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  • 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro - Henry Louis Gates Jr.

    100 Amazing Facts About the Negro - Henry Louis Gates Jr.
    Oct 24 2017
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    Title: 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
    Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
    Narrator: Dominic Hoffman
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-24-17
    Publisher: Random House Audio
    Genres: History, American

    Summary:
    The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers' now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof, published in 1957, was billed as "A Negro 'Believe It or Not'". Rogers' little book was priceless because he was delivering enlightenment and pride, steeped in historical research, to a people too long starved on the lie that they were worth nothing. For African Americans of the Jim Crow era, Rogers' was their first black history teacher. But Rogers was not always shy about embellishing the "facts" and minimizing ambiguity; neither was he above shock journalism now and then. With élan and erudition - and with winning enthusiasm - Henry Louis Gates Jr. gives us a corrective yet loving homage to Rogers' work. Relying on the latest scholarship, Gates leads us on a romp through African, diasporic, and African American history in question-and-answer format. Among the 100 questions: Who were Africa's first ambassadors to Europe? Who was the first black president in North America? Did Lincoln really free the slaves? Who was history's wealthiest person? What percentage of white Americans have recent African ancestry? Why did free black people living in the South before the end of the Civil War stay there? Who was the first black head of state in modern Western history? Where was the first Underground Railroad? Who was the first black American woman to be a self-made millionaire? Which black man made many of our favorite household products better? Here is a surprising, inspiring, sometimes boldly mischievous - all the while highly instructive and entertaining - compendium of historical curiosities intended to illuminate the sheer complexity and diversity of being "Negro" in the world.
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    14 h et 26 min
  • S Is for Southern - Editors of Garden and Gun

    S Is for Southern - Editors of Garden and Gun
    Oct 24 2017
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    Title: S Is for Southern
    Author: Editors of Garden and Gun
    Narrator: Graham Halstead
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-24-17
    Publisher: Harper Audio
    Genres: History, American

    Summary:
    From the best-selling authors of The Southerner's Handbook, Good Dog, and The Southerner's Cookbook comes a lively compendium of Southern tradition and contemporary culture. The American South is a multifaceted region with its own vocabulary, peculiarities, and cultural touchstones. Even for those born in the South, the unspoken rules - layered in local nuances and complexities - can sometimes be confounding. Tennessee whiskey may technically be bourbon, but don't let anyone in Kentucky hear you call it that. And bless your heart, don't you dare make the mistake of confusing a magnolia blossom with a Japanese tulip. Now, from the editors of Garden and Gun - the magazine known as "the soul of the South" - comes this encyclopedia of Southern living, culture, and history. Covering age-old traditions and current zeitgeists, S Is for Southern includes more than 500 entries spanning every letter of the alphabet, from absinthe to zydeco. This audiobook also includes 100 signature essays from notable Southern writers, including: Informative and irreverent, S Is for Southern celebrates and demystifies the traditions of the South and is a must-listen for all fans of the region and culture enthusiasts.
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    14 h et 54 min
  • Courage Is Contagious - Nick Haramis - editor

    Courage Is Contagious - Nick Haramis - editor
    Oct 24 2017
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    Title: Courage Is Contagious
    Author: Nick Haramis - editor
    Narrator: full cast
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-24-17
    Publisher: Random House Audio
    Genres: History, 21st Century

    Summary:
    A collection of essays celebrating the influential former first lady, by an array of acclaimed contributors and with a foreword by Lena Dunham Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization. Mrs. Obama was not only our first black first lady; she was President Obama's equal partner in marriage and parenthood and a tireless advocate for women's rights, education, healthy eating, and exercise. Her genre-busting personal style encouraged others to speak, to engage, even to dress as they wished. In an extension of his popular T, The New York Times Style Magazine feature, Nick Haramis has assembled 19 essays from prizewinning writers, Hollywood stars, and political leaders - all of whom have been moved and influenced by Mrs. Obama's extraordinary example of grace in power. Here are original testimonials from Gloria Steinem, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alice Waters, and Charlamagne tha God, among others. Presidential biographer Jon Meacham supplies historical perspective. Actress Tracee Ellis Ross suggests that Mrs. Obama "provided an antidote to all the false representations of black women that have inundated us for centuries." Anna Wintour and designer Jason Wu celebrate the former first lady's impact as an international fashion icon. Two ninth-grade girls - one in training to be a boxer - talk about how Mrs. Obama has emboldened them to be themselves. Here are some of the many facets of Michelle Obama as she continues to inspire us, a stirring reminder that the best of America once lived in the White House, embodied in one authentic, inclusive, and courageous woman. Read by the authors and a full cast of narrators:
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    1 h et 49 min
  • The Thin Light of Freedom - Edward L. Ayers

    The Thin Light of Freedom - Edward L. Ayers
    Oct 24 2017
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    Title: The Thin Light of Freedom
    Author: Edward L. Ayers
    Narrator: James Edward Thomas
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-24-17
    Publisher: Audible Studios
    Genres: History, American

    Summary:
    A landmark Civil War history told from a fresh, deeply researched ground-level perspective At the crux of America's history stand two astounding events: the immediate and complete destruction of the most powerful system of slavery in the modern world, followed by a political reconstruction in which new constitutions established the fundamental rights of citizens for formerly enslaved people. Few people living in 1860 would have dared imagine either event, and yet, in retrospect, both seem to have been inevitable. In a beautifully crafted narrative, Edward L. Ayers restores the drama of the unexpected to the history of the Civil War. He does this by setting up at ground level in the Great Valley counties of Augusta, Virginia, and Franklin, Pennsylvania, communities that shared a prosperous landscape but were divided by the Mason-Dixon Line. From the same vantage point occupied by his unforgettable characters, Ayers captures the strategic savvy of Lee and his local lieutenants, and the clear vision of equal rights animating black troops from Pennsylvania. We see the war itself become a scourge to the Valley, its pitched battles punctuating a cycle of vicious attack and reprisal in which armies burned whole towns for retribution. In the weeks and months after emancipation, from the streets of Staunton, Virginia, we see black and white residents testing the limits of freedom as political leaders negotiate the terms of re-admission to the Union. Ayers deftly shows throughout how the dynamics of political opposition drove these momentous events, transforming once unimaginable outcomes into fact. With analysis as powerful as its narrative, here is a landmark history of the Civil War.
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    18 h et 7 min
  • What Kind of Nation - James F. Simon

    What Kind of Nation - James F. Simon
    Oct 24 2017
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    Title: What Kind of Nation
    Author: James F. Simon
    Narrator: Patrick Cullen
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-24-17
    Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
    Genres: History, American

    Summary:
    The bitter and protracted struggle between President Thomas Jefferson and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall defined the basic constitutional relationship between the executive and judicial branches of government. More than 150 years later, their clashes still reverberate in constitutional debates and political battles. In this dramatic and fully accessible account of these titans of the early republic and their fiercely held ideas, James F. Simon brings to life the early history of the nation and sheds new light on the highly charged battle to balance the powers of the federal government and the rights of the states. A fascinating look at two of the nation's greatest statesmen and shrewdest politicians, What Kind of Nation presents a cogent, unbiased assessment of their lasting impact on American government. National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century.
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    12 h et 39 min
  • The Secret Life of Bacon Tait, a White Slave Trader Married to a Free Woman of Color - Hank Trent

    The Secret Life of Bacon Tait, a White Slave Trader Married to a Free Woman of Color - Hank Trent
    Oct 23 2017
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    Title: The Secret Life of Bacon Tait, a White Slave Trader Married to a Free Woman of Color
    Author: Hank Trent
    Narrator: Michael Bonaventura
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-23-17
    Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
    Genres: History, American

    Summary:
    Historians have long discussed the interracial families of prominent slave dealers in Richmond, Virginia, and elsewhere, yet, until now, the story of slave trader Bacon Tait remained untold. Among the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Richmond, Bacon Tait embarked upon a striking and unexpected double life: that of a white slave trader married to a free black woman. In The Secret Life of Bacon Tait, Hank Trent tells Tait's complete story for the first time, reconstructing the hidden aspects of his strange and often paradoxical life through meticulous research in lawsuits, newspapers, deeds, and other original records. Active and ambitious in a career notorious even among slave owners for its viciousness, Bacon Tait nevertheless claimed to be married to a free woman of color, Courtney Fountain, whose extended family were involved in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. As Trent reveals, Bacon Tait maintained his domestic sphere as a loving husband and father in a mixed-race family in the North while running a successful and ruthless slave-trading business in the South. Though he possessed legal control over thousands of other black women at different times, Trent argues that Tait remained loyal to his wife, avoiding the predatory sexual practices of many slave traders. No less remarkably, Courtney Tait and their four children received the benefits of Tait's wealth while remaining close to her family of origin, many of whom spoke out against the practice of slavery and even fought in the Civil War on the side of the Union. The book is published by Louisiana State University Press.
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    7 h et 1 min
  • The Development of the American Social Welfare State from Nixon to Obama - Thomas F. Winterbottom

    The Development of the American Social Welfare State from Nixon to Obama - Thomas F. Winterbottom
    Oct 20 2017
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    Title: The Development of the American Social Welfare State from Nixon to Obama
    Author: Thomas F. Winterbottom
    Narrator: William Bahl
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-20-17
    Publisher: Thomas F. Winterbottom
    Genres: History, American

    Summary:
    This book is the second part of three parts on the development of the American social welfare state from 1933 to 2016. This volume is focused on the action (or inaction) toward a comprehensive social welfare state during the American presidential administrations of Richard Nixon to Barack Obama (until January 2016). This volume is concentrated mainly on American economic philosophy, in particular the common misperceptions around the term neoliberalism. We will examine these beliefs and what effect they have had on any development of the American social welfare state.
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    4 h et 14 min
  • Decisive Moments in History: The Manhattan Project - Charles River Editors

    Decisive Moments in History: The Manhattan Project - Charles River Editors
    Oct 20 2017
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    Title: Decisive Moments in History: The Manhattan Project
    Author: Charles River Editors
    Narrator: Jim D. Johnston
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 53 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-20-17
    Publisher: Charles River Editors
    Genres: History, 20th Century

    Summary:
    *Includes over 20 pictures of the important people, places, and events associated with the Manhattan Project. In the 19th century, the Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle famously wrote, "The history of the world is but the biography of great men", popularizing the “Great Man” theory that the course of history is shaped by a select few heroic individuals. While historians and others continue to debate the accuracy of the Great Man theory of history, there is no question that the course of history is permanently altered by decisive moments in time, where a different result would have produced drastically different outcomes. Charles River Editors’ Decisive Moments in History examines the events that changed history forever and set the world down the path it finds itself on today. During World War II, the free world literally hung in the balance, with the Axis and Allies engaging in warfare on an unprecedentedly violent scale. Tens of millions would die as the warring powers raced to create the best fighter planes, tanks, and guns. Eventually that race extended to bombs which carried enough power to destroy civilization itself. While the war raged in Europe and the Pacific, a dream team of Nobel Laureates was working on a project so secretive that vice president Harry Truman didn’t know of it when he took the presidency after FDR’s death. This secretive project, The Manhattan Project, would ultimately yield the “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” bombs that released more than 100 Terajoules of energy at Hiroshima and Nagaski; changing the course of the War and the course of civilization. Decisive Moments in History: The Manhattan Project covers the beginning of atomic research prior to the Manhattan Project, the exodus of talented scientists fleeing Nazi Germany throughout Europe, and the history and results of the grand project that ushered in the Atomic Age. Along with pictures of the important p ©2013 Charles River Editors (P)2017 Charles River Editors
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    53 min