Social Science

London Labour and the London Poor Volume I

Read by Peter Yearsley


Henry Mayhew


Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…

The American Egypt

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Channing Arnold


Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote "the first book ever written by Englishmen…

The Diary of a Country Parson

Read by John Greenman


James Woodforde


The Revd. James Woodforde was an English clergyman, best known for his vivid account of parish life in the 18th century. His diary, edited b…

The Real Latin Quarter

Read by Bill Boerst


Frank Berkeley Smith


"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French.The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulde…

Shadowings

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Lafcadio Hearn


This is another of the popular books that Lafcadio Hearn wrote on various Japanese subjects. The first part "Stories From Strange Books…

My Chinese Marriage

Read by Danielle Cartwright


Mae Franking


Mae Watkins, a University of Michigan student, unexpectedly falls in love with a Chinese international law student in the midst of World War…

Christmas and Christmas Lore

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Thomas G. Crippen


For above forty years I have been a diligent collector of history, tradition, legend, custom, or folklore, whether from familiar or unfamili…

Current Superstitions

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Fanny Dickerson Bergen


No matter how enlightened, chances are you've been raised around superstitious lore of one kind or another. Fanny Dickerson Bergen was one o…

A Japanese Boy

Read by Phil Chenevert


Shigemi Shiukichi


The life of a Japanese boy in the late 1800's and early 1900's, told simply and beautifully. This isn't about civilizations and governments,…

Essays on Work and Culture

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Hamilton Wright Mabie


The author investigates the world of work against a backdrop of culture. Each of the 25 essays focuses on one aspect of the topic. For examp…

Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for…

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Arthur L. Hayward


This is the second volume in this collection of reports and newspaper stories regarding notorious criminals and their punishment, assembled …

Manners and Rules of Good Society; Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by a Member of t…

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Anonymous


The title of this work sufficiently indicates the nature of its contents. The Usages of Good Society relate not only to good manners and to …

They Who Knock at Our Gates

Read by Maria Kasper


Mary Antin


In 1914, over one million immigrants arrived in the United States, following in the footsteps of approximately ten million others who had ar…

The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States

Read by David Wales


Winfield Hazlitt Collins


This 1904 history of slavery in the southeastern United States reflects the state of knowledge at that time, of course. The text contains s…

With the Empress Dowager of China

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Katharine Carl


Through the eyes of an artist, With the Empress Dowager of China provides a glimpse of life in the Chinese Imperial Court, unseen by any oth…

California Sketches New And Old

Read by David Wales


Oscar Penn Fitzgerald


Here we meet all sorts of characters and situations in California’s early history: gunmen, outlaws, lynch mobs, raging storms, mining camps,…

Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III

Read by John Greenman


Albert Bigelow Paine


This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April …

Oracles of Nostradamus

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Charles A. Ward


Charles A. Ward was considered one of the most knowledgeable in his studies of the prophecies of Nostradamus. Ward viewed the prophecies of …

Revolted Woman

Read by Bev J Stevens


Charles George Harper


One man's opinion of woman in 1894. Charles Harper believes in the superiority of the male sex and the subordination of the female. He pai…

Woman and War

Read by NoelBadrian


Olive Schreiner


Olive Schreiner was a South African writer born in 1855 to missionary parents in the Eastern Cape. She is credited with being the first Inte…

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