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W. E. B. Du Bois was editor and principal author of The Negro Church, first published in 1903. A groundbreaking study, this volume is the first in-depth treatment of African-American religious life. It is the first sociological book on religion in the United States. It is the first empirical study...

This volume assembles essential essays—some published only posthumously, others obscure, another only recently translated—by W. E. B. Du Bois from 1894 to early 1906. They show the first formulations of some of his most famous ideas, namely, “the veil,” “double-consciousness,” and the...

First published in 1909, W.E.B. Du Bois's biography of abolitionist John Brown is a literary and historical classic. With a rare combination of scholarship and passion, Du Bois defends Brown against all detractors who saw him as a fanatic, fiend, or traitor. Brown emerges as a rich personality, fully...

Satirical, politically incorrect, irreverent, Flight from Ein Sof is the fictional first-person account of a brief journey to and from a realm of nightmares and insanity. Filled with blistering commentaries on life, free thought, human bestiality and death, this scathing allegory exposes the absurdities...

The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification,...

Tormented defense attorney Norman Chalmers has become a virtual recluse in his suburban Chicago home. With his legal practice in shambles and his family gone, he is living by himself, subsisting on food prepared by his housekeeper and quarts of bourbon delivered from a neighborhood liquor store. Chalmers’...

Adventure and unanticipated fortunes await Sally Trof and her two boys one hot Saturday afternoon in June of 1991. Reeling from a bad marriage to a womanizing over-the-road trucker; Sally and the boys have taken refuge at their recently inherited family farm in South Draw,Texas. They're nearly...

Bill shows his naive coworker Mia the seamier side of life. She does not believe it is easy for a guy to hire a hooker, but Bill shows her how easy it is, by booking the petite Addison. At first, Mia is concerned her husband, who travels a lot, may be tempted to hire some female companionship. However,...

Rob couldn't believe his luck when he could hire two escorts for the price of one. New thrill, Addison & Val Try Escorting, is a believable erotic tale of two young girl's first time at escorting. Addison and Val were always looking for new sexual thrills. They were also looking for ways to make...

Birthday Present for Jeffery is an erotic story of a young man losing his virginity. Jeffery is a shy 18-year-old virgin and his stepmother Megan arranges for to for him to receive a birthday present he will remember forever. The gift is a sexual fantasy for both guys and girls, as Megan arranges...

Morpheus Possessed is a book about dreams. In it, the author, who unabashedly shares some of his most graphic and bizarre visions, asks: Do we dream the life we live? Or are we the misshapen leftovers of someone else's wild imagination? Are the memories we erect and store along the way mere mental...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I Passage to the Whale-fish Islands, and Removal of Stores from the Transport — Enter the Ice in Baffin’s Bay — Difficulties of Penetrating to the Westward — Quit the Ice in Baffin’s Bay — Remarks on the...

A middle-aged man's repressed childhood memories suddenly return.

1 Enoch was an important and popular text in ancient Judaism, well attested among the manuscripts at Qumran, and a key piece of the puzzle of Jewish origins. George W. E. Nickelsburg and James C. VanderKam have now revised their translation in conjunction with their publication of the complete...