Richmond Unchained. The Biography of the World's First Black Sporting Superstar, Paperback - Luke G. Williams

The first ever biography of slave turned bare-knuckle boxing legend Bill Richmond (1763-1829).

The son of a plantation owner and a free woman of colour, Andrew Watson was not only the first black football player, he was one of the best in the...

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In this "sharp-eyed account of a nearly forgotten African-American sports legend" (Publishers Weekly)--the remarkable Major Taylor who became the w...

From the star of The Duchess and the host of 'Telling Everybody Everything', the debut book from superstar comedian Katherine Ryan.Publisher: Bonni...

Reducere. DescriptionFor answers to questions on life and death-where did you come from and where will you go-in a practical, logical, rational, natural and ...

Reducere. With Mother Russia under siege, a daring 17-year old teenage girl hangs up her ice skates and heads for the skies. Initially rebuffed as a child in...

From the star of The Duchess and the host of 'Telling Everybody Everything', the debut book from superstar comedian Katherine Ryan.Publisher: Bonni...

Reducere. The captivating story of the famed Savoy Hotel's founders, told through three generations--and one hundred years--of glamour and high society. For ...

In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC.

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Christina HungerNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 134 x 202 x 21Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Ho...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Supreme UnderstandingIn this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you typically l...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Supreme UnderstandingIn this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you learned in ...

Reducere. George Meegan is an adventurer, lecturer, school reformer, and world traveller. He holds eight Guinness World Records, the most official world reco...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Unchained Voices, Vincent Carretta has assembled the most comprehensive anthology ever published of writings by eighteenth-century pe...

Reducere. Latitude is a gloriously exciting tale of adventure and scientific discovery that has never been told before. Crane, the former president of the Ro...

Osnat was born five hundred years ago - at a time when almost everyone believed in miracles. But very few believed that girls should learn to read....

Black Tulip is the dramatic story of history's top fighter ace, Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann. It's also the story of how his service under Hitler...

Reducere. One of the world's greatest tennis players, Serena Williams also designs clothing, invests in startups, and raises her daughter. Learn how the supe...

A speech therapist's memoir of her groundbreaking work in communicating with dogs

A speech therapist's memoir of her groundbreaking work in communicating with dogs

A pioneering speech therapist's memoir of her groundbreaking work in communicating with dogs, from social media sensation Christina Hunger and her ...

Reducere. A vibrant and colorful history of Crayola crayons, from the company's origin story, the birth of the Crayola crayon, the evolution of the iconic cr...

Reducere. How the various, often contradictory, images of the Tôkaidô Shinkansen prompted a reimagination of identity on the levels of individual, metropolis...

Reducere. In this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you typically learn in school, which most likely began with ...

Reducere. In this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you learned in school, which most likely began with slavery ...

Reducere. Did Mike accidentally drown in a Florida lake? Or was his disappearance the result of a sinister plot to kill him?The crisp, predawn hours of Decem...

Reducere. It was an age without GPS and the Internet, without high-tech monitoring and instantaneous reporting. And it was a time when women simply didn't do...

An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunge...

A complete history of one of the world's most iconic cocktails--now the poster child of the modern cocktail revival--with fifty recipes for classic...

Warren C Coleman, a son of Concord, N.C., was born a slave, like so many former slaves, born in the South, destined to do nothing but survive and/ ...

Reducere. The publication of this work was, we might say, forced upon us by the demand, before even a page of manuscript was prepared for the press. The dema...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionA warmly written history of Yorkshire's biggest football club In The Biography of Leeds United, Telegraph journalist and lifelong fan Ro...

Reducere. With Mother Russia under siege, a daring 17-year old teenage girl hangs up her ice skates and heads for the skies. Initially rebuffed as a child in...

Reducere. Binga is the definitive full-length biography of Jesse Binga, the first black banker in Chicago. Born into a large family in Detroit, Binga arrived...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the VOC's expeditions and conflicts *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Whereas pep...

DescriptionArt, history, and political drama all meld together in this one dramatic story about one dramatic sculpture. The nation's first federall...

Reducere. From the second he entered a basketball gym at 7 years old, people knew Luka Doncic was going to be special. He was so dominant in his age group th...

At the age of 19, scared and illiterate, James Pennington escaped from slavery in 1827 and soon became one of the leading voices against slavery pr...

Sarah Breedlove (December 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919), known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a politi...

Reducere. The Quiet Trailblazer recounts Mary Frances Early's life from her childhood in Atlanta, her growing interest in music, and her awakening to the inj...

Autobiography of 1980s rugby union star Glenn Webbe. The Bridgend winger was a real ground-breaker: first black player to play for Wales, first bla...

Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushe...

Reducere. "The famous 1961 Betty and Barney Hill abduction by non-humans is taken apart, meticulously re-examined by Betty's niece Kathleen Marden and nuclea...

Reducere. This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and inve...

Reducere. Climate change, population increase, and the demands made by the growing number of people adopting urban lifestyles and western dietsthreaten the w...

Reducere. Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first black American to play baseball in a major league. He achieved college baseball stardom at Oberlin College in ...