Chronological Period/20th Century
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The Egyptian Trail in Illinois: A History from Chicago to Cairo
$23.99 Read moreJourney down one of the most important roadways in the annals of Illinois transportation history.
Stretching from Chicago to Cairo, the Egyptian Trail was one of the earliest “improved” roadways in Ill
- Series: Transportation
- Author: Wright, James R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154806
- Language: English
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Flight of the Monarchs
$29.95 Read moreAn evocative coming-of-age tale set in 1960s America
When Jeremy Hill returns to his hometown of Pacific Grove, California, in the summer of 1967, the small town is gripped with curiosity. Hav- Author: Reardon, M. H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 9798886450828
- Language: English
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
$19.99 Read moreThe untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph.
In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the U- Author: Kluger, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1250182514
- Language: English
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The Ultimate 70s Collection: Iconic Musicians and Albums, Movies That Defined a Generation, Legendary Toys and Videogames
$19.99 Read moreHow do you remember the seventies? Whether it’s as the “Me Decade,” the heatwave of 1976, or the Winter of Discontent, you’ll find something in these pages to stir up nostalgia for the pop culture tha… [more below]
- Author: Romero, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1497103789
- Language: English
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Allied Tanks at El Alamein 1942
$20.00 Read moreExamines Eighth Army’s 1,000-strong tank force – rebuilt, reorganized, and equipped with brand-new Sherman and Churchill tanks – that secured victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein.
When Eighth Ar- Series: New Vanguard #321
- Author: Hiestand, William E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1472858018
- Language: English
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Jessie: Queen of the Road
$17.99 Read moreA story about being brave, believing in yourself, and breaking barriers–inspired by seven female motorcyclists.
In the early twentieth century, a teenage Jessie races the streets of New York City–the
- Author: Ward, Lindsay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1542034221
- Language: English
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Munich Signature
$18.99 Read moreOpening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central … [more below]
- Series: Zion Covenant #3
- Author: Thoene, Bodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 141430109X
- Language: English
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Revealed
$9.99 Read moreAfter a mysterious appearance by Charles Lindbergh, it’s up to Jonah to save his town in the seventh book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “plenty of fu… [more below]
- Series: Missing #7
- Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 08 2015
- ISBN10: 1416989870
- Language: English
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Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois
$21.99 Read moreAward-winning creators, Amy Novesky and Isabelle Arsenault, present a picture book biography of a beloved artist in Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois.
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was- Author: Novesky, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1419718819
- Language: English
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Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars
$49.95 Read more2015 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Longlisted for the 2015 American Library in Paris Book Award During the Jazz Age, France became a place where an African American woman could realize personal fr- Author: Sharpley-Whiting, T. Denean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 398
- Publish Date: February 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1438455011
- Language: English
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Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
$11.95 Read moreThe story of Jimmy Winkfield, one of horse racing’s all-time great jockeys and the last African American to win the Kentucky Derby, in 1902.
Born into an African American sharecropping family in 1880s
- Author: Hubbard, Crystal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 30 2005
- ISBN10: 1600608914
- Language: English
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The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis the Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis
$10.95 Read moreThis new entry in the innovative “Story” line of chapter-book biographies focuses on John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and a revered Congressman today.
The son of an Alabam
- Series: Story of
- Author: Benson, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1620148544
- Language: English
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Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro’s Gulag
$16.95 Read moreAgainst All Hope is Armando Valladares’ account of over twenty years in Fidel Castro’s tropical gulag. Arrested in 1960 for being philosophically and religiously opposed to communism, Valladares was n… [more below]
- Author: Valladares, Armando
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 423
- Publish Date: April 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1893554198
- Language: English
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The Order of the Day
$14.99 Read moreNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Boston Globe, and Literary Hub
Winner of the 2017 Goncourt Prize, this behind-the-scenes account of the manipulation, hubris, and greed that together led to Nazi- Author: Vuillard, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1635420407
- Language: English
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The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live
$27.95 Read moreThe term “home economics” may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The fi
- Author: Dreilinger, Danielle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1324004495
- Language: English
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Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself
$24.99 Add to cartA National Book Award winner mines photographic gold to show–and tell–the story of the Great Depression.
In an exquisitely curated volume of 140 full-color and black-and-white photographs, Martin W- Author: Sandler, Martin W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1536215252
- Language: English
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Call Me a Cab
$16.99 Read moreThe final unpublished novel by MWA Grandmaster – a wild, romantic road trip across America by taxi cab – demonstrates why this beloved author is so fondly remembered and so dearly missed.
“A book by t- Author: Westlake, Donald E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1789098181
- Language: English
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La Intemporalidad Perdida Y Otros Relatos / Waste of Timelessness, and Other Early Stories
$17.95 Read moreNIN IN?DITA
«Antes de Lena Dunham, estuvo Ana?s Nin.
La mejor introducci?n a la obra de una autora admirada por lectores y escritores de ayer y de hoy: diecis?is relatos apasionantes
Sady Doyle,- Author: Nin, Ana?s
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 8426411169
- Language: Spanish
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Chaotic Neutral: How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center
$29.00 Read moreA recent history of the Democratic Party that identifies its chronic errors–the “pathologies” of the New Democratic mindset–and argues urgently against a return to the status quo
Why did the Democ- Author: Burmila, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1645030024
- Language: English
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Hermione
$19.95 Read moreThis autobiographical novel by the Imagist poet H. D. (1886-1961) is a rare and hallucinatory treasure. In writing HERmione, H. D. returned to a year in her life that was “peculiarly blighted.” She wa… [more below]
- Author: Doolittle, Hilda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0811222098
- Language: English
