Chronological Period/20th Century
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I.W.W. Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent: A Facsimile Reprint of the Nineteenth Edition (1923) of the Little Red Song Book
$5.95 Add to cartA RADICAL LABOR CLASSIC
Undoubtedly the most popular book in American labor history, the I.W.W.’s Little Red Song Book has been a staple item on picket lines and at other workers’ gatherings for gener
- Series: PM Pamphlet
- Author: Industrial Workers of the World (I W. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 68
- Publish Date: February 24 2014
- ISBN10: 160486950X
- Language: English
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Can You Survive the 1900 Galveston Hurricane?: An Interactive History Adventure
$9.99 Add to cartIn September 1900, the people of Galveston, Texas, knew a storm was coming. But they’d experienced storms before and didn’t think much of it. However, the hurricane that hit on September 8 was more po… [more below]
- Series: You Choose: Disasters in History
- Author: Gunderson, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666323500
- Language: English
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Katrina: A History, 1915-2015
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of the Bancroft Prize
“The main thrust of Horowitz’s account is to make us understand Katrina–the civ
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year- Author: Horowitz, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0674271076
- Language: English
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Dear Denise: Letters to the Sister I Never Knew
$19.95 Add to cartPoignant, honest, and heartfelt letters to a sister who perished in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Lisa McNair was born in 1964, one year after her older sister, Denise, was murdered in the b- Author: McNair, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0817321357
- Language: English
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Paper Bullets: Two Women Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis
$16.95 Add to cart“A Nazi resistance story like none you’ve ever heard or read.” –Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and On Desperate Ground
“Every page is gripping, and the amount of new research is nothing shor- Author: Jackson, Jeffrey H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1643752057
- Language: English
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When I Was Young in the Mountains
$17.99 Read moreFor twenty years, Cynthia Rylant’s story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite. Growing up in the mountains is depicted with a spare, lyrical text and beautiful, tend… [more below]
- Author: Rylant, Cynthia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 30 1982
- ISBN10: 052542525X
- Language: English
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Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
$18.00 Read moreA controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author
“A must for anyone who wants to understand the tectonic forces under- Author: Goodman, Micah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0300248415
- Language: English
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A Mark Twain Christmas: A Journey Across Three Christmas Seasons
$19.99 Add to cartFilled with the remarkable wit and humor of America’s favorite storyteller, A Mark Twain Christmas gives readers insight into Twain’s life through little known stories about how he and his family cele
- Author: DeVito, Carlo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1604334487
- Language: English
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The Spanish Civil War
$26.00 Read more“Mr. Thomas has understood the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject.”–Vincent Sheean, The New York Times Book… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
- Author: Thomas, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1136
- Publish Date: December 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0375755152
- Language: English
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The First World War: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBy the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known.
This Very Short Introduction provides a concise- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Howard, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: April 09 2007
- ISBN10: 0199205590
- Language: English
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Esperanza Rising
$12.99 Add to cartPura Belpr Award Winner
IRA Notable Book for a Global Society New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and SharingEsperanza thought she’d always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico
- Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1432863886
- Language: English
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Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000
$21.00 Add to cartFrom the author of How the World Moves–the classic collection of more than 500 years of Native American History
In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist Peter Nabokov presents a h- Author: Nabokov, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140281592
- Language: English
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Inside Camp David: The Private World of the Presidential Retreat
$18.99 Add to cartThe first-ever insider account of Camp David, the president’s private retreat, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of its inception.
Never before have the gates of Camp David been opened to the public. In… [more below]- Author: Giorgione, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0316509590
- Language: English
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The Beats: A Graphic History
$20.00 Add to cartIn The Beats: A Graphic History, those who were mad to live have come back to life through artwork as vibrant as the Beat movement itself. Told by the comic legend Harvey Pekar, his frequent artistic
- Author: Pekar, Harvey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0809016494
- Language: English
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Half Century, Baby!: Fifty Years of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat
$70.00 Add to cartHalf Century, Baby! marks the 50th anniversary of the first two Grumman F-14A fleet squadrons (VF-1 and VF-2) receiving their first Tomcats during the summer of 1973. This lavishly illustrated volume … [more below]
- Author: Bangs?, Mads
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: January 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1911658921
- Language: English
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They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths
$9.99 Add to cartFor countless generations, Native American storytellers have watched the night sky and told tales of the stars and the constellations. The stars themselves tell many tales–of children who have danced
- Author: Monroe, Jean Guard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0618809120
- Language: English
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In Front of Your Nose: 1946-1950
$19.95 Read moreEssays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1945 to 1950. Even many decades after his death, the more we read of Orwell, the more clearly we can think about our wo
- Series: Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters George Orwell
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 555
- Publish Date: August 06 2002
- ISBN10: 1567921361
- Language: English
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The John Wayne Code: Wit, Wisdom and Timeless Advice
$15.99 Add to cartJohn Wayne was more than a movie star. He was a symbol for everything good and decent about America, inspiring everyday people to reach just a little bit more and try a little bit harder. During his 7
- Author: Media Lab Books
- Binding:
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1942556586
- Language: English
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Firefighters’ Handbook
$17.99 Add to cart“The writing is clear and specific, and the expansive, colorful acrylic illustrations, including labeled diagrams, are themselves quite informative.” —Horn Book (starred review)
From award-winning au- Author: McCarthy, Meghan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1534417338
- Language: English
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My Name Is Aram
$9.95 Read moreHailed by The New York Times as “marvelously captivating,” William Saroyan’s 1940 international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the twentieth… [more below]
- Author: Saroyan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0486490904
- Language: English
