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  • Life of a Klansman

    A Family History in White Supremacy

    by Edward Ball ...
    "A haunting tapestry of interwoven stories that inform us not just about our past but about the resentment-bred demons that are all too present in our society today . . . The interconnected strands of race and history give Ball's entrancing stories a Faulknerian resonance." —Walter Isaacson, The New York Times Book ReviewA 2020 NPR staff pick | One of The New York Times' thirteen books to watch ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Slaves in the Family

    by Edward Ball ...
    Series series FSG Classics
    Decades after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, Slaves in the Family is reissued by FSG Classics, with a new preface by the author.The Ball family hails from South Carolina—Charleston and thereabouts. Their plantations were among the oldest and longest-standing plantations in the South. Between 1698 and 1865, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Peninsula of Lies

    A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love

    by Edward Ball ...
    Peninsula of Lies is a nonfiction mystery, set in haunting locales and peopled with fascinating characters, that unwraps the enigma of a woman named Dawn Langley Simmons, a British writer who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, during the 1960s and became the focus of one of the most unusual sexual scandals of the last century.Born in England sometime before World War II, Dawn Langley Simmons ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Inventor and the Tycoon

    A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures

    by Edward Ball ...
    From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, a riveting true life/true crime narrative of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads.One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it ... Read more

    Was $13.99 USD Now $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Genetic Strand

    Exploring a Family History Through DNA

    by Edward Ball ...
    The Genetic Strand is the story of a writer's investigation, using DNA science, into the tale of his family's origins. National Book Award winner Edward Ball has turned his probing gaze on the microcosm of the human genome, and not just any human genome -- that of his slave-holding ancestors. What is the legacy of such a family history, and can DNA say something about it?In 2000, after a decade in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    The Inventor and the Tycoon

    A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures

    by Edward Ball ...
    Narrated by John H. Mayer ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 19 min

    From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, a riveting true life/true crime narrative of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads.One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Ride the Moon

    An Anthology

    by Krista D. Ball, Edward Willett, Claude Lalumière ...
    Werewolves and Vampires aren’t the only frightening creatures birthed by the Moon…For thousands of years, the Moon has inspired stories and legends about heroic animals, violent deities, and criminal humans. In modern times, those tales have been overshadowed by vampires and werewolves. It’s time for the Moon and her denizens to take back the night.Follow us down a twisting path of fantasy and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Slaves in the Family

    by Edward Ball ...
    Narrated by Edward Ball ...
    Series series FSG Classics

    Unabridged

    20 hours 16 min

    **This program is read by the author.Decades after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, Slaves in the Family makes its audio debut, with a new preface by the author.**The Ball family hails from South Carolina—Charleston and thereabouts. Their plantations were among the oldest and longest-standing plantations in ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Life of a Klansman

    A Family History in White Supremacy

    by Edward Ball ...
    Narrated by Edward Ball ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 26 min

    Named a best book of the summer by Literary HubThe life and times of a militant white supremacist, written by one of his offspring, National Book Award–winner Edward BallLife of a Klansman tells the story of a warrior in the Ku Klux Klan, a carpenter in Louisiana who took up the cause of fanatical racism during the years after the Civil War. Edward Ball, a descendant of the Klansman, paints a ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Land Rent, Housing and Urban Planning

    A European Perspective

    Edited by Michael Ball, Michael Edwards, Vincenzo Bentivegna, Marino Folin ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning
    Originally published in 1985, Land Rent, Housing and Urban Planning looks at the crucial social relationships associated with land ownership, and how these have played a crucial role in the economic development of many societies. The understanding of these relationships within modern capitalist societies has proved difficult. Land ownership relations emerge as requiring specific historical ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Non-Myeloablative Allogeneic Transplantation

    Edited by Asad Bashey, Edward D. Ball ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Non-myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation (also known as mini-transplantation or reduced-intensity conditioning transplantation) is a major advance in the field of hematopoietic transplantation within the last 5 years. This approach uses non-cytotoxic or reduced-intensity cytotoxic therapy to prepare patients for allografting of hematopoietic stem cells and lymphocytes. It has the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The History of Ancient Greek Sports and Athletic Festivals

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Legacy of Ancient Greek Athletic Competitions

    by Edward Norman Gardiner, Victor Ball ...
    In "The History of Ancient Greek Sports and Athletic Festivals," Edward Norman Gardiner meticulously explores the significance of athletic competitions in ancient Greek society. Through a blend of literary analysis and historical context, Gardiner examines the origins and evolution of sports in Greece, focusing on the Olympic Games, the Pythian Games, and other regional festivals. His scholarly ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus