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  • Althea

    The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson

    de Sally H. Jacobs ...
    WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION OF 2023KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR"A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American sports legend long overlooked. Sally Jacobs tells the riveting story of Althea Gibson, my personal shero, who overcame daunting odds – on the tennis court and off - to stand at the world pinnacle of her ... Leer más

    Antes $12.99 USD Ahora $2.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Other Barack

    The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father

    de Sally H Jacobs ...
    Barack Obama Sr., father of the American president, was part of Africa's "independence generation" and in 1959 it seemed his star would shine brightly. He came to the U.S. from Kenya and was given a university scholarship. While in the Hawaii, he met Ann Dunham in 1961, and his son Barack was born. He left his young family to gain a master's degree from Harvard.After that, Obama's life became ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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    Althea

    The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson

    de Sally H. Jacobs ...
    Narrado por Chanté McCormick ...

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    19 hora 3 minutos

    "Chanté McCormick rises to the challenge of narrating Jacobs's comprehensive biography of Althea Gibson with grace, energy, and a rich voice."- AudioFile“A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American sports legend long overlooked. Sally Jacobs tells the riveting story of Althea Gibson, my personal shero, who overcame daunting odds – on the tennis court and off - to stand at the world ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • Common Sense

    de Thomas Paine ...
    "Common Sense" is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809) was an English-American ... Leer más

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

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  • Why Africa is Poor

    And what Africans can do about it

    de Greg Mills ...
    Economic growth does not demand a secret formula. Good development examples now abound in East Asia and further afield in others parts of Asia, and in Central America. But why then has Africa failed to realise its potential in half a century of independence? Why Africa is Poor demonstrates that Africa is poor not because the world has denied the continent the market and financial means to compete: ... Leer más

    $10.79 USD

  • Too Close to the Sun

    The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton

    de Sara Wheeler ...
    Denys Finch Hatton was adored by women and idolized by men. A champion of Africa, legendary for his good looks, his charm, and his prowess as a soldier, lover, and hunter, Finch Hatton inspired Karen Blixen to write the unforgettable stories in Out of Africa. Now esteemed British biographer Sara Wheeler tells the truth about this extraordinarily charismatic adventurer.Born to an old aristocratic ... Leer más

    Antes $14.99 USD Ahora $4.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 12 Made in England

    Australia's British Inheritance

    de David Malouf ...
    Series Libro 12 - Quarterly Essay
    In Made in England, David Malouf looks at Australia’s bond with Britain and wonders whether it wasn’t the Mother Country which did most of the giving. This is an essay which presents British civilisation, the civilisation of Shakespeare and the Enlightenment and the Westminster system, as the irreducible ground on which any Australian achievement is based. Britain has always been the tolerant ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Immobile Empire

    de Alain Peyrefitte ...
    In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see eye to eye, and the trade talks failed. The ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Ambivalent Conquests

    Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517–1570

    de Inga Clendinnen ...
    Series Libro 61 - Cambridge Latin American Studies
    This is both a specific study of conversion in a corner of the Spanish Empire, and a work with implications for the understanding of European domination and native resistance throughout the colonial world. Dr Clendinnen explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its destructive outcomes. She seeks to penetrate the ways of thinking ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Sharpeville

    An Apartheid Massacre and its Consequences

    de Tom Lodge ...
    On 21 March 1960 several hundred black Africans were injured and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville, protesting against the Apartheid regime's racist 'pass' laws. The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, signalled the start of armed resistance in South Africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of South Africa's ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • 6th Grade American History: Founding Fathers and Leaders

    American Revolution Kids Sixth Grade Books

    de Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's American Revolution History
    Make history fun even with all the dates and information in tact with the use of this accurately summarized history book. The use of pictures and select texts attract the attention and make the lesson much more memorable. Since the presentation is effective and simple, learning becomes self-paced and much more personalized. Order a copy today! ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Eurafrica

    The Untold History of European Integration and Colonialism

    de Peo Hansen, Professor Stefan Jonsson ...
    Series series Theory for a Global Age Series
    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.In order to think theoretically about our global age it is important to understand how the global has been conceived historically. 'Eurafrica' was an intellectual endeavor and political project that from the 1920s saw Europe's future survival - its continued role in ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD