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Sleeping with the Ancestors

How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

by Joseph McGill Jr., Herb Frazier ...

In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep in former slave dwellings—revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.**"Thought-provoking." —**New York TimesSince founding the Slave Dwelling Project project in 2010, historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. has been touring the ... Read more

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In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep in former slave dwellings—revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.**"Thought-provoking." —**New York TimesSince founding the Slave Dwelling Project project in 2010, historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. has been touring the
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Slavery's Descendants

Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation

by Jill Strauss, Jill Strauss, Shannon LaNier, A.B. Westrick, Grant Hayter-Menzies, Joseph McGill, R. Gregory Nokes, Antoinette Broussard, Catherine Sasanov0, Leslie Stainton1, Rodney G Williams2, Eileen Jackson3, Karen Branan4, Stephanie Harp5, Sharon Morgan6, Bill Sizemore7, Karen Stewart-Ross8, Sara Jenkins9, David Terrett Beumée0, Debian Marty1, Tammarrah Lee2, Elissa Pearmain3, Sarah Kohrs4, Betty Kilby-Baldwin5, Phoebe Kilby6, Fabrice Guerrier7, Dionne Ford9, Thomas Norman DeWolf0 ...

Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States’ histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with ... Read more

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Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States’ histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with
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Sleeping with the Ancestors

How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

by Joseph McGill Jr., Herb Frazier ...

Narrated by Joseph McGill Jr., Herb Frazier ...

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10 hours 27 min

In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep in former slave dwellings—revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.**"Thought-provoking." —**New York TimesSince founding the Slave Dwelling Project project in 2010, historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. has been touring the ... Read more

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In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep in former slave dwellings—revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.**"Thought-provoking." —**New York TimesSince founding the Slave Dwelling Project project in 2010, historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. has been touring the
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Starkweather

The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America

by Harry N. MacLean ...

Narrated by William DeMeritt ...

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13 hours 11 min

The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the modern age of AmericaOn January 21, 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather changed the course of crime in the United States when he murdered the parents and sister of his fourteen-year-old girlfriend (and possible accomplice), Caril Ann Fugate, in a house on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. They ... Read more

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The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the modern age of AmericaOn January 21, 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather changed the course of crime in the United States when he murdered the parents and sister of his fourteen-year-old girlfriend (and possible accomplice), Caril Ann Fugate, in a house on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. They
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The Desperate Hours

One Hospital's Fight to Save a City on the Pandemic's Front Lines

by Marie Brenner ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

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15 hours 41 min

A remarkable depiction of a city in crisis – based on new, behind-the-scenes reporting – that captures the resilience, peril, and compassion of the early days of the Covid pandemicIn the spring of 2020, COVID-19 arrived in New York City.Before long, America’s largest metropolis was at war against a virus that mercilessly swept through its five boroughs. It became apparent that if Covid wasn’t ... Read more

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A remarkable depiction of a city in crisis – based on new, behind-the-scenes reporting – that captures the resilience, peril, and compassion of the early days of the Covid pandemicIn the spring of 2020, COVID-19 arrived in New York City.Before long, America’s largest metropolis was at war against a virus that mercilessly swept through its five boroughs. It became apparent that if Covid wasn’t
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On Her Own Ground

The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

by A'Lelia Bundles ...

Narrated by A'Lelia Bundles ...

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16 hours 23 min

Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground**) is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist—by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles.**The daug... ... Read more

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Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground**) is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist—by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles.**The daug...
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Waco Rising

David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

by Kevin Cook ...

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

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8 hours 19 min

In 1993, David Koresh and a band of heavily armed evangelical Christians took on the might of the US government. A two-month siege of their compound in Waco, Texas, ended in a firefight that killed seventy-six, including twenty-five children. America is still picking up the pieces, and we still haven't heard the full story.Kevin Cook finally provides the full story of what happened at Waco. He ... Read more

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In 1993, David Koresh and a band of heavily armed evangelical Christians took on the might of the US government. A two-month siege of their compound in Waco, Texas, ended in a firefight that killed seventy-six, including twenty-five children. America is still picking up the pieces, and we still haven't heard the full story.Kevin Cook finally provides the full story of what happened at Waco. He
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Gentleman Bandit

The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber

by John Boessenecker ...

Narrated by Stephen Graybill ...

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10 hours 20 min

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first new biography in decades of Black Bart, the Wild West’s most mysterious gentleman bandit.Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first new biography in decades of Black Bart, the Wild West’s most mysterious gentleman bandit.Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine
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In the Pines

A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning

by Grace Elizabeth Hale ...

Narrated by Nicole Swanson, Matt Godfrey ...

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7 hours 8 min

**In this powerful book, an award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a Black man in rural Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff—a cold case that sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial terror in America.“Courageous and compelling … essential and critically important” —Bryan Stevenson**Grace Hale was home ... Read more

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**In this powerful book, an award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a Black man in rural Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff—a cold case that sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial terror in America.“Courageous and compelling … essential and critically important” —Bryan Stevenson**Grace Hale was home
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Lusitania

Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age

by Greg King, Penny Wilson ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

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8 hours 48 min

Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the twentieth century. When she left New York on her final voyage, she sailed from the New World to the Old. Yet an encounter with a primitive German U-Boat sent her and her gilded passengers to their tragic deaths.A hundred years after her sinking, Lusitania remains an ... Read more

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Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the twentieth century. When she left New York on her final voyage, she sailed from the New World to the Old. Yet an encounter with a primitive German U-Boat sent her and her gilded passengers to their tragic deaths.A hundred years after her sinking, Lusitania remains an
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The Children's Blizzard

by David Laskin ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

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9 hours 34 min

January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next the sky exploded in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunged ... Read more

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January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next the sky exploded in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunged
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But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

An Oral History of the '60s Girl Groups

by Laura Flam, Emily Sieu Liebowitz ...

Narrated by Laura Flam, Emily Sieu Liebowitz, Robin Eller, Janina Edwards, Fred Berman, Suzanne Toren, Leon Nixon, LaNecia Edmonds ...

Unabridged

14 hours 40 min

Featuring over 300 hours of new interviews with 100+ subjects, an oral history of the girl groups (such as The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas) that redefined the early 1960sThe girl group sound, made famous and unforgettable by acts like The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas, took over the airwaves by capturing the mixture of innocence and rebellion ... Read more

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Featuring over 300 hours of new interviews with 100+ subjects, an oral history of the girl groups (such as The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas) that redefined the early 1960sThe girl group sound, made famous and unforgettable by acts like The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas, took over the airwaves by capturing the mixture of innocence and rebellion
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