Chronological Period/20th Century
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While We Were Dreaming
$20.00 Add to cartRico, Mark, Paul and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wall fell in autumn 1989. Growing up in Leipzig at the time of reunification, they dream of a better life somewhere beyond the brewery quarter. Ever
- Author: Meyer, Clemens
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1804270288
- Language: English
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The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones
$10.99 Read moreThere are some friends you never forget.
It’s the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he’s sent to spe- Author: McQueen, Daven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1989365167
- Language: English
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The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The Cold War dominated international life from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But how did the conflict begin? Why- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: McMahon, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0198859546
- Language: English
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Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl
$25.99 Add to cartWhen the dust storms of the 1930s threatened to destroy U.S. farming and agriculture, Hugh Bennett knew what to do. For decades, he had studied the soils in every state, creating maps showing soil co
- Series: Moments in Science #5
- Author: Pattison, Darcy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 162944149X
- Language: English
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Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl
$11.99 Add to cartWhen the dust storms of the 1930s threatened to destroy U.S. farming and agriculture, Hugh Bennett knew what to do. For decades, he had studied the soils in every state, creating maps showing soil co
- Series: Moments in Science #5
- Author: Pattison, Darcy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1629441503
- Language: English
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The Pig War: Standoff at Griffin Bay
$19.95 Add to cartIn 1859 Great Britain and the United States almost went to war over the Northwest boundary when an American farmer shot a British pig. That July, U.S. Army Captain George E. Pickett looked down the gu
- Author: Vouri, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: May 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1638640025
- Language: English
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Siblings
$16.95 Add to cartA New Yorker Best Book of 2023
A story of sibling love ruptured by the Iron Curtain, by one of the most significant East German writers.
“I will never forgive you,” Uli says to his sister Elisabeth. I
- Author: Reimann, Brigitte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 194549266X
- Language: English
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One with the Waves
$12.99 Add to cartCan surfing change your life? For Ellie, it most certainly does. Vezna Andrews’ debut novel is set in 1980s Southern California, where sixteen-year-old Ellie discovers herself through her love of surf
- Author: Andrews, Vezna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1595801227
- Language: English
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My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance
$18.00 Add to cartAn eloquently told personal account of an era of enormous cultural and political change, which reveals Harry Belafonte as not only one of America’s greatest entertainers, but also one of our most prof
- Author: Belafonte, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: November 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0307473422
- Language: English
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Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
$35.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portr… [more below]
- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0375505008
- Language: English
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The Blue Flower
$16.99 Add to cartA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER in Fiction. Booker Prize-winning novelist Fitzgerald’s crowning literary work centers on the 18th-century German poet and philosopher Novalis and his love f… [more below]
- Author: Fitzgerald, Penelope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0544359453
- Language: English
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The Year of Miss Agnes
$6.99 Add to cartA year they’ll never forget
Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn’t have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their… [more below]- Series: Aladdin Historical Fiction
- Author: Hill, Kirkpatrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 115
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0689851243
- Language: English
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Two Roads
$8.99 Add to cartA boy discovers his Native American heritage in this Depression-era tale of identity and friendship by the author of Code Talker
It’s 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his Pop have been riding t- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 0735228876
- Language: English
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Hang the Moon
$18.00 Add to cart“A rollicking tale.” —The Washington Post *”Propulsive.” –Associated Press * “Wild, smart, energetic.” —Los Angeles Times * “Brilliant and effervescent.” –NPR
From the #1 bestselling author of The- Author: Walls, Jeannette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1501117300
- Language: English
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Taxes Have Consequences: An Income Tax History of the United States
$28.00 Add to cartAs seen on Kudlow on the FOX Business Network!
The definitive history of the effect of the income tax on the economy. Ever since 1913, when the United States first imposed the income tax via constitut- Author: Laffer, Arthur B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1637585640
- Language: English
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The Long Winter: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartThe sixth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams.
The fledgli
- Series: Little House #6
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0064400069
- Language: English
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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
$42.99 Add to cartOne Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain’s promise to both Jews and Arabs that they wou
- Author: Segev, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0805065873
- Language: English
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Kill Her Twice
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl comes a YA murder mystery noir set in 1930s Los Angeles’s Chinatown.
“A captivating and crackling noir full of suspenseful twists. Rea- Author: Lee, Stacey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 059353204X
- Language: English
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American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton
$66.58 Add to cartA biography of the remarkable woman whose bestselling Mythology has introduced millions of readers to the classical world
Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn’t publish her first book until she was sixty-t- Author: Houseman, Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0691236186
- Language: English
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The Violinist of Auschwitz
$13.99 Add to cartBased on the unforgettable true story of Alma Ros?, this novel brings to life one of history’s most fearless, inspiring, and courageous heroines.
In Auschwitz, every day is a fight for survival. Alma- Author: Midwood, Ellie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1538741148
- Language: English
