Chronological Period/1950-1999
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Left for Dead: A Young Man’s Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
$12.99 Read moreFor fans of sea battles, adventures, and war stories like Unbroken, this is the incredible true story of a boy who helps to bring closure to the survivors of the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis… [more below]
- Author: Nelson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 201
- Publish Date: November 11 2003
- ISBN10: 0385730918
- Language: English
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Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City
$32.00 Add to cartThe compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation’s cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight
Thirty years ago, most people were ready to give up on American cities.- Author: Sandoval-Strausz, A. K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1541697243
- Language: English
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Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia
$11.99 Read moreA thrilling, critically-acclaimed account of the Cold War spies and spycraft that changed the course of history, perfect for young readers of Bomb and The Boys Who Challenged Hitler. The Cold War span… [more below]
- Author: Favreau, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0316545902
- Language: English
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Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior
$29.99 Read moreThe Explosive National Bestseller
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A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era.- Author: Prado, Ric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1250271843
- Language: English
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Feynman’s Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life
$17.00 Add to cartSome of the brightest minds in science have passed through the halls of the California Institute of Technology. In the early 1980s, Leonard Mlodinow joined their ranks to begin a postdoctoral fellowsh… [more below]
- Author: Mlodinow, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 29 2011
- ISBN10: 0307946495
- Language: English
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The Sound of Things Falling
$18.00 Read more* National Bestseller and Dublin Literary Award winner
* Hailed by Edmund White as “a brilliant new novel” on the cover of the New York Times Book Review
* Lauded by Jonathan Franzen, E. L. Doctorow and… [more below]- Author: Vasquez, Juan Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 159463274X
- Language: English
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Midwives
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – This modern classic from the author of The Flight Attendant is a compulsively readable novel that explores questions of human responsibility that are as fundamental to our societ… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Bohjalian, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0375706771
- Language: English
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The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World
$38.00 Add to cartNearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, its legacy and the accompanying Russian-American tension continues to loom large. Russia’s access to detailed information on the United States and it… [more below]
- Author: Davies, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 022638957X
- Language: English
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The Sun Does Shine: An Innocent Man, a Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice
$19.99 Read moreA Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times, now adapted for younger readers, with a revise- Author: Hinton, Anthony Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1250817366
- Language: English
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The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
$18.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
“A revealing look at life inside the White House. . . it’s Downton Abbey for the White House staff.”— The Today Show
A remarkable history with elements of both In the Presi
- Author: Brower, Kate Andersen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0062305204
- Language: English
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As Fast as Words Could Fly
$12.95 Add to cartThe story of Mason Steele, an African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, who relies on his inner strength and his typing skills to break racial barriers after he begins attending a “whi
- Author: Tuck, Pamela M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1620148595
- Language: English
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Niki Nakayama: A Chef’s Tale in 13 Bites
$19.99 Read moreLouisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award Nominee!
Niki Nakayama: A Chef’s Tale in 13 Bites is a picture book biography that tells the story of the powerhouse female Japanese-American chef and her rise to- Author: Florence, Debbi Michiko
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0374313873
- Language: English
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Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
$18.99 Add to cartNow a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks–the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger–the pilot wh
- Author: Sullenberger, Chesley B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 11 2010
- ISBN10: 0061924695
- Language: English
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Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
$34.99 Read moreFreddie Mercury was one of rock’s most dazzling front men. When he died in 1991, the music world lost one of its most flamboyant characters, as well as a supremely talented writer and vocalist. Best k… [more below]
- Author: Blake, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 23 2016
- ISBN10: 1495030113
- Language: English
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Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and of her headstrong, unforgettable mother.
“This- Author: Fuller, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 11 2003
- ISBN10: 0375758992
- Language: English
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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
$0.00 Read moreLonglisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards
“A smart and accessible cultural history.”-Los Angeles Times “A fantastic examination of what became the mall … envision[ing] a more meaningful pu- Author: Lange, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1635576024
- Language: English
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William Eggleston: 2 1/4
$75.00 Add to cartA tribute to Eggleston’s brief experimentation with pocket-sized photographs
Born and raised in Mississippi and Tennessee, photographer William Eggleston began taking pictures in the early 1960s after
- Author: Eggleston, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: March 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0944092705
- Language: English
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Misty Copeland: Ballet Star
$5.99 Add to cartPresents the life of the African-American dancer, describing her childhood, her ballet training, and her work with the American Ballet Theatre.
- Series: I Can Read!: Level 1
- Author: Howden, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1443460249
- Language: English
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Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne: 1962-1987
$95.00 Add to cartThe updated edition of the definitive, authorized catalogue raisonne of Andy Warhol’s prints, reproducing more than 1,700 prints — all in full color with complete scholarly documentation
Andy Warhol:
- Author: Warhol, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01, 2003
- ISBN10: 1891024639
- Language: English
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The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People
$17.00 Add to cartThe Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glo
- Author: Michener, James A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0812986741
- Language: English
