Chronological Period/20th Century
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Falling Off a Cliff: The Story of a Mountain Nurse
$18.70 Add to cartTwo women, a generation apart and from two different worlds, are driven by a passion to heal. Will one have her innocence shattered and the other be forever haunted by an unanswered mystery?
Time, lik
- Author: Senehi, Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1736016814
- Language: English
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Apocalypse Ready: The Manual of Manuals; A Century of Panic Prevention
$35.00 Add to cartGlobal warming continues to cause extreme weather events and threatens to destroy the planet, while the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that disaster can manifest at any time. These an
- Author: Young, Taras
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0500024316
- Language: English
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A Man of Modern Letters
$19.95 Add to cartThe Modern Movement in art was an authentic response to a much-changing world. The rapid industrialization and urbanization of western society called for a new wave in the arts, a dismantling of past
- Series: Hemingway and the Rise of Modern Literature #2
- Author: McLallen, Wylie Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1620065282
- Language: English
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Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
$21.99 Add to cart“The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C.” –H. R. McMaster (from the Conclusion)
- Author: McMaster, H. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0060929081
- Language: English
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Cocaine Blues: A Phryne Fisher Mystery
$15.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Cocaine Blues, the first historical mystery featuring the sensual, posh, and intrepid murder detective Phryne Fisher…
“Phryne can not get
- Series: Phryne Fisher Mysteries (Paperback) #1
- Author: Greenwood, Kerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 17 2011
- ISBN10: 159058385X
- Language: English
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Buck ‘Em!: The Autobiography of Buck Owens
$29.98 Add to cartBUCK ‘EM!: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BUCK OWENS
- Author: Poe, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1617136417
- Language: English
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Portland Confidential: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City
$17.95 Read moreIt may come as a shock, especially to anyone who has come to regard Portland as a haven for enlightened progressive thought, light rail, and lattes for all, not that long ago — in fact as recently as… [more below]
- Author: Stanford, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 21 2018
- ISBN10: 1627310630
- Language: English
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Mirror Girls
$17.99 Read moreA thrilling gothic horror novel about biracial twin sisters separated at birth, perfect for fans of Lovecraft Country and The Vanishing Half
As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwo
- Author: McWilliams, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0759553874
- Language: English
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G.O.A.T. Men’s Basketball Teams
$9.99 Read moreNo one does dynasties quite like the National Basketball Association. And over the decades, great teams have taken the league to new heights. Relive basketball’s top moments, from the Bill Russell Era
- Series: Greatest of All Time Teams (Lerner (Tm) Sports)
- Author: Doeden, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1728420717
- Language: English
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Unsolved Case Files: Jailbreak at Alcatraz: Frank Morris & the Anglin Brothers’ Great Escape
$12.99 Add to cartAn ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children
The second book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases is a gripping account of an escape from Alcatraz, the infamous island prison.
CASE N
- Series: Unsolved Case Files #2
- Author: Sullivan, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 006299154X
- Language: English
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Picturing the Space Shuttle: The Early Years
$45.00 Add to cartRare views of the beginnings of the historic space program, selected and presented by two leading space flight authorities
After the excitement of the first Moon landing, the U.S. space program took a
- Author: Bisney, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1683402057
- Language: English
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Ages of American Capitalism: A History of the United States
$27.00 Add to cartA leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era to the present–and argues that we’ve reached a turning point that will define the era ahead.
“A monument- Author: Levy, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0812985184
- Language: English
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The Power of Our Supreme Court: How Supreme Court Cases Shape Democracy
$22.99 Add to cartInspired by Mr. Beat’s court series, The Power of Our Supreme Court walks through many supreme court history cases from landmark cases to the more obscure. Matt Beat explains how each case affects us … [more below]
- Author: Beat, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 168481068X
- Language: English
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Have His Carcase: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane
$18.99 Add to cart“Written with distinction and wit, and is as much as psychological story as an experiment in detection. It has all the excitement which a detective story should offer.” — The Spectator
The great Dorot
- Author: Sayers, Dorothy L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0062196545
- Language: English
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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
$17.00 Add to cartOne of The Hollywood Reporter‘s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time
“Pictures at a Revolution is probably one of the best books I’ve ever read in my life.” —Quentin Tarantino The New York Times bests- Author: Harris, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143115030
- Language: English
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The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910
$38.00 Add to cartAn expansive exploration of The Gilded Age in New York City, from of the extravagant lifestyles and magnificent mansions of the ultra-rich to the daily doings of the wretchedly poor who lived in the s
- Author: Crain, Esther
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0316353663
- Language: English
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Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City
$32.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book of 2017!
Here is New York, as you’ve never seen it before. A perfectly charming, sidesplittingly funny, intellectually entertaining illustrated history of the blocks, th- Author: Wertz, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0316501212
- Language: English
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Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – This “excellent, all-embracing” (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance–and a captivating windo… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Sally Bedell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0812979796
- Language: English
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A Noble Scheme
$23.75 Add to cartGemma Parks is known throughout high society as G. M. Parker, a columnist renowned for her commentary on the cream of society. Behind the scenes, she uses her talent to aid the Imposters in their inve… [more below]
- Series: The Imposters
- Author: White, Roseanna M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0764240935
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
$10.95 Read moreA celebration of one of the world’s most influential painters, Frida Kahlo, and the animals that inspired her art and life–now available in paperback!
Pura Belpr? Illustrator Honor, 2018
ALA Notable- Author: Brown, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0735845476
- Language: English
