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Overground Railroad (The Young Adult Adaptation)

The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

de Candacy Taylor ...

A young reader’s edition of award-winning author Candacy Taylor’s acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelers.Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the “Black travel guide to America.” For years it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation, ... Leer más

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A young reader’s edition of award-winning author Candacy Taylor’s acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelers.Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the “Black travel guide to America.” For years it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation,
... Leer más

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Overground Railroad

The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

de Candacy Taylor ...

Narrado por Lisa Reneé Pitts ...

Completo

9 hora 30 minutos

The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motoristsPublished from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the "black travel guide to America." At that time, it was very dangerous and difficult for African-Americans to travel because black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green Book ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motoristsPublished from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the "black travel guide to America." At that time, it was very dangerous and difficult for African-Americans to travel because black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green Book
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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Overground Railroad (The Young Adult Adaptation)

The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

de Candacy Taylor ...

Narrado por Lisa Reneé Pitts ...

Completo

6 hora 16 minutos

A young listener's edition of Candacy Taylor's acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelersOverground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the "Black travel guide to America." For years, it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation, Black travelers ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

A young listener's edition of Candacy Taylor's acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelersOverground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the "Black travel guide to America." For years, it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation, Black travelers
... Leer más

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Driving While Black

African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

de Gretchen Sorin ...

Narrado por Gretchen Sorin, Janina Edwards ...

Completo

9 hora 8 minutos

How the automobile fundamentally changed African American life—the true history beyond the Best Picture–winning movie.The ultimate symbol of independence and possibility, the automobile has shaped this country from the moment the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford's assembly line. Yet cars have always held distinct importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the many ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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How the automobile fundamentally changed African American life—the true history beyond the Best Picture–winning movie.The ultimate symbol of independence and possibility, the automobile has shaped this country from the moment the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford's assembly line. Yet cars have always held distinct importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the many
... Leer más

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Cold Warriors

Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War

de Duncan White ...

Narrado por Fred Sanders ...

Completo

24 hora 48 minutos

A brilliant, invigorating account of the great writers on both sides of the Iron Curtain who played the dangerous games of espionage, dissidence and subversion that changed the course of the Cold War.During the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose. Novels, essays and poems could win the hearts and minds of those caught between the competing creeds of capitalism and communism. They could ... Leer más

$52.99 USD

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A brilliant, invigorating account of the great writers on both sides of the Iron Curtain who played the dangerous games of espionage, dissidence and subversion that changed the course of the Cold War.During the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose. Novels, essays and poems could win the hearts and minds of those caught between the competing creeds of capitalism and communism. They could
... Leer más

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The Season

A Social History of the Debutante

de Kristen Richardson ...

Narrado por Cassandra Campbell ...

Completo

9 hora 52 minutos

Kristen Richardson, from a family of debutantes, chose not to debut. But as her curiosity drove her to research this enduring custom, she learned that it, and debutantes, are not as simple as they seem.The story begins in England six hundred years ago when wealthy fathers needed an efficient way to find appropriate husbands for their daughters. Elizabeth I's exclusive presentations at her court ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

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Kristen Richardson, from a family of debutantes, chose not to debut. But as her curiosity drove her to research this enduring custom, she learned that it, and debutantes, are not as simple as they seem.The story begins in England six hundred years ago when wealthy fathers needed an efficient way to find appropriate husbands for their daughters. Elizabeth I's exclusive presentations at her court
... Leer más

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The Shadow System

Mass Incarceration and the American Family

de Sylvia A. Harvey ...

Narrado por Janina Edwards ...

Completo

8 hora 43 minutos

From an award-winning journalist, a searing exposé of the effects of the mass incarceration crisis on families -- including the 2.7 million American children who have a parent locked up.In The Shadow System, award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small victories of three families struggling to live within the confines of a brutal system. In Florida, a young ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

From an award-winning journalist, a searing exposé of the effects of the mass incarceration crisis on families -- including the 2.7 million American children who have a parent locked up.In The Shadow System, award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small victories of three families struggling to live within the confines of a brutal system. In Florida, a young
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Master Thieves

The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist

de Stephen Kurkjian ...

Narrado por Mike Chamberlain ...

Completo

7 hora

In a secret meeting in 1981, a master thief named Louis Royce gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime. As a kid, Royce had visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and made a habit of sneaking in at night to find a good place to sleep. He knew the Museum's security was lax, and he gave this information to a boss of the Boston criminal underworld.It took years before the Museum ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

In a secret meeting in 1981, a master thief named Louis Royce gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime. As a kid, Royce had visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and made a habit of sneaking in at night to find a good place to sleep. He knew the Museum's security was lax, and he gave this information to a boss of the Boston criminal underworld.It took years before the Museum
... Leer más

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Fatherland

A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets

de Burkhard Bilger ...

Narrado por Burkhard Bilger ...

Completo

8 hora 59 minutos

A New Yorker staff writer investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in “a finely etched memoir with the powerful sweep of history” (David Grann, #1 bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon)“Fatherland maintains the momentum of the best mysteries and a commendable balance.”—The New York Times“Unflinching and illuminating . . . Bilger’s haunting memoir reminds us, the past is prologu ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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A New Yorker staff writer investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in “a finely etched memoir with the powerful sweep of history” (David Grann, #1 bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon)“Fatherland maintains the momentum of the best mysteries and a commendable balance.”—The New York Times“Unflinching and illuminating . . . Bilger’s haunting memoir reminds us, the past is prologu
... Leer más

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This America Of Ours

Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild

de Nate Schweber ...

Narrado por Fred Sanders ...

Completo

11 hora 31 minutos

The untold story of the extraordinary fight to defend American wilderness from McCarthyism, and the radical couple who led the charge—and inspired a future of conservationIn late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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The untold story of the extraordinary fight to defend American wilderness from McCarthyism, and the radical couple who led the charge—and inspired a future of conservationIn late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure:
... Leer más

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Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

A Novel

de Lizzie Damilola Blackburn ...

Narrado por Ronke Adékoluejo ...

Completo

11 hora 17 minutos

**“Yinka is a lovable and relatable disaster—which is to say, she isn’t actually a disaster at all...I adore her.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers“Feel good, funny, and clever, it’s got smash-hit written all over it!” –Josie Silver, New York Times bestselling author of One Day in DecemberMeet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

**“Yinka is a lovable and relatable disaster—which is to say, she isn’t actually a disaster at all...I adore her.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers“Feel good, funny, and clever, it’s got smash-hit written all over it!” –Josie Silver, New York Times bestselling author of One Day in DecemberMeet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a
... Leer más

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The Vanishing Neighbor

The Transformation of American Community

de Marc J. Dunkelman ...

Narrado por Tim Andres Pabon ...

Completo

8 hora 30 minutos

A sweeping new look at the unheralded transformation that is eroding the foundations of American exceptionalism.Americans today find themselves mired in an era of uncertainty and frustration. The nation's safety net is pulling apart under its own weight; political compromise is viewed as a form of defeat; and our faith in the enduring concept of American exceptionalism appears increasingly ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

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A sweeping new look at the unheralded transformation that is eroding the foundations of American exceptionalism.Americans today find themselves mired in an era of uncertainty and frustration. The nation's safety net is pulling apart under its own weight; political compromise is viewed as a form of defeat; and our faith in the enduring concept of American exceptionalism appears increasingly
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