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Miles from Nowhere

A Round-the-World Bicycle Adventure

by Barbara Savage ...

"Originally published in 1985, this book has stood the test of time and is considered a classic of biking literature." ― Library JournalMiles from Nowhere is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage’s sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000-mile bicycle odyssey, which took them through 25 countries in two years. Along the way, these near-neophyte cyclists on their ten-speeds ... Read more

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"Originally published in 1985, this book has stood the test of time and is considered a classic of biking literature." ― Library JournalMiles from Nowhere is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage’s sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000-mile bicycle odyssey, which took them through 25 countries in two years. Along the way, these near-neophyte cyclists on their ten-speeds
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Merze Tate

The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar

by Barbara D. Savage ...

A powerful and inspiring biography of Merze Tate, a trailblazing Black woman scholar and intrepid world travelerBorn in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905–1996) refused to limit her intellectual ambitions, despite living in what she called a “sex and race discriminating world.” Against all odds, the brilliant and hardworking Tate earned degrees in ... Read more

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A powerful and inspiring biography of Merze Tate, a trailblazing Black woman scholar and intrepid world travelerBorn in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905–1996) refused to limit her intellectual ambitions, despite living in what she called a “sex and race discriminating world.” Against all odds, the brilliant and hardworking Tate earned degrees in
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Lonely Planet Scandinavia

by Anthony Ham, Egill Bjarnason, Sean Connolly, Marc Di Duca, Mark Elliott, Gemma Graham, Paula Hotti, Anna Kaminski, Virginia Maxwell, Adrienne Murray Nielsen, John Noble, Thomas O'Malley, Kevin Raub, Simon Richmond, Maddy Savage, Barbara Woolsey ...

Series series Travel Guide
Lonely Planet's Scandinavia is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Be awed by the aurora borealis, explore waterfalls in Iceland and be inspired by innovative Scandinavian design; all with your trusted travel companion.Inside Lonely Planet's Scandinavia Travel Guide:Lon... ... Read more

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Lonely Planet's Scandinavia is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Be awed by the aurora borealis, explore waterfalls in Iceland and be inspired by innovative Scandinavian design; all with your trusted travel companion.Inside Lonely Planet's Scandinavia Travel Guide:Lon...
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Miles from Nowhere

A Round the World Bicycle Adventure

by Barbara Savage ...

Narrated by Nan McNamara ...

Unabridged

15 hours 1 min

This is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage's sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000-mile global bicycle odyssey, which took them through twenty-five countries in two years. Miles From Nowhere is an adventure not to be missed!Along the way, these near-neophyte cyclists encountered warmhearted strangers eager to share food and shelter, bicycle-hating drivers who shoved ... Read more

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This is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage's sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000-mile global bicycle odyssey, which took them through twenty-five countries in two years. Miles From Nowhere is an adventure not to be missed!Along the way, these near-neophyte cyclists encountered warmhearted strangers eager to share food and shelter, bicycle-hating drivers who shoved
... Read more

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Maria Theresa

The Habsburg Empress in Her Time

by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger ...

Translated by Robert Savage ...

A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and ruleMaria Theresa (1717–1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, a far-flung realm composed of diverse ethnicities and languages, beset on all sides by enemies and rivals. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and ruleMaria Theresa (1717–1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, a far-flung realm composed of diverse ethnicities and languages, beset on all sides by enemies and rivals. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides
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Birdie and Beletta

by Barbara J. Savage ...

Psychically gifted Darla has a difficult decisions to make. Should she choose to stay with her family or choose to be with Beletta? She fears everyone hates her because she is not "normal". Centered around an American military family in the 1960s, the story plunges readers into the multiple layers of a struggling family's wounds and secrets.Darla learns two things from Beletta that she carries ... Read more

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Psychically gifted Darla has a difficult decisions to make. Should she choose to stay with her family or choose to be with Beletta? She fears everyone hates her because she is not "normal". Centered around an American military family in the 1960s, the story plunges readers into the multiple layers of a struggling family's wounds and secrets.Darla learns two things from Beletta that she carries
... Read more
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Merze Tate

The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar

by Barbara D. Savage ...

Narrated by Machelle Williams ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

Born in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905–1996) refused to limit her intellectual ambitions, despite living in what she called a "sex and race discriminating world." Against all odds, the brilliant and hardworking Tate earned degrees in international relations from Oxford University in 1935 and a doctorate in government from Harvard in 1941. She ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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Born in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905–1996) refused to limit her intellectual ambitions, despite living in what she called a "sex and race discriminating world." Against all odds, the brilliant and hardworking Tate earned degrees in international relations from Oxford University in 1935 and a doctorate in government from Harvard in 1941. She
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Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women

Edited by Mia E. Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, Barbara D. Savage ...

Series series The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
Despite recent advances in the study of black thought, black women intellectuals remain often neglected. This collection of essays by fifteen scholars of history and literature establishes black women’s places in intellectual history by engaging the work of writers, educators, activists, religious leaders, and social reformers in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Dedicated to ... Read more

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Despite recent advances in the study of black thought, black women intellectuals remain often neglected. This collection of essays by fifteen scholars of history and literature establishes black women’s places in intellectual history by engaging the work of writers, educators, activists, religious leaders, and social reformers in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Dedicated to
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Women and Religion in the African Diaspora

Knowledge, Power, and Performance

Edited by R. Marie Griffith, Barbara Dianne Savage ...

Series series Lived Religions
This landmark collection of newly commissioned essays explores how diverse women of African descent have practiced religion as part of the work of their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. By examining women from North America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and Africa, the contributors identify the patterns that emerge as women, religion, and diaspora intersect, mapping fresh approaches to this ... Read more

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This landmark collection of newly commissioned essays explores how diverse women of African descent have practiced religion as part of the work of their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. By examining women from North America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and Africa, the contributors identify the patterns that emerge as women, religion, and diaspora intersect, mapping fresh approaches to this
... Read more
Long March Ahead

African American Churches and Public Policy in Post-Civil Rights America

by Barbara Dianne Savage, Michael Leo Owens, Cathy J. Cohen, Megan E. McLaughlin ...

Analyzing the extensive data gathered by the Public Influences of African American Churches project, which surveyed nearly two thousand churches across the country, Long March Ahead assesses the public policy activism of black churches since the civil rights movement. Social scientists and clergy consider the churches’ work on a range of policy matters over the past four decades: affirmative ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Analyzing the extensive data gathered by the Public Influences of African American Churches project, which surveyed nearly two thousand churches across the country, Long March Ahead assesses the public policy activism of black churches since the civil rights movement. Social scientists and clergy consider the churches’ work on a range of policy matters over the past four decades: affirmative
... Read more
Your Spirits Walk Beside Us

The Politics of Black Religion

by Barbara Dianne Savage ...

Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement with black churches at its center, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. In her revelatory book, Barbara Savage counters this assumption with the story of a highly diversified religious community whose debates over engagement in the struggle for racial equality were as vigorous as they ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement with black churches at its center, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. In her revelatory book, Barbara Savage counters this assumption with the story of a highly diversified religious community whose debates over engagement in the struggle for racial equality were as vigorous as they
... Read more
Black Gods of the Metropolis

Negro Religious Cults of the Urban North

by Arthur Huff Fauset, Barbara Dianne Savage ...

Stemming from his anthropological field work among black religious groups in Philadelphia in the early 1940s, Arthur Huff Fauset believed it was possible to determine the likely direction that mainstream black religious leadership would take in the future, a direction that later indeed manifested itself in the civil rights movement. The American black church, according to Fauset and other ... Read more

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Stemming from his anthropological field work among black religious groups in Philadelphia in the early 1940s, Arthur Huff Fauset believed it was possible to determine the likely direction that mainstream black religious leadership would take in the future, a direction that later indeed manifested itself in the civil rights movement. The American black church, according to Fauset and other
... Read more

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