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How Curious a Land

Conflict and Change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850-1885

by Jonathan M. Bryant ...

The story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Greene County, Georgia, is a remarkable tale of both fundamental change and essential continuity. In How Curious a Land, Jonathan Bryant follows the county’s social, economic, and legal transformation from a wealthy, self-sufficient plantation economy based on slavery to a largely impoverished, economically dependent community dominated by a new ... Read more

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The story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Greene County, Georgia, is a remarkable tale of both fundamental change and essential continuity. In How Curious a Land, Jonathan Bryant follows the county’s social, economic, and legal transformation from a wealthy, self-sufficient plantation economy based on slavery to a largely impoverished, economically dependent community dominated by a new
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Dark Places of the Earth

The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope

by Jonathan M. Bryant ...

**Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in HistoryA dramatic work of historical detection illuminating one of the most significant—and long forgotten—Supreme Court cases in American history.**In 1820, a suspicious vessel was spotted lingering off the coast of northern Florida, the Spanish slave ship Antelope. Since the United States had outlawed its own participation in the international slave ... Read more

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**Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in HistoryA dramatic work of historical detection illuminating one of the most significant—and long forgotten—Supreme Court cases in American history.**In 1820, a suspicious vessel was spotted lingering off the coast of northern Florida, the Spanish slave ship Antelope. Since the United States had outlawed its own participation in the international slave
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Dark Places of the Earth

The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope

by Jonathan M. Bryant ...

Narrated by Tom Zingarelli ...

Unabridged

10 hours 58 min

A dramatic work of historical detection illuminating one of the most significant--and long-forgotten--Supreme Court cases in American history. In 1820, the slave ship Antelope was captured off the Florida coast. Though the slave trade was prohibited, slavery was still legal in half of the United States, and it was left to the Supreme Court to determine whether nearly 300 Africans on board were ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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A dramatic work of historical detection illuminating one of the most significant--and long-forgotten--Supreme Court cases in American history. In 1820, the slave ship Antelope was captured off the Florida coast. Though the slave trade was prohibited, slavery was still legal in half of the United States, and it was left to the Supreme Court to determine whether nearly 300 Africans on board were
... Read more

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Relationship Truths

Straight With No Chaser

by Sr. Jonathan Devon Bryant ...

In The Relationship Truths book, Jonathan D. Bryant, Sr. gives it to you straight, with no chaser, and helps remove confusion, giving clear biblical answers to relationship questions. This book is packed with insights and strategies you can apply immediately to your life. Whether you're married, in a relationship, or single, you'll find plain and ever-relevant truths, that will shed light on your ... Read more

$9.99 USD

In The Relationship Truths book, Jonathan D. Bryant, Sr. gives it to you straight, with no chaser, and helps remove confusion, giving clear biblical answers to relationship questions. This book is packed with insights and strategies you can apply immediately to your life. Whether you're married, in a relationship, or single, you'll find plain and ever-relevant truths, that will shed light on your
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Slavery and Freedom in Savannah

by Leslie M. Harris, Daina Ramey Berry, Jonathan M. Bryant, Bobby J. Donaldson, Jacqueline Jones, Timothy James Lockley, Susan Eva O'Donovan, Janice Sumler-Edmond, Jeffrey Young0, James A. McMillin1 ...

Slavery and Freedom in Savannah is a richly illustrated, accessibly written book modeled on the very successful Slavery in New York, a volume Leslie M. Harris coedited with Ira Berlin. Here Harris and Daina Ramey Berry have collected a variety of perspectives on slavery, emancipation, and black life in Savannah from the city’s founding to the early twentieth century. Written by leading historians ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Slavery and Freedom in Savannah is a richly illustrated, accessibly written book modeled on the very successful Slavery in New York, a volume Leslie M. Harris coedited with Ira Berlin. Here Harris and Daina Ramey Berry have collected a variety of perspectives on slavery, emancipation, and black life in Savannah from the city’s founding to the early twentieth century. Written by leading historians
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Narrative and Grief

Autoethnographies of Loss

by Deleasa Randall-Griffiths, Patricia English-Schneider, Wendi Bellar, Myleah Brewer, Nancy J. Brule, Leah E. Bryant, Jonathan M. Gray, Faith Griffiths, Dena M. Huisman0, Lesa Lockford1, Meggie Mapes2, Joann Martyn3, Jacqueline K. Owens4, Sharon L. Russell5, Kimberly J. Stanislo6, Elizabeth Stephens7, Nathan P. Stucky8, Kristen P. Treinen9, Savaughn Williams0, Olga Zatepilina-Monacell1, Stephanie L. Young2, Lori L. Montalbano3, Ronald J. Pelias4 ...

Grief and loss are fundamental aspects of the human experience. Narrative and Grief examines the desire to make sense out of the nonsensical by exploring specific stories of loss and grief, spanning from the loss of a parent, child, or partner, loss within larger family systems; and ambiguous and anticipatory loss to broader cultural aspects of grief. The autoethnographic essays in this book ... Read more

$89.09 USD

Grief and loss are fundamental aspects of the human experience. Narrative and Grief examines the desire to make sense out of the nonsensical by exploring specific stories of loss and grief, spanning from the loss of a parent, child, or partner, loss within larger family systems; and ambiguous and anticipatory loss to broader cultural aspects of grief. The autoethnographic essays in this book
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Higher: The Complete Series 1-4

A BBC Radio 4 comedy

by Joyce Bryant ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Jonathan Keeble, Mark Heap, Robert Daws, Sophie Thompson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

A BBC comedy drama set in the world of a "pile 'em high university". Karen Poynter is the new head of the Geography Department - renamed Geographical Tourism - at Hayborough University, which is definitely not part of the elite Russell Group of top universities. Ranked 132nd in the UK academic league table; if you have a pulse, you can have a degree.This is the high energy farce of the breeze ... Read more

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A BBC comedy drama set in the world of a "pile 'em high university". Karen Poynter is the new head of the Geography Department - renamed Geographical Tourism - at Hayborough University, which is definitely not part of the elite Russell Group of top universities. Ranked 132nd in the UK academic league table; if you have a pulse, you can have a degree.This is the high energy farce of the breeze
... Read more
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Blind Painter, The

by Jonathan Morris ...

Narrated by Roger Davis, Nicola Bryant, Lizzie Hopley ...

Series series Dark Shadows
Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

The year is 1893, and struggling artist Charles Delaware Tate works alone in a garret in New York City. Frustrated by his lack of artistic genius, he seems doomed to a life of misery and failure. And then he meets Eloise Verinder... and his whole world changes.The year is 1920. Charles Delaware Tate now lives alone in a sanatorium. But he’s still painting, creating extraordinary works of art. Even ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The year is 1893, and struggling artist Charles Delaware Tate works alone in a garret in New York City. Frustrated by his lack of artistic genius, he seems doomed to a life of misery and failure. And then he meets Eloise Verinder... and his whole world changes.The year is 1920. Charles Delaware Tate now lives alone in a sanatorium. But he’s still painting, creating extraordinary works of art. Even
... Read more
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To The Fringed Gentian (Unabridged)

by William Cullen Bryant ...

Narrated by Jonathan Johnson, Patricia Dahms, Thelma Fleeman ...

Unabridged

27 min

In the tranquil embrace of nature, where verdant meadows meet azure skies, a solitary wanderer embarks on a poignant journey. William Cullen Bryant's "To The Fringed Gentian" is a lyrical masterpiece that captures the fleeting beauty of a delicate flower, its petals unfurling in the autumn's gentle embrace. As the wanderer contemplates the flower's ephemeral existence, he reflects on the ... Read more

$5.99 USD

In the tranquil embrace of nature, where verdant meadows meet azure skies, a solitary wanderer embarks on a poignant journey. William Cullen Bryant's "To The Fringed Gentian" is a lyrical masterpiece that captures the fleeting beauty of a delicate flower, its petals unfurling in the autumn's gentle embrace. As the wanderer contemplates the flower's ephemeral existence, he reflects on the
... Read more

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Galaxy Girls

50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space

by Libby Jackson ...

Narrated by Michelle Ford ...

Unabridged

3 hours 7 min

A groundbreaking compendium honoring the amazing true stories of fifty inspirational women who helped fuel some of the greatest achievements in space exploration from the nineteenth century to today—including Hidden Figure’s Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson as well as former NASA Chief Astronaut Peggy Whitson, the record-holding American biochemistry researcher who has spent the most cumulative ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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A groundbreaking compendium honoring the amazing true stories of fifty inspirational women who helped fuel some of the greatest achievements in space exploration from the nineteenth century to today—including Hidden Figure’s Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson as well as former NASA Chief Astronaut Peggy Whitson, the record-holding American biochemistry researcher who has spent the most cumulative
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The Knowledge Machine

How Irrationality Created Modern Science

by Michael Strevens ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 16 min

A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science.Captivatingly written, interwoven with historical vignettes ranging from Newton's alchemy to quantum mechanics to the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, Michael Strevens's wholly original investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science.Captivatingly written, interwoven with historical vignettes ranging from Newton's alchemy to quantum mechanics to the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, Michael Strevens's wholly original investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long
... Read more

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How the Post Office Created America

A History

by Winifred Gallagher ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

10 hours 45 min

A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation’s political, social, economic, and physical development.The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time, it was the U.S. government’s largest and most important ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation’s political, social, economic, and physical development.The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time, it was the U.S. government’s largest and most important
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