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A senior citizen's look at the new, fascinating and ever-changing world of rollators, adult bikes, mobile scooters, recumbent trikes, and electric bikes. The book's message is simple and direct: get up, get out, and keep on rolling down life's highway. Smart advice for seniors and physically disabled people who want to stay mobile and active. - - - This book chronicles one senior citizen's struggle to maintain his independence when he is force...

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Where I'm Bound, a stunning and engaging Civil War novel, was the first novel (Simon & Schuster 2000) to focus solely on the soldiers of an African American regiment. Throughout the war, more than 180, 000 African-American men fought for the Union Army. Many were escaped slaves, others were freed men, yet all voluntarily enlisted for one cause: freedom. These experiences are successfully portrayed in a manner befitting the grandeur and scope o...

. . . a fast paced, page turning story of a black community determined to rid itself of the drug-driven plague of crime and violence. . . . It entertains, ennobles, and inspires." -Darlene Clark Hine, co-author, The African-American Odyssey"Ballard keeps it real and writes with power and authority." -John Herritage, Staff Inspector (Ret.), New York State Police- - -Obie Bullock, leader of a Philadelphia anti-violence group (the Mau-Mau), retur...

Iraq War Vet and leader of the anti-violence group (the Mau-Mau), stumbles upon a murderous crime scene-someone killed a police officer. Obie kills the the assassin, but now the older-brother, a powerful drug dealer, is set on revenge.

This book chronicles one senior citizen's struggle to maintain his independence when he is forced, at age 85, to stop driving. In an effort to maintain his mobility and avoid the ever-threatening wheelchair, he plunges into a search for something - be it a rollator, recumbent bike or adult trike - to substitute for the loss of his beloved car, his personal chariot. He knows that bikes of all sorts are used for transportation and commuting in E...

In 1820, Ralls County was the cradle of northeast Missouri civilization. Ralls was a Benton Baby, born from a political deal brokered by the powerful Thomas Hart Benton and named for an ordinary New London farmer and state representative. In fact, no other US county is named Ralls. One citizen became a Texan patriot serving defenders at the Alamo, while a slave from the county was ordained as Americas first African American Catholic priest. Ra...

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A former slave turned cavalry scout becomes a hero for an African-American cavalry regiment in the Civil War. But, as the war draws to an end, the soldier, Joe Duckett, embarks on his most dangerous mission yet-to return to the plantation from which he escaped to find his wife and daughter. A Washington Post Notable Book. Also a winner of the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. "The important story o...

An award-winning African-American historian and novelist takes the reader on an exciting journey from a segregated Philadephia childhood in the 1930's to mid-century Paris, Moscow, Cambridge, and Manhattan.

In 1820, Ralls County was the cradle of northeast Missouri civilization. Ralls was a "Benton Baby, " born from a political deal brokered by the powerful Thomas Hart Benton and named for an ordinary New London farmer and state representative. In fact, no other US county is named Ralls. One citizen became a Texan patriot serving defenders at the Alamo, while a slave from the county was ordained as America's first African American Catholic priest...

One More Day's Journey chronicles the movement of African Americans from South Carolina to Philadelphia during the Great Migration. Alex Haley said, "It is informative and emotionally moving, and I recommend it." Ralph Ellison said, " I recommend it highly to all who would add to their knowledge of American History.

The Education of Black Folk" chronicles the history of African-American education and the beginnings of affirmative action in American colleges and universities. Considered to be a classic by many, on can find no better introduction to this important topic.