Chronological Period/1960's
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The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean
$18.99 Read moreJourney to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission with Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the lunar surface and the only artist to paint its beauty firsthand
As a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. As… [more below]
- Author: Robbins, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1338259539
- Language: English
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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
$10.99 Add to cartPublishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children’s Book * ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice
In the tradition of The Diary of Anne Frank and I Am Malala, this is the incred
- Author: Jiang, Ji-Li
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0061667714
- Language: English
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Hippie Food
$19.99 Add to cartAn enlightening narrative history–an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan–that traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic g
- Author: Kauffman, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0062437313
- Language: English
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A Shau: Crucible of the Vietnam War
$39.95 Add to cartNestled in Vietnam’s Thua Thien Province, west of the city of Hue, and bordering Laos, the narrow 40-kilometer long A Shau Valley, situated between densely forested mountain ranges, witnessed prolonge
- Author: Phillips, Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 542
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1642280445
- Language: English
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Change Your Brain
$12.95 Add to cartThis book tells the inside story of Leary’s early LSD research at Harvard. Known throughout the world as the guru who encouraged an entire generation to “turn on, tune in, and drop out,” he draws on w… [more below]
- Series: Leary, Timothy
- Author: Leary, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 21 2000
- ISBN10: 1579510175
- Language: English
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Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam
$19.95 Add to cartZahn reconstructed his year of combat in Vietnam with surprising detail, capturing the cockiness, angst, and attitude of the naive nineteen-year-old 1st Cavalry Division attack helicopter pilot of 197
- Author: Zahn, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1574886118
- Language: English
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Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship
$16.00 Add to cart– Notorious incident: In 1967 the spy ship USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats in international waters during the Six-Day War. Thirty-four sailors were killed and more … [more below]
- Author: Scott, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 06 2010
- ISBN10: 1416554831
- Language: English
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SOG: The Secret Wars of America’s Commandos in Vietnam
$17.00 Add to cart“The most comprehensive examination of widespread covert American actions during the Vietnam War.”–Kirkus Reviews
Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most secret elite U.S. mil- Author: Plaster, John L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 07 2010
- ISBN10: 045123118X
- Language: English
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Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
$28.99 Add to cartIn a gripping narrative that is all but impossible to put down (Joseph C. Miller), Histories of the Hanged exposes the long-hidden colonial crimes of the British in Kenya. This groundbreaking work tel… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: December 18 2012
- ISBN10: 039332754X
- Language: English
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Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
$23.00 Add to cartDavid Carter’s Stonewall is the basis of the PBS American Experience documentary Stonewall Uprising.
In 1969, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City- Author: Carter, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 25 2010
- ISBN10: 0312671938
- Language: English
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When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks
$19.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of The Boys of Summer and The Bronx Is Burning, New York Times sports columnist Harvey Araton delivers a fascinating look at the 1970s New York Knicks–part autobiography, part sports… [more below]
- Author: Araton, Harvey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0061956244
- Language: English
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Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
$28.00 Add to cartGlamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men-era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted up
Required to have a college education, speak tw- Author: Cooke, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0358251400
- Language: English
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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$33.99 Add to cartSan Diego’s unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of “low and slow.” Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighb… [more below]
- Author: Pulido, Alberto Lopez
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1540215865
- Language: English
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Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992
$39.95 Read moreThe inspiration for the documentary Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
At first glance, it looks like just another auditorium in just another government building. But among the talented men- Series: Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight
- Author: Houston, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0803269374
- Language: English
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Lions of Medina: The Marines of Charlie Company and Their Brotherhood of Valor
$18.00 Read more“A stirring tribute to the valor of Marines in Vietnam.”–Nathaniel Fick, New York Times bestselling author of One Bullet Away
Thursday, October 12, 1967: Marine Lance Corporal Kevin Cahill stepped o- Author: Glass, Doyle D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0451224086
- Language: English
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Equal Justice Under Law: An Autobiography
$22.00 Add to cartThis wise and affecting memoir is the inside story of the great efforts leading up to the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and the fight to implement it–and its implica
- Author: Motley, Constance Baker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 09 2003
- ISBN10: 0374526184
- Language: English
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The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa
$19.00 Add to cartPrior to the Six-Day War, Israel was a darling of the international left, vocally opposed to apartheid and devoted to building alliances with black leaders in newly independent African nations. South
- Author: Polakow-Suransky, Sasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0307388506
- Language: English
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The Making of the President, 1960: The Landmark Political Series
$19.99 Add to cartA Harper Perennial Political Classic, The Making of the President 1960 is the groundbreaking national bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the 1960 presidential campaign and the election o
- Series: Harper Perennial Political Classics
- Author: White, Theodore H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0061900605
- Language: English
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Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era
$25.00 Add to cart- Author: Emerson, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0143037773
- Language: English
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We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
$10.99 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: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0345472640
- Language: English
