Social Science

Five Stages of Greek Religion

by Gilbert Murray Read by ChristineB 5
A historical account written in the early 20th century The work explores the evolution and various phases of Greek religion focusing on the …

Oil!

by Upton Sinclair Read by Bob R 4.3
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 …

Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls

by Ernest A. Bell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young …

What the White Race May Learn from the Indian

by George Wharton James Read by Roger Melin 4.6
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

by Henry Mayhew Read by Gillian Hendrie 5
Subtitled A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.This vo…

London Labour and the London Poor

by Henry Mayhew Read by Gillian Hendrie 4.8
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…

Uganda to the Cape

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.9
Another volume in the author's series of travelling the world and telling of its peoples, agriculture, industry, and social habits . This ti…

London Labour and the London Poor

by Henry Mayhew Read by Gillian Hendrie 4.7
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion

by James Frazer Read by Leon Harvey 4.3
The first volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. Topics covered include extensive discu…

The Web of Indian Life

by Sister Nivedita Read by Anonymous
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…

Social Statics

by Herbert Spencer Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Social Statics, or The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed is an 1851 book by the British polymath …

A General View of Positivism

by Auguste Comte Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…

The Alps, the Danube and the Near East

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 5
Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many …

Underground Man

by Gabriel Tarde Read by Ruth Golding 3.8
This post-apocalyptic novella tells the story of the downfall of civilisation and mankind following a solar cataclysm in the late 20th centu…

Genetic Studies of Genius

by Lewis Terman Read by Leon Harvey 5
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…

Supreme Cases

by United States Supreme Court Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
These cases involved questions that came before the Supreme Court that needed answers. The questions in order of appearance in this project …

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion

by James Frazer Read by Leon Harvey 4.6
The second volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. The superstition and magical purpose …

The Business of Being a Woman

by Ida M. Tarbell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
How were women's roles changing in the 1900's? Ida Tarbell explores this in a well written, witty and insightful series of essays. "T…

The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong

by Frances Milton Trollope Read by Celine Major 4.7
The industrial revolution led to the rise of manufacture and, thus, the cotton mill factories. This important novel tells about the plight o…

Neighbourhood

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 4.4
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…

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