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Cape Breton Tales

by Harry James Smith ...

"The Spirit of the Island":This story introduces readers to the rugged beauty and resilient spirit of Cape Breton's inhabitants. It follows the life of a fisherman who struggles against the harsh elements and economic challenges but finds solace and strength in the community and natural surroundings."The Miner’s Daughter":Set in a mining town, this tale revolves around the life of a young girl ... Read more

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"The Spirit of the Island":This story introduces readers to the rugged beauty and resilient spirit of Cape Breton's inhabitants. It follows the life of a fisherman who struggles against the harsh elements and economic challenges but finds solace and strength in the community and natural surroundings."The Miner’s Daughter":Set in a mining town, this tale revolves around the life of a young girl
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Cape Breton Tales

Enriched edition. Tales of Love, Loss, and Resilience in Cape Breton

by Harry James Smith, Kelsey Ramsey ...

"Cape Breton Tales" by Harry James Smith is a vivid collection of stories that capture the essence of Cape Breton Island's culture, history, and the intricate tapestry of its people. Smith's literary style is characterized by a blend of lyrical prose and rich, authentic dialogue, which immerses readers in the vibrant landscapes and the emotional resonance of the local folklore. Notably, Smith ... Read more

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"Cape Breton Tales" by Harry James Smith is a vivid collection of stories that capture the essence of Cape Breton Island's culture, history, and the intricate tapestry of its people. Smith's literary style is characterized by a blend of lyrical prose and rich, authentic dialogue, which immerses readers in the vibrant landscapes and the emotional resonance of the local folklore. Notably, Smith
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Cape Breton Tales

by Harry James Smith, Edith Smith, Contributor, Oliver M. Wiard, Illustrator ...

• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSOn the French Shore of Cape BretonLa Rose WitnessethOf the BucheronsOf La Belle MélanieOf Siméon's SonAt a Breton CalvaireThe PrivilegeTheir True LoveGarlands for Pettipaw ... Read more

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• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSOn the French Shore of Cape BretonLa Rose WitnessethOf the BucheronsOf La Belle MélanieOf Siméon's SonAt a Breton CalvaireThe PrivilegeTheir True LoveGarlands for Pettipaw
... Read more
Africana Race and Communication

A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media

by Rockell Brown, Akil Houston, Amber Johnson, Tristan Jones, Calvin Monroe, TaNeisha Page, Gabrielle Shepard, Valethia Watkins, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Siobhan E. Smith, James L. Conyers Jr.1, Bruce E. Johansen2 ...

Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History, Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection, interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture. Likewise, the intellectual dexterity of Africana Studies as an interdisciplinary body of knowledge ... Read more

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Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History, Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection, interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture. Likewise, the intellectual dexterity of Africana Studies as an interdisciplinary body of knowledge
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Primary Science: Teaching Theory and Practice

by John Sharp, Rob Johnsey, Shirley Simon, Alan Cross, Diane Harris, Graham A Peacock, Robin James Smith ...

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All you need to know about the theory and practice of teaching primary science.If you are training to be a primary school teacher, a knowledge of the primary science curriculum is not enough, you need to know HOW to teach science in primary schools.This is the essential teaching theory and practice text for primary science. It takes a focused look at the practical aspects of teaching and covers ... Read more

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All you need to know about the theory and practice of teaching primary science.If you are training to be a primary school teacher, a knowledge of the primary science curriculum is not enough, you need to know HOW to teach science in primary schools.This is the essential teaching theory and practice text for primary science. It takes a focused look at the practical aspects of teaching and covers
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Knowing Him by Heart

African Americans on Abraham Lincoln

by Rodney O. Davis, Douglas L. Wilson, Michael Burlingame, Richard Carwardine, Edna Greene Medford, James Oakes, Matthew Pinsker0, Gerald J Prokopowicz1, John R Sellers2, Jennifer L Weber3, Frederick Douglass4, H. Ford Douglas5, Thomas Hamilton6, Robert Hamilton7, Jabez P Campbell8, Henry McNeal Turner9, Daniel Alexander Payne0, Henry Highland Garnet1, Philip A Bell2, Edward M Thomas3, Alfred P Smith4, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper5, George B Vashon6, Thomas Strother7, Ezra R Johnson8, Alexander T CPS9, James Smith0, Alexander T Augusta1, Jeremiah B Sanderson2, Osborne P Anderson3, Thomas Morris Chester4, James H Hudson5, John Proctor6, Robert Purvis7, Hannah Johnson8, Leonard A Grimes9, Jeremiah Asher0, John Willis Menard1, Henry African Civilization Society2, William Florville3, Henry Johnson4, Thomas R Street5, John H Morgan6, Mattild Burr7, Amos G Beman8, Richard H Cain9, Jean Baptiste Roudanez0, Arnold Bertonneau1, George E North Carolina Freedmen2, Don Carlos Rutter3, George E Stephens4, James W.C Pennington5, S.W. "Africano"6, Annie Davis7, S.W. Chase8, Sojourner Truth9, Martin Delany0, George Washington1, Isaac J Hill2, Alexander H Newton3, Jacob Thomas4, Angeline R Demby5, Henry O Wagoner6, George W Le Vere7, Elizabeth Keckley8, Paul Trevigne9, Thomas N.C Liverpool0, H Cordelia1, George Washington Williams2, Emmanuel K Love3, William S Scarborough4, John Mercer Langston5, Peter H Clark6, EWS Hammond7, Charles W Anderson8, Booker T Washington9, Harriet Tubman0, Julius F Taylor1, Ida B Wells-Barnett2, Paul Laurence Dunbar3, Elizabeth Thomas4, Archibald H Grimke5, Elizabeth Keckly6, William A Sinclair7, Jesse Max Barber8, Mary Church Terrell9, T. Thomas Fortune0, Reverdy C Ransom1, W. E. B Du Bois2, William Monroe Trotter3, Maude K Griffin4, Hightower T Kealing5, Silas X Floyd6, George L Knox7, Thomas S Inborden8, George W Henderson9, William Pickens00, Kelly Miller01, Etta M. T. Cottin02, John M Gandy03, Fred R Moore04, Sylvanie F Williams05, Harry C Smith06, James H Magee07, James L Curtis08, John W. E. Bowen Sr09, Cora J Ball10, Thomas Nelson Baker11, Josephine Silone Yates12, James Weldon Johnson13, William H Lewis14, John H Murphy Sr15, Robert R Wright Sr16, Theophile T Allain17, Oliva Ward Bush-Banks18, Richard W Gadsden19, Edward A Johnson20, Alice Dunbar-Nelson21, Hubert H Harrison22, Carter G Woodson23, Robert R Moton24, Georgia Douglas Johnson25, LANGSTON HUGHES26, Charles Chesnutt27, Walter White28, Lamar Perkins29, Samuel A Haynes30, William E Lilly31, Robert L Vann32, William Lloyd Imes33, Eugene Gordon34, Arthur W Mitchell35, Grace Evans36, Aaron H Payne37, Claude McKay38, Roscoe Conkling Simmons39, Joel A Rogers40, Mary McLeod Bethune41, John Hope Franklin42, Ella Baker43, Luther Porter Jackson44, Willard Townsend45, Ralph J Bunche46, Roy Wilkins47, Mordecai W Johnson48, Carl J Murphy49, Jackie Robinson50, Martin Luther King Jr51, Thurgood Marshall52, Edith Sampson53, Benjamin Quarles54, St. Clair Drake55, Charles H Wesley56, Daisy Bates57, Julius Malcolm X58, Gwendolyn Brooks59, Julius Lester60, Lerone Bennett Jr61, Henry Lee Moon62, John H Sengstacke63, Norman E. W. Hodges64, Arvarh E. Strickland65, Mary Frances Berry66, Vincent Harding67, Clarence Thomas68, Barbara Jeanne Fields69, Henry Louis Gates Jr70, Barack Obama71 ...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the ... Read more

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Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the
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On the Shortness of Life

Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

by Lucius Seneca, James Harris ...

Narrated by Scott R Smith ...

Unabridged

59 min

ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to his father-in-law Paulinus.★ Seneca brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits.★ According to the essay, nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must use time wisely.<p... ... Read more

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ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to his father-in-law Paulinus.★ Seneca brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits.★ According to the essay, nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must use time wisely.<p...
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The Lonely Breed [Dramatized Adaptation]

Yakima Henry 1

by Frank Leslie ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Thomas Keegan, Colleen Delany, Lily Beacon, David Jourdan, Joe Brack, Tim Carlin, David Coyne, Tim Getman, Scott McCormick, Eric Messner, James Lewis, David Harris, Bradley Smith, Drew Kopas, Dylan Lynch, Ken Jackson, Gary Telles, Michael John Casey, James Konicek, Nanette Savard, Yasmin Tuazon, Kimberly Gilbert, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eva Wilhelm, Richard Rohan, Sherry Berg, Laura Harris, Mort Shelby ...

Series series Yakima Henry
Unabridged

5 hours 41 min

Half Native American and Half White, Yakima Henry considers himself lucky to have any job-even if it means just sweeping up the local brothel. But when four hombres attempt to carve up one of the house girls, Yakima gives them a taste of their own medicine with his Arkansas Toothpick. Now, he's become the girl's protector, and is on the run from a vicious bounty hunter. ... Read more

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Half Native American and Half White, Yakima Henry considers himself lucky to have any job-even if it means just sweeping up the local brothel. But when four hombres attempt to carve up one of the house girls, Yakima gives them a taste of their own medicine with his Arkansas Toothpick. Now, he's become the girl's protector, and is on the run from a vicious bounty hunter.
... Read more

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And Other Essays

by Tressie McMillan Cottom ...

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And There Was Light

Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

by Jon Meacham ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers
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Rational Ritual

Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

by Michael Suk-Young Chwe ...

Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge.Game theory shows that in order to ... Read more

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Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge.Game theory shows that in order to
... Read more
Lincoln

by David Herbert Donald ...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of We Are Lincoln Men comes a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.“A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance” (The Chicago Tribune), Lincoln brilliantly depicts Abraham Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and ... Read more

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From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of We Are Lincoln Men comes a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.“A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance” (The Chicago Tribune), Lincoln brilliantly depicts Abraham Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and
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