Chronological Period/20th Century
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Countdown: Volume 1
$11.99 Read moreFour starred reviews greeted this new, groundbreaking classic from Deborah Wiles
Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that’s hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has d… [more below]
- Series: Sixties Trilogy
- Author: Wiles, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 30 2013
- ISBN10: 0545106060
- Language: English
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Decadent Women: Yellow Book Lives
$30.00 Read moreThe never-before-told story of the extraordinary women behind a trailblazing British magazine.
During the 1890s, British women for the first time began to leave their family homes to seek work, accom- Author: Adams, Jad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147891
- Language: English
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British Pacific Fleet 1944-45: The Royal Navy in the Downfall of Japan
$23.00 Read moreAn illustration-packed new account of the powerful Royal Navy fleet that fought alongside the US Navy throughout the last year of the Pacific War.
The British Pacific Fleet was the Royal Navy’s primar- Series: Fleet
- Author: Herder, Brian Lane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1472856775
- Language: English
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The Thirty-First of March: An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson
$19.95 Read moreAn intimate retelling of Lyndon B. Johnson’s politics and presidency by one of his closest advisors.
Horace Busby was one of LBJ’s most trusted advisors; their close working and personal relationship- Author: Busby, Horace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1477327479
- Language: English
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The Dutch-Indonesian War 1945-49: Armies of the Indonesian War of Independence
$20.00 Read moreHighly detailed and colourful, this account illustrates the struggle of Indonesian forces in their War of Independence against the Netherlands, following the surrender of occupying Japanese forces in
- Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) #550
- Author: Lohnstein, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472854748
- Language: English
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Muerte Bajo El Sol / Evil Under the Sun
$7.95 Add to cartMaldad y venganza se entremezclan en una novela donde nada es lo que parece.
La mejor Agatha Christie desde Los diez negritos . The ObserverUn hotel alejado del caos de la ciudad es el sitio que ha e
- Author: Christie, Agatha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 6070773667
- Language: Spanish
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Colorful Characters of Pittsburgh
$24.99 Read moreBeyond the world famous artists, singers, actors and more from Pittsburgh are the city’s celebrities known locally for their quirky style, unique mannerisms, and outlandish behavior.
From Joe Barker, t
- Series: The History Press
- Author: King, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 146714858X
- Language: English
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The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History
$0.00 Read moreThe definitive telling of one of the longest and most controversial wars in US history.
Delve into the compelling history and impact of the Vietnam War in reverting detail. This authoritative visual gu… [more below]- Series: DK Definitive Visual Histories
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1465457690
- Language: English
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My Year in the Middle
$8.99 Read more“A moving story about finding one’s center in the midst of overwhelming external pressure.” — Shelf Awareness (starred review)
Sixth-grader Lu Olivera just wants to keep her head down and get along w- Author: Weaver, Lila Quintero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1536213179
- Language: English
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The Antifa Comic Book: 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements
$19.95 Add to cartThe shocking images of neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville, North Carolina in the summer of 2017 linger in the mind, but so do those of the passionate protestors who risked their lives to do the rig… [more below]
- Author: Hill, Gord
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1551527332
- Language: English
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Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
$17.99 Read moreOn June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service prote
- Author: Algeo, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1569767076
- Language: English
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Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
$21.95 Read moreIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this beautiful biography of Maya Angelou describes how she rose above a childhood of trauma and emotional
- Author: Hegedus, Bethany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1620145871
- Language: English
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The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915
$30.00 Add to cartA penetrating, character-filled history “in the manner of David McCullough” (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics.
Democracy was broken. Or that was what many American- Author: Grinspan, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1635574625
- Language: English
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Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
$9.99 Read moreIn paperback for the first time, the compelling story of the famous Black Olympian who stood up to Hitler.
Jesse Owens grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws, but adversity didn’t stop him. After se- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1547608986
- Language: English
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Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
$30.00 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS’ TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR – BOOKLISTS’ EDITOR’S CHOICE – ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book…. Without a doubt, not- Author: Haygood, Wil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0525656871
- Language: English
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Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens: A Landscape of Diversity
$35.00 Add to cartHonoring and embodying the cultural heritages of a region through the beauty of shared outdoor spaces
From their beginnings as private farmland to their current form as monuments to cultural and ethni
- Author: Grabowski, John J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1606354418
- Language: English
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Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison
$31.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The “entertaining [and] often-moving account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the remarkable POWs whose relentlessly creative attempts to escape a notorious Nazi prison embodi… [more below]
- Author: MacIntyre, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0593632079
- Language: English
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Caribbean Folk Tales: Stories from the Islands and the Windrush Generation
$28.99 Read moreCaribbean folk tales set alongside local reminiscences of 1950s migration from the Caribbean to Britain
Caribbean islands are rich in oral stories. Steeped in history where ancestors arrived as slave- Author: Shearer, Wendy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750994894
- Language: English
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The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
$19.99 Read moreThe Plot, which examines the astonishing conspiracy and the fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, has become a worldwide phenomenon since its hardcover publication, taught in classrooms … [more below]
- Author: Eisner, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 17 2006
- ISBN10: 0393328600
- Language: English
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Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
$15.95 Read moreForsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century, was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and ch
- Author: Phillips, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 0393354733
- Language: English
