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    Amos Fortune, Free Man

    by Elizabeth Yates ...
    Narrated by Roslyn Ruff ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 45 min

    A Newbery Medal WinnerWhen Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true."The moving story of a life dedicated ... Read more

    $21.00 CAD

  • When Scotland Was Jewish

    DNA Evidence, Archeology, Analysis of Migrations, and Public and Family Records Show Twelfth Century Semitic Roots

    by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, Donald N. Yates ...
    The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognized elements of Celtic culture. But could it be that a significant non-Celtic influence on Scotland's history has been largely ignored or unknown for centuries? This book argues just such a case, maintaining that much of Scotland's history and culture from 1100 forward is Jewish. The authors provide evidence that much of the population, ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America

    A Genealogical History

    by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, Donald N. Yates ...
    Americans have learned in elementary school that their country was founded by a group of brave, white, largely British Christians. Modern reinterpretations recognize the contributions of African and indigenous Americans, but the basic premise has persisted. This groundbreaking study fundamentally challenges the traditional national storyline by postulating that many of the initial colonists were ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Amos Fortune

    Free Man

    by Elizabeth Yates ...
    Narrated by Ray Childs ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 56 min

    The Newbery Award winner, based on a true story!Captured by slave traders when only fifteen, At-mun never forgot his roots as a prince. Nor did he ever lose his princely dignity and the courage to hold his head high. Sold at auction in America and haunted by the memory of his young sister left behind in Africa, At-mun, now Amos, began his long march to freedom. He dreamed of being free and of ... Read more

    $27.42 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Going This Way

    Stories from the Life of Charlie Yates

    by Diane Elizabeth Yates ...
    There are many words that could be used to describe Charlie Yates. He was funny, talented, driven, generous, friendly, loving, dependable, trustworthy, courageous, and sometimes annoying and aggravating. When he came into this world, he was but a lump of clay in the Potters hands. Through the years, God kneaded, rolled, turned, shaped, tested, and fired the vessel that became His faithful servant. ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales

    A Genetic and Genealogical History

    by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, Donald N. Yates ...
    This book proposes that Jews were present in England in substantial numbers from the Roman Conquest forward. Indeed, there has never been a time during which a large Jewish-descended, and later Muslim-descended, population has been absent from England. Contrary to popular history, the Jewish population was not expelled from England in 1290, but rather adopted the public face of Christianity, while ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Good Friday’s Good News

    Meditations for the Mean Meantime

    by Eric W. Gritsch ...
    This book is a collection of seven Good Friday homilies by the late Rev. Dr. Eric W. Gritsch. Due to the fact that this respected historian, writer, teacher, and preacher rarely wrote his sermons, this book of printed meditations will be a treasured addition to any library. Here Gritsch captures the essence of Christian theology, highlighting the concepts with his understanding of human history ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. Vol. 28 No. 2, 2017

    by Ian Wereley, Ted Binnema, Béatrice Craig, IAN MCKAY, BETTINA BRADBURY, MAGDA FAHRNI, KATHRYN MCPHERSON, ROBERT C.H. SWEENY, ELIZABETH BLACKMAR, Tracy Neumann, DESMOND FITZ-GIBBON, ALEXIA YATES ...
    Series Book 28 - Journal of the Canadian Historical Association
    The importance of decisions regarding the allocation of jurisdiction over Indigenous affairs in federal states can only be understood well when studied transnationally and comparatively. Historians of Canada appear never to have considered the significance of the fact that the British North America Act (1867) gave the Canadian federal government exclusive jurisdiction over Indian affairs, even ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Gritty, heartrending and unputdownable – the story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War II.Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage – ... Read more

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  • Good and Valuable Consideration

    Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller

    by Lee Child, Joseph Finder ...
    In this high-octane short story from the acclaimed anthology FaceOff, bestselling thriller authors Lee Child and Joseph Finder bring together their iconic heroes—Jack Reacher and Nick Heller—for the first time ever in “Good and Valuable Consideration”.When Reacher, the lone drifter and ex-military investigator, grabs a drink in a Boston sports bar, he expects nothing more than to catch a baseball ... Read more

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  • A Fair Country

    Telling Truths About Canada

    by John Ralston Saul ...
    In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal values that Canada absorbed. An obstacle to our progress, Saul argues, is that Canada has an ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of Equality

    by Thomas Piketty ...
    Translated by Steven Rendall ...
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