Chronological Period/1960's
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Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds and Changed America Fore
$21.99 Add to cartTimed to the release of Jerry Bruckheimer’s movie, the moving autobiography of Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Haskins and his storied team of players, the Texas Western Miners
In 1966, college bas- Author: Haskins, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1401307914
- Language: English
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The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964: Vol. 7 Hardcover Edition
$29.99 Add to cart“My name is 555 95472 but everyone calls me 5 for short… I have two sisters named 3 and 4.” With those words, Charles Schulz introduced one (in fact, three) of the quirkiest characters to the Peanut… [more below]
- Series: Complete Peanuts #0
- Author: Schulz, Charles M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 156097723X
- Language: English
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That Night
$17.00 Add to cartIn That Night, New York Times bestselling author Alice McDermott, “has taken a suburban teenage romance and pregnancy and infused it with the power, the ominousness, and the star-crossed romanticism o
- Author: McDermott, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1250881374
- Language: English
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The State-Line Mob: A True Story of Murder and Intrigue
$17.99 Add to cartThe story that could not be written till now
I have been collecting this informatin for more than twenty years. I was personally acquainted with many of the outlaws who nested in the dives along the T
- Author: Morris, W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: January 30 2001
- ISBN10: 1558538615
- Language: English
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We Were Soldiers Once…and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
$23.00 Add to cartEach year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant’s choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Onc… [more below]
- Author: Moore, General Ha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 23 2004
- ISBN10: 034547581X
- Language: English
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963
$17.99 Add to cartDuring one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, r… [more below]
- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0385321759
- Language: English
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Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
$21.00 Add to cartThe story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a monument to racial harmony in blighted south Memphis during the civil rights movement. Their success soon pit
- Author: Gordon, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 03 2015
- ISBN10: 1608194167
- Language: English
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Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
$11.99 Read more2007 Sibert Medal Winner
“This excellent book will walk the reader step by step through man’s first landing on the moon. With photos and text, Catherine Thimmesh accurately portrays the accomplishmen- Author: Thimmesh, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 054458239X
- Language: English
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Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
$12.99 Add to cartThe summer of 1972, before I turned nine, danger began knocking on doors all over China.
Nine-year-old Ling has a very happy life. Her parents are both dedicated surgeons at the best hospital in Wuhan- Author: Compestine, Ying Chang
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 29 2009
- ISBN10: 0312581491
- Language: English
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Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: The NASA History 50th Anniversary Edition
$45.00 Add to cartThis special edition of Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, an official NASA publication, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Moon landing with a thrilling insider’s view of the s… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Astronomy
- Author: Cortright, Edgar M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0486836525
- Language: English
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Child of the Dream (a Memoir of 1963)
$16.99 Read moreAn incredible memoir from Sharon Robinson about one of the most important years of the civil rights movement.
In January 1963, Sharon Robinson turns thirteen the night before George Wallace declares o… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1338282808
- Language: English
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Lost Battalion of TET: The Breakout of 2/12th Cavalry at Hue
$26.95 Add to cartPublished to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, this new paperback edition brings back into print a book that became an essential source for a 2006 study of the battle by the U.S. … [more below]
- Series: Association of the United States Army
- Author: Krohn, Charles A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: May 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1591144345
- Language: English
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Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days
$18.95 Read moreSheyann Webb was eight years old and Rachel West was nine when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Selma, Alabama, on January 2, 1965. He came to organize non-violent demonstrations against discrimi
- Author: Webb, Sheyann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: April 30 1997
- ISBN10: 0817308989
- Language: English
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Tango Mike Mike: The Story of Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez
$19.99 Add to cartThis is the perfect children’s book and a short read (32 pages long) filled with family photos.
Kids will gain a basic understanding of Tango Mike Mike … the soldier, the father, the Legend.
- Author: Benavidez Garcia, Yvette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0998911712
- Language: English
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Revolution in the Head: The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties
$18.95 Add to cartThis “Bible of the Beatles” captures the iconic band’s magical and mysterious journey from adorable teenagers to revered cultural emissaries. In this fully updated version, each of their 241 tracks is… [more below]
- Author: MacDonald, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1556527330
- Language: English
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Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
$21.99 Add to cartFrom acclaimed journalist David Talbot comes a groundbreaking narrative account of one of the most tumultuous periods in our history: the Kennedy Administration and its dramatic aftermath.
Though coun- Author: Talbot, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 03 2008
- ISBN10: 0743269195
- Language: English
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Brown Girl Dreaming
$19.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner
Raised in Sout
Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0399252517
- Language: English
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Gateway to the Moon: Building the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex
$28.00 Add to cartGateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center, the terrestrial site of one of the greatest achieve… [more below]
- Author: Benson, Charles D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: March 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0813020913
- Language: English
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
$21.00 Add to cart“A fascinating political, racial, economic, and cultural tapestry” (Detroit Free Press), Once in a Great City is a tour de force from David Maraniss about the quintessential American city at the top o… [more below]
- Author: Maraniss, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 20 2016
- ISBN10: 147674839X
- Language: English
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Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank
$17.99 Read moreAnne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were born the same year a world apart. Both faced ugly prejudices and violence, which both answered with words of love and faith in humanity. This is the story of
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1939547539
- Language: English
