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  • Coming Around
    Richard Rose
    While researching family history for his semibiographical opera Monte and Pinky, Richmond-based poet and songwriter Richard Rose came face to face with the fact of his ancestors’ involvement in the local slave trade. As a social and environmental activist, Rose became determined to explore and come to terms with the many consequences of the injustices in which his family took p...
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    11,32 €

  • The Uniqueness of Israel
    Lance Lambert
    Woven into the fabric of Jewish existence there is an undeniable uniqueness. There is bitter controversy over the subject of Israel, but time itself will establish the truth about this nation's place in God's plan. For Lance Lambert, the Lord Jesus is the key that unlocks Jewish history He is the key not only to their fall, but also to their restoration. For in spite of...
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    15,18 €

  • Tea
    Velina Hasu Houston
    It’s 1968.  Himiko Hamilton struggles in a graceless marriage in a country that is not her own.  Having come from Japan at the end of World War II and landed in a small Kansas town because of her marriage to an American soldier, she is at odds with the culture that she left behind and the one in which she is trying to survive. In the midst of this turmoil is her beautiful mixed...
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    31,79 €

  • Girlhood in America
    Suzanne Sherman
    Collected stories from fifty-six women and young girls around the country reveal the times and tensions of a wider world, from a first ride in a Model T in 1911 to leading a school campaign against bullying in 2011.Girls' lives change in expected—and surprising—ways when indoor plumbing and electricity come into homes in the 1920s. Antibiotics replace mustard plasters, Worl...
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    12,78 €

  • Arizal
    Raphael Afilalo
    The Ari overflowed with Torah. He was expert in Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Maaseh Bereishit and Maaseh Merkavah. About all the different levels of prophecy, their details and from which level the prophets had their revelations.  He understood the whistling of the trees, the grass and stones, the language of the birds and other animals, the conversations of angels, the...
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    20,44 €

  • Rose-tinted Memory
    Michael S Fryer
    “Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it”.  ~ Primo Levi, Holocaust survivor and author Seventy years after the mass murder of the Jews of Europe, Holocaust denial and Holocaust revisionism are creeping into our overall perception of what actually happened.Christendom has not ‘denied’ Holocaust, but it has attempted to create a memory of Holocaust which suggests th...
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    8,84 €

  • Deep Denial
    David Billings
    Deep Denial explains why race is still with us, and what the Civil Rights Movement can tell us about today.Part I takes a broad historical view, from seventeenth century Virginia through World War II., examining the origins of white supremacy as a structural feature of US society and describing its evolution over time.Part II features the Civil Rights Movement, how it emerged i...
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    20,70 €

  • The Worst Country in the World
    Patsy Trench
    “Set against the backdrop of the Australian migrant experience, 'The Worst Country in the World' is not only a great read but a thought-provoking one too, especially for those with links to Australia, which reinvented itself from a convict colony to one of the ’luckiest’ countries in the world.” Karen Clare, Family Tree magazine.In 1801 Mary Pitt, a 53-year-old widow an...
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    14,92 €

  • 50 Afrikans You Must Know, Vol. 2
    Nikala Asante / Samori Camara
    This is Volume 2 of Kamali Academy's Bestselling Reading Comprehension book. This book will grow comprehension skills and knowledge about some of our Greatest Warriors.This Book is for Middle to High School Warrior Scholars 3 ...
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    14,52 €

  • Through the Eyes of Rebel Women
    Iris Morales
    THROUGH THE EYES OF REBEL WOMEN: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 iTHROUGH THE EYES OF REBEL WOMEN: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 is the first account of women members — a 'story within a story' told from the inside out. The Young Lords Organization emerged in the late sixties to fight poverty, racial and gender inequality, and the colonial status of Puerto Rico. Women joined to build a...
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    31,39 €

  • Schizophrenic America
    Anni Damgaard
    Schizophrenic America explores a fundamental conflict in the United States between what we believe to be our inalienable rights and what we experience in every-day-life. This conflict induces a schism in our minds, leading to a 'cultural schizophrenia' in America. This book facilitates the process of reflection. It is a layman’s guide to cultural awareness, written for young a...
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    17,00 €

  • Jews in Service to the Tsar
    Lev Berdnikov / Nora Favorov
    Benjamin Disraeli advised, “Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.” With Jews in Service to the Tsar, Lev Berdnikov offers us 28 biographies spanning five centuries of Russian Jewish history, and each portrait opens a new window onto the history of Eastern Europe’s Jews, illuminating dark corners and challenging widely-held conceptions about th...
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    22,05 €

  • Lei Das Cotas Raciais
    Jeferson Batista Urder De Andrade Aquino
    O Presente Trabalho Teve Por Objetivo Demonstrar Como Se Deu O Período Histórico Da Escravidão, Para Que Fosse Possível Identificar Os Motivos Do Abismo Socioeconômico Existente Entre Negros E Brancos, Sendo Ainda Necessária Uma Análise Acerca Dos Debates Sobre A Constitucionalidade Ou Não Das Cotas Raciais Em Universidades Públicas Brasileiras, Foram Apontados Os Argumentos Co...
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    11,96 €

  • Kelly
    Sean Kelly
    KELLY - Survival and Persistence Through the AgesKelly is one of the great Irish surnames - ancient, widespread, and still carried by millions across Ireland and the Irish diaspora.From its Gaelic origins as Ó Ceallaigh, the name emerged independently in several regions of Ireland and endured centuries of upheaval that erased countless other names. This book tells the story of ...
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    15,09 €

  • THE HOLOCAUST
    Daniel Levin
    The Holocaust: A Concise HistoryBy Daniel LevinThe Holocaust is often remembered through images of camps, gas chambers, and mass graves-scenes so overwhelming they can feel detached from ordinary history. This distance, while understandable, obscures a crucial truth: the Holocaust did not erupt suddenly or irrationally. It unfolded through a process.The Holocaust: A Concise His...
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    10,28 €

  • Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography
    Reveals the significance of photography in modern Jewish history and memory.Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography highlights the significant role of photography in modern Jewish history and memory. Considering photographs as unique documents that not only depict reality but also shape how it is perceived and remembered, the volume emphasizes the importance of...
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    43,68 €

  • The Sky is Falling
    Shane Frye
    The sky has always spoken first.Long before satellites and forecasts, people survived by reading the atmosphere itself. A green sky warned of approaching destruction. A ring around the moon promised rain. A blood red moon signaled fire somewhere beyond the horizon. These were not superstitions but observations rooted in physical reality, repeated across cultures and centuries.T...
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    15,30 €

  • The Sky is Falling
    Shane Frye
    The sky has always spoken first.Long before satellites and forecasts, people survived by reading the atmosphere itself. A green sky warned of approaching destruction. A ring around the moon promised rain. A blood red moon signaled fire somewhere beyond the horizon. These were not superstitions but observations rooted in physical reality, repeated across cultures and centuries.T...
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    13,34 €

  • The Ordeal of this Generation
    Gilbert Murray
    First published in 1929, profound changes, political, social, economic and intellectual, had taken place fifty years prior, in the environment of civilized man, and it was still doubtful whether or not he would succeed in understanding them and adapting himself to meet them. That is the 'ordeal' which forms the subject of these lectures. ...
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    55,71 €

  • Women of Ideas
    Dale Spender
    First published in 1982, this is a classic reference work and, from beginning to end, a provocative and stimulating read. With characteristic energy, humour and learning, Dale Spender has dug into the hidden past and uncovered shining examples of women’s creativity and intellectual prowess which had been suppressed or stolen by men. ...
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    75,63 €

  • The Bible
    D D Renfroe
    The author is brilliant, and the book is well laid out and easy to follow and retain for someone like me-incredibly educational! Felt like I was transported back in time.Can you trust the Bible? Some say yes, some say no-but what do you say?Finally there are simple, clear answers to your questions about the Bible’s reliability-ten years of research in scholarly sources, simplif...
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    11,67 €

  • The Dumpling
    Coulson Kernahan
    In the smog-choked streets of early 20th century Britain, where the clang of industry meets the whispers of revolution, a detective love story unfolds amidst the turmoil of a great labour rising. This British detective novel weaves a tapestry of romance and mystery, as a determined investigator navigates the complexities of class struggle and social justice themes. The narrativ...
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    18,77 €

  • The Legacy of Moses and Akhenaten
    Sheldon Lebold
    Were Moses and the Pharaoh Akhenaten One and the Same?Modern historians and scholars, beginning with Sigmund Freud, have debated the controversial theory that Pharaoh Akhenaten, vilified and deposed for establishing monotheism in Egypt, was also Moses of the Exodus. After an exhaustive examination of evidence from a variety of sources, author Sheldon Lebold suggests that crucia...
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    21,76 €

  • Building and Consoling a Nation
    Mark L. Smith
    Newly-translated works from modern Yiddish historians that seeks to expand the scholarship about eastern European Jewry.In the early twentieth century, when the dream of Jewish cultural nationalism in the Diaspora was growing among champions for Yiddish, its leading intellectuals included the 'Yiddish historians' who helped to uncover the history of East-European Jews. Before t...
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    33,96 €

  • History That Rattles
    Barbora Jirincova
    Before modern science, survival was a long shot.What if the most gripping stories in European history weren’t wars or kings-but the quiet, relentless struggle of ordinary people trying to stay alive?History That Rattles tells the story of how Europeans lived, suffered, adapted, and survived from the Middle Ages to the dawn of modern medicine. It follows humanity at its most vul...
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    14,49 €

  • Blended But Not Forgotten
    Natalie Wheelan
    Blended but Not Forgotten: The Ethnically Cleansed Gypsies of Scotland is a forensic, compassionate account of a people who have lived in Scotland for more than five hundred years, yet remain routinely misnamed, miscategorised, and written out of the national story.In modern Scotland, 'Gypsy and Traveller' is often treated as a single label. This book begins by separating what ...
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    16,40 €

  • The Screams of Silence
    sodha iqbal Kasam / The Screams of Silence
    Cellular Jail Dark HistoryForgotten Tales of Kala PaniBritish Colonial BrutalityHuman Rights Violations in HistoryFreedom Struggle Torture MethodsUnheard Screams of MartyrsInfamous Prison Hardships The Screams of Silence:50 Brutal Tortures of Kala Pani That History Forgot to TellThe Human Engine Agony of the Oil MillThe walls of the Cellular Jail did not just hold prisoners th...
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    10,75 €

  • Salt and Blood
    Pennocle / Soren Finley
    The most successful pirate in history never sailed the Caribbean.She was a Chinese woman named Ching Shih who rose from a floating brothel to command over seventy thousand pirates-more than most national navies of her era. She defeated the Chinese, Portuguese, and British fleets, negotiated her own amnesty, and retired to run a gambling house. She died wealthy, free, and old.Yo...
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    15,63 €

  • At home with the poor
    Joseph Harley
    This book opens the doors to the homes of the forgotten poor and traces the goods they owned before, during and after the industrial revolution (c. 1650-1850). Using a vast and diverse range of sources, it gets to the very heart of what it meant to be ’poor’ by examining the homes of the impoverished and mapping how numerous household goods became more widespread. As the book a...
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    44,20 €

  • Neither use nor ornament
    Tracey Potts
    Neither use nor ornament is a book about personal productivity, narrated from the perspective of its obstacles: clutter and procrastination. It offers a challenge to the self-help promise of a clutter-free life, lived in a permanent state of efficiency and flow. The book reveals how contemporary projections of the good, productive life rely on images of failure. Riffing on the ...
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    44,35 €


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