Social Science
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn An…
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James Frazer
The seventh volume in The Golden Bough series by Sir James George Frazer. The figure of the dying and reviving god in Oriental religions of …
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psycho…
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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…
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 Life of Clara Barton - Volume 2
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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…
Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London
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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 …
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…
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 Child in the Midst: A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and N…
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Mary Shauffler Labaree
Chapters follow the progression of a child from birth through working years.Thus, Chapter 1 traces the child from newborn to toddler stage i…
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…
Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments
Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and ra…
Woman and the Republic
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Helen Johnson
First published in 1897, the book is considered to be the best summary of the arguments against woman suffrage. It allows readers to underst…
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 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…
The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 02, The Rise of the Saracens and the Fou…
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P. A. Connolly
The present work is intended as a comprehensive account of medieval times, drawn up on the same lines as The Cambridge Modern History but wi…
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…
An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the Afr…
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Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson was one of the most influential abolitionists in England leading up the passage the Slavery Abolition Act in 1823. He wrote …
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…
The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him
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William H. Councill
William H. Councill, former slave and contemporary of Booker T. Washington was founder of Huntsville Normal School, now Alabama Agricultural…
Far Away and Long Ago - A History of My Early Life (Version 2)
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William Henry Hudson
A boy (between the ages of 4 and 12) discovers the natural world around him in his home in the Argentine Pampas and in Buenos Aires. Author …