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  • Dear Customer: Inside the World of Baristas, Upselling, and the Rules of Serving a Special Cup of Coffee

    Sean William Brown

    language (, Sept. 3, 2014)
    Dear customer who is reading this book blurb:Have you ever thought how relaxing it would be to work in a coffee shop? You might have thought, “Yeah, I'd like to become a barista, I wonder how hard it is?” You may have thought how nice it would be to have regular customers, chit-chatting about their day. It would be like a fun sitcom! Have you wondered how great it must be to talk coffee - the taste, smell, and nuances – with people who are passionate about coffee? You may have wondered if the decaf coffee is any different than regular coffee. Have you ever thought about buying a coffee shop?Or, have you ever wondered why your local coffee shop sucks, that the employees are so slow and so dumb, and they can never get your order right?This book is a stunning, no-holds-barred, vicious, yet poignant look at a coffee shop near you.
  • Clotel, or the President's Daughter

    William Wells Brown

    Hardcover (Citadel, March 15, 1969)
    Narrative of slave life
  • My Southern Home; or, The South and Its People

    William Wells Brown

    Hardcover (Negro Universities Press, Aug. 16, 1969)
    None
  • Clotel; Or, the President's Daughter

    William Wells Brown

    Paperback (Digireads.com, Jan. 1, 2012)
    William Wells Brown (1814-1884) is credited with being the first African American novelist. His 1853 work "Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter" is a groundbreaking piece of American fiction. The long untouched subject matter of mixed race identity during the antebellum South is here treated with great craft and bravery. William Wells Brown confronts the hypocrisy of slavery, examining the detrimental effects it has on society. Even more direct is Brown's confrontation of Thomas Jefferson's controversial intimacy with his slaves-a relationship which bore many mixed race children. In "Clotel", we follow the story of Clotel, a mixed-race daughter of Thomas Jefferson. The novel introduces the "tragic-mulatto" archetype into American fiction. With a split identity, this ill-fated soul is ruined by a racially divided society. Clotel wrestles with this existence as a mixed slave; as she vies for freedom we witness her struggle through life. This deft novel examines race relations in a troubled early America.
  • Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States

    William Wells Brown

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, April 9, 2014)
    FOR many years the South has been noted for its beautiful Quadroon women. Bottles of ink, and reams of paper, have been used to portray the "finely-cut and well-moulded features," the "silken curls," the "dark and brilliant eyes," the "splendid forms," the "fascinating smiles," and "accomplished manners" of these impassioned and voluptuous daughters of the two races,—the unlawful product of the crime of human bondage. When we take into consideration the fact that no safeguard was ever thrown around virtue, and no inducement held out to slave-women to be pure and chaste, we will not be surprised when told that immorality pervades the domestic circle in the cities and towns of the South to an extent unknown in the Northern States. Many a planter's wife has dragged out a miserable existence, with an aching heart, at seeing her place in the husband's affections usurped by the unadorned beauty and captivating smiles of her waiting-maid. Indeed, the greater portion of the colored women, in the days of slavery, had no greater aspiration than that of becoming the finely-dressed mistress of some white man. At the negro balls and parties, that used to be so frequently given, this class of women generally made the most splendid appearance.
  • Clotelle: Or, The Colored Heroine. A Tale Of The Southern States.

    William Wells Brown

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Jan. 11, 2013)
    Published in 1867, this is a story of African-Americans in the south. The characters and the scenes were real. The majority of this volume was written before the Civil War.
  • Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter

    Brown William Wells ?

    Paperback (HardPress Publishing, June 21, 2016)
    Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
  • Clotel, or the President's Daughter

    William Wells Brown

    Hardcover (Ayer Co Pub, May 1, 1981)
    Originally published in 1853, Clotel is the first novel by an African American. William Wells Brown, a contemporary of Frederick Douglass, was well known for his abolitionist activities. In Clotel, the author focuses on the experiences of a slave woman: Brown treats the themes of gender, race, and slavery in distinctive ways, highlighting the mutability of identity as well as the absurdities and cruelties of slavery.
  • The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements

    William Wells Brown

    Hardcover (Palala Press, April 22, 2016)
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
  • Clotel, Or The President's Daughter

    William Wells Brown

    Paperback (African Tree Press, April 29, 2015)
    Clotel; Or, The President’s Daughter is believed to be the first novel written by an African-American to win literary acclaim in the United States of America… it is an emotionally powerful, portrait of the horrors of slave life in the South.
  • Three Years in Europe - Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

    William Wells Brown

    Paperback (Qontro Classic Books, July 12, 2010)
    Three Years in Europe - Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by William Wells Brown is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of William Wells Brown then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
  • The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius And His Achievements

    William Wells Brown

    Hardcover (Kessinger Publishing, LLC, Sept. 10, 2010)
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.