Chronological Period/1970's
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If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
$17.95 Add to cartThe Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge–decades before Facebook, Amazon, an… [more below]
- Author: Lepore, Jill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1324091126
- Language: English
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The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City
$24.95 Add to cartPortland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be “America’s whitest major city.” In early re
- Series: V Ethel Willis White Books
- Author: Burke, Lucas N. N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0295742712
- Language: English
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Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
$18.99 Add to cartA riveting look at the tumultuous history of abortion rights in the United States leading up to the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, by award-winning author and journalist Karen Blumenthal.
Tracing the p- Author: Blumenthal, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 125082060X
- Language: English
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The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977
$32.99 Add to cart“Remarkably insightful . . . A groundbreaking revision that deserves to reframe the entire debate . . . It soars.”–The New York Times Book Review
In The Accidental Empire, Gershom Gorenberg examines- Author: Gorenberg, Gershom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 06 2007
- ISBN10: 0805082417
- Language: English
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The Breaks of the Game
$21.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam’s The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years befo… [more below]
- Author: Halberstam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1401309720
- Language: English
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Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
$22.00 Add to cartWhat do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American… [more below]
- Author: Pluto, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 06 2007
- ISBN10: 141654061X
- Language: English
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Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980
$25.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020
From the bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power. Over- Author: Perlstein, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1120
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1476793069
- Language: English
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Vietnam: A History
$25.00 Add to cart“A landmark work…The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy.” –The Washington Post Book World
This monumental narrative clarifies, analyzes, and demystifies the tragic ordeal of the Vi- Author: Karnow, Stanley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: June 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0140265473
- Language: English
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All the Broken Pieces
$8.99 Read moreAn award-winning debut novel from a stellar new voice in middle grade fiction.
Matt Pin would like to forget: war torn Vietnam, bombs that fell like dead crows, and the terrible secret he left behind. … [more below]
- Author: Burg, Ann E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0545080932
- Language: English
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Guts ‘N Gunships: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam
$25.99 Add to cartStraight from college, to the US Army, to command pilot of a four ton gunship with a four man crew in Vietnam. From college chess games to a game of life and death. It was surreal to say the least. In
- Author: Garrison, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: October 05 2015
- ISBN10: 1629670545
- Language: English
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Leaving Atlanta
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the Oprah’s Book Club Selection An American Marriage, here is a beautifully evocative novel that proves why Tayari Jones is “one of the most important voices of her generation” (Ess… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Tayari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1538742101
- Language: English
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Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family
$19.95 Add to cartIn 1968 Nguyen Qui Duc was nine years old, his father was a high-ranking civil servant in the South Vietnamese government, and his mother was a school principal. Then the Viet Cong launched their Tet … [more below]
- Author: Nguyen, Qui Duc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0803226985
- Language: English
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Ball Four: The Final Pitch
$33.99 Add to cart50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
New York Public Library Book of the Century Selection
Time Magazine “100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books” Selection
New Foreword from Jim Bouton’s Wife, Paula Bouton
When Ball Four was… [more below]- Author: Bouton, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 508
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1630260347
- Language: English
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When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner)
$17.99 Add to cart“Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda’s favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of ‘life, death, and the beauty of it al
- Author: Stead, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 14 2009
- ISBN10: 385737424
- Language: English
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A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
$32.95 Add to cartDuring the West’s great transition into the post-Colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1970s fought back almost alone against Communist-supported element… [more below]
- Author: Wessels, Hannes
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 19 2015
- ISBN10: 1612003451
- Language: English
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A Fine Balance
$20.00 Add to cartWith a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 197… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Mistry, Rohinton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: November 30 2001
- ISBN10: 140003065X
- Language: English
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The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962–1976
$20.00 Read moreThe concluding volume–following Mao’s Great Famine and The Tragedy of Liberation–in Frank Dik tter’s award-winning trilogy chronicling the Communist revolution in China.
After the economic disaster- Author: Dik?tter, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1632864231
- Language: English
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The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town
$10.99 Add to cartCasper, Wyoming:1973. Eleven-year-old Amy Burridge rides with her eighteen-year-old sister, Becky, to the grocery store. When they finish their shopping, Becky’s car gets a flat tire. Two men politely
- Author: Franscell, Ron
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 04 2008
- ISBN10: 312948468
- Language: English
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Sunny Makes a Splash: A Graphic Novel (Sunny #4)
$24.99 Read moreThe latest in the New York Times bestselling Sunny series brings Sunny into a sink-or-swim summer, where she needs to float her first job and dive into her first maybe-flirtation.
It’s summer, and Sunn
- Series: Sunny
- Author: Holm, Jennifer L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1338233181
- Language: English
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Apollo 13
$28.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER. Astronaut Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger’s harrowing account of the Apollo 13 disaster. Serving as the basis for Ron Howard’s blockbuster Apollo 13, the book reveals true … [more below]
- Author: Lovell, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 11 2000
- ISBN10: 0618056653
- Language: English
