Social Issues, Problems & Crime
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Bury the Chains
by Adam Hochschild
From the author of the prize-winning King Leopold's Ghost comes a taut, thrilling account of the first grass-roots human rights campaign, which freed hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. In 1787, twelve men gathered in a London printing shop to pursue a seemingly impossible goal: ending slavery in the largest empire on earth. Along the way, they would pioneer most of the tools citizen activists still rely on today, from wall posters and mass mailings to boycotts and lapel pins. This...
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No Easy Day
by Mark; Maurer, Kevin Owen
For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moment From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from the mountaintops of Afghanistan to the third floor of Osama Bin Laden’s compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group — commonly known as SEAL Team Six — has been...
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The Crisis Of Islam
by Bernard Lewis
In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, examining the impact of radical Wahhabi proselytizing, and Saudi oil money, on the rest of the Islamic world. The Crisis of Islam ranges widely through thirteen...
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American Terrorist
by Lou; Herbeck, Dan Michel
American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & The Oklahoma City Bombing (2001) is a book by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck that chronicles the life of American terrorist Timothy McVeigh from his childhood in Pendleton, New York and military experiences in the Persian Gulf War, to the preparations for and carrying out of the Oklahoma City bombing, to his trial and death row experience.
Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell
The Anarchist Cookbook, first published in 1971, is a book that contains instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices as well as some dangerous, and in many places illegal, items; while some have merit, other 'recipes' have been shown to be flawed or dangerous or both. It was written by William Powell to protest the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Interest in the book continues.
The Children
by David Halberstam
DAVID HALBERSTAM graduated from Harvard, where he had served as managing editor of the daily Harvard Crimson. It was 1955, a year after the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools. Halberstam went south and began his career as the one reporter on the West Point, Mississippi, Daily Times Leader. He was fired after ten months there and went to work for The Nashville Tennessean. When the sit-ins broke out in Nashville in February 1960, he was assigned...
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Rough Crossings
by Simon Schama
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution is a history book and television series by Simon Schama. This gives an account of the history of thousands of enslaved African Americans who escaped to the British cause during the American War of Independence. It tells of the legal battles in England that established that slavery was not legally valid in England itself, how the British government offered freedom to enslaved African Americans if they would fight for the king.
Social Issues, Problems & Crime Books & Ephemera
The Making of Racial Sentiment: Slavery and the Birth of the Frontier Romance
by Tawil, Ezra
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Reprint. Good. Paperback, ink-notes, 244pp.
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ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ON MONDAY THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT
by Louisiana
New Orleans: John Gibson- State Printer, 1829. 200, 21, [1 blank] pp. Modern library cloth [some soiling], text with scattered spotting and light institutional marks on title page. Good+. "English and French on facing pages" [Jumonville]. With a List of Acts, Index, and the 1812 Constitution of Louisiana. Among the Acts passed are an 18-section slave registration statute; a state printing contract for Benjamin Levy; and various laws on the militia, internal improvements, land titles, civil and...
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NZ$594.79
The Road to Birmingham
by JAMES, Beauregard (pseudonym)
New York: Published by the Society for Racial Peace of Washington D.C.by Bridgehead Books, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 191pp. Fine in near fine dustwrapper that is a bit soiled and has a bookstore stamp on the rear flap. True story of three carloads of "Freedom Riders" and their journey from Harlem to raise the "Siege of Birmingham" and the less than hospitable welcome that awaited them. Uncommon.
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NZ$50.98
Books and Bookmen
by Andrew Lang
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1912. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 6.25 inches (11 x 16 cm). First pocket edition. Green cloth binding with gilt spine. Top page edge gilt. Small bump to lower edge of both boards, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. . Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of...
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NZ$44.65
Bearing the Cross : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
by David J. Garrow
HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$15.26
Crisis in Black and White
by Silberman, Charles E
New York, New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1964. First Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Classic work in Black history by this renowned Chicago journalist that explored, at the dawn of the civil rights era, the status of race relations in the United States & what to do about what was then described as the "Negro problem." Orig published in hardcover, this is the First mass market paperback edition (Vintage V-279) from 1964. Condition is VG: completely clean inside...
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Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton
by (African Americana) SEALE, Bobby
New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 429 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "2" (Random House) on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Original brown cloth with red illustration and title-stamping. Some spotting to gutters. DJ front flap a bit creased. PO name on ffep. A very attractive copy overall.
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NZ$373.87
Turning Point in Freedom Road: the Fight to End Jim Crow Now
by Lightfoot, Claude M
New York: New Century Publishers, Allied Printing, 1962. Paperback. A few minor damp spots to front wrap recto only; else tight, clean and overall about very good(-) thus. RTight anc lean within.. Octavo pamphlet in green & white printed and stapled wraps; 32 pages ; 19 cm ; bibliographical references. Surprisingly scarce. "Claude Lightfoot ... is a leading Communist spokesman and an important voice among the Negro people. He was indicted, convicted, and later free, in a federal trial for the 'crime'...
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NZ$229.42
History of Civilization in England Volume 1 from the second London edition(1939)
by Henry Thomas Buckle
D.Appleton-Century Company, 1939. Hardcover. Good/no dust cover. cover clean sharp . some fading to spine area, interior pp clean , bright, occasional spot or fox just here and there, 476 ppListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches...
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Through the Client's Eyes: New Approaches to Get Clients to Hire You Again and Again
by Ewalt, Henry W.; Ewalt, Andrew W
American Bar Association, 2008-10-01. 3rd. Paperback. As New. 10x7x0. as New, crisp cleanListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. FOR International orders under 5 lbs please use asendia for the cheapest rates worldwide!
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NZ$47.79
Las Correcciones al Catecismo Holandes
by E. Dhanis - J. Visser - H. J. Fortmann
Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1969. segunda. Hardcover. Very Good. no signs of cover wear, clean glossy, pages clean, bright and unmarked, spine tightListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. FOR International orders...
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Guerra Santa, S.A.: La red terrorista de Osama Bin Laden
by Peter L. Bergen
by Grijalbo Mondadori (2001). Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. no signs of cover wear, clean glossy, pages clean, bright and unmarked, spine tightListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. FOR International orders under 5 lbs...
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NZ$12.75
Adventures Of An African Slaver;: An Account Of The Life Of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader In Gold, Ivory, And Slaves On The Coast Of Guinea
by Canot, Theodore, Introduction By Malcom Cowley
Albert And Charlles Boni, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Adventures Of An African Slaver;: An Account Of The Life Of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader In Gold, Ivory, And Slaves On The Coast Of Guinea . Hard Cover, Very Good Condition, Fourth Printing.
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NZ$249.81
NICOLAS BARKER AT EIGHTY: A LIST OF HIS PUBLICATIONS TO MARK HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY IN 2012
by Edwards, A.S.G
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2013. paperback. 5.5 x 8.75 inches. paperback. 96 pages. Published in celebration of Nicolas Barker's eightieth birthday, this bibliography serves both as a collection of his writings and as a tribute to one who has inspired so wide and deep affection in so many. Nicolas Barker's first bibliographical articles and reviews appeared in 1959. John Hayward, then the Editor of The Book Collector, was quick to grasp his potential. His first...
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LBJ & DNC Archive of 1964-1968 Materials, Plans, Correspondence & Personal Effects of Democratic National Committee Chairman of Campaign Materials, Burnhart Muller
by (Presidential) MULLER, Burnhart; KENNEDY, John F.; JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines; HUMPHREY, Hubert, JOHNSON, Lady Bird; et al
Washington DC. Archive. Very Good. Archive of materials from former Democratic National Committee (DNC), Director of Campaign Materials / 1965 Inaugural Parade Committee member Burnhart Muller. Muller was instrumental in organizing the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, NJ as a memer of the internal staff of the event. He was also the Director of the Lady Bird John's very successful "Whistle-Stop Tour of 1964." The archive consists of Muller's own collection of...
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THE FINAL PLATEAU The Betrayal of Our Older Citizens
by Daniel Jay Baum
Burns & MacEachern. Very Good+. 1976. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. 0887680488 . Pages clean and intact, no markings. Cover has some scuffing and ink rubbing, light edgewear and price sticker on front. Contents: Alternatives; Fear of death; The dividing line; The middle years; Civil rights and the work force; Canada's approach to aging; Pensions, government's conflicting interests. [285-notos]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 312 pages .
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NZ$27.11
Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race-Obsessed World
by Cose, Ellis
Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Cut pages. Additional photos will be provided upon request to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
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NZ$30.57
THE TROUBLEMAKERS. An Anti-Defamation League Report.
by Forster, Arnold, Benjamin Epstein
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1952. first edition. hardcover. Fine/Good. Octavo, black cloth spine over gray cloth boards, 317 pages, Includes index. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket rubbed, with some creasing, spine sunned, Good. 061508C
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NZ$16.99
SURREPTITIOUS PRINTING IN ENGLAND, 1550-1640
by Woodfield, Denis B
New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1973. cloth. 4to. cloth. ix, 203 pages. This book deals with those books, pamphlets and broadsides in contemporary foreign languages, including French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, that were surreptitiously printed in England before 1640. Each of the 65 works is discussed in one of the six chapters. Printers and printing historians will also enjoy the reproductions of the titles pages and all 305 printer's ornaments and initials used in every work except...
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NZ$42.48
The Destruction of Brazilian Slavery 1850-1888
by Conrad, Robert
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. First printing. Very Good +. Green cloth boards, 344pp., No DJ.
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NZ$40.79
Mr. Allen's Speech on Ministers Leaving a Moral Kingdom to Bear Testimony Against Sin; Liberty in Danger, from the Publication of Its Principles; the Constitution a Shield for Slavery; and the Union Better than Freedom and Righteousness
by Allen, George, 1792-1883
Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838. Paperback. Near Fine. 46p. Original green wrapper. 23cm. Minor foxing. Light vertical crease. INSCRIBED by Allen (as "Geo. Allen") on title-page. Cover title: Mr. Allen's Speech Before the Convention of Ministers of Worcester County, Mass.
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NZ$314.39
Israel Versus Jibril: the Thirty-Year War Against a Master Terrorist
by KATZ, Samuel M
New York: Paragon House, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine lightly rubbed dustwrapper.
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NZ$33.99
The Medieval Underworld
by McCall, Andrew
London: Book Club Associates. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Plates and Drawings. 319pages. Looks at outlaws and brigands; homosexuals; heretics; witches; Jews; prostitutes; thieves; fraudulent beggars and vagabonds. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$19.98
New York September 11 by Magnum Photographers
by David Halberstam [Introduction] and Magnim Photographers
New York: PowerHouse Books, 2001, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Easton Press edition. All edges gilt. Later printing.The day as photographed by Magnum Photographers including: Steve MCCurry, Susan Meiselas, Larry Towell, Gilles PEress, Thomas Hoepker, Alex Webb, Paul Fusco, Eli Reed, David Allen Harvey, Bruce Gilden, Chien-Chi Chang, Bruce Davidson, Hiroji Kubota, Dennis Stock, Burt Glinn, Richard Kalvar, Josef Koudelka, Raymond Depardon, with additional photographs by, Evan Fairbanks, Adam Wiseman, and...
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NZ$84.97
Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
by Da Costa, Emilia Viotti
New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1994. 1/4 Cloth. 0195082982 . An edition in Near Fine condition with little general wear in a Good+ dust-jacket has edgewear. 3 small closed tears and one missing chip about 1/4" deep; Story of the slave rebellion in Demerara in 1823 (now Guyana), complaints brought by slaves to the office of the Protector of Slaves, author reconstructs the experience of slavery through the eyes of the Demerara slaves themselves; 8vo;...
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