The Bondwoman's Narrative the hollow covenantThought to be the first novel written by a Black female slave in the 1850's, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story. When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic
but after several days he realizes that her situation is far more dangerous and complicated than he thought
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a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania who also served as a special adviser to the White House on health care reform
Occult ideas did not disappear
a guide to bravely walking forward knowing that if God has called you
and how it transformed -- and fractured -- American politics
This One is Mine is a compassionate and wickedly funny satire about our need for more -- and the often disastrous choices we make in the name of happiness
revelatory stories of gay people who stood together -- as friends
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It wasn't Nico's musical chops which got her the gig
the women's quiet acts of bravery become more perilous – and more important – than ever before
raised the level of historical writing on the Confederacy