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A History Lover's Guide to Bar Harbor

by Brian Armstrong ...

Series series History & Guide
Bar Harbor has evolved from humble beginnings to become one of Maine's most popular destinations. This tour goes beyond the typical travel guide to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. A trail of existing buildings and monuments provides a backdrop for an unconventional history of places, people and events, with many previously unpublished photographs and untold entertaining stories ... Read more

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Bar Harbor has evolved from humble beginnings to become one of Maine's most popular destinations. This tour goes beyond the typical travel guide to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. A trail of existing buildings and monuments provides a backdrop for an unconventional history of places, people and events, with many previously unpublished photographs and untold entertaining stories
... Read more
The Franklin Park Tragedy

A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey

by Brian Armstrong ...

Historian Brian Armstrong tells the shocking story of this "sundown town" and how it evolved into the diverse community that exists today.On March 1, 1894, two African American men broke into a home in rural Franklin Park, New Jersey. and murdered a white woman and her daughter before her husband fought and killed the attackers. The newspapers called it the "Franklin Park Tragedy," and the story ... Read more

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Historian Brian Armstrong tells the shocking story of this "sundown town" and how it evolved into the diverse community that exists today.On March 1, 1894, two African American men broke into a home in rural Franklin Park, New Jersey. and murdered a white woman and her daughter before her husband fought and killed the attackers. The newspapers called it the "Franklin Park Tragedy," and the story
... Read more
South River

by Stephanie Bartz, Brian Armstrong, Nan Whitehead ...

Series series Images of America
First settled along a tributary of the Raritan River in 1720, South River was known as Willettstown and later as Washington. Part of East Brunswick until 1898, it emerged as an independent borough in Middlesex County with the passage of the state law to incorporate it. Although comprising fewer than three square miles, South River once served as a shipping and transportation link between New York ... Read more

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First settled along a tributary of the Raritan River in 1720, South River was known as Willettstown and later as Washington. Part of East Brunswick until 1898, it emerged as an independent borough in Middlesex County with the passage of the state law to incorporate it. Although comprising fewer than three square miles, South River once served as a shipping and transportation link between New York
... Read more
Dopamine Detox: Rewire Your Mind for Optimal Clarity and Mental Strength (Your Practical Step-by-step Guide to Reduce Distractions, Beat Addiction, and Boost Productivity)

by Brian Armstrong ...

You’re most likely one of many experiencing an issue that has slowly wrapped its hands around the throat of modern society at large – and that is dopamine addiction. In a world where a laugh and a cry are both a click away at any given moment, we’ve grown accustomed to getting what we want, right when we want it. The effect that repeated instant gratification has on brain chemistry is significant, ... Read more

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You’re most likely one of many experiencing an issue that has slowly wrapped its hands around the throat of modern society at large – and that is dopamine addiction. In a world where a laugh and a cry are both a click away at any given moment, we’ve grown accustomed to getting what we want, right when we want it. The effect that repeated instant gratification has on brain chemistry is significant,
... Read more

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Pangaea: Transforming the Landscape

by Brian Armstrong ...

This is a short collection of original poetry by Brian Armstrong with artwork by Sophie Byrne. ... Read more

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This is a short collection of original poetry by Brian Armstrong with artwork by Sophie Byrne.
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Dopamine Detox: Rewire Your Mind for Optimal Clarity and Mental Strength (Your Practical Step-by-step Guide to Reduce Distractions, Beat Addiction, and Boost Productivity)

by Brian Armstrong ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

Unabridged

45 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You’re most likely one of many experiencing an issue that has slowly wrapped its hands around the throat of modern society at large – and that is dopamine addiction. In a world where a laugh and a cry are both a click away at any given moment, we’ve grown accustomed to getting what we want, right when we want it.The effect that repeated instant ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You’re most likely one of many experiencing an issue that has slowly wrapped its hands around the throat of modern society at large – and that is dopamine addiction. In a world where a laugh and a cry are both a click away at any given moment, we’ve grown accustomed to getting what we want, right when we want it.The effect that repeated instant
... Read more

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Wild Seas, Wilder Cities

A collection of environmental fiction, poems and articles

by Helen Salsbury, Richard Salsbury, Vin Adams, Jane Andreoli, Helen Angell, Denise Bennett, Rachel Birchley, Julian Bishop0, Rio Bivens1, Abigail Burt2, John Callaway3, Mark Cassidy5, Barbara Claridge6, Fiona Dignan8, Marguerite Doyle9, Katy Gary0, Jackie Green1, Alison Habens3, Sue Harper5, Linda Hibben7, Linda Hilborne8, Tamsin Hopkins9, Nicola Humphries1, Soumya Jasthi2, Margaret Jennings4, Jenni Jones5, Liz Kay7, Annie Kirby8, Andrew Larder0, Christine Lawrence1, Tina MacNaughton3, FC Malby5, Jamie Marsh6, Wendy Metcalfe7, Christina Moran9, Ellie Parker1, Eileen Phyall3, Maggie Sawkins5, S C6, Helen Scadding7, Clare Seek8, Sue Shipp0, Sue Spiers1, Irene Strange3, Judith Thompson5, Brooke Wain7, Gordon Watts8, Richard Williams9, Mary Sylvia Winter1 ...

Narrated by Helen Salsbury, Richard Salsbury, Jane Andreoli, John Callaway4, Barbara Claridge7, Jackie Green2, Alison Habens4, Sue Harper6, Tamsin Hopkins0, Soumya Jasthi3, Jenni Jones6, Annie Kirby9, Christine Lawrence2, Tina MacNaughton4, Wendy Metcalfe8, Christina Moran0, Ellie Parker2, Eileen Phyall4, Clare Seek9, Sue Spiers2, Irene Strange4, Judith Thompson6, Richard Williams0, Alexia Daniels2, Anne Paton-Cragg3, Binit Ghosh4, Brian Armstrong5, Crystal Griffiths6, Emma Briggs7, Evan Walker8, Graham Brown9, Holly Smith0, James Close1, James Kirby2, Jasper Astrophel3, Jonathan Dodd4, Kath Dugan5, Kathryn Bivens6, Kia Wilson7, Lorraine Close8, Lou Lewis9, Mariella Rohansten0, Neil Blanks1, Nicky Thomas2, Patrick Olliver3, Philip Cahill4, Sarah Grimm5, Sue Renshaw6, Suzanne Parekh7, Vaughan Capstick8 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth.Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth.Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to
... Read more
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The Exotic Booze Club

by Brian Armstrong ...

Narrated by Brian Armstrong ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

At seven years old, the young Brian Armstrong was captivated by the pages of an old, yellow-bordered magazine. It wasn't just the bare-breasted tribeswomen that attracted his attention. Pictures of far-off jungles, exotic wildlife and intrepid explorers prompted the boy to declare, 'That's what I'm going to do when I grow up.' Twenty-five years later, that dream came true. The boy from Bendigo ... Read more

$24.99 USD

At seven years old, the young Brian Armstrong was captivated by the pages of an old, yellow-bordered magazine. It wasn't just the bare-breasted tribeswomen that attracted his attention. Pictures of far-off jungles, exotic wildlife and intrepid explorers prompted the boy to declare, 'That's what I'm going to do when I grow up.' Twenty-five years later, that dream came true. The boy from Bendigo
... Read more

Forbidden Fruit

Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

by Betty DeRamus ...

Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together**—**and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.In the true love stories of Forbidden Fruit, you will meet sixteen couples who fought for love—love between slaves, between slaves and masters, and ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together**—**and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.In the true love stories of Forbidden Fruit, you will meet sixteen couples who fought for love—love between slaves, between slaves and masters, and
... Read more

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Blood at the Root

A Racial Cleansing in America

by Patrick Phillips ...

"[A] vital investigation of Forsyth’s history, and of the process by which racial injustice is perpetuated in America." —U.S. Congressman John LewisForsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century, was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. But then in September of 1912, three young ... Read more

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"[A] vital investigation of Forsyth’s history, and of the process by which racial injustice is perpetuated in America." —U.S. Congressman John LewisForsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century, was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. But then in September of 1912, three young
... Read more

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One More River to Cross

by Bryan Prince ...

In the early to mid-nineteenth century, Isaac Brown, a slave, was accused of the attempted murder of a prominent plantation owner, despite there being no evidence of his guilt. Brown, after enduring two brutal floggings, was shipped to a New Orleans slave pen. From there the resourceful Brown was able to make a daring escape to Philadelphia in the free state of Pennsylvania. His biggest error was ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the early to mid-nineteenth century, Isaac Brown, a slave, was accused of the attempted murder of a prominent plantation owner, despite there being no evidence of his guilt. Brown, after enduring two brutal floggings, was shipped to a New Orleans slave pen. From there the resourceful Brown was able to make a daring escape to Philadelphia in the free state of Pennsylvania. His biggest error was
... Read more
Freedom by Any Means

Con Games, Voodoo Schemes, True Love and Lawsuits on the Underground Railroad

by Betty DeRamus ...

Following up Betty DeRamus’s Essence bestselling Forbidden Fruit, Freedom by Any Means follows the story of extraordinary acts of courage and love by Blacks in the American slave era with beautifully written and inspiring stories of how slaves used the law**—against all odds—**to gain freedom for themselv... ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Following up Betty DeRamus’s Essence bestselling Forbidden Fruit, Freedom by Any Means follows the story of extraordinary acts of courage and love by Blacks in the American slave era with beautifully written and inspiring stories of how slaves used the law**—against all odds—**to gain freedom for themselv...
... Read more

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