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Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic

by Keri J. Sansevere, Michael J. Gall, Ross Thomas Rava, James A. Delle, Richard F. Veit, Mark Nonestied, William B. Liebeknecht, David Orr, Christopher Barton0, Meagan M. Ratini1, John Bedell2, Lu Ann De Cunzo3, Tabitha C. Hilliard4, Christopher C. Fennell5, Janet L. Sheridan6, Glenn R. Modica7, Jason P. Shellenhamer8, Christopher N. Matthews9 ...

A 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleNew scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-AtlanticThis groundbreaking volume explores the archaeology of African American life and cultures in the Upper Mid-Atlantic region, using sites dating from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Sites in Delaware ... Read more

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A 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleNew scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-AtlanticThis groundbreaking volume explores the archaeology of African American life and cultures in the Upper Mid-Atlantic region, using sites dating from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Sites in Delaware
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Legend of Hobart, The

by Heather Mullaly ...

Narrated by Christopher Barton ...

Unabridged

1 hour 57 min

Tired of being teased about his name and his stutter, twelve-year-old Hobart sets out to do a few heroic deeds and earn a place in knight school. But the local damsels he tries to save all know martial arts. The runaway bull he tries to catch wears him like a hat. And don't even ask about the ogre. Finally in desperation, Hobart sets out on the most daring quest he can think of--he will slay a ... Read more

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Tired of being teased about his name and his stutter, twelve-year-old Hobart sets out to do a few heroic deeds and earn a place in knight school. But the local damsels he tries to save all know martial arts. The runaway bull he tries to catch wears him like a hat. And don't even ask about the ogre. Finally in desperation, Hobart sets out on the most daring quest he can think of--he will slay a
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A Game of Fox & Squirrels

by Jenn Reese ...

Narrated by Sarah Franco ...

Unabridged

6 hours 4 min

Andre Norton Award finalist Jenn Reese explores the often thin line between magic and reality, light and darkness in her enchanting middle grade standalone.After an incident shatters their family, eleven-year old Samantha and her older sister Caitlin are sent to live in rural Oregon with an aunt they've never met. Sam wants nothing more than to go back to the way things were… before she spoke up ... Read more

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Andre Norton Award finalist Jenn Reese explores the often thin line between magic and reality, light and darkness in her enchanting middle grade standalone.After an incident shatters their family, eleven-year old Samantha and her older sister Caitlin are sent to live in rural Oregon with an aunt they've never met. Sam wants nothing more than to go back to the way things were… before she spoke up
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Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa

by Julian Randall ...

Narrated by Amanda Alcántara ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Pilar Ramirez Duology
Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

The Land of Stories meets Dominican myths and legends come to life in Pilar Ramirez and the Prison of Zafa, a blockbuster contemporary middle-grade fantasy duology starter from Julian Randall. Fans of Tristan Strong and The Storm Runner, here is your next obsession."A breathtaking journey . . . readers better hold on tight." ―Kwame Mbalia, New York Times bestsell... ... Read more

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The Land of Stories meets Dominican myths and legends come to life in Pilar Ramirez and the Prison of Zafa, a blockbuster contemporary middle-grade fantasy duology starter from Julian Randall. Fans of Tristan Strong and The Storm Runner, here is your next obsession."A breathtaking journey . . . readers better hold on tight." ―Kwame Mbalia, New York Times bestsell...
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Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy

by Melissa de la Cruz ...

Narrated by Imani Jade Powers ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Chronicles of Never After
Unabridged

7 hours 20 min

"Narrator Imani Jade Powers sets a vibrant tone for this first audiobook in the middle-grade adventure series..Her clear delivery emphasizes the storytelling, which skillfully takes listeners from one suspenseful chapter to the next." -- AudioFile MagazineReal life and fairy tales collide in Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy, book one in the new middle-grade Never After series from the #1 New York ... Read more

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"Narrator Imani Jade Powers sets a vibrant tone for this first audiobook in the middle-grade adventure series..Her clear delivery emphasizes the storytelling, which skillfully takes listeners from one suspenseful chapter to the next." -- AudioFile MagazineReal life and fairy tales collide in Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy, book one in the new middle-grade Never After series from the #1 New York
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Thieves of Weirdwood

A William Shivering Tale

by William Shivering, Christian McKay Heidicker ...

Narrated by Beau Stephenson ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Thieves of Weirdwood
Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

**For fans of Brandon Mull and Rick Riordan comes William Shivering and Newbery Honor-winning author of Scary Stories for Young Foxes Christian McKay Heidicker's Thieves of Weirdwood, a brand-new illustrated fantasy series about two kid thieves who are plunged into a battle between the Real and Imaginary worlds!Action, laughs, and monsters beyond imagining abound!**"Startling, original and epic." ... Read more

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**For fans of Brandon Mull and Rick Riordan comes William Shivering and Newbery Honor-winning author of Scary Stories for Young Foxes Christian McKay Heidicker's Thieves of Weirdwood, a brand-new illustrated fantasy series about two kid thieves who are plunged into a battle between the Real and Imaginary worlds!Action, laughs, and monsters beyond imagining abound!**"Startling, original and epic."
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Ezra Exposed

by Amy E. Feldman ...

Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett ...

Unabridged

3 hours 16 min

It started as a joke—but it’s not funny anymore.Even though Ezra’s got good friends and can make everyone laugh, he feels like he’s invisible, both at home and at school. To make things worse, he’s the only kid in his group without a phone—left out of plans and shared jokes and games. Finally, at the end of fifth grade, his parents come through.The phone changes everything. Ezra texts his friends ... Read more

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It started as a joke—but it’s not funny anymore.Even though Ezra’s got good friends and can make everyone laugh, he feels like he’s invisible, both at home and at school. To make things worse, he’s the only kid in his group without a phone—left out of plans and shared jokes and games. Finally, at the end of fifth grade, his parents come through.The phone changes everything. Ezra texts his friends
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The Little Immigrants

The Orphans Who Came to Canada

by Kenneth Bagnell ...

The Little Immigrants is a tale of compassion and courage and a vivid account of a deep and moving part of Canadian heritage. In the early years after Confederation, the rising nation needed workers that could take advantage of the abundant resources. Until the time of the Depression, 100,000 impoverished children from the British Isles were sent overseas by well-meaning philanthropists to solve ... Read more

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The Little Immigrants is a tale of compassion and courage and a vivid account of a deep and moving part of Canadian heritage. In the early years after Confederation, the rising nation needed workers that could take advantage of the abundant resources. Until the time of the Depression, 100,000 impoverished children from the British Isles were sent overseas by well-meaning philanthropists to solve
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

by Olaudah Equiano ...

Series series Modern Library Classics
Edited and with Notes by Shelly EversleyIntroduction by Robert Reid-PharrIn this truly astonishing eighteenth-century memoir, Olaudah Equiano recounts his remarkable life story, which begins when he is kidnapped in Africa as a boy and sold into slavery and culminates when he has achieved renown as a British antislavery advocate. The narrative “is a strikingly beautiful monument to the startling ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Edited and with Notes by Shelly EversleyIntroduction by Robert Reid-PharrIn this truly astonishing eighteenth-century memoir, Olaudah Equiano recounts his remarkable life story, which begins when he is kidnapped in Africa as a boy and sold into slavery and culminates when he has achieved renown as a British antislavery advocate. The narrative “is a strikingly beautiful monument to the startling
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The Amistad Rebellion

An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

by Marcus Rediker ...

**"Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia TribuneA unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue—from the award-winning author of The Slave Ship**In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the Amistad ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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**"Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia TribuneA unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue—from the award-winning author of The Slave Ship**In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the Amistad
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The Adventures of Thomas Pellow

Three and twenty years in captivity among the Moors

by Thomas Pellow ...

In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow was captured at sea by Barbary pirates and sold into human bondage to the despotic sultan of Morocco. This riveting memoir of a slave narrative is a story of pluck, and endurance in the face of barbaric splendour and suffering. A remarkable testament to the strength of the human spirit and to all those snatched from their homes and ... Read more

$5.99 USD

In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow was captured at sea by Barbary pirates and sold into human bondage to the despotic sultan of Morocco. This riveting memoir of a slave narrative is a story of pluck, and endurance in the face of barbaric splendour and suffering. A remarkable testament to the strength of the human spirit and to all those snatched from their homes and
... Read more
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823

by David Brion Davis ...

David Brion Davis's books on the history of slavery reflect some of the most distinguished and influential thinking on the subject to appear in the past generation. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, the sequel to Davis's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture and the second volume of a proposed trilogy, is a truly monumental work of historical scholarship ... Read more

$41.39 USD

David Brion Davis's books on the history of slavery reflect some of the most distinguished and influential thinking on the subject to appear in the past generation. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, the sequel to Davis's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture and the second volume of a proposed trilogy, is a truly monumental work of historical scholarship
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