India is a large country with a diverse landscape of cultures, economics, politics, and geographies, a true land empire. And while we might be familiar with Rajasthan, the 7 Sisters, or Maharashtra, what defines each geographic and cultural region of…
Excerpt from 'A woman's thoughts about women' printed in 1858 by Hurst and Blackett. This excerpt includes Chapter II: Self-Dependence; Chapter VII: Female Friendships; and Chapter XI: Growing Old.
Excerpt from the 1820 American edition 'An authentic narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, : the wife of Capt. James Bradley of Liverpool, commander of the ship Sally which was wrecked on the coast of Barbary, in June…
Excerpt from 'Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims," by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins and edited by Mrs. Horace Mann, for sale by Cupples, Upham & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, and by the author, 1883. This excerpt includes the cover; title…
Excerpt from 'Original stories from real life with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness' printed in 1791 for J. Johnson. This excerpt includes Chapter IX: The Inconvenience of immoderate…