Social Science
The Religious Experience of the Roman People
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W. Warde Fowler
A series of lectures delivered by Professor Fowler at Edinburgh University for a public audience, concerning the development and decay of t…
Women of America
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John Ruse Larus
The present volume completes the story of woman as told in the series of which it forms part. The history of nations is, in its ultimate ana…
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang is a book mainly focused on the stories of ghosts and other mystical phenomenon. With frequent …
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Mississippi Narratives
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These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Herein is Love
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Reuel Howe and Reuel L. Howe
Prescient look at the church, its message and role in society, both perceived and true, focused through the lens of the biblical doctrine of…
Baltimore Hats
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William T. Brigham
It is not impossible that some useful information may be conveyed by this book. Should these pages prove of such service, their cost in labo…
Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty
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Frederick Adams Woods
Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral…
More Australian Legendary Tales
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K. Langloh Parker
The present series of legends have all been collected by myself from the Blacks, as were the previous ones. But in this instance, I had much…
The Woman Movement
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Ellen Key
Ellen Key's 'The Woman movement' follows the development of the feminist movement striving towards a greater emancipation of women in the pu…
Among Cannibals
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Carl Lumholtz
From 1880-1883, the author undertook an academic expedition to Australia, with the purpose of recording zoological phenomena. While there, h…
Campaigns of Curiosity
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Elizabeth L. Banks
Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist who, at about age 23, moved to London. While trying to break into English journalism and to keep …
Aztec Ruins National Monument
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Julian Corbett and John M. Corbett
This U.S. National Park Service historical handbook from 1962 introduces the reader to the history, geography, and archaeology of the Aztec …
Our Southern Highlanders
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Horace Kephart
Our Southern Highlanders is a memoir of the Pennsylvania-born writer and librarian Horace Kephart, documenting his experiences and cultural …
The Truth About the Congo
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Frederick Starr
After traveling extensively through Mexico and other countries, Starr spent a year in Congo during the peak of European colonization. He can…
The Colored People of Chicago
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Louise DeKoven Bowen and Louise Dekoven Bowen
This book presents a summary of the findings conducted by the the Juvenile Protective Association in Chicago before the changes brought on b…
The Revolutions of Civilization
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William Matthew Flinders Petrie
British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europ…
The Life of Clara Barton
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William E. Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a h…
Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity
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Richard Alfred Davenport
This book contains many brief tales from history of commoners pretending to be kings and kings pretending to be commoners. Learn the fate of…
The Web of Indian Life
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Sister Nivedita
The Web of Indian Life, written by Sister Nivedita (Irish-born Margaret E. Noble) and published in 1904, is a collection of essays that desc…