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  • Company Aytch or a Side Show of the Big Show

    A Memoir of the Civil War

    COMPANY AYTCH has reigned as one of the most memorable and honest depictions of the American Civil War since its original publication in 1882. Sam R. Watkins’s firsthand account of life as a Confederate soldier eloquently captured the realities of war, the humor and pathos of soldiering, and the tragic, historic events in which he participated. Although there have been other versions of Company ... Read more

    $15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mapping Diversity in Latin America

    Race and Ethnicity from Colonial Times to the Present

    Mapping Diversity in Latin America offers ample critical coverage of recent approaches to the historical study of race and ethnicity in Latin America since the arrival of Spanish and Portuguese colonizers to the present. Bringing together the work of leading scholars, this volume presents readers with a thorough and updated examination of the formation and evolution of ideas surrounding race and ... Read more

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  • The Smallpox Files

    by Ruth Redford ...
    Illustrated by Jake Hill ...
    Series series Marnie's Medical Mysteries
    Marnie's teacher has a unique assignment for the class: learn all they can about a disease that has been eradicated, smallpox! Marnie teams up with her friend SJ and her trusty AI sidekick Glitch to gather the information. What was smallpox and how did it spread? How did scientists use inquiry and the tools of science to solve the mystery of smallpox? Finally, Maisie and her classmates learn how ... Read more

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  • Robert E. Lee: A Story and a Play

    by Ruth Hill ...
    "Robert E. Lee: A Story and a Play" by Ruth Hill offers a unique exploration of the life and legacy of one of America's most complex historical figures. The book combines narrative storytelling with dramatic elements, allowing readers to engage with Lee's character in a multifaceted way. Through vivid descriptions and compelling dialogue, Hill presents Lee not just as a military leader, but as a ... Read more

    $0.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Consider the Lilies of the Field (Unabridged)

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    Unabridged

    20 min

    In the hushed tones of a summer meadow, enter a world where flowers hold the key to life's greatest lessons. Christina Rossetti's Consider the Lilies of the Field is a captivating audiobook poem that unfolds the quiet wisdom of nature. Listen as lilies preach of purity, violets whisper secrets from the shade, and the rose, though beautiful, warns of hidden thorns. This short listen is a gentle ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Reckoning with Race in New Worlds

    by Ruth Hill ...
    Series series Writing the Early Americas
    How Spanish and Portuguese colonialism shaped our conception of whitenessA landmark treatment of a pivotal historical question, Reckoning with Race in New Worlds reveals how the empires of Spain and Portugal debated and came to determine who was white and who was not during their colonial era. How did free people with partial Native American, Asian, or African lineage either become or cease to be ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Cecile's Secret

    by Ruth E. Hill ...
    Three Generations of Secrets, Love and Loss1944. Cecile is parachuted into South East France to help the local Resistance. She is drawn into a dangerous love triangle, while all the time taking part in clandestine operations. Can she maintain her subterfuge long enough to complete her mission and return home safely?1963. Stephanie breaks free from her controlling mother Cecile, eager to make her ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Victorian Engagements with the Bible and Antiquity

    The Shock of the Old

    The nineteenth century was a period in which ideas of history and time were challenged as never before. This is the first book to explore how the study of classical antiquity and the study of the Bible together formed an image of the past which became central to Victorian self-understanding. These specially commissioned, multi-disciplinary essays brilliantly reveal the richness of Victorian ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • Social Policy in a Cold Climate

    Policies and their Consequences since the Crisis

    Series series CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
    Social Policy in a Cold Climate offers a data-rich, evidence-based analysis of the impact Labour and coalition government policies have had on inequality and on the delivery of services such as health, education, adult social care, housing and employment in the wake of the greatest recession of our time.The authors provide an authoritative and unflinching analysis of recent approaches to social ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • The Iceman's Daughter, My Story

    “I want my children to know who I am.” This great-grandmother realized that her grown children knew very little about the tale of her family and her life’s journey, and they knew nothing about her brother who died tragically when he was seventeen years old. So she wrote a book. Ruth captures a simpler time of life of growing up on a small farm in Randolph, Vermont in the 1940s and 50s. Her father ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Robert E. Lee

    A Story and a Play

    by Ruth Hill ...
    In "Robert E. Lee," Ruth Hill presents a nuanced biographical exploration of one of America'Äôs most emblematic figures, delving into the complexities of his character and the circumstances that shaped him. Hill's literary style is scholarly yet accessible, blending rigorous historical analysis with vivid storytelling that brings the Civil War era to life. The book situates Lee within the broader ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Parade’s End & The Good Soldier

    Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

    Unabridged

    4 hours 30 min

    Major BBC adaptations of Ford Madox Ford’s two most famous works, with stellar casts including Tom Goodman-Hill, Ruth Gemmell, Kyle Soller and Mark BonnarA forgotten great of British fiction, Ford Madox Ford wrote over 80 books, founded two trailblazing literary journals and was a friend and collaborator to some of the 20th century’s most significant authors, among them Joseph Conrad, DH Lawrence, ... Read more

    $18.79 USD