Social Science
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
Read by Barry Ganong
John Bagnell Bury
John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he…
Two American Slavery Documents
Read by David Wales
James Mars
This recording contains two original documents. 1) Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut, by James Mars (1869). James …
Towards Democracy
Read by Sue Anderson
Edward Carpenter
“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …
English Costume
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Dion Clayton Calthrop
The world, if we choose to see it so, is a complicated picture of people dressing and undressing. The history of the world is composed of th…
Vindication Of The Rights Of Men, In A Letter To The Right Honourable Edmund Bu…
Read by David Wales
Mary Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. It was published in response to …
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 3. The Dying God
Read by Leon Harvey
James Frazer
The fourth volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. With this third part of The Golden Bo…
The Wild Irishman
Read by John
T. W. H. Crosland
History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opin…
A Century of Negro Migration
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Carter Woodson
Dr. Woodson describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920
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…
Carpenter's World Travels: Alaska Our Northern Wonderland
Read by BettyB
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…
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…
Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topi…
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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…
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 …
The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 1
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…
The Book of the Ancient Greeks
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Dorothy Mills
An Introduction to the History and Civilization of Greece from the Coming of the Greeks to the Conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 B.C.The sp…