Chronological Period/1980's
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While I Was Away
$19.99 Read moreNamed one of New York Public Library’s & Bank Street’s Best Books of the Year!
The Farewell meets Erin Entrada Kelly’s Blackbird Fly in this empowering middle grade memoir from debut author Waka T. Bro
- Author: Brown, Waka T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0063017113
- 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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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$21.99 Read moreSan 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 neighbor… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Reyes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137804
- Language: English
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Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan
$33.82 Read moreNamed a Best Book of the Year by Financial Times
“Singular, stylish and slightly intoxicating in its scope.”
—Rolling StoneAcclaimed media critic J. Hoberman’s masterful and majestic exploration of t
- Author: Hoberman, J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1595580069
- Language: English
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Heathers: A Novel Approach to Cinema
$15.95 Read moreWhat’s your damage?
In 1989, Michael Lehmann’s black comedy Heathers drew a line in the sand, rebuffing the sweetness and optimism of John Hughes’ more popular fare with darkness and death. Launching- Series: Deep Focus
- Author: Bowie, John Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 14 2011
- ISBN10: 1593764065
- Language: English
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The Supersonic Bone: A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber
$50.00 Read moreWhen the B-52 Stratofortress entered operational service with the US Air Force in 1955, work was already underway on defining its successor. The B-70 Valkyrie, a Mach 3 jet bomber, was one option. Alt… [more below]
- Author: Katz, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1399014714
- Language: English
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This Is Our Youth: Broadway Edition
$17.00 Add to cartDennis–with a famous painter father and social activist mother–is a small-time drug dealer and total mess. His hero-worshipping friend Warren has just impulsively stolen $15,000 from his father, an … [more below]
- Author: Lonergan, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1468311077
- Language: English
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The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 6, 1987-1989
$45.00 Add to cartIn this sixth volume, we see the changes in tone that now characterize Funky Winkerbean. The story arcs increasingly intertwine to mark the shift from the simple sitcom mode to a more complex narrativ
- Author: Batiuk, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 20 2017
- ISBN10: 1606353039
- Language: English
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Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire
$21.99 Add to cart“An instant classic, if not the finest book to date on Ronald Reagan.” — Jay Winik
President Reagan’s dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestselling author and a
- Series: Three Days
- Author: Baier, Bret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 0062748432
- Language: English
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Sweet Revenge
$10.99 Read more“You can’t bottle wish fulfillment, but Nora Roberts certainly knows how to put it on the page.”–The New York Times
At twenty-five, Princess Adrianne lives a life most people would envy. Beautiful an- Author: Roberts, Nora
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 05 1997
- ISBN10: 0553278592
- Language: English
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Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, 2nd Edition
$24.95 Read moreLos Llanos–the rain-leached, eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombia–are among the most brutal environments on Earth and an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever t
- Author: Weisman, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1603580565
- Language: English
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Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl
$22.00 Read more“His is a voice that must be heard.” –Patti Smith
“A poetic rush to madness. . . a stunning, original voice as lyrical as it is unnerving.”
–Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us and Countdown- Author: Kamysh, Markiyan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1662601271
- Language: English
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I Remember Beirut
$11.99 Add to cartZeina Abirached, author of the award-winning graphic novel A Game for Swallows, returns with a powerful collection of wartime memories.
Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. She grew up in Beirut as
- Author: Abirached, Zeina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1467744581
- Language: English
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Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
$10.99 Read moreAmrith comes to terms with his sexuality in this sweeping coming-of-age story set against the stormy backdrop of monsoon season in 1980s Sri Lanka. For fans of Call Me By Your Name.
Shyam Selvadurai’s- Author: Selvadurai, Shyam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1774880334
- Language: English
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Lesney’s Matchbox(r) Toys: The Superfast Years, 1969-1982
$19.99 Read moreThe most popular die cast toys in the world, Matchbox metal vehicles took on a new look in 1969 with the introduction of the Superfast line, and this new edition documents them all. The diversity of t… [more below]
- Author: Mack, Charlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0764333216
- Language: English
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Sci-Fu Vol. 1
$12.99 Add to cart“Old school hip hop meets old school science fiction in this fun comic.” — Polygon
Set in 1980s Brooklyn, a young DJ accidentally summons a UFO that transports his family, best friend, and current cr- Series: Sci-Fu #1
- Author: Mercado, Yehudi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1620104725
- Language: English
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Scouts
$8.99 Read moreStranger Things meets The Goonies in this suspenseful yet heartwarming adventure story about a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor…but find mystery and danger instead as their clos… [more below]
- Author: Greenland, Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0316704121
- Language: English
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South Dakota’s Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland
$24.99 Read moreSouth Dakota’s Mathis Family Murders brought death and deception to the heartland.
It was perhaps the most infamous murder case in state history. Ladonna Mathis was shot twice in the head at point-blan
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Hamiel, Noel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150754
- Language: English
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F-14 Tomcat: Grumman’s “Top Gun” from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf
$19.99 Read moreIt has been said that “bombers make history; fighters make movies.” In the case of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, both are true. It made history as a fleet defender, reconnaissance platform, and strike figh… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation #11
- Author: Brown, David F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0764356623
- Language: English
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The Money Culture
$17.99 Add to cartThe 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of ’29, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0393338657
- Language: English
