Chronological Period/1950-1999
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Bossypants
$19.99 Add to cartSpirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are “a masterpiece” from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL (Sunday Telegraph
- Author: Fey, Tina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 03, 2012
- ISBN10: 0316056871
- Language: English
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To Die for the People: The Writings of Huey P. Newton
$16.95 Add to cartA fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America.
Long an iconic figure for radicals, Huey Newton is now being discovered by those interested in th
- Author: Newton, Huey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0872865290
- Language: English
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Scar Tissue
$21.99 Add to cartIn this “vivid and inspiring” New York Times bestseller (Newsweek), the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ lead singer and songwriter shares a searingly honest account of life in the rock scene’s fast lane–from
- Author: Kiedis, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 19, 2005
- ISBN10: 1401307450
- Language: English
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My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire
$16.99 Add to cartForeword by Steve Harvey and afterword by David Foster
The Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincer
- Author: White, Maurice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0062329162
- Language: English
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
$18.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes “the best Jordan book so far” (The Washington Post), the story of Michael Jordan’s legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, ca… [more below]
- Author: Halberstam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0767904443
- Language: English
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Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s (Loa #94): The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big
$45.00 Add to cart“The most important collection of crime fiction ever published in the United States.” — Ed Gorman
Evolving out of the terse and violent style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the dec- Series: Library of America Noir Collection #1
- Author: Polito, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 990
- Publish Date: September 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1883011469
- Language: English
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Selena, Reina de la M?sica Tejana
$18.99 Add to cartThis is a moving and impassioned picture book about the iconic Queen of Tejano music, Selena Quintanilla, that will embolden young readers to find their passion and make the impossible, possible! En E… [more below]
- Author: L?pez, Silvia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1499811438
- Language: English
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
$19.99 Read more“This book, a young reader’s edition of Knight’s autobiography, is an eye-opening look into the story of Knight before his multibillion dollar company. His tenacity is inspiring and will be a valuable… [more below]
- Author: Knight, Phil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 1534401180
- Language: English
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Just Wild Enough: Mireya Mayor, Primatologist
$17.99 Add to cart2022 Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction – Finalist
Primatologist Mireya Mayor is living pr
2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist – Juvenile Nonfiction
2023 Green Earth Book Award Long List for Picture Book- Series: She Made History
- Author: Magellan, Marta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 807540854
- Language: English
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No Simple Highway
$28.99 Add to cartFor almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America’s most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question of why–and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new res
- Author: Richardson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 1250082145
- Language: English
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Opryland USA
$32.99 Add to cartBy the late 1960s, the Ryman Auditorium the fifth home of the Grand Ole Opry was a deteriorating firetrap in a seedy part of Nashville, yet it still attracted thousands of people each weekend to the s… [more below]
- Author: Phillips, Stephen W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: August 22 2016
- ISBN10: 1531699782
- Language: English
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The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi
$19.95 Add to cartArundhati Roy examines the persistent inequality in India through an extensive critique of Gandhi’s views on race, caste and imperialism.
- Author: Roy, Arundhati
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 160846797X
- Language: English
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Steve & Me
$19.99 Add to cartWhen Terri Raines was twenty-seven years old, she took a vacation that changed her life. Leaving behind her wildlife rescue work in Oregon, Terri traveled to Australia, and there, at a small wildlife … [more below]
- Author: Irwin, Terri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 02 2008
- ISBN10: 1416954740
- Language: English
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What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
$18.99 Add to cartA stunning, tragic memoir about John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill, by Radziwill’s widow.
What Remains is a vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a- Author: Radziwill, Carole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 05 2007
- ISBN10: 074327718X
- Language: English
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Skydog: The Duane Allman Story
$34.48 Add to cartNow in paperback – revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author – this is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation. Skydog reveals the… [more below]
- Author: Poe, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 879309393
- Language: English
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The Astronaut with a Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa
$18.99 Add to cartIf you have a mission, a dream to explore, but no one like you has achieved it before…
Meet Dr. Ellen Ochoa-a determined space pioneer with a stellar symphony of talents.
Growing up in a family of i
- Series: Amazing Scientists #4
- Author: Finley Mosca, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1943147639
- Language: English
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When the Schools Shut Down: A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s Lost Generation and the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Decision
$19.99 Add to cartA 2023 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Finalist
An awe-inspiring autobiographical picture book about a young African American girl who lived during the shutdown of public schools in Farmville, Virgin
- Author: Gladden, Yolanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0063011166
- Language: English
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories
$27.00 Add to cartThe 50th-anniversary edition of the classic, savagely comic account of a trip to Las Vegas that came to represent what happened to America in the 1960s–and a founding document of “gonzo journalism”–… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 05 1998
- ISBN10: 0679602984
- Language: English
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Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
$11.99 Add to cartWhen Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. Temple’s doctor recommended institutionalizing her, but her mother believed in her. Temple
- Author: Montgomery, Sy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0544339096
- Language: English
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What I Loved
$20.99 Read moreSiri Hustvedt’s What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the
- Author: Hustvedt, Siri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0312421192
- Language: English
