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Religion

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George Frederick Kunz - Curious Lore of Precious Stones

Full title is «The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, being a description of their sentiments and folklore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination, crystal...

BettyB and 11 more 12 hours 31 minutes

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Glimpses of Italian society in the eighteenth century

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Hester Lynch Piozzi - Glimpses of Italian society in the eighteenth century

Selections from the «Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany» by Hester Lynch Piozzi who, during her first marriage to Henry Thrale, was the hostess and friend...

Barbara Baker 7 hours 48 minutes

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Human Nature and Conduct - Part 3, The Place of Intelligence In Conduct

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John Dewey - Human Nature and Conduct - Part 3, The Place of Intelligence In Conduct

John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, saw Social Psychology as much a physical science (with rules and predictive power) as Biology and Chemistry. This project...

William Allan Jones 3 hours 52 minutes

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History

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T. W. H. Crosland - Wild Irishman

History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opinions of Englishman, Thomas Crosland. Remember this was written in the late...

John 3 hours 52 minutes

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Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Daniel Wallace Culp - Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro

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, who are interested in the Negro race, a better idea of the extent to which he...

Devorah Allen and 13 more 32 hours 6 minutes

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Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself

Performing Arts

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P. T. Barnum - Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself

The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the «Greatest Show on Earth,» P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It details his life and business struggles up to the year 1872. Not only a showman and a...

DrPGould and 13 more 27 hours 17 minutes

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London Labour and the London Poor Volume II

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Henry Mayhew - London Labour and the London Poor Volume II

Subtitled, «A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.» «The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves… their...

Gillian Hendrie 62 hours 12 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Albert Bigelow Paine - Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume 1

Until recently, this work has been considered the «go-to» bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This...

John Greenman 21 hours 30 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Albert Bigelow Paine - Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume II

Until recently, this work has been considered the «go-to» bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This...

John Greenman 21 hours 57 minutes

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Family & Relationships

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Frank Allaben - 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) to research and compile a family history. As stated in the preface of the...

Roger Melin 1 hour 56 minutes

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History

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E. A. Wallis Budge - Book of the Dead

The Egyptian Book of the Dead, or the Book of Coming Forth by Day, is an Ancient Egyptian funerary text consisting of spells to protect the soul on its journey to Duat, or Afterlife.

Patrick Saville and 1 more 16 hours 29 minutes

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History

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Auguste Comte - General View of Positivism

Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “discovered the principal laws of Sociology." Comte says Reason has become...

LizMorey and 6 more 14 hours 39 minutes

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