Social Science

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…

An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African

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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 …

The Child in the Midst: A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian Lands

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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…

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…

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…

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…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XII, Ohio Narratives

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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…

Historia natural de los fantasmas: cuentos y leyendas misteriosas de Colombia

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Unknown



Este libro ofrece una serie de acontecimientos sobre la vida y la muerte, que pueden presentarse en cualquier día y cuya naturaleza s…

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 …

Practical Etiquette

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Cora C. Klein



Good manners for social situations. (Summary by Cathy Howell)

Our Androcentric Culture, or the Man-Made World

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman



This is a book about men—as such. It differentiates between the human nature and the sex nature. It will not go so far as to allege man's ma…

American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent

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Daniel Garrison Brinton



This work was done to begin to draw distinction between myth and reality in the Native American hero lore. It comes at a time when not much…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives

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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…

The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict

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Thomas Archer



"Bare, unpicturesque, and sordid as are the conditions of poverty, there are sights in London which everybody may and should see - sigh…

The Road

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Hilaire Belloc



"We are arrived at a chief turning-point in the history of the English highway. New instruments of locomotion, a greater volume of traf…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn And Of The Wild. Volume 2

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James Frazer



The eighth volume in The Golden Bough collection, and second volume of The Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. The investigations into the …

Tea and Tea Drinking

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Alfred Arthur Reade



Not a complete history of tea, but a pleasant diversion concerning tea, the pleasures found in its drinking, effects, benefits, cautions, et…

Mark Twain's Partner

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Michael J. Phillips



In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing…

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