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  Power to the People (eBook, ePUB)

  This pictorial history tells the story of the revolutionary Black Panther Party in the words of its co-founder, Bobby Seale. Coming toward the end of America's epic Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Party was one of the most creative and influential responses to racism and inequality in American history. They advocated armed self-defense to counter police brutality, and initiated a program of patrolling the police with shotguns-and law books. In words and photographs, Power to the People explores the impact and achievements of this revolutionary organization. The words are Seale's, with contributions by other former party members. The photographs are by Stephen Shames, the Panther's most trusted documentarian. Power to the Peopleis a testament to their warm association, combining Shames's memorable images with Seale's colorful in-depth commentary culled from many hours of conversation. Shames also interviewed major party figures for this volume, including Kathleen Cleaver, Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Ericka Huggins, Emory Douglas, and William "Billy X" Jennings. His photography is supplemented with Panther ephemera and graphic art.

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  The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon, Hörbuch, Digital, 212min

  The story of John C. Houbolt, an unsung hero of Apollo 11 and the man who showed NASA how to put America on the moon. Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon.  Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space. Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable. But this junior engineer was irrepressible. He stood by his concept, fired off memos to executives, and argued that LOR was the only way to success. For the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, hear the untold story of the man who helped fulfill Kennedy’s challenge to reach the moon and begin exploring the final frontier. Language: English. Narrator: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/or/orig/000685/or_orig_000685_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Bad Blood: DS Lucy Black, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 543min

  A young man is found in a riverside park, his head bashed in with a rock. The only clue to his identity is an admission stamp for the local gay club. DS Lucy Black is called in to investigate. As Lucy delves into the community, tensions begin to rise as the man's death draws the attention of the local gay rights group to a hate-speech pastor who, days earlier, had advocated the stoning of gay people and who refuses to retract his statement. Things become more complicated with the emergence of a far-right group targeting immigrants in a local working-class estate. As their attacks escalate, Lucy and her boss, Tom Fleming, must also deal with the building power struggle between an old paramilitary commander and his deputy that threatens to further enflame an already volatile situation. Hatred and complicity abound in the days leading up to the Brexit vote in McGilloway's new Lucy Black thriller. Compelling and current, Bad Blood is expertly crafted and acutely observed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Caroline Lennon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025415/bk_adbl_025415_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 847min

  From a prize-winning historian, a new portrait of an extraordinary activist and the turbulent age in which she lived Goddess of Anarchy recounts the formidable life of the militant writer, orator, and agitator Lucy Parsons. Born to an enslaved woman in Virginia in 1851 and raised in Texas - where she met her husband, the Haymarket "martyr" Albert Parsons - Lucy was a fearless advocate of First Amendment rights, a champion of the working classes, and one of the most prominent figures of African descent of her era. And yet her life was riddled with contradictions - she advocated violence without apology, concocted a Hispanic Indian identity for herself, and ignored the plight of African Americans. Drawing on a wealth of new sources, Jacqueline Jones presents not only the exceptional life of the famous American-born anarchist but also an authoritative account of her times - from slavery through the Great Depression. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nylsa Smallwood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/003622/bk_hach_003622_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  William Lloyd Garrison Box Set: Address to the Colonization Society; No Compromise with the Evil of Slavery; The American Union; Address to the Slaves of the United States; On the Constitution and the Union; Truisms; To the Public; & Dred Scott and Disunion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 75min

  William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) was a journalist who helped to lead the successful campaign against slavery in the United States. In 1830, he started an abolitionist paper, The Liberator; its first issue carried the author's editorial, "To the Public", in which he contended for the immediate enfranchisement of the slave population. "No Compromise with the Evil of Slavery" is an address delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York, in 1854 where he called for an immediate end to slavery. In "Address to the Colonization Society", Garrison advocated the destruction of the “vampire of slavery”. "The American Union" was a call to the people of the free states and New England to resist slavery with all their might. "Truisms" consists of a list of hypocritical ideas about slavery, exposing its immorality. In "Dred Scott and Disunion" Garrison protests against the Dred Scott decision, against the infamous Fugitive Slave Law and against all injustice, reiterating the truths of the Declaration of Independence, and calling for its practical enforcement throughout the land. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Museum Audiobooks cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/002198/bk_yurt_002198_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Moses & Son: Pioneers of Frontier Florida , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 235min

  Florida, now America's third most populous state, was a remote, under-populated wilderness in the early 19th century. Two men, father and son, were major players in the state's development and eventual statehood. Yet their roles were vastly different and they achieved prominence in totally divergent ways. Despite their achievements they remain mostly forgotten today. Moses Elias Levy, a businessman and developer, bought thousands of acres of Florida land from Spanish grantees and established "Pilgrimage", intended as a homeland for displaced Jews. He proposed America's first school for Jewish children and relentlessly advocated for Judaism (as well as the abolition of slavery). His son, David Levy Yulee became a lawyer, politician, territorial delegate to Congress and ultimately, one of Florida's first two Senators. He lobbied for Florida's admission to the Union in 1845. He was the stubborn builder of Florida's first cross-state railroad at a time when there were virtually no roads. This is a history of Frontier Florida, a story of religion and politics, slavery and the Civil War, and a glimpse into relationships of fathers and sons. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Blizin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/083787/bk_acx0_083787_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Whig Party: A Short-Lived Movement with a Long Legacy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 59min

  Smarter in sixty minutes.Get smarter in just 60 minutes with in60Learning. Concise and elegantly written nonfiction books and audiobooks help you learn the core subject matter in 20 percent of the time that it takes to read or listen to a typical book. Life is short, so explore a multitude of fascinating historical, biographical, scientific, political, and financial topics in only an hour each.The Whigs were a party born out of opposition. Whigs came from all sorts of political beliefs - abolitionists and slaveholders alike banded together out of a mutual dislike for President Andrew Jackson’s expansive power system. The little they had in common defines their legacy today: They upheld the Constitution and Federal law, advocated for the rights of Native Americans, supported free public education, and encouraged women’s participation in political campaigns. While their diversity in beliefs allowed the Whigs to accomplish many different goals at the local level, this ultimately led to their dissolution in the 1850s. Still, this short-lived party left a long-lasting impact on American politics. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Boland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137764/bk_acx0_137764_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Distinction of Land and Goods in English, French, German and EU Law

  The vast majority of national law expositions of the rules for determining when something is a part of land, and therefore partakes in its legal nature, or leads a separate existence in the other category of corporeal property, goods, leaves a distinct impression of a naturalistic approach to the categorisation of property. The view advocated in this study is that the accession or severance of things to and from land as a 'natural scientific enquiry' based exclusively on blends of physical attachment to or socially-expressed intention in respect of land is misleading, or, at least, not decisive. National law accounts of the rules governing the distinction of land and goods need recalibrating to take account of the purpose, or the legal reason, why land is being distinguished from goods in a particular situation. This is well illustrated by the straightforward example of standing timber, variously described doctrinally and in the case-law as integral parts of land, (presently-existing or future) goods, or even the object of 'flying freeholds'. Purpose of classification reveals the many nuances of competing policy considerations and, in turn, better reflects the law as it stands.

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  Inclusion and the Power of the Individual in the Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 198min

  Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, The Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory, was a pioneer in inclusion.At a time when exclusion was the norm, when people with disabilities were essentially locked out of "mainstream" schools, the workforce, and society at large, when families with loved ones who were not deemed "typical" often splintered due to social pressures and stigma, the Rebbe advocated and called for inclusion. With love, compassion, and respect, the Rebbe drew in those whom society all too often pushed away.Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the Rebbe's approach to inclusion was how perfectly natural it was to him. The Rebbe's call for inclusion did not result from the latest medical studies, societal shifts, or external pressures; it came from within. Inclusion and the Power of the Individual tells a remarkable story of the Rebbe's perspective on, and advocacy for, inclusion by recounting his teachings, writings, and conversations on this topic throughout the four decades of his public leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. The Rebbe's message remained steadfast and unwaivering: Every single human being is worthy of dignity, respect, love, and inclusion. These are the accounts of the Rebbe's call for inclusion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shlomo Zacks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/169807/bk_acx0_169807_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Skepsis: The Poetic Insights of a Critical Mind , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 33min

  In our postmodern age, with all things socially mediated, we often forget those wise sages of years past, who had deeper insights about how to live life, than we might have imagined.We may consider ourselves more educated and more skeptically resistant to those myths that trapped our ancestors centuries ago, but that is not always the case. For example, it may come as a jolt to learn that Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, a renowned Arabic poet who lived between 973 and 1057 CE, blind since the age of four, was a keen skeptic who rejected religious dogmatism and who advocated veganism. This book is but a brief glimpse of Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī ’s remarkable and prescient poetry, which shares much in common with that other remarkable scientist-poet Omar Khayyam, who was born just decades later. Both saw through the pretense of religious authorities who claimed to know more than they actually did. The following text contains pertinent excerpts from Henry Baerlein’s 1909 translation of The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala, as well as judicious quotes from Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī ’s other writings, such as Risalat ul Ghufran and Saqt al-Zand. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Connor Curlewis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191839/bk_acx0_191839_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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