Social Science
Thoughts on South Africa
Read by Rachel May Ferriman
Olive Schreiner
'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding …
Legends of Old Honolulu
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William Drake Westervelt
Hawai'i: land of wonder and beauty and a culture rich in history and mythology. Dr. Westervelt settled in Hawai'i as a young man and collect…
Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village
Read by Steve C
Tickner Edwardes
If you love the quiet of the country - the real quiet which is not silence at all, but the blending of a myriad scarce-perceptible sounds yo…
Man and His Ancestor: A Study in Evolution
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Charles Morris
An examination of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and subsequent texts, written for the general public at the turn of the twentieth cen…
The Man of Genius
Read by Leon Harvey
Cesare Lombroso
Famous criminologist, anthropologist, and psychiatrist, Dr Lombroso, investigated the memetic anecdotal belief that genius is associated wit…
Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village (version 2)
Read by Peter Yearsley
Tickner Edwardes
Tickner Edwardes (properly Edward Tickner Edwardes) served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI and later became the vicar of the West…
My Monks of Vagabondia
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Andress Small Floyd
Before welfare or rehab, what happened to those unfortunates who lost their way, fell through the cracks, were cast off by society? Men such…
A Study of British Genius
Read by Leon Harvey
Havelock Ellis
The psychological and anthropological character of genius in the British Isles was investigated by Ellis. Citing and collating an extensive …
Darkness and Daylight; or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life
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Lyman Abbott, Thomas Byrnes, Helen S. Campbell and Thomas Wallace Knox
A Pictorial Record of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the Great Metropolis, with hundreds of thrilling anecdotes and incidents, ske…
Lancashire Characters and Places
Read by Phil Benson
Thomas Newbigging
An eclectic collection of essays on late 19th-century Lancashire culture and life, including essays on the poets John Critchley Prince and E…
The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement
Read by Celine Major
E. Sylvia Pankhurst
This history of the Women's Suffrage agitation is written at a time when the question is in the very forefront of British politics. What the…
Preliminary Report on Neo-Fascist and Hate Groups
Read by KevinS
House Un-American Activities Committee
A preliminary report to the U. S. Congress on a portion of the subversive activities conducted by two specific Neo-Fascist organizations tha…
Wonderful London
Read by Peter Yearsley
William James Mcglothlin
"Wonderful London, its lights and shadows of humour and sadness". (That's the full title of the book.) A collection of short essay…
The Jim Crow Car; Or, Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race
Read by Theoden Humphrey
John Clay Coleman
"My opposition to injustice, imposition, discrimination and prejudice, which have for many years existed against the colored people of …
The Workers - An Experiment in Reality: The East
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Walter A. Wyckoff
A young scholar, recently graduated from Princeton College, travels across the United States as a member of the working class, taking any jo…
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
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Émile Durkheim
A study and analysis of religion as a social phenomenon by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. (Summary by Erin Stone)
Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America
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Herbert Spinden
The ancient cultures of Mesoamerica developed art, stone cities, and sciences (especially astronomy and mathematics), to a degree that surpa…
Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix
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Francis Tiffany
A biography of a woman who advocated for the humane treatment of people with mental illness. As a young woman travelling overseas, Dorothea …
Bushido: el alma del Japón
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Inazō Nitobe
Inazō Nitobé, plasmó el código de los samuráis, guerreros japoneses, para dar a conocer y difundir los valores y…
Genetic Studies of Genius, Volume 1: Mental and Physical Traits of a Thousand G…
Read by Leon Harvey
Lewis Terman
It should go without saying that a nation's resources of intellectual talent are among the most precious it will ever have. The study of the…