Chronological Period/20th Century
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Desolation Island
$15.95 Read moreCommissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautif
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels #5
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0393541622
- Language: English
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Her Last Flight
$16.99 Read moreOne of Summer’s Most Anticipated Reads, according to Goodreads, SheReads, and Bookish
“I think Beatriz Williams is writing the best historical fiction out there. It’s lush with period detail but feels
- Author: Williams, Beatriz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 0062834797
- Language: English
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Art Is Everywhere: A Book about Andy Warhol
$19.99 Read moreThis is the story of Andy Warhol–and how his pop art took the world by storm. From drawing shoes for a shoe company to his Campbell’s Soup cans and Marilyn Monroe prints, Andy made art out of the eve
- Author: Mack, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1250777151
- Language: English
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Foodtopia: Communities in Pursuit of Peace, Love, & Homegrown Food
$28.95 Read more“Insightful…empathetic…a thoughtful consideration of a topic that will have a substantial impact on our future.”–Booklist
Readable Feast, Book Award Winner for Socially Conscious Writing * Civil- Author: Kelley, Margot Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1567927300
- Language: English
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Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II
$35.00 Add to cartOne of the last, great untold stories of World War II–kept hidden for decades–even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in various a… [more below]
- Author: Henderson, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0525655816
- Language: English
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The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHere is the perfect introductory guide to the history and ideas of the Quakers, one of the world’s most fascinating and enigmatic religious groups. Emerging in England in the 1650s as a radical sect c… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dandelion, Pink
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 20 2008
- ISBN10: 0199206791
- Language: English
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Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
$20.00 Read moreFeatured historian in the Ken Burns documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust on PBS – WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD – In this remarkable work of historical reclamation, Holocaust historian Re… [more below]
- Author: Erbelding, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0525433740
- Language: English
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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves
$19.99 Add to cartAdam Hochschild’s Bury the Chains is the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history–the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.
Winner … [more below]
- Author: Hochschild, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0618619070
- Language: English
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
$8.99 Read moreNow in paperback! In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the beloved supreme … [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #66
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284474
- Language: English
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Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War
$30.00 Read moreBy 1990, the first Cold War was ending. The Berlin Wall had fallen and the Warsaw Pact was crumbling; following Russia’s lead, cries for democracy were being embraced by a young Chinese populace. The
- Author: Doyle, Michael W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1631496069
- Language: English
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This Side of Paradise
$9.99 Read moreAmory Blaine, a young Midwesterner, is convinced that he has an exceptionally promising future. The reader follows Amory as he falls in love with Isabelle Borg?, a wealthy young debutante; a cruel an
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1435172329
- Language: English
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She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
$20.95 Read moreNAACP Image Awards Winner – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
A timely, inspiring picture book biography of the dynamic twentieth-century educator, activist, and politi
- Author: Russell-Brown, Katheryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1620143461
- Language: English
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Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River
$21.95 Add to cartScience Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management–and perils in the mismanagement–of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evi… [more below]
- Author: Kuhn, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0816543232
- Language: English
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Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
$18.99 Read moreAn elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1… [more below]
- Author: Winter, Jonah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0385390289
- Language: English
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Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
$29.99 Add to cartHoward Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the book that breaks through the image to get at the man. Originally published… [more below]
- Author: Barlett, Donald L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 687
- Publish Date: September 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0393326020
- Language: English
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Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline
$25.00 Read moreA fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline.
Since 1940, the island of Malta had been a thorn in the Axis’ side. It- Series: Campaign #394
- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1472855671
- Language: English
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
$10.99 Read moreThis young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens.
An NAACP Image Award finalist
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A NYPL Best Book f- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 154760252X
- Language: English
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First Lady from Plains
$26.95 Add to cartFirst Lady from Plains, first published in 1984, is Rosalynn’s Carter’s autobiography, covering her life from her childhood in Plains, Georgia, through her time as First Lady. It is “a readable, livel… [more below]
- Author: Carter, Rosalynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: November 01 1994
- ISBN10: 1557283559
- Language: English
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You Can’t Win
$16.00 Read moreThe favorite book of William Burroughs. A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hoo
- Author: Black, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 279
- Publish Date: April 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1902593022
- Language: English
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Stompin’ at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums
$16.99 Read moreThough a disability stunted his growth and left him with a hunched back, William Henry “Chick” Webb did not let that get in the way of his musical pursuits. Even as a young child, Chick saw the world … [more below]
- Author: Donohue, Moira Rose
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1534110976
- Language: English
