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  • Audiobook

    Street Data Audiobook

    A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation

    Unabridged

    8 hours 8 min

    Radically reimagine our ways of being, learning, and doingEducation can be transformed if we eradicate our fixation on big data like standardized test scores as the supreme measure of equity and learning. Instead of the focus being on “fixing” and “filling” academic gaps, we must envision and rebuild the system from the student up—with classrooms, schools and systems built around students’ ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Derry Revisited

    Series series Images of America
    In 1719, sixteen families left Ireland for America and founded a community called Nutfield, which evolved into modern Derry. For centuries, Derry retained its small-town character, but the 1963 opening of Interstate 93 changed the town forever. Within a decade, its population doubled. Derry is now the state�s most populous town. This charming collection of over two hundred photographs presents ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Heroes in the Shadows

    The Untold Story of the African-American Sailors Aboard USS Indianapolis (CA-35)

    This powerful and moving book pays tribute to the heroic young black sailors who perished in the worst sea disaster in U.S. Naval History, and whose service and sacrifice has long been overlooked. While much has been written about the tragedy of the USS Indianapolis CA-35, "Heroes in the Shadows" sheds light on the untold stories of the African American crew members who played an integral role in ... Read more

    $12.67 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Fate & Flux

    A Steampunk Adventure

    by Patrick Dugan ...
    Narrated by William Walker ...
    Series Audiobook 0.5 - Watchers of Astaria

    Unabridged

    3 hours 30 min

    Broken by magic. Forged by fate.Astaria is ruled by wizards, everyone knows that. Quinn is a journeyman blacksmith for the Wizard Usorin until Quinn loses his arm and his livelihood after a tragic accident. When he is befriended by Roland, he learns the secret behind the wizard’s power and is set on a path against a foe who seeks to destroy not only Astaria, but magic itself.©2019 Patrick Dugan (P ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A City So Grand

    The Rise of an American Metropolis: Boston 1850-1900

    by Stephen Puleo ...
    A lively history of Boston’s emergence as a world-class city—home to the likes of Frederick Douglass and Alexander Graham Bell—by a beloved Bostonian historian“It’s been quite a while since I’ve read anything—fiction or nonfiction—so enthralling.”—Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter IslandOnce upon a time, “Boston Town” was an insulated New England township. But the community was ... Read more

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  • Ghost Stories and Legends of Southwestern Connecticut

    by Donna Kent ...
    Series series Haunted America
    An unlucky gambler who haunts the Curtis House, the ethereal White Lady who wanders among the tombs of Union Cemetery and a ghostly diner who still insists upon joining the meal are among the otherworldly residents of Southwestern Connecticut. With a long and sometimes turbulent history, the region has become a host to lingering spirits who cannot leave behind the sites of their demise. Through ... Read more

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  • Cape Wind

    Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound

    When Jim Gordon set out to build a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, he knew some people might object. But there was a lot of merit in creating a privately funded, clean energy source for energy-starved New England, and he felt sure most people would recognize it eventually. Instead, all Hell broke loose. Gordon had unwittingly challenged the privileges of some of America's richest and most ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • First Fruits of Freedom

    The Migration of Former Slaves and Their Search for Equality in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1862-1900

    Series series The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
    A moving narrative that offers a rare glimpse into the lives of African American men, women, and children on the cusp of freedom, First Fruits of Freedom chronicles one of the first collective migrations of blacks from the South to the North during and after the Civil War.Janette Thomas Greenwood relates the history of a network forged between Worcester County, Massachusetts, and eastern North ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • New England Skiing

    Series series Images of America
    Skiing in New England has not always been such a breathtaking sport connected with winter vacations at distant and local resorts. From the early 1870s, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish immigrants utilized skis to carry the mail and to travel through the woods to school and work. Later, a group of college men at Dartmouth founded the Outing Club, which transformed skiing from everyday practicality ... Read more

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  • Manchester

    The Mills and the Immigrant Experience

    by Gary Samson ...
    Series series Images of America
    This fascinating and moving book brings to life the industrial and immigrant experience which gave birth to Manchester in the nineteenth century and continued to shape the city's destiny well into the twentieth century. More than a hundred years ago, thousands of immigrants from Europe and Canada were drawn to the mills of Manchester by the promise of a better life. In stirring photographs and ... Read more

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  • Newburyport and the Civil War

    The smoke of cannon fire and the sound of rifles were not seen or heard in Newburyport, Massachusetts during the Civil War yet it was an all too familiar experience for many of its inhabitants. Local author William Hallett describes in thrilling detail the lives and deeds of those from the Clipper City that served both Union and Confederate causes. From the abolitionist preaching of William Lloyd ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus