Social Science
Pâques d'Islande
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Anatole Le Braz
Traditions, us et coutumes, croyances et religion, histoires écoutées et notées en Bretagne : en région du Tr&ea…
In Quest of El Dorado
Read by Steven Seitel
Stephen Graham
Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps …
An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre
Read by David Wales
John Gregory Bourke
An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…
In Times Like These
Read by DPranitis
Nellie Mcclung
"Believing that the woman's claim to a common humanity is not an unreasonable one, and that the successful issue of such claim rests pr…
Washington Irving's Visit to England
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. T…
The Symbolism of Freemasonry
Read by Brother Michael
Albert Mackey
Illustrating and explaining the science and philosophy, the legends, myths and symbols of the fraternity of Freemasons.(Summary by Brother M…
The Deportation Cases
Read by Sue Anderson
Constantine Panunzio
"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…
In Darkest England and the Way Out
Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)
William Booth
William Booth (1829 – 1912) was the founding General of the Salvation Army in late nineteenth century England. Finding his salvation as a te…
An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers
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Henry Fielding
Early eighteenth century England saw the criminal element bargaining with magistrates and lawyers to be released or receive lenient sentence…
Carpenter's World Travels
Read by Betty B.
Frank G. Carpenter
Early twentieth century travel book about Alaska with stories of major cities, Indian tribes, customs and geography of what would become ou…
The Philadelphia Negro
Read by Jim Locke
W. E. B. Du Bois
In November, 1897, I submitted to the American Academy of Political and Social Science a plan for the study of Negro problems. This work is …
Twentieth Century Negro Literature
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Daniel Wallace Culp
The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, w…
London Labour and the London Poor
Read by Gillian Hendrie
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.&…
Your Negro Neighbor
Read by KevinS
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
An historical and sociological view of race relations in America as it pertains to the African-American. - Summary by KevinS
The Indians in Wisconsin's History
Read by Verla Viera
John M. Douglass
Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, huntin…
The Life of Clara Barton
Read by PhyllisV
William E. Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a h…
Notes On Democracy
Read by Lisa Reichert
H. L. Mencken
American journalist H.L. Mencken’s Notes On Democracy was originally published in 1926, yet is still relevant almost 100 years later.Mencken…
Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development
Read by Leon Harvey
Sir Francis Galton
Francis Galton, credited with the discovery of identification by fingerprinting, also took a long term interest in the study of biometrics. …
The Alps, the Danube and the Near East
Read by Betty B.
Frank G. Carpenter
Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many …
Princes and Poisoners
Read by Jane Bennett
Frantz Funck-Brentano
The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators wi…