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  History Speaks - Volume 3

  Alfred Lord Tennyson, Frederick...

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  Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most people in history, including Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Edward Gladstone, Guiglielmo Marconi, William McKinley, Leo Tolstoy, William Booth, Pope Leo Xlll, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Dr. Frederick Cook, and Robert E. Peary. Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan.

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  The Souls Of Black Folk

  W. E. B. Du Bois

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  The creator was an American humanist, communist, history specialist and Skillet Africanist social equality lobbyist. Brought into the world in Extraordinary Barrington, Massachusetts, he experienced childhood in a somewhat lenient and coordinated local area, and subsequent to finishing graduate work at the College of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the main African American to procure a doctorate, he turned into a teacher of history, human science, and financial matters at Atlanta College. He was one of the organizers behind the Public Relationship for the Progression of Minorities Individuals (NAACP) in 1909. 
  Earlier,he had ascended to public unmistakable quality as a head of the Niagara Development, a gathering of African-American activists who needed equivalent freedoms for blacks. He and his allies went against the Atlanta split the difference, an arrangement created by Booker T. Washington which given that Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites ensured that blacks would get fundamental instructive and financial open doors. All things being equal, he demanded full social liberties and expanded political portrayal, which he trusted would be achieved by the African-American scholarly first class. He alluded to this gathering as the Skilled 10th, an idea under the umbrella of racial inspire, and accepted that African Americans required the opportunity for high level training to foster their initiative.

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  African Myths: Captivating...

  Matt Clayton

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  Do you like stories about gods and spirits, giants and monsters, damsels in distress, and clever heroes? 
  All of these can be found in African myth and folklore, which have a vast and varied tapestry of stories from hundreds of cultures, each with its own traditions and values.  
  Sometimes the heroes of these stories are divine beings who come down from heaven to create the world we live in, but sometimes human beings and animals themselves are the ones who see to it that the sun, moon, and stars are put into their proper places.  
  Sometimes the heroes are hapless men who get into more trouble than they can handle, while others find a way out of their predicament by getting help from unlikely sources. Sometimes the heroines find themselves in mortal peril because they are not paying attention and have to be rescued by someone else, while others are forced into their predicaments by external forces that require them to be saved or save themselves.  
  However, whatever the danger and whomever the hero is, all of these stories have the ability to captivate our imaginations and keep us on the edge of our seats. 
  Here are just a few of the amazing characters you will meet in this book:a princess who gets eaten by a monster and then goes on to marry a mysterious prince who is not all he seems to bea young woman who is sacrificed to end a drought but rescued by the young man who loves her dearlya blacksmith who is given an impossible task, and the madman who helps solve the problemthe children who put the sun into the skythe fanged deer whose eyes turned into the starsthe clever lad who saves his uncle from death and outsmarts every enemy he comes across 
  Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to enjoy each of these fascinating stories from the world of African myths, legends, and fairy tales!

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  Willkie Sprint - A Story of...

  Kerry Hellmuth

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  A Best Book of 2024 by PEZCycling  
  Most Popular Book of 2024 at Reading Group Choices 
  Willkie Sprint is a must-add to your...reading list.... a powerful story about perseverance, unbreakable bonds, and learning who you are. 
  ~Sheryl Sandberg, former COO, Facebook/Meta 
  Former professional cyclist Kerry Hellmuth recounts the groundbreaking collegiate bike race that started her career. 
  ~Outside Magazine Online 
  Title IX's impact on women's participation in sport is undeniable, and ... Kerry Hellmuth's terrific book adds to what we know. 
  ~Dionne Koller, Co-chair of the US Senate Commission on the US Olympics/Paralympics 
  Hellmuth tells her story with light humour and an authentic voice... 
  ~Jackie Tyson, Cyclingnews 
  This entertaining and affectionately written book... "Willkie Sprint" is about young people finding their way in life, about friendships and family, and about team-building and accomplishment. 
  ~Leslie Reissner, Pez Cycling News 
  Hellmuth's inspiring account ...details her young team's journey to victory. 
  ~Adam Perry, Boulder Weekly 
  Prepare yourself for another irresistible underdog story. 
  ~Doug Moe, Madison Magazine 
  This lively memoir invites us along for the ride.  
  ~Scott Russell Sanders, author of Small Marvels 
  Anytime a barrier is broken it is cause for celebration. Somewhere The Cutters are smiling. 
  ~John Roach, author of Way Out Here in the Middle 
  Willkie Sprint is a powerful coming-of-age memoir. 
  ~Dede Demet Barry, Olympic silver medalist 
  Like most glorious triumphs, the work is in the details: months of dreary workouts made into fun with great teammates, miles of training, ...and the unknown lying ahead. 
  ~Andy Hampsten, winner of the Giro d'Italia bike race 
  I found myself cheering... loudly for Willkie Sprint. 
  ~Christian Vande Velde, NBC commentator and former World Tour cyclist 
  [A] bike is a vehicle for self discovery and freedom. Hellmuth beautifully captures her journey... 
  ~Michael Barry, World Tour cyclist and author of Fitness Cycling

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  The Bhagavad Gita - A New...

  Stephen Mitchell

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  The Bhagavad Gita is universally acknowledged as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core text of the Hindu tradition, one that has been translated into more than two hundred English editions. Stephen Mitchell—the acclaimed translator of Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, and the Tao Te Ching—has produced a definitive version of The Bhagavad Gita for our time. Mitchell's translation sings with the clarity, the vigor, and the intensity of the original Sanskrit, bringing to life a timeless story of knowledge, devotion, action, and meditation.

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  Anglo-Saxons and the Jutes The:...

  Editors Charles River

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  As the Western Roman Empire collapsed in the late 5th century, Hadrian’s Wall was abandoned and Roman control of the area broke down.  
  Little is known of this period of British history, but soon the Anglo-Saxons – who had been harassing the Saxon Shore as pirates – showed up and began to settle the land, creating a patchwork of little kingdoms and starting a new era of British history. Several early medieval historians, writing well after the events, said the Anglo-Saxons were invited to Britain to defend the region from the northern tribes and ended up taking over. However they came to control most of England, the Anglo-Saxons became the dominant power in the region for nearly 500 years, and the strength of their cultural influence could be felt even after William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings and became the first Norman ruler on the island. The efforts to consolidate his rule in England were complicated from the start, both due to external enemies and those jockeying for his position while he was still alive, but the Normans would manage just barely to cling to power over England, and William remains the last foreign conqueror of the island.  
  The Jutes were so closely related to the Angles and Saxons that the nature of their existence has been, and continues to be, the subject of scholarly debates. Although historians and archaeologists have identified a Germanic tribe known as the Jutes that migrated to England at the same time as the Angles and Saxons, the attempt to distinguish them from the other tribes has been questioned. Either way, once the Jutes landed in England, they immediately distinguished themselves from the Angles and Saxons by carving out kingdoms in the regions of Kent and the Isle of Wight. From these two locations, the Jutes not only carried on many of their pre-migration cultural traditions but also adopted some of the new, unifying European traditions, particularly Christianity.

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