Chronological Period/1900-1919
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The Orphan Collector: A Heroic Novel of Survival During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
$18.95 Add to cartInstant New York Times Bestseller
From the internationally bestselling author of What She Left Behind comes a gripping and powerful tale of upheaval–a heartbreaking saga of resilience and hope perfec- Author: Wiseman, Ellen Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1496715861
- Language: English
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Up from Slavery
$6.00 Add to cartBorn in a Virginia slave hut, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose to become the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day. In this eloquently written book, he describes events in a
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Washington, Booker T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 04, 1995
- ISBN10: 0486287386
- Language: English
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Can You Survive the Titanic?
$9.99 Add to cartYou are a passenger on the most spectacular ocean liner ever built–the Titanic. When the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink, it’s going to take more than luck to survive. Will you: Try to save l… [more below]
- Series: You Choose Books (Paperback)
- Author: Lassieur, Allison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1429673516
- Language: English
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The Sun Also Rises
$8.99 Add to cartErnest Hemingway’s quintessential story of the Lost Generation
With a new introduction by Maria Hinojosa, Emmy Award-winning journalist and anchor of Latino USA “A truly gripping story, told in a lea- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0593201132
- Language: English
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Shaking the Nickel Bush
$16.95 Add to cartSkinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch
- Author: Moody, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: August 01, 1994
- ISBN10: 0803282184
- Language: English
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The Razor’s Edge
$17.00 Add to cartLarry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham’s most brillant characters – his fiancee Isabel, whose choice betw… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Maugham, W. Somerset
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: September 09 2003
- ISBN10: 1400034205
- Language: English
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Johnny Got His Gun
$9.99 Add to cart“Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury accounting to eloquence.”–The New York Times
This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democ- Author: Trumbo, Dalton
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 1984
- ISBN10: 0553274325
- Language: English
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The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
$19.99 Add to cartCelebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world’s most beloved toys. A pe… [more below]
- Author: Biebow, Natascha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 19 2019
- ISBN10: 132886684X
- Language: English
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The Sun Also Rises: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$18.00 Add to cartHemingway’s classic novel of post-war disillusionment–the emblematic novel of the Lost Generation–now available for the first time from Penguin Classics, in a beautiful Graphic Deluxe Edition featur… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0143136771
- Language: English
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The Titanic: Lost and Found
$5.99 Add to cartTitanic. Just the name evokes tales of the doomed ship that have captivated people of all ages for more than 100 years.
Early readers will enjoy this exciting account of the world’s most famous disast… [more below]- Series: Step Into Reading
- Author: Donnelly, Judy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0394886690
- Language: English
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Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
$25.99 Add to cartIn 1915, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington was fascinated with Einstein’s new theory of general relativity. The theory talks about how forces push and pull objects in space. Einstein said th
- Series: Moments in Science #4
- Author: Pattison, Darcy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: October 08, 2019
- ISBN10: 1629441252
- Language: English
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A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918
$19.99 Add to cartHad there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia, and perhaps no conversion to Christianity by C. S. Lewis.
The First World War laid waste to a continent an
- Author: Loconte, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 07, 2017
- ISBN10: 0718091450
- Language: English
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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #2): Volume 2
$24.99 Add to cartA thrilling graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis’s bestselling I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Haus Studio!
Chet Roscow is finally feeling at ho
- Series: I Survived Graphic Novels
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 1338120956
- Language: English
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882 1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions about Th
$16.95 Add to cartThe one illustrated book that tells the complete, heart-stopping story of the legendary ship.
“A fantastic book… The 882 1/2 answers in this book truly are amazing — both for the scope of informa
- Author: Brewster, Hugh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 11 2018
- ISBN10: 0228101514
- Language: English
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If You Were a Kid Aboard the Titanic (If You Were a Kid)
$7.95 Read moreDiscover what happened when the Titanic collided with an iceberg and began to sink
Alice Carver is traveling aboard the incredible Titanic with her mother to make a new home in the United States. Mean
- Series: If You Were a Kid
- Author: Gregory, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01, 2017
- ISBN10: 0531230961
- Language: English
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
$19.00 Add to cartWinner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing
Short-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize
A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly
A Best History Book of 2017, The Guardi- Author: Fitzharris, Lindsey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 02, 2018
- ISBN10: 0374537968
- Language: English
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies
$19.99 Add to cartOne of the New York Times Best True Crime of 2022 A “spellbinding, thriller-like” (Shelf Awareness) history about the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious, forgotten man behind it–detai
- Author: Fischer, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982114843
- Language: English
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All Quiet on the Western Front
$18.00 Add to cartThe masterpiece of the German experience during World War I, considered by many the greatest war novel of all time–with an Oscar-winning film adaptation now streaming on Netflix.
“[Erich Maria Remar- Series: All Quiet on the Western Front #1
- Author: Remarque, Erich Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 29 1996
- ISBN10: 0449911497
- Language: English
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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #2): Volume 2
$10.99 Add to cartA thrilling graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis’s bestselling I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Haus Studio
Chet Roscow is finally feeling at ho
- Series: I Survived Graphic Novels
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 1338120948
- Language: English
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I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #1): Volume 1
$10.99 Add to cartA thrilling graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis’s bestselling I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Haus Studio
George Calder must be the luc
- Series: I Survived Graphic Novels
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 04, 2020
- ISBN10: 1338120913
- Language: English
