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  The Life of Riley - A Memoir

  Riley Sumner

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  Riley Sumner has always enjoyed life's simple pleasures: a hot cup of coffee on a chilly fall morning, a well-hit line drive in softball, or the awe-inspiring beauty of God's creation. In his six-plus decades on this planet, Riley has accumulated a wealth of hilarious and heartwarming stories that have long entertained his family and close friends. 
  In his memoir, Riley looks back on his life through a series of 40 questions covering topics that range from childhood to adulthood, from high school football to fashion faux pas. There's even a chapter about being part of the Secret Service detail for Vice President George H.W. Bush. (Yes, seriously.) The Life of Riley is a love letter to a bygone era—when you left your doors unlocked, and kids played all day in the neighborhood—as well as a reflection on all the ways life turns out better than you ever could’ve imagined.

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  Black History Collection -...

  Frederick Douglass, Harriet Ann...

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  America's black intellectuals - writers, historians, educators, and community activists - have made major contributions to the struggle for equality and human rights throughout American public life.
  The key streams of thought that gave rise to the intellectual traditions associated with African Americans emerged in the 18th and 19th centuries. These same traditions continue to develop and influence social and political processes today.
  This tome presents the collected writings of those titans of thought who laid the intellectual, cultural, and even emotional foundations for the modern African American movement.
  
  Frederick Douglass; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
  Harriet Ann Jacobs; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
  Booker T. Washington; Up from Slavery
  W.E.B. Du Bois; The Gift of Black Folk

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  Sir Walter Scott - His Life and...

  John Buchan

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  To know Sir Walter Scott as a man is as delightful and fruitful an experience as to appreciate the greatness of his books.
  
  
  In the bicentenary year of the publication of Sir Walter Scott's first novel Waverley, this is a timely republication of John Buchan's biography of Scott - one great storyteller exploring the life of another.
  
  
  
  Buchan's sympathetic treatment of Scott is perceptive, and his enthusiasm for Scott's work is infectious. Interspersed with superb extracts exhibiting Scott's storytelling skills, John Buchan's short introduction to Scott has never been bettered. To this day, he remains the ideal advocate and guide to the great Sir Walter Scott.
  
  
  John Buchan is the very person to get us reading Scott again, abandoning the superficial media distractions for a grand rumbling rollercoaster of a read - ideal for a stage coach journey, an airport wait, or a holiday lived out of time.
  
  FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY DONALD SMITH
  
  
  The almost inspired literary criticism of Sir Walter Scott shows Buchan at his best.
  
  DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY

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  Presidents of the United States...

  Kelly Mass

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  This is a great value combo. It covers the lives and legacies of various American presidents. The following presidents will be covered in this book: 
  Abraham Lincoln: His Life, Death, Morals, Civil War, and Assassination 
  Andrew Jackson: American Lawyer, Soldier, and 7th President of the United States 
  George Washington: The Patriot Who Was the First President of the United States 
  James Madison: Accomplishments of the President and Founding Father of the United States 
  John F. Kennedy: His Life, His Vision, and His Assassination Explained 
  Martin van Buren: The Democratic, 8th President of the United States 
  Richard Nixon: The Prominent Republican President from California 
  Ronald Reagan: A Highly Influential Voice of Modern Conservatism 
  Ulysses Grant: The Famous American Military Leader from the 19th Century

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  Troubling the Water - The Urgent...

  Ben McBride

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  From one of the most courageous and visionary leaders of our time comes Troubling the Water, an immersive book about the violence and injustice that threaten to drown us all. Ben McBride recounts how he first waded into the water: from the Kill Zone in Oakland, where he moved with his young family, to the uprising in Ferguson, to the moral impoverishment of the white evangelical church. In the truth-telling tradition of Bryan Stevenson and Bishop William Barber, McBride leads us right into the fury and fragmentation of our moment, and then steadies us once we're there. 
   
   
   
  What would it take to truly belong to each other? Radical belonging, McBride argues, means looking at our implicit biases, at our faulty understandings of power, and at how we "other"—or "same"—people. Sometimes it even means troubling the waters—speaking hard truths in situations that appear calm but that cloak injustice. 
   
   
   
  With a blend of provocation and good humor, McBride leads us beyond inaction on the one hand and polemic on the other. What results is an indelible manifesto—a troublemaking reverend's call to the most urgent task of our time. As inequality, racism, and alienation weaken our common life, well-meaning people ask: What do I need to do to create a world where all can belong? But McBride asserts that instead, we need to ask: Who do I need to become?

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  None of the Answers - Racing...

  Jeff Swaney

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  None of the Answers is a revealing memoir by successful American entrepreneur Jeff Swaney. Written in the lost art of Gonzo journalism, the stories chronicle a life lived outside the box. 
   
   
   
  Follow Swaney from the start of his life, born dirt poor in Detroit, Michigan—facing the challenges of a city collapsed around him to fast forward reflections of a life well lived. Death-defying outdoor stunts, collegiate misadventures, penniless far-flung world travel, and birthing illegal night clubs would eventually lead to Swaney becoming a business leader in the city he loves most—Dallas, Texas. He would go on a life-altering journey, becoming a single father to two young children at age sixty. Moving from rags to riches and financial collapse to astounding recovery, Swaney brings an inspired world view. 
   
   
   
  This rich, textured book launches the listener into memory lane, inspiring a search for our own best selves through reflection and questioning beliefs. It explores how we take the chaos of living full out, thriving with patience, perseverance, and purpose. The search for answers with pants pulled down self-deprecation provides an avenue for the listener's innocuous introspection, hair pulling, and deep belly laughs.

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