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  • Black Democracy - The Story of Haiti

    by H. P. Davis ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Democracy

    The Story of Haiti

    by H.P. Davis ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Revolution
    This book, first published in 1929, examines the history of Haiti and its long struggle for independence. The revolution against the French is treated in some detail, as is the story of the free Haitian republic that followed. Building a new country from slavery was no easy task, and another revolutionary period followed in the early twentieth century, which is also analysed alongside its ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

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    The Call of Cthulhu

    by H. P. Lovecraft ...
    Narrated by Kenny Davis ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 8 min

    The Call of Cthulhu is one of the defining works of cosmic horror and one of the most influential supernatural stories of the twentieth century. Told through documents, investigations, strange reports, and disturbing fragments, the story follows the gradual uncovering of a terrifying truth hidden beneath dreams, cult activity, ancient symbols, and unexplained events. At the center of the mystery ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBooks

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    Short Stories About Trickery & Deception

    Tales of manipulation, broken promises and tests of faith

    by Rudyard Kipling, Maxim Gorky, Edith Wharton, Saki, O Henry, Georgia F Stewart, John Davys Beresford, H P Lovecraft, Ivan Turgenev, Ella D'Arcy, Perceval Gibbon, Kate Chopin, Mary Mackay writing as Marie Corelli, Samuel Blas, Israel Zangwill, Anatole France, Barry Pain ...
    Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley, Warren Keyes ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 13 min

    As a general rule we are a trusting lot. You say something and, whilst I might disagree, I believe you are acting in good faith. Of course this may be just the beginning of a ruse. If I trust you I might let down my guard, I might seek to share and to create a bond between us. But, if you can’t be trusted, if you have an ulterior motive I might lose out.In the hands of authors such as Maxim Gorky, ... Read more

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    The Dunwich Horror

    by H. P. Lovecraft ...
    Narrated by Colm Mc Sweeney ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 55 min

    In a rundown farmhouse near isolated, rural Dunwich, a bizarre family conjures and nurtures an evil entity from another realm, with the purpose of destroying the world and delivering it to ancient gods to rule, and only an aged university librarian can stop them. The Dunwich Horror was first published in 1929 in Weird Tales. ... Read more

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    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Toussaint Louverture

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    At the end of the 1700s, French Saint Domingue was the richest and most brutal colony in the Western Hemisphere. A mere twelve years later, however, Haitian rebels had defeated the Spanish, British, and French and declared independence after the first—and only—successful slave revolt in history. Much of the success of the revolution must be credited to one man, Toussaint Louverture, a figure about ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • China Only Yesterday, 1850–1950

    A Century of Change

    by Emily Hahn ...
    A fascinating journey through 100 years of Chinese history, beginning with the historic Treaty of Nanking and ending with Mao Tse-tung's creation of the Chinese People's Republic, by the the acclaimed New Yorker correspondent who lived in China from 1935 to 1941For centuries, China's code of behavior was incomprehensible to Westerners whom the Chinese viewed as irredeemable barbarians. Presenting ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

    by Jeremy D. Popkin ...
    Series Book 20 - Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
    This book offers students a concise and clearly written overview of the events of the Haitian Revolution, from the slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 to the declaration of Haiti’s independence in 1804.Draws on the latest scholarship in the field as well as the author’s original researchOffers a valuable resource for those studying independence movements in Latin America, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Fifty Years in China - The Memoirs of John Leighton Stuart, Missionary and Ambassador

    by John Leighton Stuart ...
    John Leighton Stuart, who was born and brought up in Hangchow, China, where both his father and mother were leading missionaries, tells us that in his boyhood he always had “an aversion for missionary life.” Even after his graduation from Hampden-Sydney College, he still confessed his “lack of enthusiasm for missionary service.” It is difficult to exaggerate the aversion I had developed against ... Read more

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  • The Slaves Who Defeated Napoléon

    Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801–1804

    by Dr. Philippe R. Girard, Ph.D. ...
    Series series Atlantic Crossings
    A deeply researched and definitive account of the climactic battle at the end of the Haitian RevolutionAmong the many rebellions against European colonial empires, the Haitian Revolution against France is among the most dramatic and complex. Having begun in 1791 as France was in the throes of its own young revolution, the conflict reached its dramatic climax when Napoleon dispatched a heavily ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Confronting Black Jacobins

    The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic

    by Gerald Horne ...
    The Haitian Revolution, the product of the first successful slave revolt, was truly world-historic in its impact. When Haiti declared independence in 1804, the leading powers—France, Great Britain, and Spain—suffered an ignominious defeat and the New World was remade. The island revolution also had a profound impact on Haiti’s mainland neighbor, the United States. Inspiring the enslaved and ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • Haitian Revolution: A History from Beginning to End

    by Hourly History ...
    The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint Domingue, when a group of slaves rebelled in order to secure their freedom and the end of slavery. In the midst of the French Revolution, slaves took advantage of volatile political, racial, and social circumstances.Inside you will read about...The French Colony of Saint DomingueRace and Class in Saint Domingue: The Coming of ... Read more

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