Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

The Princess and the Prophet

The Secret History of Magic, Race, and Moorish Muslims in America

par Jacob Dorman ...

The just-discovered story of how two enigmatic circus performers and the cultural ferment of the Gilded Age sparked the Black Muslim movement in AmericaDelving into new archives and uncovering fascinating biographical narratives, secret rituals, and hidden identities, historian Jacob Dorman explains why thousands of Americans were enthralled by the Islamic Orient, and why some came to see Islam as ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

The just-discovered story of how two enigmatic circus performers and the cultural ferment of the Gilded Age sparked the Black Muslim movement in AmericaDelving into new archives and uncovering fascinating biographical narratives, secret rituals, and hidden identities, historian Jacob Dorman explains why thousands of Americans were enthralled by the Islamic Orient, and why some came to see Islam as
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio
Livre audio

The Princess and the Prophet

The Secret History of Magic, Race, and Moorish Muslims in America

par Jacob Dorman ...

Lu par Chris Ruen ...

Version Longue

11 heure 27 min

The just-discovered story of how two enigmatic circus performers and the cultural ferment of the Gilded Age sparked the Black Muslim movement in AmericaDelving into new archives and uncovering fascinating biographical narratives, secret rituals, and hidden identities, historian Jacob Dorman explains why thousands of Americans were enthralled by the Islamic Orient, and why some came to see Islam as ... En savoir plus

$25.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

The just-discovered story of how two enigmatic circus performers and the cultural ferment of the Gilded Age sparked the Black Muslim movement in AmericaDelving into new archives and uncovering fascinating biographical narratives, secret rituals, and hidden identities, historian Jacob Dorman explains why thousands of Americans were enthralled by the Islamic Orient, and why some came to see Islam as
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook

Livre audio

How Ike Led

The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions

par Susan Eisenhower ...

Lu par Susan Eisenhower, Bernadette Dunne ...

Version Longue

12 heure 40 min

**"**The work is clear-eyed but naturally imbued with a granddaughter's affection. Narrator Bernadette Dunne's amiable manner is a good match for the author's tone, objective but tinged with warmth...Dunne manages to go beyond the plain sense of the text to give us the author as an intelligent, sensible, well-spoken person who is examining an important life in a way that informs, pleases, and ... En savoir plus

$35.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

**"**The work is clear-eyed but naturally imbued with a granddaughter's affection. Narrator Bernadette Dunne's amiable manner is a good match for the author's tone, objective but tinged with warmth...Dunne manages to go beyond the plain sense of the text to give us the author as an intelligent, sensible, well-spoken person who is examining an important life in a way that informs, pleases, and
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

April 4, 1968

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America

par Michael Eric Dyson ...

Lu par Michael Eric Dyson ...

Version Longue

6 heure 26 min

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., the prophet for racial and economic justice in America, was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of a Memphis hotel. Only hours earlier, he had ended his final public speech with the words, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land." In this impactful book, acclaimed public ... En savoir plus

$19.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., the prophet for racial and economic justice in America, was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of a Memphis hotel. Only hours earlier, he had ended his final public speech with the words, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land." In this impactful book, acclaimed public
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

At War With The Wind

The Epic Struggle With Japan's World War II Suicide Bombers

par David Sears ...

Lu par David Stifel ...

Version Longue

18 heure 44 min

In the last days of World War II, a new and baffling weapon terrorized the United States Navy in the Pacific. To the sailors who learned to fear them, the body-crashing warriors of Japan were known as "suiciders"; among the Japanese, they were named for a divine wind that once saved the home islands from invasion: kamikaze.Told from the perspective of the men who endured this horrifying tactic, At ... En savoir plus

$41.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

In the last days of World War II, a new and baffling weapon terrorized the United States Navy in the Pacific. To the sailors who learned to fear them, the body-crashing warriors of Japan were known as "suiciders"; among the Japanese, they were named for a divine wind that once saved the home islands from invasion: kamikaze.Told from the perspective of the men who endured this horrifying tactic, At
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

The Edge of Anarchy

The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America

par Jack Kelly ...

Lu par Traber Burns ...

Version Longue

11 heure 16 min

The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the nation and marked a turning point for AmericaThe Edge of Anarchy offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill ... En savoir plus

$27.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the nation and marked a turning point for AmericaThe Edge of Anarchy offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

The Black Cabinet

The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt

par Jill Watts ...

Lu par Bahni Turpin ...

Version Longue

19 heure 5 min

In the early 20th century, most African Americans still lived in the South, disenfranchised, impoverished, terrorized by white violence, and denied the basic rights of citizenship. As the Democrats swept into the White House on a wave of black defectors from the Party of Lincoln, a group of African American intellectuals―legal minds, social scientists, media folk―sought to get the community’s ... En savoir plus

$36.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

In the early 20th century, most African Americans still lived in the South, disenfranchised, impoverished, terrorized by white violence, and denied the basic rights of citizenship. As the Democrats swept into the White House on a wave of black defectors from the Party of Lincoln, a group of African American intellectuals―legal minds, social scientists, media folk―sought to get the community’s
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

A Perfect Union

Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation

par Catherine Allgor ...

Lu par Anne Twomey ...

Version Longue

15 heure 58 min

An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early days of the republic—and the birth of modern politics hen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with ... En savoir plus

$43.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early days of the republic—and the birth of modern politics hen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters

The Education of a Craftsman

par Peter Korn ...

Lu par Traber Burns ...

Version Longue

5 heure 37 min

In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle class who finds employment as a novice carpenter on Nantucket, transitions to self-employment as a designer and maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and administration at Colorado's Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and then founds ... En savoir plus

$23.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle class who finds employment as a novice carpenter on Nantucket, transitions to self-employment as a designer and maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and administration at Colorado's Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and then founds
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

par Priscilla Murolo, A.B. Chitty ...

Lu par Holly Adams ...

Version Longue

23 heure 15 min

Praised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Silicon Valley, the book "[puts] a human face on the people, places, events, and ... En savoir plus

$34.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

Praised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Silicon Valley, the book "[puts] a human face on the people, places, events, and
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

Tullahoma

The Forgotten Campaign that Changed the Civil War, June 23 - July 4, 1863

par David A. Powell, Eric J. Wittenberg ...

Lu par Al Kessel ...

Version Longue

15 heure 11 min

July 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War. News of Gettysburg and Vicksburg electrified the North and devastated the South. Sandwiched geographically between those victories and lost in the heady tumult of events was news that William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland had driven Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee entirely out of Middle Tennessee. The brilliant campaign nearly cleared the ... En savoir plus

$34.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

July 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War. News of Gettysburg and Vicksburg electrified the North and devastated the South. Sandwiched geographically between those victories and lost in the heady tumult of events was news that William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland had driven Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee entirely out of Middle Tennessee. The brilliant campaign nearly cleared the
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook
Livre audio

Lose Your Mother

A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route

par Saidiya Hartman ...

Lu par Allyson Johnson ...

Version Longue

7 heure 31 min

In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman traces the history of the Atlantic slave trade by recounting a journey she took along a slave route in Ghana. Following the trail of captives from the hinterland to the Atlantic coast, she reckons with the blank slate of her own genealogy and vividly dramatizes the effects of slavery on three centuries of African and African American history.The slave, Hartman ... En savoir plus

$34.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman traces the history of the Atlantic slave trade by recounting a journey she took along a slave route in Ghana. Following the trail of captives from the hinterland to the Atlantic coast, she reckons with the blank slate of her own genealogy and vividly dramatizes the effects of slavery on three centuries of African and African American history.The slave, Hartman
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : eBook

Kobo Rakuten

Liseuses

Applis

Accessoires

Qu'est ce que les Kobo Super Points ?

Faites-vous plaisir

Panier

Vous profitez des avantages réservés aux VIP !

Votre panier est vide

Disponible:

1 livre audio par mois

+ Essai GRATUIT de 30 jours

Disponible:

1 livre audio par mois

+ Essai GRATUIT de 30 jours

Recommandé pour vous

« jacob dorman »

The Princess and the Prophet

The Princess and the Prophet

Les lecteurs de ces romans ont aussi aimé

How Ike Led

April 4, 1968

At War With The Wind

The Edge of Anarchy

The Black Cabinet

A Perfect Union

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters

From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

Tullahoma

Lose Your Mother

Liseuses

Applis

Accessoires

Panier

Vous profitez des avantages réservés aux VIP !

Votre panier est vide

Disponible:

1 livre audio par mois

+ Essai GRATUIT de 30 jours

Disponible:

1 livre audio par mois

+ Essai GRATUIT de 30 jours

Recommandé pour vous

« jacob dorman »

Afficher :

Les lecteurs de ces romans ont aussi aimé