Chronological Period/1930's
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
$31.15 Read moreFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Good War: A masterpiece of modern journalism and “a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit” (Saturday Review).
In this “invaluable record” of one o- Author: Terkel, Studs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 07 2005
- ISBN10: 1565846567
- Language: English
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The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
$25.00 Add to cartA fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War’s outbreak, Antony Beevor- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: June 01 2006
- ISBN10: 014303765X
- Language: English
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Al Capone Does My Homework
$9.99 Add to cartAlcatraz Island in the 1930s isn’t the most normal place to grow up, but it’s home for Moose Flanagan, his autistic sister, Natalie, and all the families of the guards. When Moose’s dad gets promoted … [more below]
- Series: Tales from Alcatraz #3
- Author: Choldenko, Gennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 08 2014
- ISBN10: 0142425222
- Language: English
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Between the Acts (Annotated): The Virginia Woolf Library Annotated Edition
$16.95 Add to cartThe annotated, authorized edition of the renowned author’s last novel with commentary by literary critic and Virginia Woolf specialist Melba Cuddy-Keane.
Between the Acts takes place on one summer’s da
- Series: Virginia Woolf Library
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 23 2008
- ISBN10: 0156034735
- Language: English
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
$30.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The epic, beloved novel of two boy geniuses dreaming up superheroes in New York’s Golden Age of comics–soon to be a Showtime limited series
… [more below]- Author: Chabon, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 19 2000
- ISBN10: 0679450041
- Language: English
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Empire Rising
$27.00 Add to cartIt is 1930, and ground has just been broken for the Empire State Building. One of the thousands of men who will come to work high above the city is Michael Briody, an Irish immigrant torn between his
- Author: Kelly, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 24 2006
- ISBN10: 0312425740
- Language: English
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Tobacco Road
$23.95 Add to cartSet during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road was first published in 1932. It is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute
- Series: Brown Thrasher Books
- Author: Caldwell, Erskine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 01 1995
- ISBN10: 082031661X
- Language: English
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Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit
$17.95 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller about a championship city haunted by a
Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime- Author: Stanton, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1493030582
- Language: English
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China Dolls
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “A fascinating portrait of life as a Chinese American woman in the 1930s and ’40s.”–The New York Times Book Review
“Superb . . . This emotional, informative and brilliant … [more below]- Author: See, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 03 2015
- ISBN10: 0812982827
- Language: English
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The Crazyladies of Pearl Street
$17.00 Add to cartLegendary writer Trevanian brings readers his most personal novel yet: a funny, deeply felt, often touching coming-of-age novel set in 1930s America.
Six-year-old Jean-Luc LaPointe, his little siste- Author: Trevanian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 06 2006
- ISBN10: 1400080371
- Language: English
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Three Strike Summer
$17.99 Add to cartFour starred reviews!
“Told in a voice that is so real it reeks of filched peaches, this book is a home run.”
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Selection
A Horn Book Magazine Best Book of 2022- Author: Schrempp, Skyler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1534499148
- Language: English
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City
$21.99 Read moreFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning author Greg Grandin comes the stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon
In 1927, Henry Ford, the- Author: Grandin, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0312429622
- Language: English
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The Education of Little Tree
$24.95 Read moreThe Education of Little Tree has been embedded in controversy since the revelation that the autobiographical story told by Forrest Carter was a complete fabrication. The touching novel, which has entr
- Author: Carter, Forrest
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: August 31 2001
- ISBN10: 0826328083
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
$19.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST. A revelatory history of the role of German women in the Holocaust, not only as plunderers and direct witnesses, but as actual killers on the Eastern Front during World Wa… [more below]
- Author: Lower, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0544334493
- Language: English
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Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
$19.99 Add to cartChildren’s Literature Legacy Award Winner
An extraordinary picture book from Newbery Honoree Pam Mu?z Ryan and Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick about two heroines, national treasures, and close friend
- Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 01 1999
- ISBN10: 059096075X
- Language: English
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No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II
$9.99 Add to cartDiscover an extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in World War II in this young readers’ adaptation of the New York Times bestseller No Better Friend.
No Better Friend- Author: Weintraub, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 0316344656
- Language: English
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Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
$39.95 Add to cartWhen Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin first appeared in the fall of 2000, it inspired wide acclaim and multiple printings.
This sourcebook of hundreds of rare visual delights from t… [more below]- Author: Gordon, Mel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0922915962
- Language: English
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Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America
$27.00 Read moreThe stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the years leading to WWII–and the fearless Jewish gangsters and crime families who joined forces to fight back. With an intense cinematic s
- Author: Benson, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 0806541792
- Language: English
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Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
$19.99 Add to cartThe massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster… [more below]
- Author: Scotti, R. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 24 2004
- ISBN10: 0316832111
- Language: English
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction
$25.99 Add to cartThe definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929-1964.
This book contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered ve- Series: SF Hall of Fame #1
- Author: Silverberg, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: February 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0765305372
- Language: English
