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  • Soulcatcher

    And Other Stories

    by Charles Johnson ...
    Short stories inspired by the history of slavery in America, by the National Book Award–winning author of Middle Passage.Nothing has had as profound an effect on American life as slavery. For blacks and whites alike, the experience has left us with a conflicted and contradictory history. Now, famed novelist Charles Johnson, whose Middle Passage won the National Book Award, presents a dozen tales ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oxherding Tale

    A Novel

    by Charles Johnson ...
    From National Book Award–winning author, Charles Johnson, comes a wonderful mythic novel, part slave narrative, part comedy, part myth**—**first published in 1982 this phenomenally imaginative work marries Johnson's knowledge of philosophy, religion, race and history.One night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The True Life Stories of the Most Notorious Pirates (Vol. 1&2)

    Enriched edition. The Incredible Lives & Actions of the Most Famous Pirates in History

    by Captain Charles Johnson, Jared Black ...
    In "The True Life Stories of the Most Notorious Pirates" (Vol. 1 & 2), Captain Charles Johnson intricately chronicles the swashbuckling adventures and audacious exploits of some of history's most infamous pirates. Richly detailed and engagingly written, Johnson's prose combines elements of narrative history with sensational storytelling, placing him within the literary context of early 18th ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Middle Passage

    by Charles Johnson ...
    A 25th anniversary edition of Charles Johnson’s National Book Award–winning masterpiece of historical fiction—“a novel in the tradition of Billy Budd and Moby-Dick…heroic in proportion…fiction that hooks the mind” (The New York Times Book Review)—with an introduction by Stanley Crouch.Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is lost in the underworld of 1830s New Orleans. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ice Ship

    The Epic Voyages of the Polar Adventurer Fram

    by Charles W. Johnson ...
    In the golden age of polar exploration (from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s), many an expedition set out to answer the big question—was the Arctic a continent, an open ocean beyond a barrier of ice, or an ocean covered with ice? No one knew, for the ice had kept its secret well; ships trying to penetrate it all failed, often catastrophically. Norway’s charismatic scientist-explorer Fridtjof ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    A Handful of Stars (Unabridged)

    by Frank W. Boreham ...
    Narrated by Charles Johnson, Tyler Estwick, Alan Rivera ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 23 min

    In the celestial tapestry of life, Frank W. Boreham invites us to contemplate the twinkling stars that illuminate our path. "A Handful of Stars" is a collection of profound essays that explore the wonders of the universe, the depths of human nature, and the enduring power of faith. Through Boreham's eloquent prose, we embark on a journey of discovery, where each star represents a facet of our ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Middle Passage

    A Graphic Novel Adaptation

    by Charles Johnson, Reginald Hudlin ...
    A powerful graphic novel adaptation of the Charles R. Johnson’s National Book Award–winning American classic Middle Passage, which deftly weaves intensely researched history of the American slave trade and speculative fiction with the traditions of classic adventure talesA riveting and raw parable of the Black experience in America, this graphic novel adaptation of Charles R. Johnson’s National ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

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  • Dead Men Tell No Tales - 60+ Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventure Classics

    Epic Pirate Sagas & Treasures of the Golden Age Sea

    by Captain Charles Johnson, Howard Pyle, Ralph D. Paine, Charles Ellms, Currey E. Hamilton, John Esquemeling, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, Stanley Lane-Poole, Daniel Defoe, Robert Louis Stevenson0, Sir Walter Scott1, Richard Le Gallienne2, Edgar Allan Poe3, Jack London4, Jules Verne5, Charles Boardman Hawes6, J. M. Barrie7, Arthur Conan Doyle8, Frederick Marryat9, R. M. Ballantyne0, Charles Dickens1, L. Frank Baum2, J. Allan Dunn3, Robert E. Howard4, James Fenimore Cooper5, Alexandre Dumas6, William Hope Hodgson7, F. Scott Fitzgerald8, Harold MacGrath9, Harry Collingwood0, W. H. G. Kingston1, G. A. Henty2, Joseph Lewis French3 ...
    This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Gold-Bug (Edgar A. Poe) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Hearts of Three (Jack London) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jolly Roger Tales: 60+ Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventures

    Blackbeard, Captain Blood, Facing the Flag, Treasure Island, The Gold-Bug, Captain Singleton…

    by Captain Charles Johnson, Howard Pyle, Ralph D. Paine, Charles Ellms, Currey E. Hamilton, John Esquemeling, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, Stanley Lane-Poole, Daniel Defoe, Robert Louis Stevenson0, Sir Walter Scott1, Richard Le Gallienne2, Edgar Allan Poe3, Jack London4, Jules Verne5, Charles Boardman Hawes6, J. M. Barrie7, Arthur Conan Doyle8, Frederick Marryat9, R. M. Ballantyne0, Charles Dickens1, L. Frank Baum2, J. Allan Dunn3, Robert E. Howard4, James Fenimore Cooper5, Alexandre Dumas6, William Hope Hodgson7, F. Scott Fitzgerald8, Harold MacGrath9, Harry Collingwood0, W. H. G. Kingston1, G. A. Henty2, Joseph Lewis French3 ...
    The 'The Jolly Roger Tales: 60+ Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventures' serves as a treasure chest of maritime narratives, uniting a spectrum of voices that sail across various oceans of literary styles and epochs. This anthology not only recounts high-seas adventures but also plumbs the depths of human ambition, camaraderie, and betrayal. From swashbuckling pirates to stoic ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A General History of the Pyrates

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Charles Johnson ...
    This sweeping history of piracy opens with a promise of both entertainment and instruction, tracing the rise of sea-roving from Providence and the West Indies to the far reaches of the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and beyond. It presents notorious captains such as Avery, Teach, Bonnet, Rackam, Davis, and Roberts, alongside the extraordinary women Mary Read and Anne Bonny, while insisting on the truth ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Dreamer

    A Novel

    by Charles Johnson ...
    From the National Book Award-winning author of Middle Passage, a fearless fictional portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his pivotal moment in American history.Set against the tensions of Civil Rights era America, Dreamer is a remarkable fictional excursion into the last two years of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, when the political and personal pressures on this country's most preeminent ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Pirate Bay Collection: History, Trues Stories & Most Famous Pirate Novels

    History of Pirates, Trues Stories & Most Famous Pirate Novels

    by Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Charles Kingsley, Howard Pyle, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, Frederick Marryat, Washington Irving, Harold MacGrath, Joseph Lewis French, William Clark Russell, Harry Collingwood, Max Pemberton, Charles Boardman Hawes, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. H. G. Kingston, Charles Johnson, Maturin Murray Ballou ...
    Set sail on a thrilling literary expedition with *The Pirate Bay Collection: History, True Stories & Most Famous Pirate Novels*, an anthology that captures the essence of nautical adventure through the ages. This collection offers an immersive foray into the tempestuous world of piracy, threading together tales of swashbuckling exploits, moral quandaries, and the eternal quest for freedom across ... Read more

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