Forging Freedom: The Formation of Philadelphia's Black Community, 1720-1840, Paperback - Gary B. Nash

This book is the first to trace the good and bad fortunes, over more than a century, of the earliest large free black community in the United State...

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Respect can be attained by gaining success, by developing talents, through financial independence and by helping others. In this title, the author ...

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This book reviews and analyses the modern history of Kuwait by telling the story of Abd al-Aziz Sa'ud al-Babtain (b. 1936), a businessman, philanth...

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Evan Howard, a noted authority on Christian spirituality, provides a holistic, accessible, and informed introduction to Christian spiritual formati...

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This study of Manchester football during the period 1840 to 1919, by leading sports historian Gary James, contextualises the sport's emergence, dev...

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Gregory J. GoalwinNumber of pages: 214Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 16Cover type: Pap...

A study of the Catholic Epistles that views them not as isolated texts but as a collection unified by their canonical context within the New Testam...

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MY FATHER WAS A SERIAL RAPIST. MY MOTHER WAS A WHORE. MY BROTHER IS A SERIAL KILLER.I ESCAPED THEIR MADNESS AND FORGED MY PATH TO FREEDOM.From the ...

This study of Manchester football during the period 1840 to 1919, by leading sports historian Gary James, contextualises the sport's emergence, dev...

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