Social Science

Porto Rico: The Land of the Rich Port

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Joseph B. Seabury


Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. This volume was written in 1903 as Book XII in the…

Genetic Studies of Genius, Volume 1: Mental and Physical Traits of a Thousand G…

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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…

A Social History of the American Negro

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley


A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…

Glimpses of Italian society in the eighteenth century

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Hester Lynch Piozzi


Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Ly…

Women of America

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John Ruse Larus


The present volume completes the story of woman as told in the series of which it forms part. The history of nations is, in its ultimate ana…

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)

Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls

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Ernest A. Bell


A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young …

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…

Herein is Love

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Reuel Howe


Prescient look at the church, its message and role in society, both perceived and true, focused through the lens of the biblical doctrine of…

Baltimore Hats

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William T. Brigham


It is not impossible that some useful information may be conveyed by this book. Should these pages prove of such service, their cost in labo…

The Religious Experience of the Roman People

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W. Warde Fowler


A series of lectures delivered by Professor Fowler at Edinburgh University for a public audience, concerning the development and decay of t…

Wonderful London

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Anonymous


"Wonderful London, its lights and shadows of humour and sadness". (That's the full title of the book.) A collection of short essay…

Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome

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William Henry Samuel Jones


This short book has the objective of showing how important it is to stamp out malaria as soon as possible. Unlike a plague that suddenly tak…

More Australian Legendary Tales

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K. Langloh Parker


The present series of legends have all been collected by myself from the Blacks, as were the previous ones. But in this instance, I had much…

The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 2

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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…

Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London

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Elizabeth L. Banks


Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist who, at about age 23, moved to London. While trying to break into English journalism and to keep …

Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico

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Julian Corbett and John M. Corbett


This U.S. National Park Service historical handbook from 1962 introduces the reader to the history, geography, and archaeology of the Aztec …

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

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Andrew Lang


The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang is a book mainly focused on the stories of ghosts and other mystical phenomenon. With frequent …

Among Cannibals

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Carl Lumholtz


From 1880-1883, the author undertook an academic expedition to Australia, with the purpose of recording zoological phenomena. While there, h…

Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments


Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and ra…

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