In this ebook you will meet one of the most beautiful environmental texts ever written. It was elaborated based on the oration spoken by Chief Seattle, patriarch of the Duwamish...
Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs' autobiography details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The...
Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’s Recent Gay History
Coming Out, Moving Forward, the second volume in R. Richard Wagner’s groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin, outlines the challenges that LGBT Wisconsinites faced in...
Eça De Queiroz: Sparks Brazilian Unrest
Rescues the libertarian sentiment of the late 19th century , when addressing the last rebellion in Goiana , Pernambuco province. Paulo Cavalcanti examines how the Pernambuco...
Alpha Woman: Inspiring Leadership
Alpha Woman is neither a manual nor a leadership guide. It is a portrait of contemporary Brazilian women and A homage to their authenticity, creativity and resilience to lead...
Before The Mayflower: A History Of The Negro In America, 1619-1962
The black experience in America--starting from its origins in western Africa up to 1961--is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire...
The Destruction Of The Indians Of The Americas
Definitely, this is a disturbing book. Told from the account of a Spanish colonizer who went to Hispaniola to make his fortune, Bartolomé de las Casas soon took up the cause...
Act Natural: A Cultural History Of Misadventures In Parenting
From a distinctive, inimitable voice, a wickedly funny and fascinating romp through the strange and often contradictory history of Western parentingWhy do we read our kids fairy...
The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure To Antarctica
“The Stowaway tells one of the most engaging, but forgotten, stories from the Age of Exploration. A fascinating and charming book—I highly recommend it!” —...
The Longest Line On The Map: The United States, The Pan-american Highway, And The Quest To Link The Americas
From the award-winning author of American Canopy, a dazzling account of the world’s longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South...
