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If Elvis Presley was a white man who sang in a predominantly black style, Johnny Ace was a black man who sang in a predominantly white one. His soft, crooning "heart ballads" took the black record-buying public by storm in the early 1950s, and he was the first postwar solo black male rhythm and blue...

Un Océan de Sagesse ! La Biographie de Thierno Alyou Bhoubha N’Diyan, Thierno Aliou Bhoubha N'Diyan est né vers 1847 à Donghol Thiernoya. Il est de la tribu Uururbhe, fraction des N’Duyeebhe. Il est l'héritier des chefs religieux de cette fraction. Chef religieux, juge, jurisconsulte, poète confirmé...

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In a series of often highly personal essays, this book considers the question of regional identity as a useful way of thinking about the history of the American Midwest. The contributors begin with the assumption that Midwesterners have never been as consciously regional as their fellow Americans, e...

Observe the changing foliage as autumn approaches. The Scholastic Science Readers series was created especially to bring exciting nonfiction to beginning readers. Illustrated with full-color photos.A simple explanantion of how green leaves change colors, die, and then grow back again.Watch as the le...

Joe Brown is one of the greatest names in British climbing. This book not only describes his many notable climbs, but reflects a most engaging personality with a highly interesting approach to his craft. He was born in a Manchester slum, the youngest of seven children; his father died before he was ...

Includes: Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed“Shifting effortlessly between battles among warp-speed starships and among oar-powered galleys, Weber brings the political maneuvering, past and future technologies, and vigorous protagonists together for a cohesive, engro...

Contains twenty-six never-before-published sermons and treasures from Taylor's The Scarlet Thread....

It's easy to be overwhelmed by the hundreds of books about Ronald Reagan, but this short monograph stands out from the rest by providing a clear, accessible, and engaging "Basic Introduction" to the accomplishments of the President who defined an age.Lee Edwards, Distinguished Fellow in Conservative...

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Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thiefAt twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down.At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. ...

A Saturday off-road outing leads to a burned-out car with a man's body inside: a young and successful lawyer found dead, with no known enemies. Three women, all deeply connected in some way to the victim, are swept into the investigation, involving a post-WWII love affair, an embezzlement case, and ...

Life as a member of the contingent workforce gives you a front row seat to the freak show of the job search industry. Steeped in appeals to prove value in a shape shifting labor market, the author turns her klieg light questioning to the world of the unemployed. Trying to avoid despair in the wake o...

Excerpt from Early and Colonial American Furniture and Household Utensils, Books, Paintings and Prints, the Collection of Edward A. Housman of Brookfield Centre, Conn: To Be Sold Saturday, October Thirtieth at Two-Thirty O'clockWith inside decorations of fishes in various colors. (sold as is.) old d...

Tony Soprano, meet Stephanie Plum. #1 Amazon Bestselling mystery series in Humor & Cozy Mystery To try a Lacey Luzzi book for free, please sign up for my newsletter at www.ginalamanna.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love is in the air at Casa Luz...

Queer View Mirror is the first international assembly of lesbian and gay short short fiction including the work of 99 writers from all over the world, each offering fresh, once furtive glimpses of queer experience imbued with the rich possibilities of life, love, and language.Contributors include: L...

Combines fact and speculation in a fictionalized reconstruction of the events leading up to and including the November 1943 mission of a small force of German paratroopers who landed in Britain to capture Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Read by Christopher Cazenove....

A critical reappraisal of James Baldwin's work, looking beyond the commercial success of some of his early writings such as Go Tell it on the Mountain. It reveals an author who continually challenged the notion of unity as he tackled matters of social justice, sexuality, and racial identity....

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The days ahead look perfect, for Roger Locke. He has found a place in the country where he can pursue his life's calling, at peace; and a favorite young cousin is visiting, whom he hopes to protect from her overly ambitious parents.Yet strange occurrences intrude. His first night's sleep in his new ...