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First Street Stories

A Mid-Century Snohomish Childhood

by Malcolm S. Bates, Taylor Russell ...

Narrated by Malcolm S. Bates, Taylor Russell ...

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4 hours 21 min

Growing up, author Malcolm Bates knew Snohomish's First Street as the heart of town-a place to shop for groceries, school clothes, a baseball mitt, even a car. Prescriptions could be filled, city bills paid, books checked out, and letters mailed. More than a shopping district, First Street was the backdrop for small-town celebrations, youthful misadventures, a few disasters, and many colorful ... Read more

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Growing up, author Malcolm Bates knew Snohomish's First Street as the heart of town-a place to shop for groceries, school clothes, a baseball mitt, even a car. Prescriptions could be filled, city bills paid, books checked out, and letters mailed. More than a shopping district, First Street was the backdrop for small-town celebrations, youthful misadventures, a few disasters, and many colorful
... Read more
Knowing Him by Heart

African Americans on Abraham Lincoln

by Rodney O. Davis, Douglas L. Wilson, Michael Burlingame, Richard Carwardine, Edna Greene Medford, James Oakes, Matthew Pinsker0, Gerald J Prokopowicz1, John R Sellers2, Jennifer L Weber3, Frederick Douglass4, H. Ford Douglas5, Thomas Hamilton6, Robert Hamilton7, Jabez P Campbell8, Henry McNeal Turner9, Daniel Alexander Payne0, Henry Highland Garnet1, Philip A Bell2, Edward M Thomas3, Alfred P Smith4, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper5, George B Vashon6, Thomas Strother7, Ezra R Johnson8, Alexander T CPS9, James Smith0, Alexander T Augusta1, Jeremiah B Sanderson2, Osborne P Anderson3, Thomas Morris Chester4, James H Hudson5, John Proctor6, Robert Purvis7, Hannah Johnson8, Leonard A Grimes9, Jeremiah Asher0, John Willis Menard1, Henry African Civilization Society2, William Florville3, Henry Johnson4, Thomas R Street5, John H Morgan6, Mattild Burr7, Amos G Beman8, Richard H Cain9, Jean Baptiste Roudanez0, Arnold Bertonneau1, George E North Carolina Freedmen2, Don Carlos Rutter3, George E Stephens4, James W.C Pennington5, S.W. "Africano"6, Annie Davis7, S.W. Chase8, Sojourner Truth9, Martin Delany0, George Washington1, Isaac J Hill2, Alexander H Newton3, Jacob Thomas4, Angeline R Demby5, Henry O Wagoner6, George W Le Vere7, Elizabeth Keckley8, Paul Trevigne9, Thomas N.C Liverpool0, H Cordelia1, George Washington Williams2, Emmanuel K Love3, William S Scarborough4, John Mercer Langston5, Peter H Clark6, EWS Hammond7, Charles W Anderson8, Booker T Washington9, Harriet Tubman0, Julius F Taylor1, Ida B Wells-Barnett2, Paul Laurence Dunbar3, Elizabeth Thomas4, Archibald H Grimke5, Elizabeth Keckly6, William A Sinclair7, Jesse Max Barber8, Mary Church Terrell9, T. Thomas Fortune0, Reverdy C Ransom1, W. E. B Du Bois2, William Monroe Trotter3, Maude K Griffin4, Hightower T Kealing5, Silas X Floyd6, George L Knox7, Thomas S Inborden8, George W Henderson9, William Pickens00, Kelly Miller01, Etta M. T. Cottin02, John M Gandy03, Fred R Moore04, Sylvanie F Williams05, Harry C Smith06, James H Magee07, James L Curtis08, John W. E. Bowen Sr09, Cora J Ball10, Thomas Nelson Baker11, Josephine Silone Yates12, James Weldon Johnson13, William H Lewis14, John H Murphy Sr15, Robert R Wright Sr16, Theophile T Allain17, Oliva Ward Bush-Banks18, Richard W Gadsden19, Edward A Johnson20, Alice Dunbar-Nelson21, Hubert H Harrison22, Carter G Woodson23, Robert R Moton24, Georgia Douglas Johnson25, LANGSTON HUGHES26, Charles Chesnutt27, Walter White28, Lamar Perkins29, Samuel A Haynes30, William E Lilly31, Robert L Vann32, William Lloyd Imes33, Eugene Gordon34, Arthur W Mitchell35, Grace Evans36, Aaron H Payne37, Claude McKay38, Roscoe Conkling Simmons39, Joel A Rogers40, Mary McLeod Bethune41, John Hope Franklin42, Ella Baker43, Luther Porter Jackson44, Willard Townsend45, Ralph J Bunche46, Roy Wilkins47, Mordecai W Johnson48, Carl J Murphy49, Jackie Robinson50, Martin Luther King Jr51, Thurgood Marshall52, Edith Sampson53, Benjamin Quarles54, St. Clair Drake55, Charles H Wesley56, Daisy Bates57, Julius Malcolm X58, Gwendolyn Brooks59, Julius Lester60, Lerone Bennett Jr61, Henry Lee Moon62, John H Sengstacke63, Norman E. W. Hodges64, Arvarh E. Strickland65, Mary Frances Berry66, Vincent Harding67, Clarence Thomas68, Barbara Jeanne Fields69, Henry Louis Gates Jr70, Barack Obama71 ...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the ... Read more

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Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the
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Letters from the East

Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries

by Malcolm Barber, Keith Bate ...

Series series Crusade Texts in Translation
No written source is entirely without literary artifice, but the letters sent from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine in the high middle ages come closest to recording the real feelings of those who lived in and visited the crusader states. They are not, of course, reflective pieces, but they do convey the immediacy of circumstances which were frequently dramatic and often life-threatening. Those ... Read more

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No written source is entirely without literary artifice, but the letters sent from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine in the high middle ages come closest to recording the real feelings of those who lived in and visited the crusader states. They are not, of course, reflective pieces, but they do convey the immediacy of circumstances which were frequently dramatic and often life-threatening. Those
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And There Was Light

Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

by Jon Meacham ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers
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The Templars

by Dan Jones ...

Dan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the Knights Templar.'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history' TLS'Jones is certainly an entertainer, but also a fine historian who knows how to render serious scholarship into accessible prose' The Times'Another triumphant tale from a historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist' O.. ... Read more

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Dan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the Knights Templar.'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history' TLS'Jones is certainly an entertainer, but also a fine historian who knows how to render serious scholarship into accessible prose' The Times'Another triumphant tale from a historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist' O..
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Lincoln

by David Herbert Donald ...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of We Are Lincoln Men comes a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.“A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance” (The Chicago Tribune), Lincoln brilliantly depicts Abraham Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and ... Read more

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From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of We Are Lincoln Men comes a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.“A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance” (The Chicago Tribune), Lincoln brilliantly depicts Abraham Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and
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Lincoln Reconsidered

Essays on the Civil War Era

by David Herbert Donald ...

A "brilliant" look at America's sixteenth president by the New York Times–bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln ( American Historical Review).First published in 1956 and revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Lincoln Reconsidered is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship. In a dozen eloquent, witty, and incisive essays, the author of the definitive biography of Abraham ... Read more

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A "brilliant" look at America's sixteenth president by the New York Times–bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln ( American Historical Review).First published in 1956 and revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Lincoln Reconsidered is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship. In a dozen eloquent, witty, and incisive essays, the author of the definitive biography of Abraham
... Read more
Abe

Abraham Lincoln in His Times

by David S. Reynolds ...

**Now an Apple TV+ documentary, Lincoln's Dilemma, airing February 18, 2022.One of the Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year | A Washington Post Notable Book | A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Abraham Lincoln Prize and the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award"A marvelous cultural biography that captures Lincoln in all his ... Read more

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**Now an Apple TV+ documentary, Lincoln's Dilemma, airing February 18, 2022.One of the Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year | A Washington Post Notable Book | A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Abraham Lincoln Prize and the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award"A marvelous cultural biography that captures Lincoln in all his
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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln

All 7 Volumes in a Single File

by Abraham Lincoln ...

The complete writings -- thousands of items, with links to all of them. According to Wikipedia: "Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected ... Read more

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The complete writings -- thousands of items, with links to all of them. According to Wikipedia: "Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected
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The Rise and Fall of the Knights Templar

by Gordon Napier ...

The Knights Templar, a mysterious fraternity of warrior monks, pledged their swords to defend pilgrims to the Holy Land from the bandits and marauders of the roads. Patronised by the aristocracy, the Templars soon evolved into a formidable army and were the vanguard of the ongoing Crusades. They were widely acclaimed for their boldness and tenacity, showered with gifts by Catholic nobles and ... Read more

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The Knights Templar, a mysterious fraternity of warrior monks, pledged their swords to defend pilgrims to the Holy Land from the bandits and marauders of the roads. Patronised by the aristocracy, the Templars soon evolved into a formidable army and were the vanguard of the ongoing Crusades. They were widely acclaimed for their boldness and tenacity, showered with gifts by Catholic nobles and
... Read more
Lincoln and the Abolitionists

John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War

by Fred Kaplan ...

"Anyone who wants to understand the United States' racial divisions will learn a lot from reading Kaplan's richly researched account of one of the worst periods in American history and its chilling effects today in our cities, legislative bodies, schools, and houses of worship." — St. Louis Post-DispatchThe acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan returns with a controversial exploration of how Abraham ... Read more

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"Anyone who wants to understand the United States' racial divisions will learn a lot from reading Kaplan's richly researched account of one of the worst periods in American history and its chilling effects today in our cities, legislative bodies, schools, and houses of worship." — St. Louis Post-DispatchThe acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan returns with a controversial exploration of how Abraham
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The Knights Templar at War, 1120–1312

by Paul Hill ...

A look at the famed medieval Catholic order, with an emphasis on military history—includes numerous illustrations.There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula, and elsewhere in Europe. What is seldom explored is the military context in which they operated. This book ... Read more

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A look at the famed medieval Catholic order, with an emphasis on military history—includes numerous illustrations.There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula, and elsewhere in Europe. What is seldom explored is the military context in which they operated. This book
... Read more

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