Today, the 20-gun sloop U.S.S. Constellation is a floating museum in Baltimore Harbor; in 1859, it was an emblem of the global power of the American sailing navy. When young William E. Leonard boarded the Constellation as a seaman for...
Africa, West
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Author:Gilliland, C. HerbertSummary: -
Author:Matthias, R.Summary:The title “Librarian” implies a placid, staid profession, bound by rules and dealing in books within the secure confines of solid and quiet institutions. In Trials Elsewhere, R. Matthias vividly describes his experiences as a 21st...
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Author:Peart, NeilSummary:Neil Peart’s travel memoir of thoughts, observations, and experiences as he cycles through West Africa, reveals the subtle, yet powerful writing style that has made him one of rock’s greatest lyricists. As he describes his extraordinary...
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Author:Thomas, AudreySummary:Nominated for the 2016 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Nominated for the 2014 Victoria Book Prize An Englishwoman’s mysterious death in 19th-century West Africa haunts those left behind. Letitia Landon, "Letty" to her friends, is an...
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Au début des années 1880, Aimé Victor Olivier, que les Peuls appelleront Yémé et qui deviendra le vicomte de Sanderval, fonde le projet de conquérir à titre personnel le Fouta Djalon et d'y faire passer une ligne de chemin de fer. On a...
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Author:Hatch, StevenSummary:Six months after Dr. Steven Hatch came to work at a hospital in Liberia, several physicians he served with were dead, and Ebola was a global crisis. A memoir about fighting a plague, Inferno also explains the science of Ebola: why it...
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Author:Adeyemi, TomiSummary:*This program is narrated by acclaimed reader Bahni Turpin, whose past work includes The Hate U Give and The Underground Railroad* In Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her...
