Chronological Period/20th Century
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
$8.99 Read moreA lyrical picture book biography of John Coltrane that focuses on his childhood.
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear, growing up in the south during the 1930s: church songs,- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 125082270X
- Language: English
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War of Intervention in Angola: Volume 5: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1987-1992
$29.95 Read moreThrough late 1987 and early 1988, the battlefields of southern Angola moved ever further away from the border with South West Africa/Namibia, until the showdown between the Soviet and Cuban-supported … [more below]
- Series: Africa@War
- Author: Fontanellaz, Adrien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1915070554
- Language: English
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Child of the Civil Rights Movement
$8.99 Read moreIn this Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chap… [more below]
- Author: Shelton, Paula Young
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: July 23 2013
- ISBN10: 0385376065
- Language: English
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Rural Iowa Sausage: History & Tradition of Brats on the Back Roads
$24.99 Read moreAn Iowa Tradition Like No Other
In the 1970s, there were around 450 local meat lockers throughout the state of Iowa. Today, there are little more than 100 left. History is finally back on their sid
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Goodvin, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467148547
- Language: English
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Shadows We Carry
$17.95 Read moreIn this sequel to the award-winning post-Holocaust novel The Takeaway Men, the Lubinski twins struggle with their roles as women and coming to terms with their family’s Holocaust legacy at the same ti… [more below]
- Author: Ain, Meryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1684632005
- Language: English
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Daughter Dalloway
$27.99 Read morePerfect for fans of Marie Benedict and Ren馥 Rosen, Daughter Dalloway is both an homage to the Virginia Woolf classic and a brilliant spin-off–the empowering, rebellious coming-of-age story of Mrs.
- Author: France, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 9.7982E+12
- Language: English
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1919 the Year That Changed America
$24.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent that that summer would become known as th- Author: Sandler, Martin W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1681198010
- Language: English
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Marilyn Monroe
$15.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the true story of Marilyn Monroe, the iconic movie star.
Little Norma Jeane grew- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #67
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0711257795
- Language: English
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La Bruja Escondida (the Hidden Witch – Spanish Edition)
$14.99 Add to cartAlguien est rompiendo las reglas de la magia…
Los padres de Aster finalmente han acordado que puede asistir a las clases de brujer a, pero para ponerse al d a necesita trabajar mucho. As que cuand
- Author: Ostertag, Molly Knox
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 8417222626
- Language: English
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Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob
$17.95 Add to cartBest-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a small-town mob
- Author: Shorto, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1324020172
- Language: English
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The Man with the Golden Arm
$19.95 Read moreA novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin sl… [more below]
- Author: Algren, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1644212153
- Language: English
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Couldn’t Drive?
$6.95 Read moreDid you know that Ruth Bader Ginsburg failed her driving test five times? Or that her real name was Joan? Bet you didn’t know that she liked paddle boarding, white water rafting, and riding elephants!
- Series: Wait! What?
- Author: Gutman, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1324030704
- Language: English
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Echoes
$8.99 Add to cartAgainst a vivid backdrop of history, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war, acts of faith and acts of betrayal…and of three generations of women as they journey though years of los… [more below]
- Author: Steel, Danielle
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0440240786
- Language: English
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Amelia Earhart (Spanish Edition)
$8.99 Read moreThis beautiful Spanish-language book, translated from the hugely popular Little People, BIG DREAMS series, can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers and those learning the language, whether at home or… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams en Español #3
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284660
- Language: Spanish
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Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
$23.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American pla… [more below]
- Author: Olson, Lynne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 03 2011
- ISBN10: 0812979354
- Language: English
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Nosotros DOS En La Tormenta / Us Two in the Storm
$21.95 Add to cart–Ese es tu problema. No se puede dudar en el medio de una guerra popular,
Cabez?n.
–A vencer o morir, como dicen ustedes.
— M?s bien que a vencer o morir!
— Y no pensaste qu? pasa si no vencemos?… [more below]- Author: Sacheri, Eduardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 6073832397
- Language: Spanish
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The Consolidated B-24 Liberator: Reuben Fleet, the Factories, and the Product
$59.95 Add to cartIn the first of his massive two volume B-24 Liberator set, Dr. Wolf presents a meticulously researched, truly ultimate look at the B-17’s stablemate from the drawing board to its emergence as America’… [more below]
- Author: Wolf, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: September 19 2024
- ISBN10: 178155840X
- Language: English
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In Search of the River Jordan: A Story of Palestine, Israel and the Struggle for Water
$30.00 Read moreA writer’s travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River–exploring the long conflict over water supply
Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has- Author: Fergusson, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300244150
- Language: English
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Godfathers of Chicago’s Chinatown: Triads, Tongs & Street Gangs
$23.99 Read moreDiscover the untold story of the Windy City’s Ghost Shadows. Even in a town notorious for gangsters like Al Capone, much of Chicago’s lawless lore has remained uncharted. Chicago’s Chinatown, in parti… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Fillmore, Harrison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 146715394X
- Language: English
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The Voice That Won the Vote: How One Woman’s Words Made History: How One Woman’s Words Made History
$16.99 Read moreIn August of 1920, women’s suffrage in America came down to the vote in Tennessee. If the Tennessee legislature approved the 19th amendment it would be ratified, giving all American women the right to… [more below]
- Author: Boxer, Elisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1534110496
- Language: English
