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Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition

14 hours ago ago from Contemporary Arts in Northern Nigeria*

The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announces the twelfth annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, a $25,000 award for the most outstanding nonfiction book published in English in 2009 on the subject of slavery and/or abolition and antislavery movements. Publishers and authors are invited to submit books that meet these criteria. We are interested in all geographical areas and time periods. Please ...

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11 hours ago ago from tennessean.com | Tune In Music City

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8 hours ago ago from mediabistro.com: GalleyCat - The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry

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TELLER’S THE TENTH CASE WINS NERO AWARD!

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5 hours ago ago from Soundview Executive Book Summaries

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A Comprehensive Study of 100+ Years of the Nobel Prizes and Five Prestigious Intellectual Awards is Now Available

9 hours ago ago from Good News Now

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