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  • All Aunt Hagar's Children

    Stories

    In these fourteen stories, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World explores the complexities of Black American lives in the nation's capital.Returning to the city that inspired his first prizewinning book, Lost in the City, bestselling author Edward P. Jones has filled this collection with people who call Washington, D.C., home. Yet it is not the city's power brokers that most concern ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Polytheism in Greek Philosophy

    Polytheism in Greek Philosophy challenges the perception of philosophy as a march of reason distancing itself from religion and spirituality, and most of all from polytheism. The ancient Greek philosophers were polytheists who worshiped the many Gods of their heritage, not as a concession to popular sentiment, nor as a transition to a more 'enlightened' monotheism or atheism, but with sincere ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Lost in the City

    Stories

    Fourteen poignant stories depicting African American life in Washington, D.C., by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Known World.The nation's capital that serves as the setting for the stories in Edward P. Jones's prize-winning collection, Lost in the City, lies far from the city of historic monuments and national politicians. Jones takes the reader beyond that world into the lives of ... Read more

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  • The Known World

    From Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862

    Narrated by Brian P. Craig ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 7 min

    The bloody two-day battle of Shiloh changed the course of the American Civil War. The conflagration at Shiloh had its roots in the strong Union advance that resulted in the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee. The offensive collapsed General Albert S. Johnston's advanced line in Kentucky and forced him to withdraw to northern Mississippi. Anxious to attack the enemy, Johnston began ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • D.C. Noir 2

    The Classics

    Series series Akashic Noir
    In this anthology, uncover a century of dark mystery stories set in America's mighty capital.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of city-based noir anthologies launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city in the book. The original D.C. Noir, a groundbreaking collection of new fiction by sixteen ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories by Edward P. Jones

    Stories by Edward P. Jones

    Series series Thalia Book Club

    Unabridged

    1 hour 16 min

    Edward P. Jones sits down with Wyatt Mason to discuss his collection, All Aunt Hagar's Children. Carmen De Lavallade reads an excerpt from the book. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    John Tyler, the Accidental President

    Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 2 min

    The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) was derided by critics as "His Accidency." In this biography of the tenth president, Edward P. Crapol challenges depictions of Tyler as a die-hard advocate of states' rights, limited government, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. Instead, he argues, Tyler manipulated the Constitution to ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crystallizing Public Opinion

    A revolutionary work on public relations and marketing by the provocative thinker who was dubbed the father of public relations.Few books have had the same subdued impact as 'Crystallizing Public Opinion' by Edward L. Bernays. It is a ground-breaking and, as history has demonstrated, influential manual on the most important concepts of mass persuasion that was first published in 1923. This famous ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Seeing Devils: An IPMA Adventure for Halloween 2013

    IPMA Shorts (Institute for the Preservation of Magical Artifacts), #2

    Series Book 2 - IPMA Shorts (Institute for the Preservation of Magical Artifacts)
    Jackson Davison has long wanted to prove the existence of Imps among the other Faerie Folk but hasn't had the right opportunity. Until now, Halloween 2013.This is the second of shorts stories about the IPMA and their adventures. Squirm as Agent Davison tries to learn the truth behind the nature of Imps and other "unseen" faeries and creatures.Written for children and adolescents, but definitely ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Theodore Hesburgh, CSC

    Series series People of God
    2021 Association of Catholic Publishers third place award in biographyWhen asked what he wanted written on his tombstone, Fr. Theodore Hesburgh responded with one word: Priest. This giant of a man—a man who advised presidents and counseled popes, who championed civil rights and world peace, who accepted 16 presidential appointments and 150 honorary degrees, who served an unprecedented thirty-five ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ascendant: Modern Essays on Polytheism and Theology

    Theology, the discipline that analyzes, examines, and seeks to explain religious ideas, is a vibrant area of inquiry. Scholars and philosophers have produced countless works of theology over the past several thousand years.In the West, however, virtually all theology concerns monotheistic faith systems. Polytheism escapes the notice of most scholars, and those who do address it rarely write books ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus