Back Bay Books
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The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at War
$25.00 Add to cartThe Krupp family were the premier German arms manufacturers from the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War II, producing artillery pieces and submarines that set the standard for effec… [more below]
- Author: Manchester, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: April 03 2003
- ISBN10: 0316529400
- Language: English
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Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
$23.99 Add to cartA gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers–Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown… [more below]
- Author: Guralnick, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0316332739
- Language: English
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Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music
$22.99 Add to cartThe long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and belove- Author: Fogerty, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 0316244589
- Language: English
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When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
$22.99 Add to cartGail Collins, New York Times columnist and bestselling author, recounts the astounding revolution in women’s lives over the past 50 years, with her usual “sly wit and unfussy style” (People).
When Eve- Author: Collins, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0316014044
- Language: English
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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
$19.99 Add to cartHave you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there’s arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of y… [more below]
- Author: Oneill, Therese
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 0316357901
- Language: English
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No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII
$21.99 Add to cartThe extraordinary tale of survival and friendship between a man and a dog in World War II.
Flight technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, met in the most unlikely of places: an intern- Author: Weintraub, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0316337056
- Language: English
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The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King–The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
$22.99 Add to cartHow history’s only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world’s dominant sea power.
Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank o- Author: Borneman, Walter R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 0316097837
- Language: English
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Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartThis is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings fo… [more below]
- Author: Rushin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 17 2018
- ISBN10: 0316392251
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters
$24.99 Add to cartThe vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa–one of the most renowned women rulers in history–and three of her extraordinary daughters, including Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen of France… [more below]
- Author: Goldstone, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 031644930X
- Language: English
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The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, “richly detailed” story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot L… [more below]
- Author: Holt, Nathalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 0316439142
- Language: English
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Soul of Nowhere
$19.99 Add to cartIncludes black-and-white photographs and pen-and-ink drawings by the author
In Soul of Nowhere, Craig Childs answers the call of fierce places; the more desolate the landscape, the more passionately he
- Author: Childs, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 231
- Publish Date: April 06 2006
- ISBN10: 0316735884
- Language: English
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Play on: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography
$24.99 Add to cart“After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I’ve never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll — and how the band that h… [more below]
- Author: Fleetwood, Mick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 27 2015
- ISBN10: 0316403415
- Language: English
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Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
$19.99 Add to cartThe riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.
In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocitie- Author: Holt, Nathalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 0316338907
- Language: English
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A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour
$22.99 Add to cartFrom the author of Raise a First, Take a Knee: John Feinstein’s bestselling classic is “the best-ever account of life on the PGA tour” (Golf Magazine) and a must-read for anyone who loves the game of… [more below]
- Author: Feinstein, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0316277371
- Language: English
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Here If You Need Me: A True Story
$18.99 Add to cartTen years ago, Kate Braestrup and her husband Drew were enjoying the life they shared together. They had four young children, and Drew, a Maine state trooper, would soon begin training to become a min
- Author: Braestrup, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 01, 2008
- ISBN10: 0316066311
- Language: English
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A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II
$18.99 Add to cartAs heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and “engaging history” (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive vict… [more below]
- Author: Parkin, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 031649206X
- Language: English
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Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials
$16.99 Read moreIn Kids These Days, early Wall Street occupier Malcolm Harris gets real about why the Millennial generation has been wrongly stereotyped, and dares us to confront and take charge of the consequences n… [more below]
- Author: Harris, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 0316510858
- Language: English
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The Dark Side of Camelot
$23.99 Add to cartA monumental work of investigative journalism from one of the greatest reporters in American history, revealing the Kennedy White House as never before.
In this widely acclaimed and bestselling book,… [more below]- Author: Hersh, Seymour M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0316360678
- Language: English
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Sisters in Hate: American Women and White Extremism
$19.99 Add to cartFinalist for the Lukas prize
With a New Foreword After the election of Donald J. Trump, journalist Seyward Darby went looking for the women of the so-called “alt-right” — really just white nationalis- Author: Darby, Seyward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0316487783
- Language: English
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Kings of the Yukon: One Summer Paddling Across the Far North
$21.99 Add to cartA thrilling journey by canoe across Alaska, by critically acclaimed writer Adam Weymouth.
The Yukon river is 2,000 miles long, the longest stretch of free-flowing river in the United States. In this- Author: Weymouth, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0316396699
- Language: English
