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  • Taking Root

    The Nature Writing of William and Adam Summer of Pomaria

    Edited by James Everett Kibler, Jr. ...
    Collected essays by two of America's earliest environmental authors retain relevance todayWilliam Summer founded the renowned Pomaria Nursery, which thrived from the 1840s to the 1870s in central South Carolina and became the center of a bustling town that today bears its name. The nursery grew into one of the most important American nurseries of the antebellum period, offering wide varieties of ... Read more

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  • My Experiences as an Executioner

    by James Berry ...
    “My Experiences as an Executioner” is a 1892 memoir by English executioner James Berry (1852–1913). Berry was most notable for his contribution to the science of hanging, refining the long drop method developed by William Marwood so as to reduce the mental and physical suffering of those hanged. In this volume, Berry offers insights into the various methods he employed as an executioner and what ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Experiences as an Executioner

    by James Berry ...
    "My Experiences as an Executioner" by James Berry offers a haunting glimpse into the life of a man tasked with carrying out the ultimate punishment. Berry, who served as an executioner, shares his personal reflections and the emotional toll that such a role exacted on him. Through vivid storytelling, he explores the moral complexities and psychological burdens associated with his profession, ... Read more

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  • Four Insightful Books on Execution and the Death Penalty

    Victorian and Edwardian Perspectives on Capital Punishment, Justice, and Penal Reform

    by Gaston Leroux, Horace Bleackley, James Berry, Albert Hartshorne ...
    Four Insightful Books on Execution and the Death Penalty gathers historical inquiry, criminological observation, memoir-like testimony, and sensational yet probing narrative around the state's gravest punishment. Its range moves from the public spectacle of the scaffold to the administrative routines, moral anxieties, and social myths surrounding capital punishment. Accounts of notable executions ... Read more

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  • My Experiences as an Executioner (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. Inside Capital Punishment: Moral Dilemmas, Public Execution History, and the Psychological Toll of Dark Justice

    by James Berry, Crispin Hargrove, Harper Hughes ...
    My Experiences as an Executioner offers a meticulous tour of the Victorian scaffold, narrated with plainspoken precision and a forensic eye. Berry interleaves case sketches with technical exposition—the measuring of drops, knot placement, the choreography of a condemned morning—while setting his craft against late‑nineteenth‑century debates on criminology and penal reform. He recounts notorious ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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    The True Christmas (Unabridged)

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    by Henry Vaughan ...
    Narrated by JAMES BERRY, Peggy Cotton, Jackie Geimer, Mariana Chaffin ...

    Unabridged

    27 min

    Henry Vaughan was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Hawaii

    A Novel

    by James A. Michener ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land remains untouched for centuries—until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers make the perilous journey across the Pacific, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Alaska

    A Novel

    by James A. Michener ...
    In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of ... Read more

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  • My Experiences as an Executioner

    Enriched edition. A Chilling Account of Justice and Death

    by James Berry, Crispin Hargrove ...
    In 'My Experiences as an Executioner', James Berry presents a harrowing yet thought-provoking memoir that delves into the psychological and moral complexities of capital punishment. Through a vivid narrative style marked by stark realism and poignant introspection, Berry recounts his firsthand experiences in the grim role of an executioner, exploring the emotional turmoil and ethical dilemmas ... Read more

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  • Centennial

    A Novel

    by James A. Michener ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLERWritten to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener’s magnificent saga of the Westis an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the Centennial State—is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain and warrior, and his Comanche and Pawnee enemies; Levi Zendt, fleeing with his ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Story About Afiya

    by James Berry ...
    Illustrated by Anna Cunha ...
    Series series
    Every day, Afiya wakes to a brand new day and a clean white dress, ready for her adventures to begin…Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl’s childhood, written by the late Coretta Scott King ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Presidential Lottery

    The Reckless Gamble in Our Electoral System

    by James A. Michener ...
    In this eye-opening nonfiction account, world-renowned author James A. Michener details the reckless gamble U.S. voters make every four years: trusting the electoral college. In 1968, Michener served as a presidential elector in Pennsylvania. What he witnessed that fall disturbed him so much that he felt compelled to expose the very real potential in this system for a grave injustice with history ... Read more

    $7.99 USD