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The Half Has Never Been Told

Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

by Edward E Baptist ...

The classic history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was built on the backs of enslaved people.**"Gripping." —**New York Times**“A stinging indictment of slavery.” —**NPR Books?Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution—the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in ... Read more

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The classic history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was built on the backs of enslaved people.**"Gripping." —**New York Times**“A stinging indictment of slavery.” —**NPR Books?Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution—the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in
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American Capitalism

A Reader

by Louis Hyman, Edward E. Baptist ...

From Cornell University Professors Louis Hyman and Edward E. Baptist, a collection of the most relevant readings on the history of capitalism in America, created to accompany their EdX course American Capitalism: A Reader.To understand the past and especially our own times, arguably no story is as essential to get right as the history of capitalism. Nearly all of our theories about promoting ... Read more

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From Cornell University Professors Louis Hyman and Edward E. Baptist, a collection of the most relevant readings on the history of capitalism in America, created to accompany their EdX course American Capitalism: A Reader.To understand the past and especially our own times, arguably no story is as essential to get right as the history of capitalism. Nearly all of our theories about promoting
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The Half Has Never Been Told

Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

by Edward E Baptist ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

19 hours 47 min

The classic history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was built on the backs of enslaved people.**"Gripping." —**New York Times**“A stinging indictment of slavery.” —**NPR Books?Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution—the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

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The classic history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was built on the backs of enslaved people.**"Gripping." —**New York Times**“A stinging indictment of slavery.” —**NPR Books?Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution—the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in
... Read more

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Creating an Old South

Middle Florida's Plantation Frontier before the Civil War

by Edward E. Baptist ...

Set on the antebellum southern frontier, this book uses the history of two counties in Florida’s panhandle to tell the story of the migrations, disruptions, and settlements that made the plantation South.Soon after the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1821, migrants from older southern states began settling the land that became Jackson and Leon Counties. Slaves, torn from family and ... Read more

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Set on the antebellum southern frontier, this book uses the history of two counties in Florida’s panhandle to tell the story of the migrations, disruptions, and settlements that made the plantation South.Soon after the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1821, migrants from older southern states began settling the land that became Jackson and Leon Counties. Slaves, torn from family and
... Read more
Role Emerging Occupational Therapy

Maximising Occupation-Focused Practice

Edited by Miranda Thew, Mary Edwards, Sue Baptiste, Matthew Molineux ...

Role Emerging Occupational Therapy: Maximising Occupation Focused Practice is written for an audience of occupational therapy practitioners, educators and students.This text offers an exploration of emerging innovative directions for the profession of occupational therapy with a focus upon the theory and application of role emerging placements.The book affords the reader an opportunity to explore ... Read more

$55.99 CAD

Role Emerging Occupational Therapy: Maximising Occupation Focused Practice is written for an audience of occupational therapy practitioners, educators and students.This text offers an exploration of emerging innovative directions for the profession of occupational therapy with a focus upon the theory and application of role emerging placements.The book affords the reader an opportunity to explore
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Equine Respiratory Endoscopy

by Eileen Hackett, Emmanuelle van Erck-Westergren, Eric Strand, J. F. Pycock, Keith Edward Baptiste, Lise Charlotte Berg, Michael Röcken, Doreen Scharner, Modest Vengust, Olivier M. Lepage, Padraic M Dixon, RJM Reardon, R. Scott Pirie, Rebecca C. McOnie, Sanni Hansen ...

Respiratory endoscopy is a key diagnostic tool, but species-specific references can be difficult to find. Providing the first practical approach to equine respiratory endoscopy, this book allows veterinarians to review this procedure for their most valuable clients. It includes: Full colour endoscopy images illustrating normal anatomy, variations of normal anatomy, and disorders of the respiratory ... Read more

$140.99 CAD

Respiratory endoscopy is a key diagnostic tool, but species-specific references can be difficult to find. Providing the first practical approach to equine respiratory endoscopy, this book allows veterinarians to review this procedure for their most valuable clients. It includes: Full colour endoscopy images illustrating normal anatomy, variations of normal anatomy, and disorders of the respiratory
... Read more
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Henry D. Thoreau (Unabridged)

by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn ...

Narrated by Thomas Decook, Jessica Baptiste, Edward Rice ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

In the tranquil embrace of Walden Pond, a solitary figure emerges—Henry David Thoreau. This unabridged biography, penned by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, unveils the enigmatic life of the naturalist, writer, and philosopher. From his humble beginnings to his transformative experiences at Walden, Thoreau's journey is a testament to the power of observation, introspection, and the pursuit of truth. ... Read more

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In the tranquil embrace of Walden Pond, a solitary figure emerges—Henry David Thoreau. This unabridged biography, penned by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, unveils the enigmatic life of the naturalist, writer, and philosopher. From his humble beginnings to his transformative experiences at Walden, Thoreau's journey is a testament to the power of observation, introspection, and the pursuit of truth.
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Building For Everyone

Expand Your Market With Design Practices From Google's Product Inclusion Team

by Annie Jean-Baptiste ...

Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

Establishing diverse and inclusive organizations is an economic imperative for every industry. Any business that isn't reaching a diverse market is missing out on enormous revenue potential and the opportunity to build products that suit their users' core needs. The economic "why" has been firmly established, but what about the "how?" How can business leaders adapt to our ever-more-diverse world ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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Establishing diverse and inclusive organizations is an economic imperative for every industry. Any business that isn't reaching a diverse market is missing out on enormous revenue potential and the opportunity to build products that suit their users' core needs. The economic "why" has been firmly established, but what about the "how?" How can business leaders adapt to our ever-more-diverse world
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Mismatch

How Inclusion Shapes Design

by Kat Holmes ...

Narrated by Kat Holmes ...

Series series Design, Technology, Business, Life
Unabridged

3 hours 47 min

Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. In Mismatch, Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

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Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. In Mismatch, Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy
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1774

The Long Year of Revolution

by Mary Beth Norton ...

Narrated by Kimberly Farr ...

Unabridged

16 hours 26 min

From one of our most acclaimed and original colonial historians, a groundbreaking book tracing the critical "long year" of 1774 and the revolutionary change that took place from the Boston Tea Party and the First Continental Congress to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIn this masterly work of history, the culmination of more than four decades of ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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From one of our most acclaimed and original colonial historians, a groundbreaking book tracing the critical "long year" of 1774 and the revolutionary change that took place from the Boston Tea Party and the First Continental Congress to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIn this masterly work of history, the culmination of more than four decades of
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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh

The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation

by Daina Ramey Berry ...

Narrated by Pippa Vos ...

Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and beyond, in early AmericaIn life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

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Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and beyond, in early AmericaIn life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their
... Read more

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John Brown, Abolitionist

The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights

by David S. Reynolds ...

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

25 hours 14 min

Few historical figures are as intriguing as John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery and single-handedly changed the course of American history. This brilliant biography of Brown (1800—1859) by the prize-winning critic and cultural biographer David S. Reynolds brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the throat and triggered the Civil ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

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Few historical figures are as intriguing as John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery and single-handedly changed the course of American history. This brilliant biography of Brown (1800—1859) by the prize-winning critic and cultural biographer David S. Reynolds brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the throat and triggered the Civil
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