Social Science
The Soul
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772, was born in Stockholm, Sweden and died in London, England. He was a voluminous writer of scientific treatise…
Oil!
The two main characters of “Oil” are James Arnold Ross, called “Dad”, and his son James Jr., called “Bunny”. The book is loosely based on a …
Supreme Cases
These cases involved questions that came before the Supreme Court that needed answers. The questions in order of appearance in this project …
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young
Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the rig…
The Symbolism of Freemasonry
Illustrating and explaining the science and philosophy, the legends, myths and symbols of the fraternity of Freemasons.(Summary by Brother M…
Chinese Sketches
Herbert Giles was in the diplomatic service in China from 1867 to 1893. His frank observations on Chinese culture and people form the basis…
What the White Race May Learn from the Indian
People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categ…
London Labour and the London Poor
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette
A guide for ladies, written in 1860, on what is accepted as correct behavior in polite society. The advice covers dress, travelling, staying…
Uganda to the Cape
Another volume in the author's series of travelling the world and telling of its peoples, agriculture, industry, and social habits . This ti…
When Knights Were Bold
This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictur…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion
The first volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. Topics covered include extensive discu…
Notes On Democracy
American journalist H.L. Mencken’s Notes On Democracy was originally published in 1926, yet is still relevant almost 100 years later.Mencken…
London Labour and the London Poor
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…
Drugging a Nation
Drugging a Nation is a journalistic reveal of the extent to which the British Empire was culpable in the dissemination and subsequent near t…
With Poor Immigrants to America
Stephen Graham, a Brit with Russian language skills, traveled by sea in 1913 with a group of poor Russian and other Slavic immigrants to New…
Social Statics
Social Statics, or The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed is an 1851 book by the British polymath …
What Prohibition Has Done to America
In What Prohibition Has Done to America, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.…
The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong
The industrial revolution led to the rise of manufacture and, thus, the cotton mill factories. This important novel tells about the plight o…
Americans All, Immigrants All
The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 …