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  • Exploring Musical Spaces

    A Synthesis of Mathematical Approaches

    by Julian Hook ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Music Theory
    Exploring Musical Spaces is a comprehensive synthesis of mathematical techniques in music theory, written with the aim of making these techniques accessible to music scholars without extensive prior training in mathematics. The book adopts a visual orientation, introducing from the outset a number of simple geometric models—the first examples of the musical spaces of the book's title—depicting ... Read more

    $94.79 CAD

  • Say It Plain

    A Century of Great African American Speeches

    by Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Mary McLeod Bethune, Walter White, Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, Howard Thurman, Dick Gregory, Fannie Lou Hamer, Stokely Carmichael, John Hope Franklin, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Benjamin L. Hooks, Joseph Lowery, Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Johnetta B. Cole, Lani Guinier, Clarence Thomas, Randall Robinson, Julian Bond, Martin Luther King ...
    A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more.In "full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul", this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the twentieth century's leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures, many never before available ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Micrographia

    Enriched edition. Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon

    by Robert Hooke, Julian Elliott ...
    Robert Hooke's "Micrographia," published in 1665, is a groundbreaking exploration of the microscopic world that transformed the field of natural philosophy. Through meticulous observations and intricate illustrations, Hooke unveils the previously unseen complexities of the natural world, employing a rhetorical style that blends scientific inquiry with vivid description. It is often recognized as ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

    by Michael Eric Dyson ...
    A provocative and lively examination of the meaning of America's first black presidency, by the New York Times-bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop.Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have shaped Barack Obama's identity and groundbreaking presidency. How has President Obama dealt publicly with race—as the national traumas of Tamir Rice, Trayvon ... Read more

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  • Say It Loud!

    Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity

    by Catherine Ellis, Stephen Drury Smith ...
    Following Say It Plain, a collection of speeches that provides "a sweeping perspective on evolving issues of black identity in the struggle for equality" ( Booklist).In "full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul", Say It Plain collected and transcribed speeches by some of the twentieth century's leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures. Many of the ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    by Clayborne Carson ...
    Written by Martin Luther King, Jr. himself, this astounding autobiography brings to life a remarkable man changed the world —and still inspires the desires, hopes, and dreams of us all.Martin Luther King: the child and student who rebelled against segregation. The dedicated minister who questioned the depths of his faith and the limits of his wisdom. The loving husband and father who sought to ... Read more

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  • We're Better Than This

    My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy

    by Elijah Cummings, James Dale ...
    An Essence Best Book of the Year: "[An] excellent political memoir . . . A thoughtful and inspiring exhortation to do better." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)NAACP Image Awards Winner for Outstanding Literary WorkIncludes a foreword by Speaker Nancy PelosiKnown for his poise, intellect, and influence, Elijah Cummings was one of the most respected figures in Congress—a politician who held fast to ... Read more

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  • The Beginning Or the End

    How Hollywood—and America—Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    by Greg Mitchell ...
    The shocking and significant story of how the White House and Pentagon scuttled an epic Hollywood production.Soon after atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, MGM set out to make a movie studio chief Louis B. Mayer called “the most important story” he would ever film: a big budget dramatization of the Manhattan Project and the invention and use of the revolutionary new weapon ... Read more

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  • The Awkward Black Man

    Stories

    by Walter Mosley ...
    A new collection of short fiction from the Edgar Award-winning author of Devil in a Blue Dress and Trouble is What I Do.With his extraordinary fiction and gripping television writing, Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley's most accomplished short stories to showcase the full range of his remarkable talent. Touching, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Science and the modern world

    Enriched edition. Revisiting the Modern Intersection of Science and Society: A Philosophical Analysis

    by Alfred North Whitehead, Callum Farrowly ...
    In "Science and the Modern World," Alfred North Whitehead presents a profound exploration of the relationship between scientific developments and the philosophical implications that arise within contemporary society. Through a masterful combination of analytic rigor and poetic nuance, Whitehead critiques the mechanistic worldview that has dominated scientific thought since the Enlightenment. He ... Read more

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  • 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon

    The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies

    by David Pietrusza ...
    " 1960 aims to take us deeper into the campaign than Theodore White's famous The Making of the President, 1960. And it does."— Chicago Sun-TimesThis is award-winning historian David Pietrusza's hard-edged account of the 1960 presidential campaign, the election that ultimately gave America "Camelot" and its tragic aftermath. It is the story of the bare-knuckle politics of the primaries; the party ... Read more

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  • Grant's Tomb

    The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon

    by Louis L. Picone ...
    The moving story of Ulysses S. Grant's final battle, and the definitive account of the national memorial honoring him as one of America's most enduring heroesThe final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious general in the Civil War and the eighteenth president of the United States, is a colossal neoclassical tomb located in the most dynamic city in the country. It is larger than the ... Read more

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