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Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson
Available on: Audio Download ($21.99) | Audio CD | MP3 CD
The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia.
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The Avengers
by Rob Cohen
Available on: Audio Download ($17.50)
From Rich Cohen, one of the preeminent journalists of his generation and author of the highly praised Tough Jews, a powerful exploration of vindication and revenge, of dignity and rebellion, painstakingly recreated through his exclusive access to the Avengers themselves.
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MLK: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Tapes
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Available on: Audio Download ($9.95) | Audio CD
This historical compilation of Martin Luther King, Jr. features live recordings of "The Great March To Freedom," "The Great March To Washington" and the immortal "Free At Last" speech.
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Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
Available on: Audio Download ($24.98) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Writer John Howard Griffin decided to perform an experiment in order to learn from the inside out how one race could withstand the second class citizenship imposed on it by another race....
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The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
Available on: Audio Download ($13.75) | Audio CD
At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the onsequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil rights movement with his eloquent manifesto. The Fire Next Time stands as one of the essential works of our literature.
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In the Ruins of Empire
by Ronald H. Spector
Available on: Audio Download ($20.99) | Audio CD | MP3 CD
Americans are accustomed to thinking that World War II ended on August 14, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. Yet on the mainland of Asia, in the vast arc stretching from Manchuria to Burma, peace was a brief, fretful interlude.
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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire
by Rafe Esquith
Available on: Audio Download ($17.49)
Best-selling author Rafe Esquith, the only teacher to receive the National Medal of Arts, has garnered the American Teacher Award and numerous other honors.
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Religion, Myth, and Magic
by Susan A. Johnston
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Anthropologist Susan Johnston turns a scholarly eye on one of humankind's primary interests throughout history: the spiritual belief system.
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History of Native America
by Ned Blackhawk
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
In these illuminating lectures from Professor Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone), a history of Native America is provided from the time shortly before the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to the present.
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Iron & Silk
by Mark Salzman
Available on: Audio Download ($17.49)
Mark Salzman graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1982. With his degree in his pocket, he took his cello and himself to China for a two-year stint teaching English. This is his portrait of the people and places he encountered.
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