Chronological Period/1930's
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Why?: Explaining the Holocaust
$18.95 Add to cartWhy? explores one of the most tragic events in human history by addressing eight of the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust: Why the Jews? Why the Germans? Why murder? Why this swift an
- Author: Hayes, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 393355462
- Language: English
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Lucifer’s Court: A Heretic’s Journey in Search of the Light Bringers
$16.95 Add to cartRahn’s personal diary from his travels as occult investigator for the Third Reich
– First English translation of the author’s journeys in search of a Nordic equivalent to Mt. Sinai – Explains why Luci- Author: Rahn, Otto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 28 2008
- ISBN10: 1594771979
- Language: English
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The Spanish Civil War
$26.00 Read more“Mr. Thomas has understood the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject.”–Vincent Sheean, The New York Times Book… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
- Author: Thomas, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1136
- Publish Date: December 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0375755152
- Language: English
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The Second World War: A Complete History
$44.99 Add to cartMartin Gilbert’s presents A “magisterial” (New York Times) single-volume history of the Second World War.
It began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. By the time it came to an e- Author: Gilbert, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0805076239
- Language: English
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Joy of Cooking 1931 Facsimile Edition: A Facsimile of the First Edition 1931
$32.00 Add to cartIn 1931, Irma Rombauer announced that she intended to turn her personal collection of recipes and cooking techniques into a cookbook. Cooking could no longer remain a private passion for Irma. She had… [more below]
- Author: Rombauer, Irma S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 29 1998
- ISBN10: 0684833581
- Language: English
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Broken Icarus: The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, the Golden Age of Aviation, and the Rise of Fascism
$29.95 Read more2022 History Book Festival Official Selection.
The 1930s still conjure painful images: the great want of the Depression, and overseas, the exuberant crowds motivated by self-appointed national saviors
- Author: Hanna, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 15 2022
- ISBN10: 163388676X
- Language: English
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
$17.00 Add to cartI tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct t… [more below]
- Author: Kalish, Mildred Armstrong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0553384244
- Language: English
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Someplace to Call Home
$15.95 Read more2021-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List. 2020 Women Writing the West Willa Award (tied for 1st place). In 1933, what’s left of the Turner family–twelve-year-old Hallie and her two brothers–finds itse… [more below]
- Author: Dallas, Sandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1585364142
- Language: English
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos
$28.99 Read moreTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists.
One of the most important stories of World W
- Author: Batalion, Judy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0062874217
- Language: English
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The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles: Panzers, Jagdpanzers, Assault Guns, Antiaircraft, Self-Propelled Artillery, Armored Wheeled and Semi-Tr
$35.00 Read moreHere is a jam-packed visual encyclopedia of the armored vehicles used by the Nazi forces in World War II. With over six hundred photos, many of which never before seen by the public, David Doyle book … [more below]
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1510716572
- Language: English
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A Year Down Yonder
$18.99 Read moreWinner of the Newbery Medal
“Peck charms readers once again with this entertaining sequel to A Long Way from Chicago“–School Library Journal (starred review) It was within the pages of Richard Peck‘s- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0803725183
- Language: English
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Honor Killing: Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow’s Spectacular Last Case
$24.00 Add to cartIn the fall of 1931, Thalia Massie, the bored, aristocratic wife of a young naval officer stationed in Honolulu, accused six nonwhite islanders of gang rape. The ensuing trial let loose a storm of rac… [more below]
- Author: Stannard, David E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0143036637
- Language: English
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Bird in a Box
$8.99 Read moreIn a small upstate New York town during the Great Depression, three children–Hibernia, Willie, and Otis–are about to meet.
Hibernia dreams of becoming a famous singer and performing at Harlem’s swank… [more below]- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0316074020
- Language: English
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The Bottoms
$16.95 Add to cartThis Edgar Award winner is “equal parts morality tale and page-turning thriller” (Denver Post)–classic American storytelling in its truest, darkest, and most affecting form, with echoes of William Fa… [more below]
- Author: Lansdale, Joe R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0307475263
- Language: English
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Jerusalem Interlude
$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 #4
- Author: Thoene, Bodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1414301103
- Language: English
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Ruth and the Night of Broken Glass: A World War II Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIn the late summer and early fall of 1938, ten-year-old Ruth Block, along with her father, mother, and best friend, Miriam, must navigate the increasing pressure placed on the Jewish population in Fra… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Bernay, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496583876
- Language: English
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
$18.99 Read moreMoose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie has autism, and when she’s denied admittance t… [more below]
- Series: Tales from Alcatraz #1
- Author: Choldenko, Gennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0399238611
- Language: English
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The Cage
$8.99 Read moreA testament to the enduring strength of the human spirit, family, and, above all, hope, this “vivid memoir of a woman who lost her youth and family to the Nazis” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is a … [more below]
- Author: Sender, Ruth Minsky
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 1997
- ISBN10: 068981321X
- Language: English
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The Speakeasies of 1932: Over 400 Drawings, Paintings & Photos
$32.95 Read moreIntroduction by Pete Hamill. When Manhattan joints were hung out to dry, the Booze-oizie sniveled, then pirouetted on their stools to find reasonably palatable Speakeasy facsimiles. These Prohibition … [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Hirschfeld, Al
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1557835187
- Language: English
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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
$24.95 Add to cartForget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this… [more below]
- Author: Hortis, C. Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 161614923X
- Language: English
