Chronological Period/1900-1919
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Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
$17.99 Read more- 2022 Pura Belpr? Honor Book
- NYPL Best Book of 2021
- Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection
- NPR Best Book of 2021
Based on a true story, the tale of one girl’s perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and
- Series: Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
- Author: Dobbs, Alda P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1728234654
- Language: English
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The Wright Brothers
$34.00 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestseller
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 1476728747
- Language: English
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The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
$19.99 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER
The “riveting” (National Post) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that
- Author: Bacon, John U.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0062666541
- Language: English
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Unsinkable (Titanic, Book 1): Volume 1
$7.99 Add to cartThe ultimate action/adventure trilogy begins, with #1 bestselling author Gordon Korman plunging readers into the heart of the Titanic.
The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden… [more below]
- Series: Titanic #01
- Author: Korman, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0545123313
- Language: English
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The Master
$18.99 Add to cart“Colm T?b?’s beautiful, subtle illumination of Henry James’s inner life” (The New York Times) captures the loneliness and hope of a master of psychological subtlety whose forays into intimacy inevitab… [more below]
- Author: Toibin, Colm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: May 03 2005
- ISBN10: 0743250419
- Language: English
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Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen
$12.99 Add to cartHawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is a moving personal portrait of a girl who grew up to become Hawaii’s first and only queen, a beloved monarch who fought for the rights of her people.
Hawaii’s Story b
- Series: Mint Editions – Hawaiian Library
- Author: Lili’uokalani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1513271903
- Language: English
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The Sun Also Rises
$9.99 Read moreThe novel about American and British expatriates in Europe after World War I that defined the Lost Generation.
The Sun Also Rises chronicles the experiences of Jake Barnes, a war veteran now working a… [more below]- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 143517237X
- Language: English
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Daisy and the Deadly Flu: A 1918 Influenza Survival Story
$9.99 Add to cartIn 1918, fourteen-year-old Daisy’s family has fallen on hard times. Her sister Elsie’s fiance was recently deployed to fight in World War I, and her father’s newspaper was forced to shut down for crit… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496592158
- Language: English
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Mrs Dalloway
$25.00 Add to cartChiltern creates the most beautiful editions of the World’s finest literature.
Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colo
- Series: Chiltern Classic
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1912714922
- Language: English
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Willa of Dark Hollow
$7.99 Read moreThis instant New York Times bestselleris perfect for any reader who loves history and mystery and cares deeply about the natural world.
*”A captivating, stirring tale of family, friendship, the envir- Series: Willa of the Wood
- Author: Beatty, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1368009484
- Language: English
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Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
$18.00 Add to cartCombining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jer… [more below]
- Author: Capuzzo, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 21 2002
- ISBN10: 0767904141
- Language: English
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The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir’s Greatest Adventures
$12.99 Add to cartHere is an entertaining collection of famed conservationist John Muir’s most exciting adventures in nature, representing some of his finest writing. From the famous avalanche ride off the rim of Yosem… [more below]
- Author: Stetson, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 1930238371
- Language: English
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The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest
$19.99 Add to cart“In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will… [more below]
- Author: Caesar, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1501143387
- Language: English
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The Man Who Planted Trees
$15.95 Add to cartA beautiful gift edition of this classic fable about one man’s quest to create a forest.
In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes acro… [more below]- Author: Giono, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1784878014
- Language: English
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Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
$19.99 Read moreCoretta Scott King Author Award
Read about the fascinating life of Bass Reeves, who escaped slavery to become the first African American Deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi.Sitting tall i
- Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0822567644
- Language: English
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The Courage and Character of Theodore Roosevelt: A Hero Among Leaders
$19.99 Add to cartThe faith and character of Theodore Roosevelt are examined in context with his life and achievements in this biography.
- Author: Grant, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 15 2005
- ISBN10: 1581824394
- Language: English
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You
$24.99 Add to cartBanned in Russia, Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God Is Within You was deemed a threat to church and state. The culmination of a lifetime’s thought, it espouses a commitment to Jesus’s message of turning th… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy
- Author: Tolstoy, Leo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 08 2006
- ISBN10: 0486451380
- Language: English
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Band of Sisters
$16.99 Add to cart“A crackling portrayal of everyday American heroines…A triumph.”
— Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth AvenueA group of young women from Smith College risk their l
- Author: Willig, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0062986163
- Language: English
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The Call of the Wrens
$17.99 Add to cartThe Call of the Wrens introduces the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe carrying secrets on their shoulders.
An orphan who spent her youth without a true home, Mari
- Author: Walsh, Jenni L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1400233887
- Language: English
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Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It
$18.99 Add to cart“The definitive book on the 19 men who brought such devastation and terror to this country … a well-told, meticulously researched cautionary tale.” — Washington Post Book World
Using research undert
- Author: McDermott, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 15 2006
- ISBN10: 006058470X
- Language: English
