Memoirs of a Former Slave Rediscovered and Reissued
The rediscovered memoir of William Henry Singleton, a North Carolina born former slave who organized a black Civil War regiment and later gained the vote, is republished with annotations by Katherine Mellen Charron and David S. Cecelski. The tale covers his life from bondage to Union service, readin g, migration north, and lasting bitterness over being viewed as property. The project links Singleton’s experiences to the rise of Jim Crow and the Ku Klux Klan, noting his advocacy for black soldiers and his hope in republican rights.
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Bateicu
N.C
William Henry Singleton
North Carolina
Georgia
Singleton
New Bern
Abraham Lincoln
Katherine Mellen Charron
Yale University
David S. Cecelski
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Division of Archives and History
Charron
Cecelski
New York Public Library
Antebellum South
John Handcock Nelson
Craven County
Neuse River
Burnside
Fort Monroe
Lincoln
U.S. Colored Troops
South Carolina
Florida
Battle of
Olustee
Charleston
S.C
Ku Klux Klan
Heu
New Haven
Conn
Peekskill
N.Y
AME Zion Church
Grand Army of the Republic
Des Moines
Iowa
North Carolina Historical Publications Division
Raleigh
Survival guide tickles reader s funny bone
A light entertaining take on The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. The book offers 40 life threatening scenarios with step by step instructions and foreword by Mountain Mel Deweese. It aims to amuse readers while hinting at practical survival tips.
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Chronicle
Joshua Piven
David Borgenicht
Mel Deweese
Piven and
Borgenicht
Uverest
City of God by E L Doctorow review salutes fractured novel
The critique notes Doctorow’s City of God probes meaning through Everett’s mosaic of notes poems songs and musings set in New York. A crucifix theft spurs intertwined fates with Father Tom and Rabbi Sarah while other narratives remain unfinished yet sparkles remain in Doctorow’s cinema verite style and vivid urban imagery.
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E.L. Doctorow
Random House
New York
Lower East Side
Upper West Side
Everett
City of God
Tom Pemberton
Sarah Blumenthal
Sarah
Times
Germany
Latin America
Doctorow
Department of Sanitation
Archangel Quest: A historian pursues Stalin's secret notebook
In modern Moscow historian Christopher Kelso hunts a rumored Stalin notebook. His 700 mile trek to Archangel and the White Sea port uncovers a frozen forest setting entwined with former baseball captain Alex McKiss and a mix of fact and fiction.
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Joseph
Stalin
White Sea
Archangel
Paperback Capsules Novel Aims For Mystery Debut
McKnight, a private investigator, aids a wealthy client entangled in murder on Lake Superior while being stalked by a seemingly free killer who tied to his partner’s death. A gripping debut with tense chase and slick plotting.
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Michigan
Lake Superior
P.I
McKnight
Best selling books by publishers weekly list
The nations top selling titles span fiction and nonfiction with authors such as John Grisham Nora Roberts Isabel Allende Helen Fielding Danielle Steel Tom Clancy Stephen King and Deepak Chopra among others The list groups books by format including mass market trade paperbacks and general nonfiction highlighting noted works like The Brethren Tuesdays with Morrie and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius with numerous titles and authors cited.
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John Grisham
Carolina Moon
Nora Roberts
Isabel Allender
Helen Fielding
Carl Hiaasen
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Seamus Heaney
Michael Crichton
Stephen Harrigan
Girl With A Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
Spencer Johnson
Andrew Weil
Morrie
Mitch Albom
Bill Phillips
Michael D’orso
The
Rock
Joe Layden
Phillip C. McGraw
Thomas J. Stanley
Dave Eggers
H.L. Steward
Morrison C. Bethea
Sam S. Andrews
Luis A. Balart
Tis
Frank McCourt
Mike Wallace
Short Bate
George W. Bush
Molly Ivins
Lou Dubose
John Ramsey
Patsy Ramsey
Trevor Reese Jones
God
Deepak Chopra
Danielle Steel
John Sandford
Dr. Atkins
Robert ©. Atkins
Catherine Coulter
John Irving
Angela's
W.C. Andrews
J.D. Robb
Tom Clancy
Martin Greenberg
Girl
Tom Gordon
Stephen King
Diane Mott Davidson
Soul of the Fire
Terry Goodkind
John le Carre
Christina Dodd
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Atlanta
Ambrose Burnside
Republic
Protos
Stephanie R. Olson
AP Sinclar Features
Robert Harris
Paradise
Steve Hamilton
Baseball
Alex Mcktis
Publishers Weekly
Kathleen E.woodiwiss
Gary Zukay
Michael Cunningham
Life Strategies
Susanna Kaysen
Jane Hamilton
Mark Bowden
Barbara Kingsolver
David Pelzer
Sue Miller
Arthur Golden
Anita Shreve
Brian Greene
Bridget Jones
Cedars
David Guterson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!