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  • The Stone Face

    by William Gardner Smith ...
    A roman à clef about racism, identity, and bohemian living amidst the tensions and violence of Algerian War-era France, and one of the earliest published accounts of the Paris massacre of 1961.As a teenager, Simeon Brown lost an eye in a racist attack, and this young African American journalist has lived in his native Philadelphia in a state of agonizing tension ever since. After a violent ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    The Rise of Silas Lapham

    by William Dean Howells ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 2 min

    Howells’ best-known work and a subtle classic of its time, The Rise of Silas Lapham is an elegant tale of Boston society and manners.After garnering a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston in order to improve his social position. The consequences of this endeavor are both humorous and tragic as the greedy Silas brings his company ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    The Rogue Republic

    How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History

    by William C. Davis ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 46 min

    The story of how American settlers led a rebellion in 1810 against Spanish rule and created the Republic of West Florida, which was shortly annexed by the United States just 78 days laterWhen Britain ceded the territory of West Florida—what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida—to Spain in 1783, America was still too young to confidently fight in one of Europe’s endless territorial ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    30 Days a Black Man

    The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South

    by Bill Steigerwald ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 30 min

    In 1948, most white people in the North had no idea how unjust and unequal daily life was for the ten million African Americans living in the South. But that suddenly changed after Ray Sprigle, a famous white journalist from Pittsburgh, went undercover and lived as a black man in the Jim Crow South.Escorted through the South’s parallel black society by John Wesley Dobbs, a historic black civil ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Metabolist Imagination

    Visions of the City in Postwar Japanese Architecture and Science Fiction

    by William O. Gardner ...
    Japan’s postwar urban imagination through the Metabolism architecture movement and visionary science fiction authorsThe devastation of the Second World War gave rise to imaginations both utopian and apocalyptic. In Japan, a fascinating confluence of architects and science fiction writers took advantage of this space to begin remaking urban design. In The Metabolist Imagination, William O. Gardner ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Abyss Trilogy: The Boats of the Glen Carrig, The House on the Borderland & The Ghost Pirates

    Enriched edition. Horror Classics

    by William Hope Hodgson, Isla Gardner ...
    William Hope Hodgson's 'The Abyss Trilogy' is a captivating collection of three interconnected novels - 'The Boats of the Glen Carrig', 'The House on the Borderland', and 'The Ghost Pirates'. These eerie tales delve into the unknown with elements of horror, mystery, and the supernatural. Hodgson's unique blend of cosmic horror and maritime adventure sets these novels apart, appealing to fans of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life of Stephen A. Douglas

    by William Gardner ...
    De mortuis nil nisi bonum, (of the dead speak nothing but good), is the rule which governed the friends of Stephen A. Douglas after his death. “Of political foes speak nothing but ill,” is the rule which has guided much of our discussion of him for forty years. The time has now arrived when we can study him dispassionately and judge him justly, when we can take his measure, if not with scientific ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life of Stephen A. Douglas

    by William Gardner ...
    "The Life of Stephen A. Douglas" by William Gardner is a comprehensive biography that delves into the life and political career of one of America's most influential figures during the 19th century. Douglas, known for his role in the debates with Abraham Lincoln and his advocacy for popular sovereignty, played a pivotal role in shaping the political landscape of the United States. Gardner ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life Of Stephen A. Douglas

    by William Gardner ...
    The life of Stephen A. Douglas traces the evolution of a major political figure whose journey from modest beginnings to national prominence reflects the tensions and ambitions shaping a transforming nation. The book examines formative influences, highlighting how early struggles, limited resources, and a determined pursuit of education shaped a strong public voice. It follows the individual’s rise ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Three Bricks and Three Brothers

    The Story of the Nantucket Whale-Oil Merchant Joseph Starbuck

    by William Edward Gardner ...
    Nantucket, stands now as one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, its early wealth fuelled by the whaling trade and the riches of the open sea lanes offshore. The Starbuck stone mansions that dominate Main Street, have become "architectural icons that would gradually become visual symbols of the prosperity of Nantucket's whaling era". This fascinating book recounts the life of their ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Rockets’ Red Glare

    A Sage Mendiluze Novel

    by William Webster, Dick Lochte ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - The Sage Mendiluze Series

    Unabridged

    9 hours 15 min

    Perfect for fans of Jack Reacher and Joe Pickett, Rockets’ Red Glare is a fast-paced thriller that introduces Sage Mendiluze, a police deputy determined to find and stop a series of relentless and brutal murders.After two wilderness guides are gunned down at a remote campsite in a nearby national forest, it’s determined that the fatal shots came from Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation. Tribal ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Bullet Points 3

    Bullet Points

    by Nathan W. Toronto, Mia Dalia, A. P. Howell, J. T. Gill, Lisa Short, Addison Smith, Conrad Gardner, William R. D. Wood, T. M. Thomas, Marc A. Criley, Liam Hogan, Caias Ward, Ray Daley, CB Droege, Daniel Crow, M V Melcer, Larry Hodges, Harry Turtledove, George Tomkyns Chesney ...
    Series series Bullet Points
    The Bullet Points anthology offers classic stories alongside stories from up-and-coming authors, including: Harry Turtledove, "The Phantom Tolbukhin"; George Tomkyns Chesney, "The Battle of Dorking"; Mia Dalia, "Forget Me Not"; A. P. Howell, "Used Armor Smell"; M. V. Melcer, "Ships Made of Guns"; and Marc A. Criley, "The Golden Rays of the Morning Sun." This is an anthology based on Bullet Points, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus