Chronological Period/21st Century
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Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
$19.99 Read more“Johnson revels in all the wicked things these great thinkers have done…great fun to read.” — New York Times Book Review
A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Johnson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0061253170
- Language: English
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Escape from Aleppo
$8.99 Add to cart“Filled with kindness and hope…Heartbreaking…Necessary.” —Booklist (starred review)
Nadia’s family is forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria, when the Arab Spring sparks a civil war in this t- Author: Senzai, N. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1481472186
- Language: English
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Atlanta Record Stores: An Oral History
$23.99 Add to cartAtlanta Record Stores is an oral history of the city’s rock music scene, as witnessed through the lens of Criminal Records, Fantasyland, Wax ‘N’ Facts, and many more. This is a rock-centric take on a … [more below]
- Author: Radford, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467142972
- Language: English
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A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek
$24.00 Add to cartIn the early morning of November 29, 1864, with the fate of the Union still uncertain, part of the First Colorado and nearly all of the Third Colorado volunteer regiments, commanded by Colonel John Ch
- Author: Kelman, Ari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0674503783
- Language: English
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Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007
$32.95 Read moreJ. G. Ballard’s collected nonfiction from 1962 to 2007, mapping the cultural obsessions, experiences, and insights of one of the most original minds of his generation.
J. G. Ballard was a colossal fig- Author: Ballard, J. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048329
- Language: English
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The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
$65.00 Add to cartThe companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War.
America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration … [more below]- Author: Duncan, Dayton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 08 2009
- ISBN10: 0307268969
- Language: English
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Major Makes History: From the Shelter to the White House
$18.99 Read moreEmmy-winning New York Times bestselling author Jill Twiss delivers the tale of President Biden’s friendship with Major, the first shelter dog in the White House. Written in the dog’s voice, it tells o
- Author: Twiss, Jill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0063118769
- Language: English
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The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It
$28.00 Read more“A gripping ground-level narrative…a marvel of reporting: tightly wound… but also panoramic.”–Washington Post
“A lean, fast-paced and important account of the chaotic final weeks.”–New York Times
- Author: Bowden, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0802159958
- Language: English
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Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World’s Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
$28.99 Read moreNamed one of the Best Books of 2022 by the New Yorker and the Economist
In his forceful follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough unravels the dark secret of how Britain placed itself at the center of t- Author: Bullough, Oliver
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 125028192X
- Language: English
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Sojourn
$16.95 Read moreIn this haunting and noirish novel by a leading author and critic, an Indian writer travels to Berlin and soon finds himself slipping into a fragmented, fuguelike state.
An Indian writer has come to B- Author: Chaudhuri, Amit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 168137708X
- Language: English
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Stacey Abrams: Lift Every Voice
$20.95 Read moreHow do we move our country forward? Stacey Abrams has an answer in this bright and stirring biography, perfect for discussions of voting rights and how people working together can make a difference.
St
- Author: Warren, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1643794973
- Language: English
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Battle Scars: Twenty Years Later: 3D Battalion 5th Marines Looks Back at the Iraq War and How It Changed Their Lives
$34.95 Read moreChip Reid was an embedded reporter with 3d Battalion 5th Marines as they fought their way from Kuwait to Baghdad in 2003, interviewing the young Marines within hours of brutal combat actions.
The most … [more below]
- Author: Reid, Chip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 30 2023
- ISBN10: 163624355X
- Language: English
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Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard
$5.99 Read moreGet ready to light up the world with Lewis Latimer in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the t
- Series: VIP
- Author: Patrick, Denise Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0062889664
- Language: English
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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
$17.99 Add to cart*ALA Notable Children’s book 2006 *
Celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter weaves a hopeful tale of one woman’s courageous book rescue. In the Spring of 2003, Alia Muhammad Baker was the city- Author: Winter, Jeanette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0152054456
- Language: English
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Big City Shakedown
$9.50 Read morePietro is a huge San Francisco Giants fan. So when his dad scores tickets to Game 3 of the 1989 World Series, Pietro is ecstatic. Unfortunately, the world has other plans. A massive earthquake rocks t… [more below]
- Series: Amazing Journeys in Historical Fiction
- Author: Tapeta Murray “Oak”
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890421814
- Language: English
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The Emerging Populist Majority
$28.99 Read moreThe Emerging Populist Majority analyzes America’s political future and changing coalitions through long-term and emerging trends across demography, geography, and ideology.
America is on a new rendezv- Author: Olson, Troy M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 9798888452240
- Language: English
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Chinook Crew ‘Chick’: Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female RAF Chinook Force Crewmember
$17.95 Read moreVery few Chinook crew members, if any, spanned the length of time deployed as Liz McConaghy did. This is a genuinely unique tale that only Liz could tell.
Liz McConaghy, from a small town in County Dow… [more below]
- Author: McConaghy, Liz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: December 30 2023
- ISBN10: 139907296X
- Language: English
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The Northern Ireland Troubles: 1969-2007
$20.00 Read moreIn this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Dr Aaron Edwards provides a concise overview of one of the most difficult and controversial actions in recent history.
Spanning 38 years of- Series: Essential Histories (Osprey Publishing)
- Author: Edwards, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857143
- Language: English
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King Charles III
$17.95 Read moreA sumptuous celebration of the life of His Majesty King Charles III, published to coincide with the festivities, traditions, and pageantry of his coronation in May 2023.
On September 8, 2022, His Maje- Author: Knappett, Gill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1841659665
- Language: English
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The Cold Case Murder of Fred Wilkerson: Untangling the Black Widow’s Web in West Georgia
$23.99 Read moreNearly two decades after the fact, tragedy meets justice. One day in 1987, Fred Wilkerson up and vanished in Troup County, Georgia. It was a mystery beset with suspicious circumstances, but the eviden… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Bryant, Clay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154040
- Language: English
