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The Blue Tattoo

The Life of Olive Oatman

de Margot Mifflin ...

Series series Women in the West
2019 Tucson Weekly “40 Essential Arizona Books” pick2014 One Book Yuma selection2010 Best of the Best from the University Presses (ALA) selection2010 Caroline Bancroft History Prize Finalist2009 Southwest Book of the YearIn 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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2019 Tucson Weekly “40 Essential Arizona Books” pick2014 One Book Yuma selection2010 Best of the Best from the University Presses (ALA) selection2010 Caroline Bancroft History Prize Finalist2009 Southwest Book of the YearIn 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between
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Looking for Miss America

A Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood

de Margot Mifflin ...

From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) comes a lively account of memorable Miss America contestants, protests, and scandals—and how the pageant, nearing its one hundredth anniversary, serves as an unintended indicator of feminist progressLooking for Miss America is a fast–paced narrative history of a curious and contradictory institution. ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

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From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) comes a lively account of memorable Miss America contestants, protests, and scandals—and how the pageant, nearing its one hundredth anniversary, serves as an unintended indicator of feminist progressLooking for Miss America is a fast–paced narrative history of a curious and contradictory institution.
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The Blue Tattoo

The Life of Olive Oatman

de Margot Mifflin ...

Narrado por Kaipo Schwab ...

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6 hora 47 minutos

In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year-old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America. Orphaned when her family was brutally killed by Yavapai Indians, Oatman lived as a slave to her captors for a year before ... Leer más

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In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year-old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America. Orphaned when her family was brutally killed by Yavapai Indians, Oatman lived as a slave to her captors for a year before
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Looking for Miss America

A Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood

de Margot Mifflin ...

Narrado por Nancy Peterson ...

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From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) comes a lively account of memorable Miss America contestants, protests, and scandals―and how the pageant, nearing its one hundredth anniversary, serves as an unintended indicator of feminist progressLooking for Miss America is a fast-paced narrative history of a curious and contradictory institution. ... Leer más

$35.99 USD

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From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) comes a lively account of memorable Miss America contestants, protests, and scandals―and how the pageant, nearing its one hundredth anniversary, serves as an unintended indicator of feminist progressLooking for Miss America is a fast-paced narrative history of a curious and contradictory institution.
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Having Our Say

The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years

de Sarah L. Delany, Dr. A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth, Amy Hill Hearth ...

Narrado por Robin Miles ...

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7 hora 5 minutos

Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side.Their sharp memories tell us about the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington, Harlem’s Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W. E. ... Leer más

$16.95 USD

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Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side.Their sharp memories tell us about the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington, Harlem’s Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W. E.
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In the Great Green Room

The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown

de Amy Gary ...

Narrado por Bernadette Dunne ...

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7 hora 12 minutos

Children and parents everywhere love Goodnight Moon, but few know its author, Margaret Wise Brown. Quirky and wildly imaginative, she threw wild parties and lived extravagantly off of her royalties. In 1990 author Amy Gary discovered Margaret’s unpublished manuscripts. Since then, Gary has pored over these works and her book captures the spirit of Brown’s unrivaled talent. ... Leer más

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Children and parents everywhere love Goodnight Moon, but few know its author, Margaret Wise Brown. Quirky and wildly imaginative, she threw wild parties and lived extravagantly off of her royalties. In 1990 author Amy Gary discovered Margaret’s unpublished manuscripts. Since then, Gary has pored over these works and her book captures the spirit of Brown’s unrivaled talent.
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Natalie Wood

The Complete Biography

de Suzanne Finstad ...

Narrado por Suzanne Finstad, Rose McGowan ...

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20 hora 17 minutos

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of a vulnerable and talented actress, now with explosive new chapters and insider details of her tragic death, the cover-ups, and the reopened investigation.An ID Book Club Selection • “Impressive, disturbing, and revelatory.”—VarietyNatalie Wood has been hailed alongside Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor as one of the top three female movie ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of a vulnerable and talented actress, now with explosive new chapters and insider details of her tragic death, the cover-ups, and the reopened investigation.An ID Book Club Selection • “Impressive, disturbing, and revelatory.”—VarietyNatalie Wood has been hailed alongside Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor as one of the top three female movie
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The Right People

The Social Establishment in America

de Stephen Birmingham ...

Narrado por Jason Leikam ...

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12 hora 15 minutos

An enlightening and entertaining inside look at the lifestyles of America's extremely wealthy from the bestselling author of "Our Crowd"It's no secret that the rich are different from the rest of us. But the rich, as author Stephen Birmingham so insightfully points out, are also different from the very rich. There's Society, and then there's Real Society, and it takes multiple generations for ... Leer más

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An enlightening and entertaining inside look at the lifestyles of America's extremely wealthy from the bestselling author of "Our Crowd"It's no secret that the rich are different from the rest of us. But the rich, as author Stephen Birmingham so insightfully points out, are also different from the very rich. There's Society, and then there's Real Society, and it takes multiple generations for
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I'm Possible

A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream

de Richard Antoine White ...

Narrado por Richard Antoine White ...

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7 hora 47 minutos

**"If you are looking for an audiobook that will brighten your day and include short tuba interludes, look - or listen - no further." - AudioFile MagazineIncludes original music from the documentary R.A.W. Tuba*, as well as the author playing. This program is narrated by the author.***From the streets of Baltimore to the halls of the New Mexico Philharmonic, a musician shares his remarkable story ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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**"If you are looking for an audiobook that will brighten your day and include short tuba interludes, look - or listen - no further." - AudioFile MagazineIncludes original music from the documentary R.A.W. Tuba*, as well as the author playing. This program is narrated by the author.***From the streets of Baltimore to the halls of the New Mexico Philharmonic, a musician shares his remarkable story
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Uranium Wars

The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age

de Amir D. Aczel ...

Narrado por Eric Conger ...

Series series MacSci
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8 hora

Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly unstable and radioactive. If broken apart, it unleashes the tremendous power within the atom—the most controversial type of energy ever discovered.Set against the darkening shadow of World War II, Amir D. Aczel's suspenseful account tells the ... Leer más

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Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly unstable and radioactive. If broken apart, it unleashes the tremendous power within the atom—the most controversial type of energy ever discovered.Set against the darkening shadow of World War II, Amir D. Aczel's suspenseful account tells the
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The Invention of the Land of Israel

From Holy Land to Homeland

de Shlomo Sand ...

Narrado por Shawn K. Jain ...

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11 hora 30 minutos

This groundbreaking work deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the 'Holy Land' of Israel—and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it.What is a homeland, and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for them throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land? Following the acclaimed and controversial Invention of the ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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This groundbreaking work deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the 'Holy Land' of Israel—and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it.What is a homeland, and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for them throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land? Following the acclaimed and controversial Invention of the
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All the Knowledge in the World

The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

de Simon Garfield ...

Narrado por Tim Bentinck ...

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11 hora 53 minutos

From the “deliriously clever” (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comesthe wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day.New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice""A brilliant book about knowledge itself.” —Deirdre Mask, author of The Address Book**“Garfield’s witty history captures th... ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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From the “deliriously clever” (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comesthe wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day.New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice""A brilliant book about knowledge itself.” —Deirdre Mask, author of The Address Book**“Garfield’s witty history captures th...
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