The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
By: William Wells Brown
4.22
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Brother, you have often declared that you would not end your days in slavery. I see no possible way…
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1. The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
By: Emily Dickinson , Rachel Wetzsteon
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Dickinson’s poetry is remarkable for its tightly controlled emotional and intellectual energy. The … read more
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- 19th century
"The Dark—felt beautiful—"-Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
"They say that “time assuages,"-Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
"The Brain—is wider than the Sky—"-Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
"The Poets light but Lamps- Themselves-go out-"-Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
2. Do the Work
By: Steven Pressfield
3.97
Format: 109 pages, Audio CD
Do the Work Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it's not the difficulty of the project, or the… read more
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"The enemy is Resistance."-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work
"Start before you're ready."-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work
"Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart."-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work
"The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it."-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work
3. The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb: An American Slave
By: Henry Bibb , Charles J. Heglar
4.50
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
and he writes about folkways of the slaves, especially how he used conjure to avoid punishment and … read more
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- african american
4. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By: Frederick Douglass
4.11
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more
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- african american
"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
5. The Art of War (The Great Courses, #9456)
By: Andrew R. Wilson
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Audiobook
Sun Tzu's The Art of War is a landmark achievement in the evolution of strategic thought. So univer… read more
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6. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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7. The Sword in the Stone (The Once and Future King, #1)
By: T.H. White
3.43
Format: 331 pages,
Abridged Junior Classics version of T.H. White The Sword in the Stone, revised in The Once and Futu… read more
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8. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
By: Olaudah Equiano , Robert J. Allison
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Widely admired for its vivid accounts of the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography -- the fi… read more
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4.03
Format: 606 pages,
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tel… read more
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10. Gulliver’s Travels
By: Louis Rhead , Jonathan Swift , William Dean Howells , Robert DeMaria Jr.
3.58
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and… read more
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"Anlamadığınız bir insanı "delidir" diye nitelemek o kadar kolaydır ki!"-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"we neither of us are able to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the other."-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"معظم ابناء جلدتك هم أخبث سلالة من الحشرات المؤذية البغيضة التي سمحت لها الطبيعة بالزحف على وجخ الأرض"-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"... a wife should be always a reasonable and agreeable companion, because she cannot always be young."-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
11. The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative
By: Mary Prince
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Born in Bermuda to a house slave in 1788, Mary Prince suffered the first of many soul-shattering ex… read more
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12. Narrative of Sojourner Truth
By: Sojourner Truth , None
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
One of the most famous and admired African-American women in U.S. history, Sojourner Truth sang, pr… read more
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13. Twelve Years a Slave
By: Solomon Northup
3.58
Format: None pages, ebook
A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more
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14. Up from Slavery
By: Booker T. Washington , Ishmael Reed
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slaver… read more
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15. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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16. Shubeik Lubeik
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4.50
Format: 528 pages, ebook
A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishe… read more
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17. Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
By: Bryan Burrough
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths,… read more
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18. The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer's Home
By: Richard Estep
3.42
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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19. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
By: Zora Neale Hurston
4.04
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-… read more
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"The present was too urgent to let the past intrude."-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"You see de rattlesnake in de woods?' Dey say, 'Yeah.' I say 'If you bother wid him, he bite you. If you know de snake killee you, why you bother wid him?' (Oluale Kossula)"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo' wid de license than I love her befo' de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time. (Oluale Kossula)"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"Whole nations are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten, except in the annual festival of their conquerors, when sycophants call the names of the vanquished countries to the remembran…"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
20. Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
By: Jennifer Raff
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how … read more
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21. The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
By: William Wells Brown
4.22
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Brother, you have often declared that you would not end your days in slavery. I see no possible way… read more
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