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Narrative of Frederick Douglass
An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass'sNarrativepowerfully details the life of the abolitionist...
The Portable Frederick Douglass
A newly edited collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader A new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass was a key figure in helping to secure the abolition of slavery in America - discover his Narrative on the 150th anniversary of that event. Frederick Douglass was...
'I Was Transformed' Frederick Douglass: An American Slave in Victorian Britain
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Author: Laurence FentonFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 560g, 288 pagesPublished: Amberley Publishing, United Kingdom, 2018In the summer of 1845, Frederick Douglass, the young runaway slave catapulted to fame by his...
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
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They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Struggle from Frederick Douglass to
Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans- Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King,...
Against Slavery: An Abolitionist Reader
"An invaluable resource to students, scholars, and general readers alike."-Amazon.com This colleciton assembles more than forty speeches, lectures, and essays critical to the abolitionist crusade, featuring writing by William Lloyd...
American Histories
In his latest collection, master storyteller John Edgar Wideman offers a collection of complex, charged pieces. His stories weave together historical fact, imagined conversation, philosophical kernels and deeply personal vignettes....
Fracture: Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma
Author: Matthew Parris Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A Times Biography of the Year Ada Lovelace. Frederick Douglass. Vladimir Lenin. Marie Curie. Frieda Kahlo. Carl Jung. Tupac...
Ecstatic Nation; Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877
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The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
* THE TIMES BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2024 * 'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' - The Times 'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and...
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' The Times'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and as a writer, to illuminate abstruse and abstract ideas with human charm' ObserverIn...
Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast
Author: Marjoleine Kars Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A richly detailed account of a gripping...
The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings
Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave...
This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain
'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...
The Road to Disunion, Volume I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854
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America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation
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This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain
'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...
Traversal
In Traversal , Maria Popova traverses the border between life and death, chance and choice, chemistry and consciousness: what makes a body a person? What makes a planet a world?...
Stephen Douglas: The Last Years, 1857-1861
Stephen Douglas and the old Union lived out their last years together. It was the most critical time in the life of both the Illinois senator and his country. During...
No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
Author: Devin AllenFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 258mm, 920g, 192 pagesPublished: Hachette Books, United States, 2022A MOVEMENT IN WORDS AND IMAGES Award-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the last six years...
This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain
'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
Author: James W. Douglass Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 The acclaimed book Oliver Stone called "the best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance," JFK and...
Michael Douglas
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Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln
We know Lincoln as the eloquent, compassionate leader of a nation torn by civil war. But he had another, less visible side, equally central to his character and leadership: Lincoln...
American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur 1880-1964
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Douglas Macarthur: American Warrior
Douglas MacArthur was arguably the last American public figure to be worshipped unreservedly as a national hero, the last military figure to conjure up the romantic stirrings once evoked by...
Douglas: Journey into Darkness
Author: John Douglas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The chilling sequel to the book that inspired the smash-hit Netflix drama, MINDHUNTER.____THE SHOCKING FOLLOW-UP TO MINDHUNTER, NOW A SMASH-HIT NETFLIX DRAMAJohn...
Frederic Harrison: The Vocations Of A Positivist
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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact. Few Victorian intellectuals led lives as richly varied as Frederic Harrison —...
Frederic Harrison: Thoughts and Memories
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Condition remarks: Binding: Hardcover - no dust jacket, some wear. Condition: Very Good (Minor cosmetic wear to edges, typical of age). Page condition: yellowing and foxing. An intimate and illuminating...
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
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Douglas Mawson: The Life of an Explorer
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England's Michelangelo: A Biography Of George Frederic Watts
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Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun fading to spine and purple foxing to fore-edge with some slight...
TransAtlantic
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The Womans Hour
Author: Elaine Weiss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one...
The Most Popular Couple The World Has Known: Mary Pickford And Douglas Fairbanks
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Author: Booton HerndonBinding: HardbackPublished: W.W. Norton & Company. Inc., 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners....
Best Face Forward: Some Thoughts on the Portrait Photograph
A renowned photographer, curator, and critic offers extraordinary insights into the evolution and significance of portrait photography. "When we contemplate a portrait," says Gerry Badger in his introduction to this...
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' The Times'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and as a writer, to illuminate abstruse and abstract ideas with human charm' ObserverIn...
Fracture: Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma
A Times Biography of the YearAda Lovelace. Frederick Douglass. Vladimir Lenin. Marie Curie. Frieda Kahlo. Carl Jung. Tupac Shakur. All geniuses who changed the world in ways that still influence...
A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year
This fascinating anthology is a dive into the personal letters of some of the brightest literary minds in history. This collection is a look into the personal lives of some...
Fearless Frederic
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