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  • The Ditchdigger's Daughters

    A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story

    by Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton ...
    The Ditchdigger’s Daughters is a loving memoir of how a poor and uneducated black laborer, a child of the Great Depression, overcame incredible obstacles to give his daughters a better life. Dr. Thornton’s father fought in World War II as a Navy seaman, second class. By age twenty-seven he had five children to raise——all girls, and no boys. He dug ditches for a living while his wife cleaned houses ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bonfire of the Humanities

    Rescuing the Classics in an Impoverished Age

    by Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, Bruce S. Thornton ...
    With humor, lucidity, and unflinching rigor, the acclaimed authors of Who Killed Homer? and Plagues of the Mind unsparingly document the degeneration of a central, if beleaguered, discipline—classics—and reveal the root causes of its decline. Hanson, Heath, and Thornton point to academics themselves—their careerist ambitions, incessant self-promotion, and overspecialized scholarship, among other ... Read more

    $10.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays. Illustrated

    by William Wells Brown, Harriet E. Wilson, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frances E. W. Harper, Langston Hughes, Phillis Wheatley, Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Charles Ball, Josiah Henson, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Elizabeth Keckley, Louis Hughes, Booker T. Washington, Henry Box Brown, James Hambleton Christian, Theophilus Collins, Seth Concklin, Charles Gilbert, Samuel Green, Jamie Griffin, Harry Grimes, John Henry Hill, Jane Johnson, Matilda Mahoney, Mary Frances Melvin, Aunt Hannah Moore, Alfred S. Thornton, W. E. B. Du Bois ...
    African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were ... Read more

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  • Democracy's Dangers & Discontents

    The Tyranny of the Majority from the Greeks to Obama

    by Bruce S. Thornton ...
    By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired ... Read more

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  • Daughter of the Salt King

    by A. S. Thornton ...
    Series Book 1 - The Salt Chasers
    A 2021 Foreword INDIES Award Winner in Romance and Finalist in FantasyA 2022 Benjamin Franklin Award Runner-Up in Best New Voice: Fiction“The heat and romance of the desert, the push and the pull of Emel’s desperation, and the magic and humanity of a caustic jinni make Daughter of the Salt King an irresistible ride.” —Amy Harmon, New York Times bestselling author“This riveting debut novel wi... ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Son of the Salt Chaser

    by A. S. Thornton ...
    Series Book 2 - The Salt Chasers
    The gift of magic may be a curse.After her desert-transforming wish, Emel follows Saalim to Madinat Almulihi to reclaim all she has lost. But the seaside city is not what she expected. When she is tasked with assisting the palace healer, she is faced daily with the reminder that Saalim—focused only on seeking the revenge of those who killed his family—does not remember her at all.Cursing the magic ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Eros

    The Myth Of Ancient Greek Sexuality

    by Bruce S Thornton ...
    Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality is a controversial book that lays bare the meanings Greeks gave to sex. Contrary to the romantic idealization of sex dominating our culture, the Greeks saw eros as a powerful force of nature, potentially dangerous and in need of control by society: Eros the Destroyer, not Cupid the Insipid, is what fired the Greek imagination. The destructiveness of eros ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Inside Information for Women

    Answers to the Mysteries of the Female Body and Her Health

    by Yvonne S. Thornton, M. D., M. P. H., FACS ...
    From adolescence to menopause, Inside Information for Women will be a valued medical companion to any the busy woman. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inside Information for Women

    Answers to the Mysteries of the Female Body and Her Health

    by Yvonne S. Thornton, M. D., Jo Coudert ...
    Yvonne S. Thornton, M. D., M. P. H. whose superb training and peerless credentials make her one of America's top OB/GYN specialists, is also a doctor who truly listens to her patients. She has learned from the questions and concerns of real women what information they truly need to make the best decisions about their bodies and healthcare. Now she has combined a wealth of medical knowledge, the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Crown and the Dragon

    by Stanley S. Thornton ...

    $7.99 USD

  • Strategic Employee Communication

    Building a Culture of Engagement

    Edited by Gail S. Thornton, Viviane Regina Mansi, Bruno Carramenha, Thatiana Cappellano ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Employee engagement (or a lack thereof) can often be linked to poor communication and a detachment from company goals. Companies of all sizes are looking for ways to boost communication, recognizing its impact on key business outcomes, such as productivity and profitability.This book offers fresh insights about opportunities to improve the quality of employee communications based on employees’ ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The First Dragonslayer

    by Johnny Gagne, Stanley S. Thornton ...
    Two children go to visit their grandfather in the country. After questioning their grandfather about a crumbling tower down the road, the children soon find themselves wrapped up in a coming of age story that centers around one particular dragon. It becomes obvious that things are not always as they first appear. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD