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William Black may refer to: Politicians William Black (Ontario politician) (1867–1944), speaker of the Legislature of Ontario and Conservative MLA William Black (Canadian politician) (1869–1930), Progressive party member of the Canadian House of Commons William Anderson Black (1847–1934), Canadian politician William B. Black (Illinois politician) (1941–2023), member of the Illinois House of Representatives William George Black (1857–1932), antiquary, lawyer and politician of Glasgow William Pierpont Black (1877–1942), New Zealand wood carver, socialist politician, journal editor and publisher William Black, Lord Provost of Dundee, Scotland (1952–1954), see List of provosts of Dundee Soldiers and sailors William P. Black (1842–1916), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient William Black (soldier) (1853–1872), drummer boy and the youngest wounded soldier of the American Civil War William Murray Black (1855–1933), United States Army major general William Black, captain of HMS Racoon, 1811–1815 Business William Black (1771–1866), Canadian shipper, merchant, and office-holder William Black, Baron Black (1893–1984), British businessman and coachbuilder William Black (businessman) (c. 1902–1983), American businessman William Robert Black (1859–1930), Australia mine-owner and philanthropist Bill Black (businessman) (born 1950), Canadian businessman In religion William Grant Black (1920–2013), American episcopal bishop of Southern Ohio William Henry Black (1808–1872), English antiquarian and Seventh Day Baptist leader William Black (Methodist) (1760–1834), Methodist minister in Nova Scotia, Canada In arts and entertainment William Black (novelist) (1841–1898), Scottish novelist William Black (actor) (1871–?), Broadway stage and silent film actor William Black (pianist) (1952–2003), American classical pianist and teacher Bill Black (1926–1965), American bassist and bandleader Willem de Zwart (1862–1931), Dutch painter, engraver and watercolorist also known as William Black Other William Black (physician) (1749–1829), Irish physician and medical writer William B. Black Jr. (born 1936), former Deputy Director of the U.S. National Security Agency William K. Black (born 1951), American lawyer, academic, author, and a former bank regulator William Valentine Black (1832–1927), Utah pioneer William Black (judge) (1879–1967), barrister and judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland William Black (footballer) (1882–1960), Scottish footballer Willie Black (footballer) (1929–2015), Scottish footballer See also Bill Black (disambiguation) USS General W. M. Black (AP-135), a transport ship named after William Murray Black William M. Black (dredge), also named after William Murray Black William Black Family House, Arkansas, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places William Black Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places Willie Black (disambiguation), two people and a fictional character Willam Black, from Kevin Smith's "View Askewniverse" films. Discover the William Black popular books. Find the top 100 most popular William Black books.
Best Seller William Black Books of 2024
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The Crown
Nancy BilyeauAn astonishing debut in historical fiction, hailed as “part The Da Vinci Code, part The Other Boleyn Girl,” (Woman’s Day), The Crown follows one nun’s dangerous quest to find an an...
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Heads of the Colored People
Nafissa Thompson-SpiresWinner of the PEN Open Book Award Winner of the Whiting Award Longlisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize...
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The Last Slave Ship
Ben RainesAn NPR Best Book of the Year The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the c...
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The Tubman Command
Elizabeth CobbsIf you loved the movie HARRIET https://www.focusfeatures.com/harriet/ you will love THE TUBMAN COMMAND! From the bestselling author of The Hamilton Affair, a novel based ...
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Dunbar
Edward St AubynA reimagining of one of Shakespeare's most wellread tragedies, by the contemporary, critically acclaimed master of domestic dramaHenry Dunbar, the once allpowerful head of a global...
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Bound for the Promised Land
Kate Clifford LarsonThe essential, “richly researched” biography of Harriet Tubman, revealing a complex woman who “led a remarkable life, one that her race, her sex, and her origins make all...
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The Lais of Marie De France
Marie FranceMarie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance are among the fines...
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A Different Drummer
William Melvin KelleyThe stunning, thoughtprovoking first novel by a "lost giant of American literature" (The New Yorker)June, 1957. One hot afternoon in the backwaters of the Deep South, a young black...
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The William Greenberg Desserts Cookbook
Carol BeckerIna Garten named the Black & White cookie at William Greenberg Desserts the best in New York City A Slice of Classic New York with Sweet Recipes that Cover Every Craving, from ...
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The Pillow Book
Sei Shonagon & Meredith McKinneyA new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics.
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The Queen of Katwe
Tim CrothersNow a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair. The “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review) and “inspiratio...
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Amazing Grace
Eric MetaxasAmazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (17591833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary ro...
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The Pirate Hunter
Richard ZacksEverybody knows the legend of Captain Kidd, America's most ruthless buccanneer. Few people realize that the facts of his life make for a much better tale. Kidd was actually a tough...
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The Journals of Captain Cook
Captain James Cook & Philip EdwardsCook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the who...
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The Underground Railroad Records
William Still, Ta-Nehisi Coates & Quincy T. MillsA riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad.Featuri...
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The Histories
Herodotus & Aubrey De Selincourt'The first example of nonfiction, the text that underlies the entire discipline of history ... it is above all a treasure trove' Tom HollandOne of the masterpieces of classical lit...
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Newspaper Blackout
Austin KleonPoet and cartoonist Austin Kleon has discovered a new way to read between the lines. Armed with a daily newspaper and a permanent marker, he constructs through deconstructionelimin...
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Ghetto
Mitchell DuneierA New York Times Notable Book of 2016 Winner of the Zócalo Public Square Book PrizeOn March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il getoa cl...
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William Clark and the Shaping of the West
Landon Y. JonesBetween 1803 and 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark cocaptained the most famous expedition in American history. But while Lewis ended his life just three years later, Clark,...
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The Rule of Law
Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG PC FBA Tom Bingham'A gem of a book ... Inspiring and timely. Everyone should read it' Independent'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the found...
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New Boy
Tracy ChevalierTracy Chevalier brings Shakespeare’s Othelloa harrowing drama of jealousy and revengeto a 1970s era elementary school playground. Arriving at his fifth school in as many years...
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Synners
Pat CadiganIn Synners, the line between technology and humanity is hopelessly slim. To be a Synner is to join the online hardcore, an outlaw band of hackers, simulation pirates, and reality s...
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Plagues and Peoples
William McNeillThe history of disease is the history of humankind: an interpretation of the world as seen through the extraordinary impactpolitical, demographic, ecological, and psychologica...
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William Black
John MacLeanWilliam Black is a Fiction Story Book. AD Longfellow the poet extended his studies a few years later than the time of the event which formed the subject of Evangeline, he would hav...
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The Supreme Court
Jeffrey Rosen & Thirteen/WNETA leading Supreme Court expert recounts the personal and philosophical rivalries that forged our nation's highest court and continue to shape our daily livesThe Supreme Court is th...
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Thicker Than Water
Megan CollinsIn this “twisty, propulsive thriller” (Robyn Harding, internationally bestselling author) from Megan Collins, two sistersinlaw are at painful odds when the man who connects themthe...
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The End of the World
Martin H. Greenberg & Robert SilverbergBefore The Road by Cormac McCarthy brought apocalyptic fiction into the mainstream, there was science fiction. No longer relegated to the fringes of literature, this explosive coll...
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Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. KendiThe National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a postraci...
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The Golden Age of Piracy
Benerson LittleFor thousands of years, pirates have terrorized the ocean voyager and the coastal inhabitant, plundered ship and shore, and wrought havoc on the lives and livelihoods of rich and p...
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Blue
Joe DomanickFrom awardwinning investigative journalist and author Joe Domanick, Blue explores the history of police culture and reform in the United States and the systems that enable racially...
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Woodlawn
Todd GereldsNow a major motion picture starring Jon Voight, Nic Bishop, and C. Thomas Howell.This riveting true story of courage, strength, and football at the height of racial tension in Birm...
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond RostandPoet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem he has a nose ...
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William Black
John MacLeanWith centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are w...
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William Blake vs. the World
John HiggsA wild and unexpected journey through culture, science, philosophy and religion to better understand the mercurial genius of William Blake.Poet, artist, and visionary, William Blak...
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Time Travel
James GleickBest Books of 2016 BOSTON GLOBE THE ATLANTICFrom the acclaimed bestselling author of The Information and Chaos comes this enthralling history of time travela concep...
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Frederick Douglass
David W. BlightWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in History“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, t...
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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
William and Ellen CraftThis compelling narrative offers a firsthand account of a couple's remarkable flight from slavery in the antebellum South. William and Ellen Craft devised a daring plan in which th...
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The Black Male Handbook
Kevin PowellAuthor and activist Kevin Powell and contributors Lasana Omar Hotep, Jeff Johnson, Byron Hurt, Dr. William Jelani Cobb, Ryan Mack, Kendrick B. Nathaniel, and Dr. Andre L. Brown del...
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Vengeance
Benjamin BlackA bizarre suicide leads to a scandal and then still more blood, as one of our most brilliant crime novelists reveals a world where money and sex trump everythingIt's a fine day for...
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The Chalice
Nancy BilyeauIn the midst of England’s Reformation, a young novice will risk everything to defy the most powerful men of her era. In 1538, England’s bloody power struggle between crown and cros...
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Voices in Our Blood
Jon Meacham, Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker & James BaldwinAn unprecedented portrait of the civil rights movement and the fight against white supremacy, told through voices that resonate with passion and strengthincluding Ma...