Chronological Period/1980's
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Toward the Goal, Revised Edition: The Kaká Story
$7.99 Add to cart“I learned that it is faith that decides whether something will happen or not.” At the age of eight, Kaká already knew what he wanted in life: to play soccer and only soccer. He started playing in fr
- Series: Zonderkidz Biography
- Author: Jones, Jeremy V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0310738407
- Language: English
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Camp Murderface
$9.99 Add to cartSummer camp turns sinister in Camp Murderface, a spooky middle grade read perfect for fans of scare masters like R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike.
The year: 1983. The place: Ohio. The camp: Scary as h
- Author: Mitchell, Saundra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 0062871641
- Language: English
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Born to Kill: The Rise and Fall of America’s Bloodiest Asian Gang
$18.99 Add to cartThroughout the late eighties and nineties, a gang of young Asian refugees cut a bloody swath through New York’s Chinatown. They were the lost children of the Vietnam War, severed from their families b
- Author: English, T. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: June 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0061782386
- Language: English
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The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
$31.00 Add to cartFrom one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the l… [more below]
- Author: Fedarko, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 1439159858
- Language: English
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Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football
$20.00 Add to cartMonsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football is the New York Times bestselling gripping account of a once-in-a-lifetime team and their lone Super Bowl season.
For Rich Cohen and mi- Author: Cohen, Rich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1250056047
- Language: English
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Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women’s Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981
$24.95 Add to cartAs the popularity of women’s basketball burgeons, Karra Porter reminds us in Mad Seasons that today’s Women’s National Basketball Association, or WNBA had its origins in a ragtag league twenty years e… [more below]
- Author: Porter, Karra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0803287895
- 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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Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War
$16.99 Add to cartThe thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko — improbable friends at a time when they should have been anything but.
In 1978, CIA maverick J- Author: Russo, Gus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1538761335
- 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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White House Diary
$38.99 Add to cartThe edited, annotated New York Times bestselling diary of President Jimmy Carter–filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues th
- Author: Carter, Jimmy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: August 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0312577192
- 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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Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic
$40.99 Add to cartIn Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer of 2009, when Iranians poured into the streets of Te… [more below]
- Author: Axworthy, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199322260
- Language: English
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The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America’s Urban Heartland
$19.99 Add to cart“Thompson-Hern ndez’s portrayal of Compton’s black cowboys broadens our perception of Compton’s young black residents, and connects the Compton Cowboys to the historical legacy of African Americans in
- Author: Thompson-Hernandez, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0062910612
- Language: English
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A Long Way from Paris
$16.00 Add to cartIn this searing, authentic memoir, Elizabeth is hired to herd goats on a remote mountain farm in the South of France where she carves out a life for herself without heat, running water, or even a good
- Author: Murray, E. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 21 2014
- ISBN10: 0990310213
- Language: English
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All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid
$20.00 Add to cartNow a major motion picture “The Front Runner” starring Hugh Jackman
An NPR Best Book of the Year In May 1987, Colorado Senator Gary Hart–a dashing, reform-minded Democrat–seemed a lock for the party- Author: Bai, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0307474682
- Language: English
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The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia
$21.99 Add to cartAuthor Amy Petulla uncovers the curious case that left two men dead and the incredible story still surrounded by controversy, speculation and myth.
In 1982, Tony West and Avery Brock made a visit to no
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Petulla, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1467119008
- Language: English
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Skyway: The True Story of Tampa Bay’s Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down
$19.95 Add to cartOn the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay. Directly in the ship’s path was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge–two ribbons of
- Author: DeYoung, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0813062977
- Language: English
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Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History
$20.00 Add to cartCharlie Wilson’s War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller. In the early 1980s, a Houston socialite turned the attention of maverick Texas … [more below]
- Author: Crile, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 22 2004
- ISBN10: 0802141242
- Language: English
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We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s
$39.00 Add to cartA brilliant, disturbing portrait of the dawn of the culture wars, when America started to tear itself apart with doubts, wild allegations, and an unfounded fear for the safety of children.
During the- Author: Beck, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1610392876
- Language: English
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Survival in the Killing Fields
$25.99 Add to cartNothing has shaped my life as much as surviving the Pol Pot regime. I am a survivor of the Cambodian holocaust. That’s who I am,” says Haing Ngor. And in his memoir, Survival in the Killing Fields, he… [more below]
- Author: Ngor, Haing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 26 2003
- ISBN10: 0786713151
- Language: English
