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Making Freedom
The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences...
BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES Boxed Set: 350+ Thriller Classics, Detective Novels & True Crime Stories
Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot Cases, P. C. Lee Series, Father Brown Stories, Dr. Thorndyke Series, Bulldog Drummond Adventures, Hamilton Cleek Cases, Eugéne Valmont Stories and many more
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Council of Justice The Just Men of Cordova The Law of the Four Just Men The Nine Bears Angel Esquire The Fourth Plague or Red Hand Grey Timothy or...
by R.M. Brandon
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Chantal fled to a new city thinking the relationship she escaped was only a memory. Working to build a new life, in a new area, she joined a Roller Derby team. When her past catches up to her Chantal discovers a strength she never knew she possessed. But will it be enough to keep her alive? Locked...
3 Nations
Native, Canadian & New England Writers
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Winner of the 2018 Maine Literary Award for Anthology from Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance!
While much attention focuses on the southern border of the United States, 3 Nations Anthology: Native, Canadian & New England Writers turns to the northeast, where Canada and New England share...
Colonial Counterpoint
Music in Early Modern Manila
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
Named one of BBC History Magazine's "Books of the Year" in 2010 In this groundbreaking study, D. R. M. Irving reconnects the Philippines to current musicological discourse on the early modern Hispanic world. For some two and a half centuries, the Philippine Islands were firmly interlinked...
by R. M. Burns
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
My lesbian partner died suddenly in 2010. There was very little in the way of lesbian support and I had to seek comfort from the people in my lifestyle. I want to change that; hence, this book. It is a true story about my journey through immense grief. I have also included a poem I wrote about grief.
by Ken Liu, Daniel Arthur Smith, Alex Shvartsman
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or...
by R. M. Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
This book is just what it says it is, an account of the life and adventures of R. M. Ballantyne, as written by himself; there's some short stories in the back too. I would highly recommend this book, especially if you've read any of his books and are curious about the man who wrote them. Its humorous and full of adventure. (Amazon)
by R.M. Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
This gripping classic from R.M. Ballantyne tells the story of the eruption of Mt. Krakatau in 1883 which killed more than 36, 000 people.
by Stewart L. Bennett, Andrew S. Bledsoe, John J Gaines
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Few American Civil War operations matched the controversy, intensity, and bloodshed of Confederate general John Bell Hood’s ill-fated 1864 campaign against Union forces in Tennessee. In the first-ever anthology on the subject, The Tennessee Campaign of 1864, edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles...
by R. M. Huffman
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
A short urban fantasy. Physicians often spend nights awake, up at the hospital caring for patients. On most occasions this doctor is no different, but on Halloween, his nocturnal activities take on a different hue...blood red.
Ethics of Spying
A Reader for the Intelligence Professional
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.'...
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God
Religious Communication in Democratic Party Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...
by Rumi Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The greatest Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language, Rumi has widely influenced mystical thought and literature throughout history. Today, Rumi is one of the most read poets of the world, whose wise teachings in ‘The Masnavi’ and exquisite verses of the ‘Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi’ transcend...