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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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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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Social Issues, Problems & Crime Books & Ephemera
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
by Mark; Maurer, Kevin Owen
Signed; First/First; Mint Condition; This book is in a new condition; the dustjacket is in a new condition and in a mylar protector; it is a first edition/first printing with the correct number line; the book is signed by the author Kevin Maurer; opened only for signing; the spine is tight and the pages are clean and crisp with sharp corners; there are no remainder marks; the price is unclipped; not an ex-library book; not a book club edition;...
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NZ$255.33NZ$229.80
The Desert Is Fertile
by Camara, Dom Helder
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 1974. Octavo Size. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ lightly chipped at corners and spine ends. Upper edge of front free endpaper clipped. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 76 pages. Challenges the indifference and complacency shown towards the world's poor. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Hardback.
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NZ$24.48
The Development of Romantic Relationships in Adolescence
by Furman, Wyndol; Brown, B. Bradford & Fiering, Candice[Editors]
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1999. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 443 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Like New. 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$38.94
The Woman Who Wasn't There. The Story of Fraud That Shocked America
by Fisher, Robin Gaby; Guglielmo Jr., Angelo J
Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2012. Very Good condition. A couple ofsmall, light creases to lower corners. 291 pages. The story of one of the most audacious and bewildering quests for acclaim in recent memory. Tania Head's fraudulent and senseless claim to be a survivor of September 11, 2001 attack. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition (Australia). Trade Paperback.
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NZ$17.80
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
by Garrow, David J
Paperback. Good.
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NZ$17.46
Forward Together
by William J. Barber, II
Summary: In the spring of 2013, seventeen people gathered at the North Carolina state legislature to protest extreme legislation passed by the General Assembly attacking health insurance, unemployment insurance, labor, and voting rights. The ministers, labor, and human rights activists began praying, singing, and chanting, and were ultimately arrested. That group grew into crowds of thousands at successive "Moral Mondays" rallies, and by summer's end nearly 1,000 people had been arrested, making this...
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NZ$34.03
Highlander Folk School: Communist Training School, Monteagle, Tenn
by [RADICAL RIGHT & FASCISM] [GRIFFIN, Marvin]
Atlanta: Georgia Commission on Education, [1957]. First Edition. Bifolium (37cm); single offset printed sheet (measuring 22.5" x 14.5"), folded once to create a 4pp tabloid. Old folds smoothed out, with some light wear and toning; Very Good+. A tabloid intended to warn citizens about the seditious intentions of the board and faculty of the Highlander Folk School, founded by Don West and Myles Horton in 1953 as a training facility for southern civil rights workers. This poster-sized brochure is printed...
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NZ$595.77
Guerrillas The inside stories of the world's revolutionaries
by Anderson, John Lee
London: HarperCollins , 1993. Paperback. Good. Good/-. Analysis of today's guerrilla movements world-wide. Takes the reader into the mind of the revolutionary as never before. Equally shocking and touching by turns. Size 19 x 13cm, 270 pages. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Pictorial laminated card covers showing faint creases within the laminate, otherwise in good condition. Internally good: clean and unmarked in sound bindings.
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NZ$6.39
The Slave Trade: History of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870
by Thomas, Hugh
Paperback. Good.
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NZ$6.86
The White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States.
by Jordan, Winthrop D. (Donaldson), 1931-2007
xvi, 229 pages, 20.5 cm. "Examines the development of racist practices, policies, and attitudes during the years of colonization and revolution." "Much of the material in this book has been derived from White over black: American attitudes toward the Negro, 1550-1812." Stock# NEU436.
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NZ$17.02NZ$6.81
Boston Against Busing: Race, Class and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s.
by Formisano, Ronald P., 1939-
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ©1991. Soft Cover. xvi, 323 p., illus., map; 23 cm. "Explores the sources of white opposition to school desegregation. He sees white resistance as an example of reactionary populism, a social movement mixing both populist and conservative elements. Racism was a key factor, but racial prejudice alone cannot explain the movement." ISBN (10): 0807842923. Very Good / soft cover. Stock#47532.
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NZ$17.02NZ$6.81
The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society
by D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-
NY, Free Press, ©1995. Hard Cover. xi, 724 p.; 25 cm. The End of Racism goes beyond familiar polemics to raise fundamental questions that no one else has asked: Is racial prejudice innate, or is it culturally acquired? Is it peculiar to the West, or is it found in all societies? What is the legacy of slavery, and what does America owe blacks as compensation? ISBN (10): 0029081025. Fine, gift inscription urges Charles Neu to read the book, the mint condition indicates he did not...
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NZ$25.53NZ$10.21
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, JR., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
by Garrow, David J
Harper Perennial, 1999. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$15.29
The Great Cities In History
by Norwich, John Julius (edited by)
London: Thames & Hudson. 2016. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 372 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.
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NZ$15.58
Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch. (Signed by John Hope Franklin)
by John Roy Lynch
Chicago and London: University of Chicago, (1970). 521 pages. Hardcover with light spotting to edges of text block and dustwrapper; a very good copy. First edition. Inscribed by John Hope Franklin, the series editor and dean of African American historians. Published for the first time, the autobiography of John Roy Lynch who was enslaved from birth on a Louisiana plantation. Lynch rose to become Speaker of the House for the Mississippi legislature and later became the first African American elected to...
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NZ$127.66
The End of Racism: Finding Values In An Age Of Technoaffluence
by D'Souza, Dinesh
Paperback. Very Good.
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NZ$4.51
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
by David Brion Davis
Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1988. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$14.38
Milestones
by Qutb, Sayyid
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2005-01-01. Paperback. New. Paperback. An UNUSED, UNMARKED, UNBLEMISHED copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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NZ$13.60
![Dynamite: the Story of Class Violence in America [Inscribed 1st Printing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/809/274/1113274809.0.b.jpg)
Dynamite: the Story of Class Violence in America [Inscribed 1st Printing]
by [ANARCHISM] ADAMIC, Louis
New York: Viking Press, 1931. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Red cloth boards, with applied paper title labels to spine and front cover; dustwrapper; 452pp. Inscribed on half-title: "To Mr. George Schmitter with best wishes," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Another hand has added initials and a date of 1934 beneath the inscription; a later owner has added a commercial bookplate to the dedication leaf (facing copyright page). The book is a solid, Very Good...
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NZ$1,106.43
Erasing Racism
by Molefi Kete Asante
Book and dust jacket in excellent condition
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NZ$136.18
Die Nigger Die!
by H. Rap Brown
Die Nigger Die! by H. Rap Brownfirst UK editionhardcoverPublisher:Allison and Busby, 1970Condition: book - Very Good - inscription on the end paperdust jacket - some wear, light chipping
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NZ$153.18
Social Implications for the Structure and Form of New Living Areas
by Harper, B.Y
Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1975. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition issued without DJ. This is a thesis done for the University of Adelaide - Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 140 pages. . Hardback.
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NZ$27.82
An Easy Burden (Signed & Sealed Easton Press Ed)
by Young, Andrew
SUMPTUOUS EASTON PRESS LEATHERBOUND EDITION SIGNED BY ANDREW YOUNG and still SEALED in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Obviously brand new and gift worthy. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
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NZ$272.35
Selma, Lord, Selma
by Webb, Sheyann and Rachel West Nelson
University of Alabama Press, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. A Near FINE tight copy in a VG+ bright dj.
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NZ$34.04
![KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I JOSIAH RAMSAY SR. [also sometimes Ramsey] OF THE COUNTY OF CALLAWAY IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, FROM MOTIVES OF BENEVOLENCE, AND HUMANITY HAVE MANUMITTED AND DO HEREBY MANUMIT AND SET FREE FROM SLAVERY MY NEGRO MAN PHILIP, EPHRAIM, GEORGE, JERRY, ARCHY, TIMOTHY & REUBEN, MY NEGRO WOMEN AMY, ROSY, FLORA & RHODY, & MY NEGRO CHILDREN LEWIS, SAMUEL, MARY, FRANK, STARK, LEAH, JENNY, BETSY, MARY, EMELINE, MELFORD, AMERICA, SARAH, HETTY ANN, & JACK, AND I DO HEREBY GIVE, GRANT AND RELEASE UNTO THE SAID NEGROES ALL MY RIGHT, TITLE AND CLAIM OF IN AND TO THEIR PERSONS, LABOUR AND SERVICES, AND OF IN AND TO THE ESTATE AND PROPERTY WHICH THEY MAY HEREAFTER ACQUIRE AND OBTAIN ... THE ABOVE DEED IS MADE WITH THIS CONDITION, HOWEVER, THAT ALL THE ABOVE NAMED NEGROES MANUMITTED AND SET FREE AS AFORESAID, WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS SHALL BE BOUND OUT TO SERVICE UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT THE AGE OF TWENTY ONE YEARS ... THIS DEED HOWEVER IS NOT TO TAKE EFFECT UNTIL AFTER MY DEATH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/825/024/1448024825.0.m.jpg)
