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West India Docks 1810 Photo Mugs The West India Docks in the great age of English trade – vessels lining the quays as far as the eye can see. Imports from the West Indies were especially important….. |
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Songs That Got Us Through WWII $6.22 No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: SONGS THAT GOT US THROUGH WWIITitle: SONGS THAT GOT US THROUGH WWIIStreet Release Date: 04/03/1990… |
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British Invasion: 1963-1967 $39.98 Two centuries after their upstart American colonies showed them the door, the British returned–first to rescue American pop music from the cuddly clutches of manufactured mannequins who’d squandered the promise of Elvis, and then to dominate it well into the ’70s and ’80s. The irony of this triple-disc, 54-track anthology is that the Beatles, who spearheaded the charge, are barely represented (ex… |
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Part-Monster $8.99 … |
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Such a Lovely Man $1.99 … |
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The Understudy $1.99 … |
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Abina and the Important Men by Getz, Trevor R.; Clarke, Liz Edition ILL, $18.49 Abina and the Important Men is a compelling and powerfully illustrated graphic history based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court. The book is a microhistory that does much more than simply depict an event in the past; it uses the power of illustration to convey important themes in world history and to reveal the processes by which history is made.The story of Abina Mansah–a woman without history who was wrongfully enslaved, escaped to British-controlled territory, and then took her former master to court–takes place in the complex world of the Gold Coast at the onset of late nineteenth-century colonialism. Slavery becomes a contested ground, as cultural practices collide with an emerging wage economy and British officials turn a blind eye to the presence of underpaid domestic workers in the households of African merchants. The main scenes of the story take place in the courtroom, where Abina strives to convince a series of important men–a British judge, two Euro-African attorneys, a wealthy African country gentleman, and a jury of local leaders–that her rights matter. Am I free? Abina inquires. Throughout both the court case and the flashbacks that dramatically depict her life in servitude, these men strive to silence Abina and to impose their own understandings and meanings upon her. The story seems to conclude with the short-term success of the important men, as Abina loses her case. But it doesn’t end there: Abina is eventually redeemed. Her testimony is uncovered in the dusty archives by Trevor Getz and, through Liz Clarke’s illustrations, becomes a graphic history read by people around the world. In this way, the reader takes an active part in the story along with the illustrator, the author, and Abina herself.Following the graphic history in Part I, Parts II-V provide detailed historical context for the story, a reading guide that reconstructs and deconstructs the methods used to interpret the story, and strategies for using Abina in various classroom settings. Click the following links to see sample pages from the book:Sample page 1 Sample page 2 |
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Men at War: A Soldier’s Eye View of the Most Important Battles in History $4.99 From Gettysburg to D-Day, history’s most momentous battles have been recounted to the world on a grand scale. This book, for the first time ever, looks at man’s most epic battles from the point of view of the soldiers on the front lines; providing new insight into the great wars of history. Stories told by the Roman Legionaire, the British Doughboy, and the American Doggie, delve into these battles and battlefronts: Roman Legion; Third Crusade under Richard Lionheart; Waterloo, French under Napoleon; American Civil War: Gettysburg; WWI: Americans at Ardennes; WWII: Japanese Island Defense; WWII: D-Day, Americans at Normandy; Marines at Chosin. |
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Men At War: A Soldier’s Eye View Of The Most Important Battles In History $12.19 Epic battles-as seen through the eyes of the men who fought them. From Gettysburg to D-Day, history’s most momentous battles have been recounted to the world on a grand scale. This book, for the first time ever, looks at man’s most epic battles from the point of view of the soldiers on the front lines; providing new insight into the great wars of history. Stories told by the Roman Legionaire, the British Doughboy, and the American Doggie, delve into these battles and battlefronts: Roman Legion Third Crusade under Richard Lionheart Waterloo, French under Napoleon American Civil War: Gettysburg WWI: Americans at Ardennes WWII: Japanese Island Defense WWII: D-Day, Americans at Normandy Marines at Chosin.Epic battles-as seen through the eyes of the men who fought them. From Gettysburg to D-Day, history’s most momentous battles have been recounted to the world on a grand scale. This book, for the first time ever, looks at man’s most epic battles from the point of view of the soldiers on the front lines; providing new insight into the great wars of history. Stories told by the Roman Legionaire, the British Doughboy, and the American Doggie, delve into these battles and battlefronts: Roman Legion Third Crusade under Richard Lionheart Waterloo, French under Napoleon American Civil War: Gettysburg WWI: Americans at Ardennes WWII: Japanese Island Defense WWII: D-Day, Americans at Normandy Marines at Chosin. |
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