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  • Why Colored People in Philadelphia Are Excluded from the Street Cars

    by Benjamin Peter Hunt ...
    Some remarks lately communicated to the New York Anti-Slavery Standard, on the continued exclusion of colored people from our street cars, leave the impression that no efforts have been made here to procure for this class of people admission to these cars. This is incorrect. It will be found on inquiry, that a Committee, consisting of some twenty-five or thirty gentlemen, appointed at a public ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Extra Ordinary Women of Britain

    by Peter Hunt ...
    Britain has a hidden wealth of fascinating and important women peppered throughout its history, perhaps more than any other European nation. This book is an introduction to thirty-seven British women whom I believe are truly exceptional and, since the 1st century AD, their lives have dramatically influenced British history and culture. You will know some of them, but you may not know others. This ... Read more

    $4.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sidebottom's Reach

    The Bandicoot Has Wings

    by Peter Hunt ...
    It’s 1985 in Sidebottom's Reach, a country town in New South Wales on the Balmoral River, several hours on the bus from Sydney.The townsfolk live in a state of controlled disharmony, until a mysterious celestial body falls from the sky and throws the township into a tailspin.An accomplished solicitor plagued by self-doubt. A Mayor at war with the local press. A British publican struggling to make ... Read more

    $2.13 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Extra Ordinary Women of France

    by Peter Hunt ...
    This is an introduction to 27 fascinating women that have influenced the whole of French history. France honours its famous people who have died by interring them in a mausoleum called the Panthéon in Paris. At the time of writing, there were 81 of these famous people interred there. After a visit, I suddenly realised that, of these 81 people, only 6 were women – Sophie Berthelot, Marie Curie, ... Read more

    $4.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Identity, Navigating Life's Waters with Parkinson's Disease

    by Peter Hunt ...
    "To feel deeply is to fall deeply, not to stumble back to sunlight's superficiality, but to evolve in curious darkness, learning to shiver in the fullness of the moon." -From Beyond Identity.By age 43, Peter Hunt had lived an adventurous life as a Naval Aviator, commercial pilot, and shipwreck diver, so when diagnosed with Parkinson's disease he accepted the neurological disorder as simply a new ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Intruder, the Search for a Missing Navy Jet

    by Peter Hunt ...
    "Although I owned a boat, I had no sonar, metal detector or any practical method of surveying the ocean bottom. With an incurable illness, no prospect of financial reward, little chance of success, brain surgery looming, and one child in college with another about to start, I was not in a position to spend thousands of dollars on a search. Still, desperate for a distraction, anything to pry my ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

    by Lewis Carroll ...
    Illustrated by John Tenniel ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat. 'We're all mad here.' The 'Alice' books are two of the most translated, most quoted, and best-known books in the world, but what exactly are they? Apparently delightful, innocent fantasies for children, they are also complex textures of mathematical, linguistic, and philosophical jokes. Alice's ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Treasure Island

    by Robert Louis Stevenson ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; and out of those seven one was a boy ...' When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his frightening tales; the sailor's sudden death is the beginning of one of the most exciting adventure stories in literature. The discovery of a treasure map sets Jim and his companions in ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery

    by Peter Hunt ...
    An exciting study of ancient slavery in Greece and RomeThis book provides an introduction to pivotal issues in the study of classical (Greek and Roman) slavery. The span of topics is broad—ranging from everyday resistance to slavery to philosophical justifications of slavery, and from the process of enslavement to the decline of slavery after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The book uses a ... Read more

    $32.00 USD

  • The Wind in the Willows

    by Kenneth Grahame ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.' So says Rat to Mole, as he introduces him to the delights of the river and his friends Toad, the spirit of rebellion, and Badger, the spirit of England. But it is a world where the motor-car is about to wreck the gipsy caravan, the revolutionaries in the Wild Wood are ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Blue Water: Born a Pisces, Poseidon Has Always Been My God

    by Peter Hunt ...
    Blue WaterNEARLY TWO DECADES AFTER a young-onset Parkinson's disease diagnosis, Peter Hunt discovers more to smile about every day as he searches for meaning in life's daily routine. According to Hunt, happiness is a choice, a coping tool to help humankind deal with pain and discomfort. He contends that when considered with an open heart and leveraged with the genuine kindness of helping others, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Understanding Children's Literature

    Edited by Peter Hunt ...
    Edited by Peter Hunt, a leading figure in the field, this book introduces the study of children’s literature, addressing theoretical questions as well as the most relevant critical approaches to the discipline.The fourteen chapters draw on insights from academic disciplines ranging from cultural and literary studies to education and psychology, and include an essay on what writers for children ... Read more

    $57.99 USD