Chronological Period/20th Century
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You Can’t Win
$24.95 Add to cartYou Can’t Win, the beloved memoir of real lowdown Americana by criminal hobo Jack Black, was first published in 1926, then reprinted in 1988 by Adam Parfrey’s Amok Press, featuring an introduction by
- Series: Tramp Lit
- Author: Black, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 25 2013
- ISBN10: 1936239612
- Language: English
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Billie Jean King
$15.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the inspiring life of Billie Jean King, the tennis star who has dedicated her life
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #39
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0711246939
- Language: English
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Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?: Rosa Parks: A Who HQ Graphic Novel
$12.99 Add to cartDiscover the story behind Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in this compelling graphic novel — written by Oh My Gods! author Insha Fitzpatrick and illustrated by #DrawingWhileBlack organizer … [more below]
- Series: Who HQ Graphic Novels
- Author: Fitzpatrick, Insha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0593224477
- Language: English
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Battle of Britain the Movie: The Men and Machines of One of the Greatest War Films Ever Made
$49.95 Read moreReleased in 1969, the film Battle of Britain went on to become one of the most iconic war movies ever produced. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle… [more below]
- Author: Sarkar, Dilip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1399014757
- Language: English
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Bluebird
$17.99 Read moreA dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse, a soldier, and a family secret that binds them together for generations to come–from USA TODAY and repeat #1 bes… [more below]
- Author: Graham, Genevieve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1982156651
- Language: English
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Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age
$35.00 Read moreLegends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age is a tribute to the groundbreaking drag icons who helped pave the way for the queens of today.
Prelude and Foreword written by fashion icon Miss J Alexander an- Author: Hanson, Harry James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1419758470
- Language: English
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Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
$8.99 Read more“Lyons delivers the history of a song that has inspired generations of African-Americans to persist and resist in the face of racism and systemic oppression. . . . A heartfelt history of a historic an… [more below]
- Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0593530586
- Language: English
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Queen of Snails: A Graphic Memoir
$25.95 Read moreUprooted from her childhood in Germany and set adrift in the American Midwest, Maureen was raised by a kind but neglectful mother who loved Jesus more than her own child and a stern, disinterested gra… [more below]
- Author: Burdock, Maureen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1637790368
- Language: English
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I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
$8.99 Read moreAfter Pearl Harbor, he led America’s flight to victory
As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a sci
General Doolittle is a giant of the twentieth century. He did it all.- Author: Doolittle, James
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 24 2001
- ISBN10: 0553584642
- Language: English
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The Passover Guest
$8.99 Read moreMuriel’s family can’t afford a Passover seder this year– but an act of kindness and a mysterious stranger change everything.
It’s the spring of 1933 in Washington, D.C., and the Great Depression is h- Author: Kusel, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0823453227
- Language: English
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Hollywatts: From the Promised Land to Purgatory
$16.95 Read more“Madness embraces us / There is no rest / Fighting for a cause / Without reason or test.” The Great Migration of the 1910s – 1940s was both a flight and a pursuit, as African Americans moved north and… [more below]
- Author: Jr. Cribbs, Arthur Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0829800379
- Language: English
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La Noche de Tlatelolco / The Night of Tlatelolco
$22.95 Read moreEl 2 de octubre no se olvida. A partir de testimonios de v?ctimas, estudiantes, maestros, padres de familia, periodistas, intelectuales, as? como de agentes del estado opresor y de quienes no simpatiz
- Author: Poniatowska, Elena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 6073900589
- Language: Spanish
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B. R. Ambedkar: The Man Who Gave Hope to India’s Dispossessed
$24.95 Read moreA household name throughout India, B. R. Ambedkar is one of the country’s most important figures, second only to Mahatma Gandhi. He played a major role in drafting the constitution for a newly indepen
- Series: Global Icons
- Author: Tharoor, Shashi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1526173581
- Language: English
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Walking on Fire
$17.95 Read moreGreece. Politics. Love. Danger. Reeling from a failed marriage and spurred on by a burgeoning sense of feminism, twenty-five-year-old Kate accepts a position as a speech therapist in a center for chil… [more below]
- Author: Crawley, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1647424380
- Language: English
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Courtney Changes the Game
$7.99 Read moreCourtney Moore is the best gamer at the arcade. But she can’t understand why there aren’t more girl characters. When Courtney imagines her own video game, the hero is a girl who knows how to handle an… [more below]
- Series: American Girl(r) Historical Characters
- Author: Hertz, Kellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371690
- Language: English
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The Degenerates
$11.99 Add to cart“Respectful, unflinching, and eye-opening.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Historical fiction that not only depicts a cruel, horrifying reality but also the strength and courage of the people who had to endure it.… [more below]- Author: Mann, J. Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1534419365
- Language: English
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Burmese Days
$12.00 Read moreIn the Burmese provincial town of Kyauktada, the world-weary John Flory – a thirty-something English teak dealer – leads a life of quiet disillusionment, hardly mixing with the natives or the expat co
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1847498809
- Language: English
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The Beautiful and Damned
$12.99 Read moreTwenty-five-year-old Anthony Patch appears to have it all: a Harvard education, an apartment in New York City, memberships at all of the best clubs, and a generous trust fund to draw from. Sure, his g… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1435172272
- Language: English
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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women, here is the true story of the one-hundred-year-odyssey of the author’s Chinese-American family, combining years of research with “fascinating fa… [more below]
- Author: See, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0307950395
- Language: English
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Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
$36.00 Add to cartFragments is an event–an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe
- Author: Monroe, Marilyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0374533784
- Language: English
