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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, James Baldwin
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Twentieth Century Classics Ser.
At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences 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 st ...Show more
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Category: Culture | Series: Vintage International Ser.
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the b ...Show more
The Flying Scotsman Story by James S. Baldwin
Category: Technology and Transport
Few locomotives are as widely known or excite so much interest as Flying Scotsman. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1923, the locomotive became a flagship for the LNER and represented them at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and 1925. Thus began Flying Scotsman's fame, which only continued as the l ...Show more
The Great Northern Atlantics by James S. Baldwin
Category: Technology and Transport
The Great Northern Atlantics, were the first locomotives constructed in Britain to the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement. The Atlantics were designed by H.G. Ivatt, locomotive Superintendent of The Great Northern Railway. Introduced from 1898, with the construction at Doncaster Works of small boilered Atlantic n ...Show more
The Native Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer; Francis James Gillen
Category: Australiana
This massive anthropological study of the central Australian tribes is one of the primary sources for information on these cultures. Based on first-hand scholarly study just prior to the twentieth century, Spencer and Gillen describe their complex rituals and belief systems, including initiation ceremon ...Show more
The Price of the Ticket - Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985 by James Baldwin
Category: Culture
An essential compendium of James Baldwin's most powerful nonfiction work, calling on us "to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country." Personal and prophetic, these essays uncover what it means to live in a racist American society with insights that feel as fresh today as they did over the 4 de ...Show more
The Ramble in Central Park - A Wilderness West of Fifth by Robert A. McCabe (Photographer); Marie Winn (Text by); Phillip Jeffrey (Text by); Regina Alvarez (Text by); Douglas Blonsky (Text by); James Baldwin (Text by); Sidney Horenstein (Text by); Elizabeth Barlow Rogers (Text by); C. Stevens (Text by); Cal Vornberger (Text by); E. B. White (Text by)
Category: Travel
For many New Yorkers, Central Park is Manhattan's crown jewel and what makes the city livable year round. For tourists, this urban oasis is a must-see destination on any sightseeing visit. For acclaimed photographer Robert A. McCabe, Central Park is defined by its Ramble--a densely forested thirty-eight ...Show more