20th Century
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Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
$38.99 Add to cart“The text sparkles with shrewdly plausible inferences mortared into a compelling narrative . . . [Short] is excellent at coining pithy summations of political motives that ring humanly true.”–The New
- Author: Short, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 10 2006
- ISBN10: 0805080066
- Language: English
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Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow
$17.99 Read moreA 2017 Michigan Notable Book
After World War II, the American automobile industry was reeling. Having spent years building tanks and airplanes for the army, the car companies would need years more to- Author: Lehto, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0912777737
- Language: English
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Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the ’80’s
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the legendary Hunter S. Thompson’s second volume of the “Gonzo Papers” is back. Generation of Swine collects hundreds of columns from the… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0743250443
- Language: English
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
$22.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The dramatic and inspiring story of a man and his horse, an unlikely duo whose rise to stardom in the sport of show jumping captivated the nation
Harry de Leyer first s- Author: Letts, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0345521099
- Language: English
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Malcolm X Speaks
$15.00 Add to cartSpeeches from the last year and a half of Malcolm X’s life tracing the evolution of his views on racism, capitalism, socialism, political action, and more.
- Series: Malcolm X Speeches & Writings
- Author: Malcolm X
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 275
- Publish Date: January 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0873485467
- Language: English
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Summary and Analysis of Man’s Search for Meaning: Based on the Book by Victor E. Frankl
$7.99 Add to cartSo much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Man’s Search for Meaning tells you what you need to know–before or after you read Viktor E. Frankl’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth- Series: Smart Summaries
- Author: Worth Books
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 58
- Publish Date: May 23 2017
- ISBN10: 1504046773
- Language: English
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Becoming Madame Mao
$19.99 Add to cartIn a sweeping, erotically charged story that moves gracefully from the intimately personal to the great stage of world history, Anchee Min renders a powerful tale of passion, betrayal, and survival an
- Author: Min, Anchee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0618127003
- Language: English
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Mexico Set: A Bernard Sampson Novel
$17.00 Add to cartWhen disaffected KGB major Erich Stinnes is spotted in
Mexico City, British intelligence agent Bernard Samson must entice him to take
the final step and defect. With his domestic life in shambles and hi… [more below]- Series: Hook, Line, and Sinker Trilogy #2
- Author: Deighton, Len
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0802161650
- Language: English
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Under Occupation
$18.00 Add to cartFrom “America’s preeminent spy novelist” (The New York Times) comes a fast-paced, mesmerizing thriller of the French resistance fighters working secretly and bravely to defeat Hitler.
Occupied Paris,- Author: Furst, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0399592318
- Language: English
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Battle Cry
$24.99 Read moreBattle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus
Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris’s Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war
- Author: Uris, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 712
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 9798200724284
- Language: English
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The Given Day
$19.99 Add to cart“Gut-wrenching. . . . A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Dayis a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive.”–New York Times
Now available with a contemporary look, a beau
- Series: Joe Coughlin #1
- Author: Lehane, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0063083744
- Language: English
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The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America’s Most Notorious Mobster
$20.00 Add to cart“Riveting…an electrifying true crime story of the Mafia-smitten eighties and nineties. Suspenseful and multifaceted, The Gotti Wars can’t be missed.” —Esquire, The Best Nonfiction Books of the Year… [more below]
- Author: Gleeson, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1982186933
- Language: English
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I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
$17.00 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller — #1 True Crime Bestseller
The inspiration for the major motion picture, THE IRISHMAN.
“The best Mafia book I ever read, and believe me, I read them all.” — Steven Van Z- Author: Brandt, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 29, 2016
- ISBN10: 1586422383
- Language: English
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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
$19.95 Add to cartInformative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City … [more below]
- Author: Hortis, C. Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1633886085
- Language: English
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One Summer: America, 1927
$22.00 Add to cartA Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book
The summer of 1927 began with Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic. Meanwhile, Babe Ruth was closing in on the home run record. In Newa
A GoodReads Reader’s Choice- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0767919416
- Language: English
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The German Wife
$18.99 Add to cart“Skillfully researched and powerfully written, The German Wife will capture you from the first page.” –Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London
For fans of All… [more below]
- Author: Rimmer, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1525811436
- Language: English
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
$19.99 Add to cart“A remarkable–and singularly chilling–glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book…represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.”–Newsweek
Christopher R.
- Author: Browning, Christopher R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 28, 2017
- ISBN10: 0062303023
- Language: English
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Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia
$18.00 Add to cartThis disturbing expos? describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the Vatican to thwart the possibility of a Communist invasion of Euro… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Paul L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1633884783
- Language: English
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JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
$25.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed book Oliver Stone called “the best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance,” JFK and the Unspeakable details not just how the conspiracy to assassinate President John F.… [more below]
- Author: Douglass, James W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 19, 2010
- ISBN10: 1439193886
- Language: English
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UFO: The Inside Story of the Us Government’s Search for Alien Life Here–And Out There
$32.50 Add to cart“One of the rare books on the topic that manages to be both entertaining and factually grounded.” —The Wall Street Journal
From the bestselling author of Raven Rock, The Only Plane in the Sky, and Wa- Author: Graff, Garrett M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1982196777
- Language: English
