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The Involuntary American

A Scottish Prisoner's Journey to the New World

by Carol Gardner ...

Narrated by Susan Hanfield ...

Unabridged

7 hours 9 min

In the winter of 1650–51, 150 ragged Scottish prisoners of war arrived at Massachusetts Bay Colony, where they were sold as indentured laborers for twenty to thirty pounds each. Among them was Thomas Doughty, a common foot soldier who had survived the Battle of Dunbar. Doughty was among some 420 Scottish soldiers who were captured during the War of the Three Kingdoms, transported to America, and ... Read more

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In the winter of 1650–51, 150 ragged Scottish prisoners of war arrived at Massachusetts Bay Colony, where they were sold as indentured laborers for twenty to thirty pounds each. Among them was Thomas Doughty, a common foot soldier who had survived the Battle of Dunbar. Doughty was among some 420 Scottish soldiers who were captured during the War of the Three Kingdoms, transported to America, and
... Read more
Life Repurposed

Bringing Glorious Treasure out of the Wounds, Hurts, and Pain of the Past

by Thom Gardner, Carol Gardner ...

God can take the wreckage of our pasts and repurpose it for His glory!In Life Repurposed, storyteller, and revelatory teacher, Thom Gardner, takes you on a healing journey with the Holy Spirit to bring beauty and purpose to the painful, broken areas of your life.God, the Master Builder, can redeem and repurpose even the worst traumas. Loss can be transformed into gain. Pain can become compassion. ... Read more

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God can take the wreckage of our pasts and repurpose it for His glory!In Life Repurposed, storyteller, and revelatory teacher, Thom Gardner, takes you on a healing journey with the Holy Spirit to bring beauty and purpose to the painful, broken areas of your life.God, the Master Builder, can redeem and repurpose even the worst traumas. Loss can be transformed into gain. Pain can become compassion.
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Black Titan

A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire

by Carol Jenkins, Elizabeth Gardner Hines ...

The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence bore comparison to J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Here, for the first time, is the story of ... Read more

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The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence bore comparison to J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Here, for the first time, is the story of
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The Divided North

Black and White Families in the Age of Slavery

by Carol R. Gardner ...

Series series Black New England
Finalist, 2026 New England Society Book Award in NonfictionReuben Ruby and Nathaniel Gordon II were born eleven months apart in 1798 and 1799 and spent much of their boyhoods roaming the noisy, bustling waterfront of Portland, Maine. They lived just blocks from one another, attended school together, and went to the same church with their families. But they were worlds apart, separated by family, ... Read more

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Finalist, 2026 New England Society Book Award in NonfictionReuben Ruby and Nathaniel Gordon II were born eleven months apart in 1798 and 1799 and spent much of their boyhoods roaming the noisy, bustling waterfront of Portland, Maine. They lived just blocks from one another, attended school together, and went to the same church with their families. But they were worlds apart, separated by family,
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Violence against Women

by Dawn Beichner, Spencer E. Cahill, Martin Daly, Erika Davis-Frenzel, Kirsten Dellinger, R Emerson Dobash, Russell P. Dobash, Robert M. Emerson, Kathleen J. Ferraro, Kerry O. Ferris, Patricia Gagné, Carol Brooks Gardner, Demie Kurz, Donileen R. Loseke, Joseph Marolla, Diana Scully, Cassia Spohn, Kathleen J. Tierney, Christine L. Williams, Margo Wilson, Patricia Yancey Martin ...

Series series Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series
Research and advocacy aimed at understanding and ending violence against women had its beginning in the early 1970s, emerging as a central concern of the feminist movement. This work has expanded exponentially over the past three decades to influence practice and policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Many of the most influential articles in the field were published in Social Problems. ... Read more

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Research and advocacy aimed at understanding and ending violence against women had its beginning in the early 1970s, emerging as a central concern of the feminist movement. This work has expanded exponentially over the past three decades to influence practice and policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Many of the most influential articles in the field were published in Social Problems.
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Black Titan

A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire

by Carol Jenkins, Elizabeth Gardner Hines ...

Narrated by Susan Spain ...

Unabridged

11 hours 42 min

The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A.G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence bore comparison to J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Here, for the first time, is the story of the ... Read more

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The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A.G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence bore comparison to J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Here, for the first time, is the story of the
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The Accursed

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

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22 hours 54 min

A major historical novel from "one of the great artistic forces of our time" (The Nation)—an eerie, unforgettable story of possession, power, and loss in early-twentieth-century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powerful and the damnedPrinceton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and ... Read more

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A major historical novel from "one of the great artistic forces of our time" (The Nation)—an eerie, unforgettable story of possession, power, and loss in early-twentieth-century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powerful and the damnedPrinceton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and
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Daddy Love

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by Christine Williams ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

Dinah Whitcomb seemingly has everything—a loving and successful husband, and a smart, precocious young son named Robbie—until one day, their worlds are shattered when Dinah is attacked and Robbie is abducted from a mall parking lot. As Dinah recovers from her wounds, she struggles to come to terms with her new reality and to keep her marriage afloat. Though it seems hopeless, she retains a flicker ... Read more

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Dinah Whitcomb seemingly has everything—a loving and successful husband, and a smart, precocious young son named Robbie—until one day, their worlds are shattered when Dinah is attacked and Robbie is abducted from a mall parking lot. As Dinah recovers from her wounds, she struggles to come to terms with her new reality and to keep her marriage afloat. Though it seems hopeless, she retains a flicker
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Bound for the Promised Land

Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero

by Kate Clifford Larson ...

Narrated by Pam Ward ...

Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history—a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines during the Civil War. And yet in the century since her death, next to nothing has been written about this extraordinary woman aside from juvenile biographies. The truth about Harriet Tubman has become lost inside a legend woven of ... Read more

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Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history—a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines during the Civil War. And yet in the century since her death, next to nothing has been written about this extraordinary woman aside from juvenile biographies. The truth about Harriet Tubman has become lost inside a legend woven of
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We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by J. Todd Adams ...

Abridged

6 hours 56 min

Acclaimed writer Joyce Carol Oate's novel of a family held captive by its own secrets. ... Read more

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Acclaimed writer Joyce Carol Oate's novel of a family held captive by its own secrets.
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Kingfish

The Reign of Huey P. Long

by Richard D. White Jr. ...

Narrated by Patrick Cullen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 13 min

From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin’s bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the state of Louisiana. A man of shameless ambition and ruthless vindictiveness, Long orchestrated elections, hired and fired thousands at will, and deployed the state militia as his personal police force. And yet, paradoxically, as governor ... Read more

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From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin’s bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the state of Louisiana. A man of shameless ambition and ruthless vindictiveness, Long orchestrated elections, hired and fired thousands at will, and deployed the state militia as his personal police force. And yet, paradoxically, as governor
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The Vanishing at Smokestack Hollow

A Missing Family, a Desperate Plan, an Unsolved Mystery

by Jake Anderson ...

Narrated by Chris Abernathy ...

Unabridged

10 hours 37 min

On October 8th, 2009, Bobby Jamison, his wife Sherilynn, and their six-year-old daughter Madyson, set off for a drive from their home in Eufaula, Oklahoma, to the nearby Sans Bois Mountains. They didn't return that day, or the next. A week later, their truck was found abandoned on a mountain road. Inside was their dog, malnourished but alive, the family's cell phones, wallets, and $32,000 in cash ... Read more

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On October 8th, 2009, Bobby Jamison, his wife Sherilynn, and their six-year-old daughter Madyson, set off for a drive from their home in Eufaula, Oklahoma, to the nearby Sans Bois Mountains. They didn't return that day, or the next. A week later, their truck was found abandoned on a mountain road. Inside was their dog, malnourished but alive, the family's cell phones, wallets, and $32,000 in cash
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