Chronological Period/1950-1999
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Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist
$17.99 Read moreThe 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1328809560
- Language: English
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While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement
$17.99 Add to cartOn September 15, 1963, a Klan-planted bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Fourteen-year-old Carolyn Maull was just a few feet away when the bomb exploded, killing f… [more below]
- Author: McKinstry, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1414336373
- Language: English
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Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
$18.00 Read moreA controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author
“A must for anyone who wants to understand the tectonic forces under- Author: Goodman, Micah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0300248415
- Language: English
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Wild Thorns
$15.00 Add to cartA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
- Series: Emerging Voices (Paperback)
- Author: Khalifeh, Sahar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1566563364
- Language: English
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Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
$31.99 Add to cartBeginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late… [more below]
- Series: Oxford History of the United States V X
- Author: Patterson, James T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: November 20 1997
- ISBN10: 0195117972
- Language: English
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Stacey Abrams: Lift Every Voice
$20.95 Read moreHow do we move our country forward? Stacey Abrams has an answer in this bright and stirring biography, perfect for discussions of voting rights and how people working together can make a difference.
St
- Author: Warren, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1643794973
- Language: English
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The Cold Six Thousand: Underworld USA 2
$19.00 Read moreThe internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.
In this savagely audacious nov- Series: Underworld USA Trilogy #2
- Author: Ellroy, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: June 11 2002
- ISBN10: 037572740X
- Language: English
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Every Man a Tiger: The Gulf War Air Campaign
$30.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller-updated with additional information on the current Iraq War-now in trade paperback.
General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets-the forces of a doze- Series: Commander #2
- Author: Clancy, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 02 2008
- ISBN10: 0425219135
- Language: English
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The Northern Ireland Troubles: 1969-2007
$20.00 Read moreIn this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Dr Aaron Edwards provides a concise overview of one of the most difficult and controversial actions in recent history.
Spanning 38 years of- Series: Essential Histories (Osprey Publishing)
- Author: Edwards, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857143
- Language: English
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Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1
$19.00 Read moreThe first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and inspiration for the PBS/Masterpiece television series, finds Vicar Sidney Chambers beginning his career, as both a spiritual leader and a detective.
It is- Series: Grantchester Mysteries #1
- Author: Runcie, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1608198561
- Language: English
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Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil
$19.95 Read more“Charlotte Dennett has written an excellent book summarizing the geopolitics of the Middle East historically through to current events. . . . This is an amazing piece of historical writing. . . . Stud
- Author: Dennett, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1645021475
- Language: English
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The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind
$35.00 Read moreA major new history of the Cold War that explores the conflict through the minds of the people who lived through it.
More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the hum- Author: Sixsmith, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1639361812
- Language: English
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Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America
$21.95 Read moreForeword by Janet Yellen
Weijian Shan’s Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Am
- Author: Shan, Weijian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1394172583
- Language: English
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Jonas Brothers Forever: The Unofficial Story of Kevin, Joe and Nick
$14.95 Read moreThe Jonas Brothers have gone from obscurity to superstardom in the course of a year, and there’s simply no stopping them. From their top-selling albums, to their sensational sold-out tours, their Disn… [more below]
- Author: Janic, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 155022851X
- Language: English
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Uncollected Works: Oscar Acosta
$14.95 Read moreThis milestone collection gathers unpublished stories, essays, letters, poems and a teleplay written by Acosta (1935-1974), the legendary Chicano attorney, political activist and writer, between the e… [more below]
- Author: Acosta, Oscar Zeta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: May 01 1996
- ISBN10: 1558850996
- Language: English
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The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence
$34.50 Read moreTorture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens–and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitt… [more below]
- Author: Ralph, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 09 2020
- ISBN10: 022665009X
- Language: English
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Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974
$19.99 Add to cartWhen–and how–did America become so polarized? In this masterful history, leading historians Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment. It all starts in 1974 with
- Author: Kruse, Kevin M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0393357708
- Language: English
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Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny
$30.00 Read moreModern Israel’s founding fathers provided some of the boldest and most principled leadership of any nation–now Israel needs their example more than ever.
Modern Israel’s founding fathers provided some… [more below]- Author: Ross, Dennis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1541767659
- Language: English
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Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
$32.00 Read moreIn the secret world of spies and covert operations, no other intelligence service continues to be as surrounded by myth and mystery as the Mossad. Gordon Thomas reveals that all too often the truth ex
- Author: Thomas, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 832
- Publish Date: March 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1250056403
- Language: English
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Broken Music: A Memoir
$17.00 Read more“Sting’s gift for prose and reverence for language, nearly the equal of his musical gifts, shine on every page. Even when Broken Music addresses the quixotic life of an aspiring rock & roller, it read… [more below]
- Author: Sting
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 25 2005
- ISBN10: 0385338651
- Language: English
