mark Kelly tells of the couples’ journeys and details following Gabby’s wounding.

Daughter of Destiny, Jamie Buckingham, Bridge-Logos, North Brunswick, 1999. PB
Kathryn Kuhlman: She Spoke of God and Miracles.
Authorized biography of the famous healer.

And There Was Light, Jacques Lusseyran, Morning Light, Sand Point, 1963/2006. PB.
Autobiography of the Blind Hero of the French Resistance in WWII. See our Review.

Still Me, Christopher Reeve, Ballantine, 1999. Hardback, Exlibris. See our Review.
Superman’s personal story with especial focus on life after his fall and quadriplegia.

The Blue Cord, Laurel Duran, DuirSoul, Santa Fe, 1995. Paperback. See our Review.
Once upon a time, the author, a massage therapist, died in a crash and returned to a paralyzed body.
See our Review.

Julius Caesar, Michael Grant, Evans, 1969. Hardback with jacket.
A Biography of the politician, showman, administrator, writer, & military genius.

The Scientist, John C. Lilly, Ronin, 1997. Paperback.
A Metaphysical Autobiography.
Lilly’s life and adventures with dolphins and mind-altering drugs.

Born to Heal, Analea McGarey, Inkwell, 2003. Paperback. See our Review.
The Life Story of Holistic Pioneer, Gladys Taylor McGarey, M.D.

Evita, Nicholas Fraser & Marysa Navarro, Norton, 1996. Paperback.
The Real Life of Eva Peron.

Many Voices, Eileen J. Garrett, Putnam, 1968. Hardback.
The Autobiography of a Medium.

Planet Walker, John Francis, National Geographic, 2005. Hardback/jacket.
17 Years of Silence, 22 Years of Walking.

Arlene Francis,Arlene Francis & Florence Rome, Simon & Schuster, 1978. Hardback.
A personal, intimate, warm autobiography by a star of Stage, Screeen and Television.

Shattered Love, Richard Chamberlain, Harper Collins, 2003. Hardback/Jacket.
A Memoir by a talented man growing into self-awareness.

Fonda: My Life, NAL Books, 1981. Hardback.
As Told to Howard Teichmann

Life is a Banquet, Rosalind Russell, Random House, 1977, Hardback.

Ingrid Bergman: My Story, Ingrid Bergman, Delacorte Press, 1980, Hardback/Jacket.
and Alan Burgess

Unmasked, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harper, 2019.
A Memoir and weighty tome which covers the first half of the great composer’s life.
New York Times Bestseller

Terry, George McGovern, Plume Book, NY, NY, 1997. Paperback
My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism. National Bestseller

John E. Fetzer, Brain C. Wilson, Wayne State University Press, 2018, Hardback/jacket.
And the Quest for the New Age

The Lives of the Muses, Francine Prose, Harper Collins, 2002, Hardback/jacket.
Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired.

Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt, Scribner, 1996. Hardcover with jacket.
Reminiscences of The Teacher Man about his family moving from Ireland to America.


Sounding the Inner Landscape, Kay Gardner, Caduceus, 1990. Paperback.
Music as Medicine.
A musician treads through mysteries of music and connections with healing.

The Humming Effect, Jonathan & Andi Goldman, Healing Arts, 2017. Paperback.
Sound Healing for Healing and Happiness.
Small volume which explores potentials to heal through Humming.

Healing Sounds, Jonathan Goldman, Healing Arts, 2002. Paperback.
The Power of Harmonics.
Using harmonic frequencies to stimulate healing. 

Rock n’ Blues Harmonica, Jon Gindick, Cross Harp, 2010. Paperback.
A World of Harp Knowledge, Songs, Stories, Lessons, Riffs, etc.
Includes CD and online support. Large Pages - 8 1/2 X 11.

The Gerswhins and Me, Michael Feinstein, Simon & Schuster, 2012. Hardback & jacket.
A Personal History in Twelve Songs.
Feinstein retells his time with Ira Gershwin through 12 of their great tunes. Includes CD.

Music as the Bridge, Shirley Rabb Winston, A.R.E. Press, 1972. Pamphlet - 68 p.
Based on the Edgar Cayce Readings.

The Glass Armonica, William Zeitler, Musica Arcana, 2013. Paperback - autographed.
The Music and the Madness.

Play Piano in a Flash, Scott Houston, Hyperion, 2004, Paperback.
Play your favorite Songs like a pro - Whether you've had lessons or not.

The Perfect Wagnerite, George Bernard Shaw, Time-Life, 1972, Hardback. 
A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring.

Music Comes to America. David Ewen, Allen Town & Heath, 1947. Hardback. 



The Essential America, George McGovern, Simon & Schuster, 2004. Hardback/Jacket.
Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition

Brave Companions, David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, 1997. Paperback - tattered cover.
Portraits in History. Stories of significant figures from recent history, well told.
 
Cracking the Egyptian Code, Andrew Robinson, Oxford, 2012. Hardback.
The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion.
Historical review of Champollion and his decoding of the Rosetta Stone.

Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy, Harper & Row, Memorial Edition. Hardback.
Kennedy’s classic vignettes of politicians who stood strong for principles in difficult moments in their careers.

American Emperor, David O. Stewart, Simon & Schuster, 2011. Hardback.
Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America.
Narrates the notorious Burr’s life, duel with Hamilton, efforts to take over the USA.

One Nation Under Gods, Richard Abanes, Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002, Hardback/jacket.
A History of the Mormon Church.
Large volume, meticulous chronology.

The Heretic in Darwin’s Court, Ross A. Slotten, Cornell, 2004, Hardback with jacket.
The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace.
Tightly woven tome on Wallace’s life and work which rivaled that of Charles Darwin.

The Fasting Girl, Michelle Stacey, Tarcher-Penguin, 2002. Paperback
A True Victorian Medical Mystery.
A 19th-century phenomenon viewed through a 20-century psychological lens.

The Royal Touch, Marc Bloch, Dorset, 1961. Hardback with jacket.
Monarchy and Miracles in France and England.
A studious review of healing through royal hands.

The Search for the Panchen Lama, Isabel Hilton, Norton, 1999. Hardback with jacket.
A tale of Tibetan-Chinese politics, still unfolding.

Eighteenth-Century Europe, Jeremy Black, Macmillan, 1999. Paperback.
Large volume which gives in-depth picture of the continent in the midst of great changes.

The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen, Carter & Mace, Dover, 1923/77. Paperback.
Reprint of Carter’s “odyssey toward the most dramatic archeological find of the century.

Essays and New Atlantis, Francis Bacon, Walter Black, 1942. Hardback.

The Essential America, George McGovern, Simon & Schuster. Hardback/Jacket.
Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition.
American history viewed through the eyes of a statesman, historian, Godly man.

Soiled Doves, Anne Seagraves, Wesanne Publications, 1994. Paperback.
Prostitution in the Early West.

Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint for Our Times, Matthew Fox, Namaste, Vancouver, 2012. Paperback.
Unleashing her Power in the 21st Century.