The Slave Ship: A Human History, Paperback - Marcus Rediker

Reducere. Masterly. Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus R...

The human drama of the slave trade told from a new perspective, from the decks of the slave ship

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Published in 1967, The Slave Ship Wanderer details the journey of the elegant yacht that was used to secretly land a cargo of 400 enslaved Africans...

Reducere. Debates on reparations for slavery have emerged on national and international levels. However, much of the discourse centers on the legitimate slav...

Reducere. In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Pr...

Reducere. For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adv...

Reducere. DescriptionThe little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life I...

Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations re...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Marcus RedikerNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. The riveting story of the slave ship Whydah, captured by pirates and later sunk in a fierce storm off the coast of Massachusetts, energizes this la...

Reducere. The common seaman and the pirate in the age of sail are romantic historical figures who occupy a special place in the popular culture of the modern...

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Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the slave experience. From the Middle Passage to the auc...

Reducere. This book is a true account of a black male who was framed by two of the law. His arrest led him to become the first victim in Madera County, Calif...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn God, Reza Aslan sheds new light on mankind's relationship with the divine and challenges our perspective on faith a...

A wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated history of mermaids and merman.

Reducere. From Slave Ship to Harvard is the true story of an African American family in Maryland over six generations. The author has reconstructed a unique ...

The extraordinary story of one of the first British men to oppose slavery

Reducere. From the bestselling author of Zealot and host of the new CNN series Believer comes a fascinating account of humanity's struggle to make sense of t...

The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history.

**The instant New York Times bestseller***An international bestseller* "Hugely impressive, a major work."--NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work ...

Reducere. Noise explores the human dramas that have revolved around sound at various points in the last 100, 000 years, allowing us to think in fresh ways ab...

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Reducere. " A] winningly obsessive history of our relationship with underground places" (The Guardian), from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuc...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization...

Reducere. Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, ...

The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved... and is still evolving.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Joseph JebelliNumber of page...

Reducere. When, as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel, he began a journey more exci...

Reducere. The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and t...

Reducere. "Roche published the first account of the last slave ship to enter the United States....She was the artist/writer daughter of a prominent white fam...

Reducere. The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has long provoked flights of the imagination. Now, ...

It is hard to imagine that much of the suburban townscape from Croydon to the Thames at Deptford was a vast wood, stretching for almost seven miles...

Reducere. In September 1925, Scotland Yard DCI Alec Fletcher inherits a large house on the outskirts of London, from a recently deceased great-uncle. Fortuna...

Reducere. DescriptionSolomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground...

How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?Publisher: Harp...

'Stands comparison with Sapiens... Thrilling' Sunday Times Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of...

Reducere. A sweeping exploration of the ways in which emotions shaped the course of human history, and how our experience and understanding of emotions have ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1850 Charleston, South Carolina, brutality and cruelty simmer just under the genteel surface of Southern society. Beautiful and heads...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the slave trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "It is cert...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the slave trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It has often been said t...

Reducere. Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's Frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace--but in colonial waters the promises...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Harriet JacobsPortions of Harriet Jacobs's "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" first appeared serially in 1861 in the N...

Reducere. "This speech was delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712"--P. 7].

The life, times and extraordinary history of the Windrush: the vessel that created modern BritainPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Paul Ar...

From Abdul Kassem Ismail, the tenth-century Persian who never went anywhere without his library, this title takes aim at the pretensions of officia...

When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. 'A stunning book on the incalculable debt human...