Social Science
My Monks of Vagabondia
Before welfare or rehab, what happened to those unfortunates who lost their way, fell through the cracks, were cast off by society? Men such…
Herein is Love
Prescient look at the church, its message and role in society, both perceived and true, focused through the lens of the biblical doctrine of…
The Return of the Exiles
A lecture delivered at the Breadfruit school house, Lagos, West Africa, January 2, 1891E.W. Blyden (1832 to 1912) was born in the Caribbean …
The Crisis
The Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP first published in 1910 with W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders, as editor. He exerci…
Researches into the Physical History of Man
Prichard’s Researches into the Physical History of Man has been called the most important pre-Darwinian anthropological work in English of t…
Popular Superstitions
"In the following Letters I have endeavoured to exhibit in their true light the singular natural phenomena of which old superstition an…
Glimpses of Italian society
Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Ly…
An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind
Written when the United States extended only to the Mississippi River, by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, this short …
They Who Knock at Our Gates
In 1914, over one million immigrants arrived in the United States, following in the footsteps of approximately ten million others who had ar…
A Failure of Initiative
A Failure of Initiative is a critical examination of the governmental response to Hurricane Katrina, as conducted by the Select Bipartisan C…
The Crisis
The Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP first published in 1910 with W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders, as editor. He exerci…
Princes and Poisoners
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…
Galateo
A book on the practice of mannerly behaviour at Court, originally written in Italian but translated into English for the Elizabethan court. …
Concerning Genealogies
Written over a century ago, this comprehensive book offers insight into the methods used (still to this day, in spite of modern computers) t…
Thoughts on the Death Penalty
This 1845 publication, written by a prominent reformer of the day, argues against capital punishment from several perspectives, including hi…
Psychology of the Unconscious
Jung says in his subtitle that this work is a study of the transformations and symbolisms of the libido and a contribution to the history of…
Among Cannibals
From 1880-1883, the author undertook an academic expedition to Australia, with the purpose of recording zoological phenomena. While there, h…
The Crisis
The Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP first published in 1910 with W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders, as editor. He exerci…
The Social History of Smoking
This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing o…
A Cursory History of Swearing
This is a very readable scientific account of Swearing and Cursing in the English Language. Not only is an enlightening historical account g…