Chronological Period/1900-1949
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The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas
$38.33 Read moreKnown as the “patron saint of all outsiders,” Simone Weil (1909-43) was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable thinkers, a philosopher who truly lived by her political and ethical ideals. In a… [more below]
- Author: Zaretsky, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 022654933X
- Language: English
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Silent Honor
$9.99 Read moreFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a moving novel of families separated and lives shattered by prejudice during one of the most shameful episodes in American history.
A man ahe- Author: Steel, Danielle
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 03 1997
- ISBN10: 0440224055
- Language: English
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Obasan
$19.00 Add to cartWinner of the American Book Award
Based on the author’s own experiences, this award-winning novel was the first to tell the story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of J- Author: Kogawa, Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 27 1993
- ISBN10: 0385468865
- Language: English
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Lassie Come-Home
$8.99 Add to cartLassie is Joe’s prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe’s father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, unti
- Author: Knight, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 18 2007
- ISBN10: 0312371314
- Language: English
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Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider
$16.99 Read moreFirst published in 1968, Weimar Culture is one of the masterworks of Peter Gay’s distinguished career. A study of German culture between the two wars, the book brilliantly traces the rise of the artis
- Author: Gay, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0393322394
- Language: English
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Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of Randy Shilts Award
In the half century before the Nazis rose to power, Berlin became the undisputed gay capital of the world. Activists and medical professionals made it a city of firsts–th- Author: Beachy, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0307473139
- Language: English
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Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin’ Cowboy
$9.99 Read moreThe true sweat-and-dirt tale of the feisty cowboy-child who became the most famous black rodeo performer who ever lived. Includes a note about the history of the black West and a bibliography.
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 04 1999
- ISBN10: 0152021035
- Language: English
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The Game: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
$27.99 Add to cartIt’s only the second day of 1924, but Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, find themselves embroiled in intrigue. It starts with a New Year’s visit from Holmes’s brother Mycroft, who comes b… [more below]
- Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #3
- Author: King, Laurie R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0553386379
- Language: English
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Jolly Foul Play
$8.99 Read more“Steven’s storytelling and suspense-building are top-notch.” —School Library Journal
“Readers…will find themselves stretching their powers of deduction.” —Booklist After a student turns up murdere- Series: Wells & Wong Mystery
- Author: Stevens, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 1481489100
- Language: English
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We Wait for the Sun
$18.99 Read moreA beautiful and uplifting non-fiction picture book from Katie McCabe and trailblazing civil rights lawyer and activist Dovey Johnson Roundtree, We Wait for the Sun.
In the hour before dawn, Dovey Mae a- Author: McCabe, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1250229022
- Language: English
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Paradiso
$19.95 Add to cartA classic of modern literature, Paradiso was first published in Cuba in 1966 and quickly hailed as a masterpiece by such eminent writers as Julio Cortázar and Mario Vargas Llosa. Written by Cuba’s mo
- Author: Lezama Lima, Jose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: December 03 2005
- ISBN10: 156478228X
- Language: English
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Marcel’s Masterpiece: How a Toilet Shaped the History of Art
$19.99 Read moreAn engaging, kid-friendly introduction to artist Marcel Duchamp and how he turned a toilet into a famous work of art.
This is the story of Marcel Duchamp and how the Dada art movement changed the way- Author: Mack, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 125077716X
- Language: English
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Sonia Delaunay: A Life of Color
$19.95 Add to cartAuthor Cara Manes and illustrator Fatinha Ramos explore the life of Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), painter and textile, theater, and fashion designer, who made enormous contributions to the development o… [more below]
- Author: Manes, Cara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 22 2017
- ISBN10: 1633450244
- Language: English
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Hot Springs
$10.99 Read moreThe undisputed master of the tough thriller, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter delivers an “exciting and intelligent” (The Wall Street Journal) masterpiece set in 1940s Arkansas, where … [more below]
- Series: Earl Swagger
- Author: Hunter, Stephen
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1982194235
- Language: English
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Echoes
$8.99 Add to cartAgainst a vivid backdrop of history, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war, acts of faith and acts of betrayal…and of three generations of women as they journey though years of los… [more below]
- Author: Steel, Danielle
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0440240786
- Language: English
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Out of Africa: And Shadows on the Grass
$19.00 Add to cartSet in Africa, it is the story of Dinesen’s years in Africa–together with Shadows on the Grass.
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Dinesen, Isak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 23 1989
- ISBN10: 0679724753
- Language: English
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Mama’s Window
$13.95 Read moreAfter his mother dies, Sugar Martin is sent to live with his gruff uncle Free, a crippled loner who makes his living fishing in a swamp in the Mississippi Delta in the early 1900s.
After his mother di
- Author: Rubright, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 89
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1600603351
- Language: English
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Brother Andre: Friend of the Suffering, Apostle of Saint Joseph
$18.95 Add to cartNo further information has been provided for this title.”
- Author: Dubuc, Jean-Guy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1594711909
- Language: English
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One of Ours
$14.95 Add to cartWilla Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative of the making of a young American soldier.
Claude Wheeler, the sensitive, aspiring protagonist of this beautifully modulated novel, resembles the younge- Series: Vintage Classics #0000
- Author: Cather, Willa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 05 1991
- ISBN10: 0679737448
- Language: English
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The Death of the Heart
$17.00 Add to cartThe Death of the Heart is perhaps Elizabeth Bowen’s best-known book. As she deftly and delicately exposes the cruelty that lurks behind the polished surfaces of conventional society, Bowen reveals her… [more below]
- Author: Bowen, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 09 2000
- ISBN10: 0385720173
- Language: English
