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Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive...
$8.77
From School Library JournalGrade 5 Up-Fradin offers 12 fascinating accounts of runaway slaves who successfully escaped to the North, in some cases only after several failed attempts and recaptures, and all based on primary sources. Each chapter focuses on one person or pair of individuals and varies..
Contested Commodities
$44.95
Not only are there willing buyers for body parts or babies, Radin observes, but some desperately poor people would be willing sellers, while better-off people find such trades abhorrent. Radin observes that many such areas of contested commodification reflect a persistent dilemma in liberal society:..
Duel! Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words
$14.64
In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, two men stood facing each other on a New Jersey cliff side. One was the U.S. vice president, Aaron Burr, and the other was Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury. They were ready to fight to the death for honor.These Founding Fathers, once frie..
Duel!: Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words
$14.42
In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, two men stood facing each other on a New Jersey cliff side. One was the U.S. vice president, Aaron Burr, and the other was Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury. They were ready to fight to the death for honor.These Founding Fathers, once frie..
Helicopter aces: A visual novel of the war of tomo...
$10.77
Helicopter aces: A visual novel of the war of tomorrow Author: Bradin, James W Publisher: Avon Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0380758474 ISBN-13: 9780380758470..
Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
$13.60
The acclaimed civil rights leader Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) is brought vividly to life in this accessible and well-researched biography. Wells was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and she helped black women win the right to vote. But what she is mos..
Illinois from Sea to Shining Sea
$12.27
An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of Illinois Author: Fradin, Dennis B. Publisher: Childrens Pr Binding: library Language: English ISBN-10: 0516038133 ISBN-13: 9780516038131..
Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Concord: First Bat...
$11.84
In less than 24 hours a rebellious colony would be changed forever.April 18, 17759:30 P.M. Paul Revere learns that the British army is marching to Lexington and Concord to arrest rebel leaders and destroy American military supplies.11:00 P.M. Revere begins his famous midnight ride to warn his fellow..
Mexican Phoenix: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Image and ...
$20.25
In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe a patron saint of the Americas. According to oral tradition and historical documents, in 1531 Mary appeared as a beautiful Aztec princess to Juan Diego, a poor Indian. Speaking to him in his own language, she asked him to tell the bishop her..
Primitive Man as Philosopher
$13.90
Classic of anthropology explores belief systems of Winnebago, Oglala Sioux, Maori, Banda, Batak, Tahitian and Hawaiian, Zuni, and Ewe. Fascinating topics include purpose of life, marriage, freedom of thought, death, nature of reality, and other concepts. The author allows his subjects to speak for t..
Reinterpreting Property
$130.01
This collection of essays by one of the country's leading property theorists revitalizes the liberal personality theory of property.Departing from traditional libertarian and economic theories of property, Margaret Jane Radin argues that the law should take into account nonmonetary personal value at..
Samuel Adams: The Father of American Independence
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A slight figure clad in a threadbare coat, Samuel Adams was an unlikely portrait of a dangerous revolutionary. The man who would later be called the Father of the American Revolution, however, worked tirelessly behind the scenes to achieve the goal of American independence, uniting his genius for wo..
Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for E...
$9.09
Can yoga and meditation unleash our inherent supernormal mental powers, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition Is it really possible to perceive another person's thoughts and intentions Influence objects with our minds Envision future events And is it possible that some of the superpo..
The New Hampshire Colony (The Thirteen Colonies)
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Traces the history of New Hampshire from the time of Indian settlements, through the arrival of the first colonists, to the ratification of the Constitution in 1778 which made it the ninth state Author: Fradin, Dennis B. Publisher: Childrens Pr Binding: library Language: English ISBN-10: 0516003887 ..
The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock ...
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Drawing from papers and correspondence, a biography with period photos offers the story of the mentor of the nine black children of Little Rock and her many accomplishments as a civil rights leader in the years following this historic event. Author: Fradin, Judith Bloom Publisher: Clarion Books Bind..
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration...
$9.10
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."For more than 225 years these words have inspired men and women in countries the world o..