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American Uprising

The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt

de Daniel Rasmussen ...

"A chilling and suspenseful account [of] the culmination of a signal episode in the history of American race relations." —Adam Goodheart, The New York Times Book ReviewIn January 1811, five hundred slaves, dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes, rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. Ethnically diverse, politically astute, ... Leer más

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"A chilling and suspenseful account [of] the culmination of a signal episode in the history of American race relations." —Adam Goodheart, The New York Times Book ReviewIn January 1811, five hundred slaves, dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes, rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. Ethnically diverse, politically astute,
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American Uprising

The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt

de Daniel Rasmussen ...

Narrado por David Drummond ...

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5 hora 47 minutos

In January 1811, five hundred slaves dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. Ethnically diverse, politically astute, and highly organized, this self-made army challenged not only the economic system of plantation agriculture but also American expansion. Their march represented the ... Leer más

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In January 1811, five hundred slaves dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. Ethnically diverse, politically astute, and highly organized, this self-made army challenged not only the economic system of plantation agriculture but also American expansion. Their march represented the
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The Humble Investor

How to find a winning edge in a surprising world

de Daniel Rasmussen ...

Narrado por Todd Kramer ...

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5 hora 10 minutos

Why just be contrarian when you can bet against consensus and be right? Through a meta-analysis of what moves markets and what drives human behavior, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Verdad Advisers, Daniel Rasmussen cuts through the 60/40 portfolio, exposing where empirical evidence shows the best opportunities—and where projections, models, and experts often fail—to create an ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

Why just be contrarian when you can bet against consensus and be right? Through a meta-analysis of what moves markets and what drives human behavior, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Verdad Advisers, Daniel Rasmussen cuts through the 60/40 portfolio, exposing where empirical evidence shows the best opportunities—and where projections, models, and experts often fail—to create an
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Short Ghost and Horror Collection 057 (Unabridged)

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de et al. Carl Richard Jacobi ...

Narrado por Luz Schell, Gerry Byers, Daniel Rasmussen, Carroll Mills ...

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8 hora 37 minutos

Crave a shiver down your spine? Then step into the shadows with "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 057." Curated by Carl Richard Jacobi and penned by masters of the macabre, this chilling audiobook is a haunted symphony of dread. Whispers turn to screams as scarecrows stir in the dead of night, smiles morph into grotesque masks on the faces of the deceased, and appointments with the beyond turn ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

Crave a shiver down your spine? Then step into the shadows with "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 057." Curated by Carl Richard Jacobi and penned by masters of the macabre, this chilling audiobook is a haunted symphony of dread. Whispers turn to screams as scarecrows stir in the dead of night, smiles morph into grotesque masks on the faces of the deceased, and appointments with the beyond turn
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Root and Branch

Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation

de Rawn James Jr. ...

Narrado por Dominic Hoffman ...

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10 hora 4 minutos

The riveting story of the two crusading lawyers who led the legal battle to end segregation, one case and one courtroom at a time.The Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education is widely considered a seminal point in the battle to end segregation, but it was in fact the culmination of a decades-long legal campaign. Root and Branch is the epic story of the two fiercely dedicated ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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The riveting story of the two crusading lawyers who led the legal battle to end segregation, one case and one courtroom at a time.The Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education is widely considered a seminal point in the battle to end segregation, but it was in fact the culmination of a decades-long legal campaign. Root and Branch is the epic story of the two fiercely dedicated
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The Most Dangerous Book

The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses

de Kevin Birmingham ...

Narrado por John Keating ...

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14 hora 22 minutos

"A great story--how modernism brought down the regime of censorship--told as a great story. Kevin Birmingham's imaginative scholarship brings Joyce and his world to life. There is a fresh detail on nearly every page."--Louis Menand, Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Metaphysical ClubFor more than a decade, the book that literary critics now consider the most important novel in the English ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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"A great story--how modernism brought down the regime of censorship--told as a great story. Kevin Birmingham's imaginative scholarship brings Joyce and his world to life. There is a fresh detail on nearly every page."--Louis Menand, Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Metaphysical ClubFor more than a decade, the book that literary critics now consider the most important novel in the English
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The Age of Caesar

Five Roman Lives

de Plutarch ...

Narrado por Michael Page ...

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11 hora 44 minutos

Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders.This edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context. ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

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Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders.This edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context.
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Melville in Love

The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick

de Michael Shelden ...

Narrado por Sean Pratt ...

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6 hora 48 minutos

Herman Melville’s epic novel, Moby-Dick, was a spectacular failure when it was published in 1851, effectively ending its author's rise to literary fame. Because he was neglected by academics for so long, and because he made little effort to preserve his legacy, we know very little about Melville, and even less about what he called his "wicked book." Scholars still puzzle over what drove Melville ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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Herman Melville’s epic novel, Moby-Dick, was a spectacular failure when it was published in 1851, effectively ending its author's rise to literary fame. Because he was neglected by academics for so long, and because he made little effort to preserve his legacy, we know very little about Melville, and even less about what he called his "wicked book." Scholars still puzzle over what drove Melville
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One Nation Under Guns

How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

de Dominic Erdozain ...

Narrado por Dan Bittner ...

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5 hora 37 minutos

This “brilliant and gut-wrenching” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice)takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms—and that this distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy.“At once eye-opening and enraging, One Nation Under Guns is that rare book that can help change ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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This “brilliant and gut-wrenching” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice)takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms—and that this distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy.“At once eye-opening and enraging, One Nation Under Guns is that rare book that can help change
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The Last Outlaws

The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

de Thom Hatch ...

Narrado por James C. Lewis ...

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9 hora 52 minutos

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid—as leaders of the Wild Bunch, they planned and executed the most daring bank and train robberies of the day, with a professionalism never before seen by authorities. For several years at the end of the 1890s, the two friends, along with a revolving cast who made up their band of thieves, eluded local law enforcement and bounty hunters, all while stealing from the ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid—as leaders of the Wild Bunch, they planned and executed the most daring bank and train robberies of the day, with a professionalism never before seen by authorities. For several years at the end of the 1890s, the two friends, along with a revolving cast who made up their band of thieves, eluded local law enforcement and bounty hunters, all while stealing from the
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Pogrom

Kishinev and the Tilt of History

de Steven J. Zipperstein ...

Narrado por Barry Abrams ...

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6 hora 38 minutos

So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian remarked that it was "nothing less than a prototype for the Holocaust itself." In three days of violence, 49 Jews were killed and 600 raped or wounded, while more than 1,000 Jewish-owned houses and stores were ransacked and destroyed. Recounted in lurid detail by ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian remarked that it was "nothing less than a prototype for the Holocaust itself." In three days of violence, 49 Jews were killed and 600 raped or wounded, while more than 1,000 Jewish-owned houses and stores were ransacked and destroyed. Recounted in lurid detail by
... Leer más

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New England Bound

Slavery and Colonization in Early America

de Wendy Warren ...

Narrado por Elizabeth Wiley ...

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10 hora 4 minutos

In a work that fundamentally recasts the history of colonial America, Wendy Warren shows how the institution of slavery was inexorably linked with the first century of English colonization of New England. While most histories of slavery in early America confine themselves to the Southern colonies and the Caribbean, New England Bound forcefully widens the historical aperture to include the entirety ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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In a work that fundamentally recasts the history of colonial America, Wendy Warren shows how the institution of slavery was inexorably linked with the first century of English colonization of New England. While most histories of slavery in early America confine themselves to the Southern colonies and the Caribbean, New England Bound forcefully widens the historical aperture to include the entirety
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