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Degrees of Equality (eBook, ePUB)
The abolitionist movement not only helped bring an end to slavery in the United States but also inspired the large-scale admission of African Americans to the country's colleges and universities. Oberlin College changed the face of American higher education in 1835 when it began enrolling students irrespective of race and sex. Camaraderie among races flourished at the Ohio institution and at two other leading abolitionist colleges, Berea in Kentucky and New York Central, where Black and white students allied in the fight for emancipation and civil rights. After Reconstruction, however, color lines emerged on even the most progressive campuses. For new generations of white students and faculty, ideas of fairness toward African Americans rarely extended beyond tolerating their presence in the classroom, and overt acts of racial discrimination against Blacks grew increasingly common by the 1880s.John Frederick Bell's Degrees of Equality analyzes the trajectory of interracial reform at Oberlin, New York Central, and Berea, noting its implications for the progress of racial equality in nineteenth-century America. Drawing on student and alumni writings, institutional records, and promotional materials, Bell uses case studies to interrogate how abolitionists and their successors put their principles into practice. The ultimate failure of these social experiments illustrates a tragic irony of interracial reform, as the achievement of African American freedom and citizenship led whites to divest from the project of racial pluralism.- Shop: buecher
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The Unearthly: The Unearthly, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 421min
The first time I was declared dead, I lost my past. The second time, I lost my humanity. Now I’m being hunted, and if I die again, my soul is up for forfeit. After enrolling in Peel Academy, an elite supernatural boarding school on the British Isles, the last of the sirens, Gabrielle Fiori, only wants to fit in. Instead, the elixir meant to awaken her supernatural abilities kills her. When Gabrielle wakes up in the morgue 12 hours later, something wicked is awakened in her, something even the supernatural community has never seen before. Now the only person who can help her is Andre de Leon, the community's infamous bad boy and the king of vampires. Yet even his help can’t prevent the repeated attempts on Gabrielle’s life. Someone is after her, and they will stop at nothing to end her short existence. Only Gabrielle cannot let that happen now that her soul hangs in the balance, because she may have met the devil. And he wants her. Bad. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jill Smith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/182465/bk_acx0_182465_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Scars of Us: Scars Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 520min, (USK 18)
Kaiya Marlow has always been cautious, precise in every decision she makes. When her dark past threatens to resurface, she decides to take precautions to protect herself by enrolling in self-defense classes at her gym. Her instructor, Ryker Campbell, is the tattooed womanizer everyone warns about. Kaiya attempts to resist Ryker's advances, but the more time they spend training together, the harder it is for Kaiya to resist him. Ryker's view on relationships is simple: strictly sex, nothing more. Haunted by demons from his past, he never allows himself to become attached to any woman. No attachment means no weakness, no vulnerability, no pain. He doesn't realize that his whole world is about to be turned upside down when Kaiya enters his self-defense class. Determined to have her, at least for one night, Ryker sets a plan into motion that will change both of their lives forever. Will love be able to heal their scars, or are they too deep to overcome? Disclaimer: 18+ for explicit sexual situations and some sensitive subject matter. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wen Ross, Kai Kennicott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/026924/bk_acx0_026924_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Don't Fall for It!: The Truth About For-Profit Career Institutions , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 76min
If you are one of the many people thinking of changing or improving your current situation and lifestyle, you may have considered enrolling in a for-profit, postsecondary career training institution. These are the schools that you often see advertised on TV, in local newspapers, and on the Internet. But due to bad business practices and deceptive approaches, these schools have created an environment that puts profit over competence, leading thousands of students to suffer financial and educational losses as a result. This book was written with a specific objective: to create awareness of for-profit, postsecondary career training institutions. It is based on my own experiences working for many years at these kinds of institutions. One of the institutions I worked for is regarded today as the biggest educational failure in the United States and possibly the world. Bad business practices and deceptive approaches, coupled with unqualified instructors, created an environment that put profit over competence and led to the collapse of the company. Thousands of students suffered financial and educational losses as a result. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Werden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/059018/bk_acx0_059018_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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It's a Doggy Dog World: Crimebiters!, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 213min
Jimmy is sure that his dog Abby is special. After all, it was Abby who (with the help of Jimmy & friends) helped nab the criminal Barnaby Bratford and shut down Barnaby's babysitting service, a front for robbing the nice folks of Quietville. Jimmy's parents, on the other hand, are starting to feel like Abby is one destructive little dog (she chewed up Mom's entire shoe collection!) and they insist on enrolling Abby in obedience training. The only problem is that the longer Abby's in class, the more normal (read: boring) she becomes. Jimmy's superhero crime-fighting vampire dog is slowly becoming just like every other dog. She doesn't even sneak out at night anymore! At the same time Jimmy's friends (the Crimebiters) are realizing that there's just not very much crime to fight in their tiny town. But when Jimmy joins the lacrosse team & mysterious things start happening on and off the field, the Crimebiters realize that Abby better get back to her crime-fighting ways...and fast! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will Ropp. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/008388/bk_brll_008388_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bonkers: My Life in Laughs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 490min
Jennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Ab Fab to her takes on Madonna or Mamma Mia, her characters are household names. But it's Jennifer herself who has a place in all our hearts. This is her funny, moving, and frankly bonkers memoir, filled with laughter, friends, and occasional heartache - but never misery. Bonkers is full of riotous adventures: accidentally enrolling on a teacher training course with a young Dawn French, bluffing her way to each BBC series, shooting Lulu, trading wild faxes with Joanna Lumley, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn. There's cancer, too, when she becomes 'Brave Jen'. But her biggest battle is with the bane of her life: the Laws of Procrastination. As she admits, "There has never been a Plan. Everything has been fairly random, happened by accident or just fallen into place. I'm off now, to do some sweeping..." Prepare to chuckle, whoop, and go bonkers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Saunders. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/000420/bk_pauk_000420_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 453min
A gift of hope and encouragement to all parents and their children, on the 5th Anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedyIn This Child of Faith, mother and son writing team Sophfronia Scott and Tain Gregory share stories, experiences, and ideas to help parents get to the heart of the question: How do you help a child have faith - real faith that they own - in the challenging world we live in today?Tain Gregory was present in his third grade classroom on the morning of December 14, 2012, the date of the Sandy Hook shootings. As part of the healing process for the community after the tragedy Tain was asked “What’s the most important thing in the world to you”?His mother expected an answer about a video game or Pokemon trading card. Tain thinks for a moment then answers with one word. “God”. Until that moment, Tain’s mother had no idea how close to the surface Tain’s faith existed for him.This is a fascinating look at the journey of three souls, Tain’s and his parents’, that began with Tain enrolling in Sunday School and led to a strong life of faith for all of them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sophfronia Scott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/177142/bk_acx0_177142_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Trials of Renegade X: Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 695min
Can a half villain ever be a full hero? Damien Locke didn't choose for his supervillain mom to disown him - just because he sort of defied her and ruined her evil plans to take over Golden City - and he didn't choose for his superpower to be flying, a superhero ability that involves his least favorite thing: heights. But now that he's living with his dad's superhero family and enrolling at Heroesworth Academy, he's ready to embrace his new life, get his H, and finally belong somewhere. But belonging isn't as easy as signing up for classes, and Damien finds himself struggling to fit in more than ever. Just when he's sure his fate as a hero has been decided, though, he gets a new villain power that he can't control. And things only get worse when he accidentally screws up one of his sidekick Sarah's gadgets, altering her personality and turning her into a crazed, anti-supervillain vigilante - leaving him no choice but to team up with her annoying superhero boyfriend if he hopes to have any chance of getting the old Sarah back, before she captures - or kills - another supervillain like him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phillip Russell Newman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/043834/bk_acx0_043834_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Ten-Cent Boy and the Brooklyn Dime , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 420min
Blanche Bianco, a 15-year-old girl, reluctantly transfers to a high school 250 miles north of Brooklyn, where her mother was educated. Her parents are concerned about her slipping grades and problems with drugs, arrests, and pregnancy at her Brooklyn school. Beautiful in a flashy sort of way and with a Brooklyn accent, she thinks she's an outcast. Then she meets Ken, a student athlete of unexpected quality but limited means because of a broken home. Blanche doesn't treat Ken differently just because he is poor, and they quickly forge a strong relationship - one that cracks when Blanche returns to Brooklyn High School of the Arts for her senior year before enrolling at the Brooklyn College of Performing Arts. Ken gets a lacrosse scholarship to Maritime College in the Bronx with Blanche's help and tries to maintain contact with her, but their relationship is severed when Blanche transfers to Pace University and subsequently gets a movie contract requiring she go to Los Angeles. The only viable link between them lies with Blanche's parents. Having not seen each other for three years, Ken and Blanche meet in the summer and spend five days together. But when Blanche is engaged to a Hollywood producer as a publicity stunt, she becomes concerned that Ken will do something violent. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008172/bk_blak_008172_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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They the Pretty Stars : Court High, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 321min
In Maywood Heights, stars burn bright. They fall even harder.They call them the Court, an elite boys club who rule Windsor Preparatory Academy like gods among men. And, of course, they're led by Hercules himself.Royal Prinze - yes, that's actually his name - walks around both the school and the town like he owns them. His affiliation to the prestigious Court only gives him more clout. These boys do anything they want. They take anything they want, and they f--k anything they want...in that order.Then there's me.I came to Maywood Heights to live with my virtually indifferent father because my sister went AWOL. She chose to stay with him after our parents' divorce when we were kids, and I haven't seen or heard from her since summer began. The last thing I imagined when enrolling at her school was that she'd be connected to a group like the Court and boys like Royal. She's nothing like them and so much better than Royal and his elitist attitude.So, why then are they saying he's her best friend?Warning: This enemies-to-lovers high-school romance contains some dark themes and light bullying. The book is not a stand-alone and is book one in a four-part series of full-length novels. Royal Prinze is the only hero of this tale...good luck getting him to share. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kasi Hollowell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/216234/bk_acx0_216234_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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