Chronological Period/1930's
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The Death of the Heart
$17.00 Read moreThe 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
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The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp
$30.00 Read moreThe “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi Germany for London, only to be arrested and sent to a British internment camp for suspected fore… [more below]
- Author: Parkin, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1982178523
- Language: English
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Horse Diaries #4: Maestoso Petra
$7.99 Add to cartVienna, Austria, 1938
Maestoso Petra is a world-famous Lipizzaner stallion. He has spent years in the Spanish Riding School, training to perform the complex airs above the ground that only Lipizzaner- Series: Horse Diaries (Quality) #4
- Author: Kendall, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0375858423
- Language: English
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Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
$25.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portr… [more below]
- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 12 2004
- ISBN10: 0812972821
- Language: English
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Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
$18.99 Read moreFrom Children’s Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance–paired with fu
- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1681199440
- Language: English
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Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow
$14.99 Add to cartA Newbery and Sibert Honor Book! A riveting and often chilling story of Germany’s powerful Hitler Youth. A PB edition in an accessible new novel-sized reformat for Scholastic Focus!
In this Newbery Hon… [more below]
- Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1338309846
- Language: English
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Palestine: The Reality: The Inside Story of the Balfour Declaration 1917-1938
$30.00 Read moreA comprehensive history and analysis of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, published in the run up to its 100th anniversary. First published by Longman Green, London, this book had a short life; the ent
- Author: Jeffries, J. M. N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: November 15, 2016
- ISBN10: 1566560241
- Language: English
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The Wind Called My Name
$20.95 Read moreIn this heartwarming historical middle-grade set in the 1930s — perfect for fans of Esperanza Rising and Hattie Big Sky— Margarita Sandoval and her family try to navigate the shifting winds of belon
- Author: Sanchez, Mary Louise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1620147807
- Language: English
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A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
$8.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
A summer they’ll never forget. Each summer Joey and his sister, Mary Alice–two city slickers from Chicago–visit Grandma Dowdel’s seemingly sleepy Illinois town. Soon enough, th- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 09 2000
- ISBN10: 0141303522
- 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 German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945
$24.99 Add to cartA groundbreaking history of what drove the Germans to fight — and keep fighting — for a lost cause in World War II
In The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary … [more below]- Author: Stargardt, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 0465094899
- Language: English
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She Came to Stay
$18.95 Add to cartSet in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon to fall. Although Fran?ise cons… [more below]
- Author: Beauvoir, Simone De
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: July 17 1999
- ISBN10: 0393318842
- Language: English
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The Cookie Loved ‘Round the World: The Story of the Chocolate Chip Cookie
$16.95 Add to cart“Kids of all ages will be intrigued by the historical facts, as well as the presentation design–a superb blending of content, form, and emotion.” –Peter Niemi, literacy specialist and speech and lan
- Author: Teahan, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 09 2017
- ISBN10: 0996842632
- Language: English
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Hot Dog! Eleanor Roosevelt Throws a Picnic
$16.99 Read moreIn June of 1939, the United States played host to two very special guests. British monarchs King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were coming to America. As it was the first visit ever by reigning Britis
- Author: Kimmelman, Leslie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 18, 2014
- ISBN10: 158536830X
- Language: English
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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
$9.99 Add to cartFrom #1 New York Times best-selling author Keith O’Brien comes this thrilling young readers’ edition of the untold story about pioneering women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes nat… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0358242177
- Language: English
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Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel
$20.99 Add to cartA graphic novel adaptation of the beloved, bestselling Newbery Honor-winning novel.
Eleven-year-old Turtle is smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After a- Author: Holm, Jennifer L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 0593126319
- Language: English
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Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
$9.99 Add to cartWith more than 2 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures bring the greatest players in history to life
On October 1, 1932, during Game Three of the Chicago Cubs-New York Yankees World Series
- Series: Baseball Card Adventures
- Author: Gutman, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0380805049
- Language: English
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Friedrich
$7.99 Add to cart“Superb, sensitive, honest and compelling . . . a simple but terrifying tale of the destruction of a single Jewish family.”–The New York Times
His best friend
Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award- Author: Richter, Hans Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0140322051
- Language: English
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Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
$6.99 Add to cartGripping and inspiring, these true stories of bravery, terror, and hope chronicle nine different children’s experiences during the Holocaust.
These are the true-life accounts of nine Jewish boys and gi… [more below]
- Series: Survivors
- Author: Zullo, Allan
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0439669960
- Language: English
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Kit: Turning Things Around
$7.99 Add to cartFor Kit, the Depression has brought big changes: a houseful of boarders, tons of chores, and no birthday party. Then Aunt Millie arrives, and it looks as if her great ideas might turn things around fo… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Tripp, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371593
- Language: English
