• Gone with the Wind

    Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Widely considered The Great American Novel, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstr... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1451635621
    • ASIN: 1451635621
    • ISBN: 1451635621
    • Brand: Mitchell, Margaret/ Conroy, Pat (FRW)
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: A Song of Ice and Fire

    Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. These never-before-collected adventures recount an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living consciousness. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne, there were Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve, but ultimately courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals - in stature if not ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B011PVVZYM
    • ASIN: B011PVVZYM
    • Manufacturer: Random House Audio

  • Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters


    • ASIN: 037583527X
    • ASIN: 037583527X
    • ISBN: 037583527X
    • Brand: Alfred A Knopf Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers

  • Beautifully Said: Quotes by remarkable women and girls, designed to make you think (Everyday Inspiration)

    Looking for just the right words to inspire your daughter, sister, mother, teammate or friend? Beautifully Said is a personal inspiration gallery filled with 110 quotes...and, the stories behind the wise words. Within the 21 themed chapters are women and girls who believe, build, discover, explore, heal, invent, laugh and lead. It's a collection that's designed to be shared. So passions get sparked and role models emerge. Quotabelle's first book is a serendipitous result of the startup's Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. This female-powered company creates products that add missing voices ba... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1631063103
    • ASIN: 1631063103
    • ISBN: 1631063103
    • Brand: ROCK POINT
    • Manufacturer: Rock Point

  • Glass Houses: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel)

    An instant New York Times Bestseller and August 2017 LibraryReads pick!“Penny’s absorbing, intricately plotted 13th Gamache novel proves she only gets better at pursuing dark truths with compassion and grace.” ―PEOPLE“Louise Penny wrote the book on escapist mysteries.” ―The New York Times Book Review“You won't want Louise Penny's latest to end….Any plot summary of Penny’s novels inevitably falls short of conveying the dark magic of this series.... It takes nerve and skill ― as well as heart ― to write mysteries like this. ‘Glass Houses,’ along with many of the other... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1250066298
    • ASIN: 1250066298
    • ISBN: 1250066298
    • Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

  • A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

    "We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land."These prophetic words, uttered the day before his assassination, challenged those he left behind to see that his "promised land" of racial equality became a reality; a reality to which King devoted the last twelve ye... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0060646918
    • ASIN: 0060646918
    • ISBN: 0060646918
    • Brand: HarperOne
    • Manufacturer: HarperOne

  • The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books)

    The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman—from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas.

    • ASIN: 0465023959
    • ASIN: 0465023959
    • ISBN: 0465023959
    • Brand: Feynman, Richard Phillips/ Robbins, Jeffrey/ Dyson, Freeman (FRW)
    • Manufacturer: Basic Books

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel


    • ASIN: B000UMN7C6
    • ASIN: B000UMN7C6
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

  • The Plot Against America

    Never more relevant than now, this national bestseller will challenge all who believe that “it can't happen here.”    “A terrific political novel . . . Sinister, vivid, dreamlike . . . creepily plausible. . . You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.” — The New York Times Book Review   In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial “understanding” with ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1400079497
    • ASIN: 1400079497
    • ISBN: 9781400079490
    • Brand: Roth, Philip
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need

    This is a practical storytelling guide from comedian, winner of multiple Moth storytelling competitions, and founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade storytelling program, Margot Leitman. Did you ever wish you could tell a story that leaves others spellbound? Storytelling teacher and champion Margot Leitman will show you how! With a fun, irreverent, and infographic approach, this guide breaks a story into concrete components with ways to improve content, structure, emotional impact, and delivery through personal anecdotes, relatable examples, and practical exercises.

    • ASIN: 1632170272
    • ASIN: 1632170272
    • ISBN: 1632170272
    • Brand: Sasquatch Books
    • Manufacturer: Sasquatch Books

  • The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics)

    A DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED A NATIONAn authoritative analysis of the Constitution of the United States and an enduring classic of political philosophy. Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers explain the complexities of a constitutional government—its political structure and principles based on the inherent rights of man. Scholars have long regarded this work as a milestone in political science and a classic of American political theory.   Based on the original McLean edition of 1788 and edited by noted historian Clinton Rossiter, this special edition i... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0451528816
    • ASIN: 0451528816
    • ISBN: 0451528816
    • Manufacturer: Signet

  • Into The Storm


    • ASIN: B00YIHMBFI
    • ASIN: B00YIHMBFI

  • How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

    The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women’s liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today’s struggles.Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. Her book From ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1608468550
    • ASIN: 1608468550
    • ISBN: 9781608468553
    • Manufacturer: Haymarket Books

  • Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

    The National Bestseller“Focused and persuasive... Bray’s book is many things: the first English-language transnational history of antifa, a how-to for would-be activists, and a record of advice from anti-Fascist organizers past and present.”—THE NEW YORKER"Insurgent activist movements need spokesmen, intellectuals and apologists, and for the moment Mark Bray is filling in as all three... The book’s most enlightening contribution is on the history of anti-fascist efforts over the past century, but its most relevant for today is its justification for stifling speech and clobbering wh... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1612197035
    • ASIN: 1612197035
    • ISBN: 1612197035
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Melville House

  • First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind: Level 1 (Second Edition) (First Language Lessons)

    A complete beginning grammar text that uses copywork, narration, picture study, and other classical techniques to develop the young student’s language ability. Scripted lessons give the teacher direction and confidence, while exquisite pencil reproductions of great paintings are used to encourage children in oral composition. Originally published as a single two-year volume, Level 1 (Grade 1, this book) and Level 2 (Grade 2, available separately) have been redesigned as two separate simple-to-use one-year programs. Grade Recommendation: Grade 1. Black-and-white illustrations

    • ASIN: 1933339446
    • ASIN: 1933339446
    • ISBN: 1933339446
    • Brand: Peace Hill Press
    • Manufacturer: The Well-Trained Mind Press

  • The Great Dissent : How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind--and Changed the History of Free Speech in America

    A gripping intellectual history reveals how Oliver Wendell Holmes became a free-speech advocate and established the modern understanding of the First AmendmentNo right seems more fundamental to American public life than freedom of speech. Yet

    • UPC: 21919355
    • Rating: 4.111

  • Great Speeches in History / Various

    From Socrates to Charles I, Danton to Lincoln here are some of historys most significant figures with their most important speeches. Fighting for justice, for freedom of speech, and sometimes even for their own lives,

    • UPC: 651662
    • Rating: 4.0

  • History Greatest Quotes - Quick, Short, Medium Or Long Quotes. Find The Perfect History Quotations For All Occasions - Spicing Up Letters, Speeches, And Everyday Conversations. - eBook

    This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across,

    • UPC: 122549680

  • Hate Speech : The History of an American Controversy

    The First Amendment protects even the most offensive forms of expression: racial slurs, hateful religious propaganda, and cross-burning. No other county in the world offers the same kind of protection to offensive speech. How did

    • UPC: 26886123

  • Locked Up with God : My Best Thirteen Speeches by Captain Guy D. Gruters, Vietnam POW

    The title of this book reflects that it is a book about being locked up with God. This happened to me during the Vietnam War. I was an American prisoner of war - P.O.W. I

    • UPC: 53407278

  • Some Account of the Life and Writings of Gilbert, Late LD. BP. of Sarum : With a Collection of Speeches, Prefaces, Letters, and Several Other Curious Pieces Written by His Lordship's Own Hand: To Which Is Prefix'd His Short Essay Upon History by Way...

    Some Account of the Life and Writings of Gilbert, Late LD. BP. of

    • UPC: 501012074

  • Pillars of Salt : An History of Some Criminals Executed in This Land, for Capital Crimes: With Some of Their Dying Speeches, Collected and Published, for the Warning of Such as Live in Destructive Courses of Ungodliness: Whereto Is Added, for The...

    Title: Pillars of salt: an history of some criminals executed in this land, for capital crimes: with some of their dying speeches, collected and published, for the warning of such as live in destructive courses

    • UPC: 53538046

  • The Writings & Speeches of Edmund Burke : Volume VII - Speeches in Parliament; Abridgement of English History

    This 12-volume set contains the complete life works of EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), Irish political writer and statesman. Educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College in Dublin, Burke's eloquence gained him a high

    • UPC: 53264354

  • Dangerous Speech : A Social History of Blasphemy in Colonial Mexico

    New

    • UPC: 38540442

  • Speech of Mr. Storer in Defense of Gen. William Henry Harrison : To Which Is Annexed a Short Sketch of the Principal Events of His Life.

    Speech of Mr. Storer in Defense of Gen. William Henry

    • UPC: 749411466

  • Michelle Obama's speech moves many to tears in Charlotte

    The Speech that Made Obama President

    Harvard Graduation Speech Called 'The Most Powerful' EVER [FULL SPEECH]