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“robert andrew powell”

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  • This Love Is Not for Cowards

    Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez

    by Robert Andrew Powell ...
    More than ten people are murdered every day in Ciudad Juárez, a city about the size of Philadelphia. As Mexico has descended into a feudal narco-state-one where cartels, death squads, the army, and local police all fight over billions of dollars in profits from drug and human trafficking-the border city of Juárez has been hit hardest of all. And yet, more than a million people still live there. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • We Own This Game

    A Season in the Adult World of Youth Football

    by Robert Andrew Powell ...
    A Sports Illustrated Best Book of the Year: "Vivid portraits of the kids, parents and coaches of the Greater Miami Pop Warner league" (Linda Robertson, The Miami Herald).Although its participants are still in grade school, Pop Warner football is serious business in Miami, where local teams routinely advance to the national championships. Games draw thousands of fans; recruiters vie for nascent ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • March: Book Two

    by John Robert Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell ...
    After the success of the Nashville sit-in movement, John Lewis’ commitment to change through nonviolence is stronger than ever — but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before. Faced with beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, arson, and even murder, the movement’s young activists place their lives on the line ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • March: Book Three

    by John Robert Lewis, Andrew Aydin ...
    By Fall 1963, the Civil Rights Movement is an undeniable keystone of the national conversation, and as chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is right in the thick of it. With the stakes continuing to rise, white supremacists intensify their opposition through government obstruction and civilian terrorist attacks, a supportive president is assassinated, and African ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Running Away

    A Memoir

    by Robert Andrew Powell ...
    Narrated by Robert Andrew Powell ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 44 min

    When journalist Robert Andrew Powell finished his first marathon, he cried, cradled in his father’s arms. Long distance runners understand where those tears come from, even if there are others who will never understand what drives someone to run 26.2 consecutive miles in a grueling mental and physical test. Powell’s emotional reaction to completing the race wasn’t just about the run, though. It ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Real Double Life of a Spy - 20 Memoirs & Biographies of Extraordinary Historical Figures

    Twenty True Tales of Espionage, Disguise, and Wartime Courage

    by S. Emma E. Edmonds, Sarah H. Bradford, Jean Christie Root, William J. Fitz-Patrick, Charlotte Biggs, William Minto, Allan Pinkerton, Anonymous, John André, Andrew Lang, Robert Baden-Powell, Joseph Orton Kerbey, William Le Queux, Benson John Lossing, French Strother, Lady Isabel Burton, E. C. Downs, Henry Bascom Smith, Alexander Whyte, S. R. Crockett ...
    This capacious anthology charts espionage as lived experience, historical record, and popular legend. Its twenty memoirs and biographical sketches move across military intelligence, clandestine travel, counterespionage, disguise, interrogation, and political intrigue, combining firsthand testimony with Victorian and early modern biographical narration. Civil War adventures, accounts of ... Read more

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  • March Book 1

    by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin ...
    Illustrated by Nate Powell ...
    Series Book 1 - March
    Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecroppers farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Classic Collection of Autobiographies. Illustrated

    My Inventions, Highlights of His Life, The Story of My Experiments with Truth and others

    by Flavius Josephus, Caius Julius Caesar, Saint Augustine, Saint Ignatius, Earl of Chesterfield, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Nikola Tesla, Henry Ford, Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe, Victor Hugo, M. K. Gandhi ...
    Translated by William Whiston, Mahadev Desai ...
    Autobiographical works can take many forms, from the intimate writings made during life that were not necessarily intended for publication (including letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, and reminiscences) to a formal book-length autobiography.Reading an autobiography can offer a unique insight into a world and experience very different from your own — and these real-life stories are even more ... Read more

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  • Strategy Six Pack 11

    Ancient Egypt, Marie Antoinette, Lord Nelson & Lady Hamilton, Hard Tack & Coffee, Benjamin Disraeli and The History of Russia

    by Mary Platt Parmele ...
    “We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.”― Winston S. Churchill.An eyewitness account of life in ancient Egypt from the Father of History, legendary Greek historian Herodotus; a concise biography of Marie Antoinette by John Abbott; a look at the private life of Horatio Nelson in Lord Nelson & Lady Hamilton; one of the most important ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous

    by Sarah Knowles Bolton ...
    The book profiles a variety of men who succeeded in different fields, including science, literature, politics, and business. Among those featured are figures like Benjamin Franklin, who went from being a printer's apprentice to a renowned statesman and inventor; Abraham Lincoln, who was born in a log cabin and became one of America’s most revered presidents; and Michael Faraday, the son of a ... Read more

    $0.97 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toronto of Old

    Enriched edition. Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario

    by Henry Scadding, Camille Saunders ...
    In "Toronto of Old," Henry Scadding offers a meticulously researched and richly detailed chronicle of the city's history from the early settlements to the mid-nineteenth century. Writing in an engaging narrative style, Scadding blends historical facts with evocative descriptions of the landscape, architecture, and social fabric of Toronto. His work serves not only as a historical account but also ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A social sketch of the times

    by John Ashton ...
    "The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England" by John Ashton offers a vivid portrayal of the social landscape during a transformative period in English history. Ashton meticulously examines the cultural, political, and economic changes that shaped society at the turn of the 19th century. Through detailed observations and anecdotes, he captures the essence of daily life, the struggles of the working ... Read more

    $0.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus