Chronological Period/20th Century
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Sot-Weed Factor
$24.95 Add to cartThis is Barth’s most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is “one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world
- Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
- Author: Barth, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 806
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1628973943
- Language: English
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The Commodore
$15.95 Read moreHaving survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at … [more below]
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels #17
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021551
- Language: English
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Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together
$24.99 Read moreFrom an award-winning author comes a vivid depiction of an act of war from opposing sides of the conflict in World War II—and a rare reconciliation and wish for peace that evolved years later.
Adults- Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0763676861
- Language: English
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The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father
$18.00 Read moreNo one is better poised to write the biography of James Herriot than the son who worked alongside him in the Yorkshire veterinary practice when Herriot became an internationally bestselling author. No… [more below]
- Author: Wight, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0345434900
- Language: English
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Kit: Read All about It
$7.99 Add to cartKit Kittredge has a nose for news — but she never dreamed that the news stories about the hard times of the Depression would become her own story. First Mother’s bothersome friends move in with the K… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Tripp, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371585
- Language: English
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I Am Ayah: The Way Home
$17.99 Read more“[A] rich and tender story of family, home and love.” —Ms. Magazine
Set amid Sag Harbor’s vibrant African American history, bestselling author Donna Hill weaves a stunningly rich story about finding t- Author: Hill, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1649371462
- Language: English
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Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency
$29.00 Read moreAn illuminating account of John F. Kennedy’s brief but transformative tenure in the White House, from acclaimed author and historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation and presidential hist… [more below]
- Author: Updegrove, Mark K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 152474574X
- Language: English
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Myths of Modern History: From the French Revolution to the 20th Century World Wars and the Cold War – New Perspectives on Key Events
$27.95 Read moreAt a time when it’s all too easy to see history in black-and-white terms, historian Jacques R. Pauwels urges readers to let go of conventional history textbooks and re-examine historical events outsid… [more below]
- Author: Pauwels, Jacques R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1459416937
- Language: English
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The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror
$27.00 Read moreFrom the godfathers of American Mafia history, the brutal and blood-stained biography of Carmine Galante, the ruthless Bonnano boss who rose from tenement street thug to masterminding the legendary gl… [more below]
- Author: Dimatteo, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0806542373
- Language: English
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Queen of Clubs
$18.99 Read more- Series: The Queen of Thieves #2
- Author: Marsh, Beezy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0063342715
- Language: English
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A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard
$35.00 Read moreIn the years following Brown v. Board of Education, countless Black citizens endured violent resistance and even death while fighting for their constitutional rights. One of those citizens, Clyde Kenn… [more below]
- Series: Race, Rhetoric, and Media
- Author: Anderson, Devery S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1496844041
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King, Jr. = Martin Luther King, Jr.
$12.79 Read moreThe Mi Mini Biografia series are Spanish language biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children … [more below]
- Series: Mi Mini Biografía (My Itty-Bitty Bio): My Early Library
- Author: Haldy, Emma E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1534133186
- Language: Spanish
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Everybody: A Book about Freedom
$17.95 Read moreThe body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power. In her ambitious, brilliant sixth book, Olivia Laing charts an electrifying course through the long
- Author: Laing, Olivia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1324022027
- Language: English
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Critical Essays: Volume 1: 1944-1948 Volume 1
$30.00 Add to cartThis first book in a three-volume collection of Georges Bataille’s essays introduces English readers to his philosophical and critical writings.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, French think- Series: French List
- Author: Bataille, Georges
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 180309060X
- Language: English
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About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
$29.95 Read moreEssential reading for the creative writer.
Award-winning novelist Samuel R. Delany has written a book for creative writers to place alongside E. M. Forster’s Aspects of the Novel and Lajos Egri’s Art o
- Author: Delany, Samuel R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 04 2006
- ISBN10: 0819567167
- Language: English
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The Limit
$14.95 Read moreA brief, potent, and audaciously written novel about a husband caring for his dying wife, and the shifting nature of their relationship as the end approaches.
Anna, an Englishwoman, has married, quite- Author: Belben, Rosalind
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1681377527
- Language: English
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All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff
$19.99 Read moreAn ALA Notable Book
“The year was 1987 and a ship full of trash was about to become famous…The narrative is immensely readable…A fresh take on a story of old garbage guaranteed to spark conversati- Author: McCarthy, Meghan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1481477528
- Language: English
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The Black Kids
$12.99 Read moreA New York Times bestseller
“Should be required reading in every classroom.” –Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin
A William C. Morris Award Finalist
“A true love letter to- Author: Hammonds Reed, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1534462732
- Language: English
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The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis
$29.95 Read moreMaud Lewis (1903-1970) was recognized and revered in her own lifetime. She offered her endearing images to the passing world through her roadside sign, “Paintings for Sale,” and was rewarded by the en
- Author: Brooks, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 12 1996
- ISBN10: 1551092174
- Language: English
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Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The Cia’s Murderous Targeting of Sds, Panthers, Hendrix, Lennon, Cobain, Tupac, and Other Activists
$24.95 Read moreDrugs as Weapons Against Us meticulously details how a group of opium-trafficking families came to form an American oligarchy and eventually achieved global dominance. This oligarchy helped fund the N
- Author: Potash, John L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: May 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1937584925
- Language: English
