Chronological Period/21st Century
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Forward from This Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2008
$17.00 Add to cartSince 1976, when he was an 18-year-old junior at USC, Leonard Pitts’ writing has been winning awards, including the Pulitzer and five National Headliner Awards. This book collects his best newspaper c… [more below]
- Author: Pitts Jr, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 349
- Publish Date: August 04 2009
- ISBN10: 1932841326
- Language: English
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Tara and the Towering Wave: An Indian Ocean Tsunami Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreWhen her mother announces a holiday vacation to Thailand, Tara isn’t thrilled. She’d rather stay home with her friends, but Mom is determined they use the girls’ trip to explore their Thai heritage. T… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Oxtra, Cristina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496596919
- Language: English
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Vernon Subutex 3
$18.00 Read moreParis may burn, the world may crumble, but Vernon Subutex shall reign supreme! –The final installment of writer/filmmaker Virginie Despentes’s Man Booker International Prize shortlisted punk-rock tri
- Series: Vernon Subutex #3
- Author: Despentes, Virginie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 0374283265
- Language: English
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Speak
$16.99 Add to cartA thoughtful, poignant novel that explores the creation of Artificial Intelligence–illuminating the very human need for communication, connection, and understanding.
In a narrative that spans geograph
- Author: Hall, Louisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0062391208
- Language: English
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Babylon’s Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
$19.00 Read moreThe astonishing story of the soldiers, conservationists, and ordinary Iraqis who united to save the animals of the Baghdad Zoo
When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of- Author: Anthony, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0312382154
- Language: English
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Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
$32.00 Read moreOn the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s historic 70th anniversary on the throne, Tracy Borman’s sweeping narrative of the British monarchy illuminates one of history’s most iconic and enduring legacies
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- Author: Borman, Tracy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0802159109
- Language: English
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Royal Trivia: Your Guide to the Modern British Royal Family
$19.95 Read moreTest your knowledge of Kate, William, Meghan, Harry, Diana, Charles and Elizabeth II!
This collection of fascinating facts and anecdotes about the British monarchy will keep you in the know and ready- Author: Bowie, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: December 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1646042603
- Language: English
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Rules at the School by the Sea: The Second School by the Sea Novel
$28.99 Read moreIt’s summer, but school is in session in the delightful second book of New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan’s utterly charming School by the Sea series, set at a girls’ boarding school in Co
- Series: School by the Sea #2
- Author: Colgan, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0063243148
- Language: English
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Alia’s Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq
$7.99 Read moreThe inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian’s courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war.
It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of … [more below]- Author: Stamaty, Mark Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 09 2010
- ISBN10: 037585763X
- Language: English
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August in Kabul: America’s Last Days in Afghanistan
$28.00 Read moreTold through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty’s debut book offers a remarkable record of this historic moment.
As night fell on 15 August 2021- Author: Quilty, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1350370312
- Language: English
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Snobs
$18.00 Read moreJulian Fellowes, creator of the Emmy-Award winning TV series Downton Abbey, established himself as an irresistible storyteller and a deliciously witty chronicler of modern manners in his first novel
- Author: Fellowes, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 08 2012
- ISBN10: 1250020360
- Language: English
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The Impatient
$18.99 Add to cart“Winner of the 2019 Orange Book Prize, The Impatients is a powerful novel about three women living in Cameroon who have grown impatient with the unrelenting oppression-patriarchy, polygamy, and the pe… [more below]
- Author: Amal, Djaili Amadou
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0063141647
- Language: English
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Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11
$21.99 Read more“Better and more comprehensive than any prior account. . . . Those of us who lived through those days will find the book cathartic; those rising generations who were too young to remember 9/11, or who
- Author: Zuckoff, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0062275658
- Language: English
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Escape from . . . Hurricane Katrina
$5.99 Read more“A satisfying read.” —School Library Journal
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms in American history. In this fictional tale, daring twins Jo Jo and Sophie battle the raging floo- Series: Escape from . . .
- Author: Dodson, Judy Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 149981108X
- Language: English
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Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World
$21.99 Read moreNew York Times Bestseller
Now with new text from McMaster addressing the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol and recommending how citizens across the free world can work together to restore confid
- Author: McMaster, H. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0062899473
- Language: English
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American Resistance: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation
$29.00 Read moreIt could have been so much worse: a deeply reported, insider story of how a handful of Washington officials staged a daring resistance to an unprecedented presidency and prevented chaos overwhelming t… [more below]
- Author: Rothkopf, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1541700635
- Language: English
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Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature
$17.00 Read moreSearching and erudite new essays on writing from the author of Burning Down the House.
Charles Baxter’s new collection of essays, Wonderlands, joins his other works of nonfiction, Burning Down the Hou- Author: Baxter, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1644450917
- Language: English
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Punishment of a Hunter: A Leningrad Confidential
$16.95 Read more“Outstanding… Yakovleva perfectly balances evoking the terror of living in a police state with her whodunit plotline. Fans will hope to see much more of Zaitsev.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review… [more below]
- Series: The Leningrad Confidential
- Author: Yakovleva, Yulia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1782276793
- Language: English
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Pop’s Bridge
$19.99 Read moreThe Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can’t be built.
But Robert’s father is building it. He’s a skywalker–a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced hi- Author: Bunting, Eve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0152047735
- Language: English
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Professional Wrestling in Mississippi: A History
$23.99 Read moreBounce off the ropes for a high-flying jaunt through the history of Magnolia State professional wrestling. At its peak, professional wrestling was arguably the most popular sport in Mississippi. The p… [more below]
- Series: Sports
- Author: Martin, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154288
- Language: English
