Chronological Period/1950-1999
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Hunting the Jackal: A Special Forces and CIA Soldier’s Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism
$10.99 Add to cartSpanning more than five decades, here is a riveting true account of fighting America’s enemies around the world–told by the soldier/operative who was there
I am not a hero.
Billy Waugh has lurked in
- Author: Waugh, Billy
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 24 2005
- ISBN10: 0060564105
- Language: English
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Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
$26.99 Add to cartHailed as “a masterwork” by the Wall Street Journal, Careless Loveis the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley’s last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume of Peter Guralnick’s m… [more below]
- Author: Guralnick, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: February 10 2000
- ISBN10: 0316332976
- Language: English
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Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
$21.99 Add to cart“Meticulously researched …compels us to confront the current-day legacy of these Nazi ties.” —Wall Street Journal
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions
- Author: de Jong, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0063268647
- Language: English
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Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist
$9.99 Add to cartThe inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
A meni- Author: Acevedo, Sylvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 31, 2020
- ISBN10: 0358206936
- Language: English
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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
$16.00 Add to cartThe fascinating continuation of the best-selling Persepolis, “one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day” (Los Angeles Times). Marjane Satrapi dazzles with her heartrending graphic memoi… [more below]
- Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
- Author: Satrapi, Marjane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 02 2005
- ISBN10: 0375714669
- Language: English
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Underworld
$24.00 Add to cartFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Finalist for the National Book Award
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Winner of the Howell’s Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
One of… [more below]- Author: Delillo, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: July 09 1998
- ISBN10: 0684848155
- Language: English
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The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993
$22.00 Add to cart“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”–Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author
“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”–Leonard Cohen, songwriter
The Pleasures of the Damned features selected
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 02 2008
- ISBN10: 0061228443
- Language: English
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Face the Music: A Life Exposed
$18.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
In Face the Music, Paul Stanley–the co-founder and famous “Starchild” frontman of KISS–reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredib
- Author: Stanley, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0062114050
- Language: English
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Why We’re Polarized
$18.99 Add to cartONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022
One of Bill Gates’s “5 books to read this summer,” this New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller shows us that America’s political system isn’t br- Author: Klein, Ezra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 15, 2021
- ISBN10: 1476700362
- Language: English
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Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, a Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times best-selling author Cornel West is one of America’s most provocative and admired public intellectuals. Whether in the classroom, the streets, the prisons, or the church, Dr. West’s
- Author: West, Cornel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 15, 2010
- ISBN10: 1401921906
- Language: English
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Diana: Her True Story–In Her Own Words
$20.00 Add to cartThe sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death.
When Diana: Her True Story was firs- Author: Morton, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 27, 2017
- ISBN10: 1501169734
- Language: English
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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History
$19.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE EISNER AWARD – A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party.
Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense wa- Author: Walker, David F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1984857703
- Language: English
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Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
$23.00 Add to cart“I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die.”–John Lydon
Punk has been romanticized and embalmed in various media. It has been portrayed as an English class revolt and- Author: Lydon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 28, 2008
- ISBN10: 0312428138
- Language: English
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Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
$18.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
“Reading rocker Smith’s account of her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, it’s hard not to believe in fate. How else to explain the chance encounter t
- Author: Smith, Patti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 02, 2010
- ISBN10: 0060936223
- Language: English
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Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution
$23.32 Add to cartA timely second edition of the classic text on transgender history, with a new introduction and updated material throughout
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to tod- Series: Seal Studies
- Author: Stryker, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 07, 2017
- ISBN10: 158005689X
- Language: English
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The Year of Ice
$19.98 Add to cartBrian Malloy’s acclaimed debut novel set in Minneapolis in the late 70’s, The Year of Ice is the story of a painfully revealing year that threatens to shatter the tenuous bonds between a father and hi
- Author: Malloy, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: June 30, 2020
- ISBN10: 1735330108
- Language: English
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The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
$24.99 Read more“A mob saga that has it all–brotherhood and betrayal, swaggering power and glittering success, and a Godfather whose reach seems utterly unrivaled. What a relentless, irresistible read.” — Don Winsl
- Author: English, T. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: March 19 2019
- ISBN10: 0062568957
- Language: English
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Robin
$21.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A generous, appreciative biography of Robin Wil
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR’S CHOICE
A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR- Author: Itzkoff, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1250214815
- Language: English
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Yes Please
$16.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
The much anticipated first book from comedic genius, actress, media darling, star of Parks and Recreation, alum ofSaturday Night Live, and all around awesome lady, Amy Poeh
- Author: Poehler, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 006226835X
- Language: English
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A Life in Parts
$17.99 Add to cart“Nothing short of riveting…an engrossing first-person account by one of our finest actors” (Huffington Post)–both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft–Bryan Cr
- Author: Cranston, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 08, 2017
- ISBN10: 1476793875
- Language: English
