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The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery is a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose unpaid labor built this land, but have had to spend the last century and a half carrying the dual burden of fighting racial injustice and rising above the lowered expectations and hateful bigotry that attempt to keep them shackled to that past.
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In 1966 in Rabun County, Georgia, a group of high school English students created the ‘Foxfire’ magazine, a literary journal that celebrated Appalachian stories, peoples, and culture. The publication was filled with poetry and prose from local students and authors and featured interviews with community members. These oral histories quickly became the focal point of the magazine and, eventually, the material that generated the multivolume Foxfire...
3) Spanish 1
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Behind the Wheel Spanish Level 1 covers beginning to intermediate level Spanish, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in Spanish. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and two native Latin American Spanish speakers to aid with your pronunciation. Includes a companion book to reinforce and enhance the audio experience.
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Desarrolla tu espiritualidad y tu práctica con 600 citas inspiradoras de los más grandes pensadores místicos y espirituales: el Dalai Lama, Buda, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, la Madre Teresa y Confucio. Este audiolibro le ayudará a descubrir y comprender su pensamiento a través de una cuidadosa selección de las citas representativas de sus obras, para introducirle en sus ideas a través de sus propias palabras y de una manera muy eficiente....
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Volume 3
• Boston Blackie 1946_09_10 The Backstage Murder
• Boston Blackie 1947_04_15 The Phonograph Murder
• Boston Blackie 1946_08_06 Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case
• Boston Blackie 1946_10_22 Faraday Shot
• Box Thirteen 1947_10_17 The First Letter
• Box Thirteen 1947_10_24 The Insurance Swindle Adventure (1)
• Box Thirteen 1947_10_31 Blackmail is Murder
• Box Thirteen 1947_11_07 Actor's Alibi
• Broadway Is My Beat 1950_02_17...
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Volume 9
• Rocky Fortune 1954_02_23 Organ Grinder
• Rogues Gallery 1945_06_23 McDonald Murder Case
• Rogues Gallery 1945_10_25 Murder with Muriel
• The Saint 1950_07_30 The Previewed Crime
• The Saint 1950_09_10 The Horrible Hamburger
• Suspense 1948_01_10 The Kandy Tooth
• Tales of the Texas Rangers 1951_05_20 Square Dance
• Tales of the Texas Rangers 1951_05_27 Joy Ride
• This Is Your FBI 1951_04_06 The Soybean Shakedown
• This...
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Volume 10
• Under Arrest 1949_02_06 The Sam Carver Case
• Under Arrest 1949_08_21 Ruth Cutler's Burglar
• White Hall 1212 1952_04_20 Case of Mrs. Manerva Bannerman
• White Hall 1212 1942_05_04 Case of William George Greenley
• Yours Truly Johnny Dollar 1956_04_16 through 1956_04_20 The Shepherd Mater
• Yours Truly Johnny Dollar 1956_04_30 though 1956_05_04 The Callicles Matter
• Yours Truly Johnny Dollar 1956_11_25 The Royal Street Matter
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Alexander the Great, Jesus, Darwin, and Churchill are just a few of the many politicians, religious leaders, scientists, philosophers, authors, inventors, and generals who transformed our world in ways that still resonate today. Now, with this unique collection of 36 lectures from our extensive course catalog, meet the remarkable people without whom the world would never be the same. You'll examine the world that was dramatically reformed by a particular...
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Pathologized, terrorized, and confined, trans/gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex. Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith bring together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics for a new understanding of how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived under the crushing weight of captivity. Through a politic of gender self-determination, this collection argues that trans/ queer...
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Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the early 1950s, the golden era of radio. The...
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The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. You'll be speaking and understanding in no time flat! This course includes Lesson 1-5 from the Italian Level 1 Program, featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation....
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OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES
Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through...
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The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. You'll be speaking and understanding in no time flat! This course includes Lessons 1-5 from the English for Chinese (Cantonese) Speakers Level 1 30-Lesson Program, featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand...
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Interdependent Magic: Disability Performance in Canada is a collection of plays and interviews by, for, and about Disabled theatre artists that invites readers into the magical worlds of Disability arts culture.
The book features four plays as well as an interview with artist Niall McNeill. In Smudge by Alex Bulmer, a woman details her journey toward Blindness, mourning what she loses and discovering what her other senses provide. Access Me by Boys...
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The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. You'll be speaking and understanding in no time flat! This course includes Lessons 1-5 from the Swiss German Level 1 Program, featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation....
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OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES
Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the...
17) A Day's Read
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Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish - and engage with - in a day or less. Perfect for people with busy lives who still want to discover -or rediscover - just how transformative reading can be, these 36 lectures range from short stories of fewer than 10 pages to novellas and novels of around 200 pages. Despite their short length, these works are powerful...
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Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice-often the only choice-for the world's most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the smartphone and now on audio, Vanity Fair is the arbiter of our era.
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David Timson talks about the relationship between Samuel Johnson and James Boswell — how they met, their unlikely friendship and extensive conversations —, and the composition of Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the greatest biographies in the history of world literature.
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Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice-often the only choice-for the world's most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the smartphone and now on audio, Vanity Fair is the arbiter of our era.
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