Chronological Period/1900-1949
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Mahatma Gandhi
$8.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the father of India.
As a young teenager in India,- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #25
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284288
- Language: English
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Corelli’s Mandolin
$18.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history: “An exuberant mixture of history and romance, written with a wit that is incandescent” (Los Angeles… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: de Bernieres, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 29 1995
- ISBN10: 067976397X
- Language: English
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The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams
$19.99 Add to cartThis is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center.
Ever since s- Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 23 2015
- ISBN10: 0805090495
- Language: English
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Mind Over Muscle: Writings from the Founder of Judo
$19.95 Read moreIn 1882 Jigoro Kano (1860-1938) founded Kodokan Judo at Eishoji Temple in Tokyo. It was the culmination of a lifelong devotion to the jujutsu of the past, which he reorganized while taking great care … [more below]
- Author: Kano, Jigoro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 06 2013
- ISBN10: 1568364970
- Language: English
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It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
$11.95 Read moreThe inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban lif
- Author: Tate, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1643790552
- Language: English
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The Little Book: Story Reader for a Free Ukraine
$24.95 Read moreThe Little Book was originally published in 1940 and made a vital contribution to the curriculum for Canadian-Ukrainian children in prairie schools. Besides containing alphabet letters and gorgeous il
- Author: Matwuczuk, Mykola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1990735045
- Language: English
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A Star Called Henry
$22.00 Add to cartRoddy Doyle’s acclaimed novel about an intrepid Irishman’s years of reckless heroism and adventure – “An extraordinarily entertaining epic.” (The Washington Post)
Born at the beginning of the twentiet- Series: Last Roundup #1
- Author: Doyle, Roddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 05 2004
- ISBN10: 0143034618
- Language: English
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Night Soldiers
$19.00 Add to cartBulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service, and sent to Spain to serve in its civi… [more below]
- Author: Furst, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 09 2002
- ISBN10: 0375760008
- Language: English
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Munich Signature
$18.99 Read moreOpening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central … [more below]
- Series: Zion Covenant #3
- Author: Thoene, Bodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 141430109X
- Language: English
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Thomas Edison
$5.99 Read moreLearn all about Thomas Edison, one of the most important figures in American history, in this colorful, inviting, and entertaining biography. This carefully leveled reader is written in an easy-to-gra… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Kramer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 08 2014
- ISBN10: 1426314760
- Language: English
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Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles
$18.99 Add to cartThe rise and fall of William Mulholland, and the story of L.A.’s disastrous dam collapse: “A dramatic saga of ambition, politics, money and betrayal” (Los Angeles Daily News).
Rivers in the Desert fol- Author: Davis, Margaret Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 149763878X
- Language: English
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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
$19.99 Add to cartFirst published in 1963, Eliot Asinof’s Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic of a scandalous world series.
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as “th- Author: Asinof, Eliot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0805065377
- Language: English
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The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948
$25.00 Read moreThe memoirs of Wasif Jawhariyyeh are a remarkable treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of Jerusalem. Spanning over four decades, from 1904 to 1948, they cover a period o… [more below]
- Author: Jawhariyyeh, Wasif
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1566569257
- Language: English
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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America
$18.99 Read moreIn a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti uncovers the true story of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, one of the most m
- Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 0544313674
- Language: English
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Letters to a Young Poet
$18.00 Add to cartRilke’s Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before hi… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0679642323
- Language: English
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Mahatma Gandhi
$15.99 Read moreNew in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the father of India, in this true story of his life. As a young teenager in India, Gandhi led a rebellious life and w… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #25
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1786037874
- Language: English
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George Washington Carver: From Slave to Scientist
$11.99 Read moreOnce a kidnapped slave baby, George Washington Carver found freedom in learning everything he could about the world around him. Overcoming poverty and racism, George became a brilliant scientist and a… [more below]
- Series: Heroes of History
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: November 19 2001
- ISBN10: 1883002788
- Language: English
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Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America’s First Bookmobile
$18.99 Read moreSharlee Glenn’s picture book Library on Wheels tells the true story of America’s first bookmobile.
If you can’t bring the man to the books, bring the books to the man. Mary Lemist Titcomb (1852-1932)- Author: Glenn, Sharlee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 141972875X
- Language: English
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Marie Curie
$8.99 Read moreNow in paperback! In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
When Marie was- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #6
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284067
- Language: English
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Prague Counterpoint
$18.99 Read moreOpening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central … [more below]
- Series: Zion Covenant #2
- Author: Thoene, Bodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1414301081
- Language: English
