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  • I Never Had It Made

    An Autobiography

    by Jackie Robinson, Alfred Duckett ...
    The New York Times–bestselling autobiography of Jackie Robinson, barrier-breaking Brooklyn Dodger and civil rights legend: "An American classic." —Entertainment WeeklyBefore Barry Bonds, before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke that barrier, striking a crucial blow for racial equality and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    My Own Story

    by Jackie Robinson ...
    Narrated by David Sadzin ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 41 min

    The extraordinary memoir from baseball icon Jackie Robinson—originally published in 1948, just a year after he shattered baseball’s color barrier, and now released as an audiobook for the very first time.“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me…all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”So says #42, who comes alive to share his story, up to and through that historic first season ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jackie Robinson: My Own Story

    by Jackie Robinson, Wendell Smith ...
    Autobiography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, beginning with his athletic career and dealing particularly with baseball and the first step toward equal participation by African Americans in this great sport."I believe that a man's race, color, and religion should never constitute a handicap. The denial to anyone, anywhere, any time of equality of opportunity to work is incomprehensible to me. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    I Never Had It Made

    by Jackie Robinson ...
    Narrated by Ossie Davis ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 59 min

    The bestselling autobiography of American baseball and civil rights legend Jackie RobinsonBefore Barry Bonds, before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke that barrier, striking a crucial blow for racial equality and changing the world of sports forever. I Never Had It Made is Robinson's own ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Because of You

    by Jacky L Robinson ...
    This book details the journey of Jacky Robinson Jr., from a young child growing up in the streets of Akron Ohio and ending up sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in 2003 and 2005 for two murders. He was never taught true faith in God by members of his family who would hypocritically force him and his siblings to attend different religious services ( while briefly residing in their ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Free Minds and Hearts at Work

    A "This I Believe" Essay

    by Jackie Robinson ...
    Narrated by Jackie Robinson ...
    Series series This I Believe

    Unabridged

    5 min

    In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, baseball legend Jackie Robinson reflects on fighting imperfection to create a better world in "Free Minds and Hearts at Work", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series.This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Play, Creativity and Digital Cultures

    Edited by Rebekah Willett, Muriel Robinson, Jackie Marsh ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    Recent work on children's digital cultures has identified a range of literacies emerging through children's engagement with new media technologies. This edited collection focuses on children's digital cultures, specifically examining the role of play and creativity in learning with these new technologies.The chapters in this book were contributed by an international range of respected researchers, ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Saltwater Adventure in the Florida Keys An Introduction to Fishing for Kids

    by Jacky Robinson ...
    Fishing greats Lefty Kreh, Flip Pallot, Mark Sosin, & many others call Saltwater Adventure in the Florida Keys a well-written angling adventure & teaching manual that is realistic, accurate, entertaining, & educational.Best loved for nearly two decades, Saltwater Adventure is the first fishing primer story for kids of all ages.Hardbound. 52 full color illustrations. Interactive fishing record. How ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of Bounds

    British Black & Asian Poets

    by Jackie Kay, James Procter, Gemma Robinson ...
    From Aberdeen to the Isle of Wight, Out of Bounds is a newly charted map of Britain as viewed by its black and Asian poets. It takes the reader on a riveting, sensory journey through Scotland, England and Wales, showing the whole country from a fresh perspective. This extensive and ground-breaking anthology – with its sudden forks in the road, and its roads not taken – stops off in the Highlands ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • 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

    $11.99 USD

  • Public Sociologies Reader

    by Michael Burawoy, Charles A. Gallagher, Kenneth Gould, Arlette Grabczynska, Keri Iyall-Smith, Núria Homedes, Alberto Moncada, Jill Quadagno, Barbara Risman, Havidán Rodríguez0, Deanna Rohlinger1, Carla N. Russell2, Jerome Scott3, Antonio Ugalde4, Angela J. Hattery5, Jerry Pubantz6, John Allphin Moore Jr.7, Judith Blau8, Gerard Delanty0, Walda Katz-Fishman1, Anthony M. Orum2, Robert Pollin3, William I. Robinson4, Earl Smith5, Jackie Smith6 ...
    At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics and constructive commentators. These giants of American sociology would have applauded the 2004 meetings of the American Sociological ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Innovations in Social Work Research

    Using Methods Creatively

    by Jennifer Taylor, Peter Beresford, Cherilyn Dance, Simon Hackett, Harry Ferguson, Sarah Banks, Tricia Jessiman, John Carpenter, Trish O'Donnell, David Westlake, Pat Starkey, Myles Balfe, Helen Masson, Josie Phillips, Nicolette Wade, Mike Fisher, Alastair Roy, Jenny Hughes, Lynn Froggett, Jennifer Christensen, Jadwiga Leigh, Julian Manley, Sue Thompson, Bogusia Temple, Jackie Robinson, Martin Elliott, Lena Dominelli, Gina Barrett, Natalie Robinson, Vic Forrest, Becki Meakin ...
    A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research.Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work research. It incorporates both distinctive methodological features, such as approaches to participatory ... Read more

    $45.09 USD