Chronological Period/1980's
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After Francesco: A Haunting Must-Read Perfect for Book Clubs
$15.95 Add to cartAcclaimed author Brian Malloy brings insight, humor, and the authenticity of his own experiences as a member of the AIDS generation to this universal story of love and loss set in New York City and Mi… [more below]
- Author: Malloy, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1496733525
- Language: English
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A Darker Domain
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Crime Book of the Year – A Finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize
“A thrilling story with heartbreaking questions of social justice and history.” —Seattle Times
The New York T
- Author: McDermid, Val
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0061688991
- Language: English
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The Fuck Up
$16.99 Add to cartArthur Nersesian’s underground literary treasure is an unforgettable slice of gritty New York City life.
This is the darkly hilarious odyssey of an anonymous slacker. He’s a perennial couch-surfer, an- Author: Nersesian, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0671027638
- Language: English
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Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine
$21.99 Add to cart“Hood is clearly a force to be reckoned with in the world of contemporary fiction.”– “Daily News,” Los Angeles.
1969: As Peter, Paul and Mary croon on the radio and poster paint splashes the latest an
- Author: Hood, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 17 2008
- ISBN10: 0393332357
- Language: English
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Continental Drift
$16.99 Add to cart“The most convincing portrait I know of contemporary America . . . a great American novel.” — James Atlas, The Atlantic Monthly
From acclaimed author Russell Banks, a masterful novel of hope lost and
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Banks, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0060854944
- Language: English
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A Home at the End of the World
$19.00 Add to cartFrom Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Hours,” comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hi… [more below]
- Author: Cunningham, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0312202318
- Language: English
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Sleepwalking Land
$16.95 Add to cartMia Couto’s first novel, judged one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century
- Author: Couto, Mia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: April 01 2006
- ISBN10: 185242897X
- Language: English
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Children of the Jacaranda Tree
$19.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Khaled Hosseini says, “Set in post-revolutionary Iran, Sahar Delijani’s gripping novel is a blistering indictment of tyranny, a poignant tribute to those who bear the… [more below]
- Author: Delijani, Sahar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 17 2014
- ISBN10: 1476709106
- Language: English
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Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
$21.99 Add to cartFeaturing extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue–bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implic… [more below]
- Author: Kotkin, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 23 2008
- ISBN10: 0195368630
- Language: English
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Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine
$35.99 Add to cartIn June 2007 civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between two rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah. Western peace efforts in the region always focused on reconciling two opposing fronts: Israe… [more below]
- Author: Schanzer, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 11 2008
- ISBN10: 0230609058
- Language: English
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The Stone Virgins
$16.00 Add to cartWinner of the Macmillan Prize for African Adult Fiction
An uncompromising novel by one of Africa’s premiere writers, detailing the horrors of civil war in luminous, haunting prose In 1980, after decad- Author: Yvonne, Vera
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0374528942
- Language: English
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The Fairy Tale Girl
$28.95 Add to cartBased on the diaries Susan Branch has kept since she was in her twenties, The Fairy Tale Girl is an illustrated memoir, designed in Susan’s trademark style with original watercolors and personal photo… [more below]
- Author: Branch, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 30 2015
- ISBN10: 0996044019
- Language: English
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Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
$21.99 Add to cartNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Rolling Stone * BookPage * Amazon * Rough Trade
” A] riveting and inspiring history of punk’s hard-fought
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence- Author: Mohr, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1616209798
- Language: English
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Runnin’ with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen
$19.99 Add to cartThe manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and the legendary band that cha
- Author: Monk, Noel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 006247412X
- Language: English
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Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster
$30.00 Add to cartA gripping, kaleidoscopic account of a horrific industrial disaster that shook the world, from wold-renowned humanitarian and internationally bestselling author Dominique Lapierre.
It was December 3,- Author: Lapierre, Dominique
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 14 2005
- ISBN10: 0446530883
- Language: English
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Lost Boys
$21.99 Add to cartBased on historical events, this unforgettable and inspiring tale for middle-grade readers is about a young boy torn from the only life he’s ever known and held captive as a prisoner of war.
In 1982,- Author: Rosenblatt, Darcey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 21 2018
- ISBN10: 1250158826
- Language: English
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Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Mi
$60.00 Add to cartThe second volume of Sondheim’s collected lyrics is both a remarkable glimpse into the brilliant mind of a legend, and a continuation of the acclaimed and best-selling Finishing the Hat.
Picking up w- Author: Sondheim, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 22 2011
- ISBN10: 030759341X
- Language: English
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Love, Nina
$21.99 Add to cart“Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude, and aching with sweetness: Love, Nina might be the most charming book I’ve ever read.” — Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette
In 1982, 20-year-o- Author: Stibbe, Nina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 04 2014
- ISBN10: 0316243388
- Language: English
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On Sal Mal Lane
$20.00 Add to cartIn the tradition of In the Time of the Butterflies and The Kite Runner, a tender, evocative novel about the years leading up to the Sri Lankan civil war
* A Library Journal Best Indie Fiction of 2013
- Author: Freeman, Ru
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: May 20 2014
- ISBN10: 155597676X
- Language: English
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A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove
$55.00 Read moreWidely acclaimed as the greatest Western ever made, Lonesome Dove has become a true American epic. Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was a New York Times best seller, with more than 2.5 mi
- Series: Southwestern & Mexican Photography Series, the Wittliff Coll
- Author: Spong, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0292735847
- Language: English
