Black Jurist in a Slave Society. Antonio Pereira Reboucas and the Trials of Brazilian Citizenship, Paperback - Keila Grinberg

Now in English for the first time, Keila Grinberg's compelling study of the nineteenth-century jurist Antonio Pereira Reboucas (1798-1880) traces t...

Reducere. In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life--and...

Reducere. Koritha Mitchell analyzes canonical texts by and about African American women to lay bare the hostility these women face as they invest in traditio...

DescriptionHelen Keller lost her ability to see and hear before she turned two years old. But in her lifetime, she learned to ride horseback and da...

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The remarkable story of Sir Sydney Kentridge QC, the greatest living barrister.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Thomas GrantIllustration(s): ...

Reducere. DescriptionCombining Atlantic and imperial perspectives, Caribbean New Orleans offers a lively portrait of the city and a probing investigation of ...

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Allura's life is a testament to the strength and resilience of cross-cultural educated Middle Eastern women in the modern age, who are railing agai...

By 1808, both Britain and the United States had passed laws outlawing the transatlantic slave trade. Yet the trade covertly carried on. In the summ...

Black women living in the French empire played a key role in the decolonial movements of the mid-twentieth century. Thinkers and activists, these w...

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Reducere. Will the worthy answer the call?When Kym Collins stopped the Rulers of Princirum from starting a war with the gods, the last thing she expected was...

A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers Though both the Union and Confederate arm...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the years between the American Revolution and the U.S. Civil War, as legal and cultural understandings of citizenship became more rac...

Reducere. The young kings stand oceans apart.Old truths have been discovered, putting them both in grave danger. Held captive by their fate, the two sworn en...

Reducere. Salvation does not come without sacrifice.Rise. Otylia will never forget the betrayer's blade slicing across her throat. Nor will she forgive.Trapp...

Reducere. In this remarkable exploration of the brutal course of Barbados's history, Hilary McD. Beckles details the systematic barbarism of the British colo...

The essential guide to TTC, fertility, infertility, IVF and the trials of trying for a babyPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Gabby Grif...

Reducere. Based on sworn and witnessed court records, it's the true story of the three Supreme Court trials of the first slave freed by a young lawyer, Abrah...

Reducere. James Collins Johnson made his name by escaping slavery in Maryland and fleeing to Princeton, New Jersey, where he built a life in a bustling commu...

Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Kyle HigginsIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 2...

Focusing on advertising and public relations guru Moss Kendrix, Ebony publisher John H. Johnson, and Life photographer Gordon Parks, Brenna Wynn Gr...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Moises Lino e SilvaIllustration(s): 1 halftonesNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimen...

Reducere. How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented,...

Reducere. Zeus has punished his son Apollo--god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more--by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-cover...

Reducere. How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented,...

Reducere. "Absorbing, stunning, and emotionally rich." --LocusThe journey through M. R. Carey's "immersive, impeccably rendered world" (Kirkus) -- a world in...

The Trials of Love, two plays, classics of French dramatic literature, which in these translations were British premieres.Publisher: Troubador Publ...

'I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole' Clive JamesHorace Rumpole, the irrepressible barrister fuelled by cigars, Tennyso...

Reducere. The "Trials of Nance" is the true story of the three Supreme Court Trials of Mrs. Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1873) in Illinois. The dramatic non-fi...

Reducere. A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world-...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): XenophonNumber of pages: 200Collection: Hackett ClassicsPublication date: 2002Dimensions: 216 x 138...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Henry Louis GatesIn 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descen...

Most Americans admire the determination and drive of artists, athletes, and CEOs, but they seem to despise similar ambition in their elected offici...

This critical ethnographic account of the Yangon deaf community in Myanmar offers unique insights into the dynamics of a vibrant linguistic and cul...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Moises Lino e SilvaIllustration(s): 1 halftoneNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimens...

Zeus the hamster and his "god squad" are back to battle for the title of champion in the third title in this series that takes readers on a rollick...

Reducere. For nearly 10, 000 years, the Trials have been a sacred tradition.But when all of the twelve-year-old children in Ranewood are banished into the ne...