Back Bay Books
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Jell-O Girls: A Family History
$17.99 Add to cartA “gorgeous” (New York Times) memoir that braids the evolution of one of America’s most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its facade – told by the inherit… [more below]
- Author: Rowbottom, Allie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0316510629
- Language: English
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And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready
$19.82 Add to cartA raw, funny, and fiercely honest account of becoming a mother before feeling like a grown up.
When Meaghan O’Connell got accidentally pregnant in her twenties and decided to keep the baby, she reali- Author: O’Connell, Meaghan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 0316393851
- Language: English
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Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
$18.99 Add to cartThe thrilling family saga of five unforgettable women who remade Europe.
From the great courts, glittering palaces, and war-ravaged battlefields of the seventeenth century comes the story of four spi- Author: Goldstone, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0316387894
- Language: English
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
$24.99 Add to cartA vibrant look at the American Revolution’s first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.
When we reflect on our nation’s history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foreg- Author: Borneman, Walter R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 14, 2015
- ISBN10: 031622099X
- Language: English
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Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War
$24.99 Add to cartAt the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as “Tiger Force.” The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop-the very best and bravest so… [more below]
- Author: Sallah, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 13 2007
- ISBN10: 0316066354
- Language: English
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Great Tales from English History: A Treasury of True Stories about the Extraordinary People–Knights and Knaves, Rebels and Heroes, Queens and Commone
$22.99 Add to cartWith insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England — from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Plough… [more below]
- Author: Lacey, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 12 2007
- ISBN10: 0316067571
- Language: English
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Dream Boogie
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Last Train to Memphis, this is the definitive biography of Sam Cooke, one of most influential singers and songwriters of all time.
Sam Cooke was among the first to blend- Author: Guralnick, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0316013293
- Language: English
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The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
$24.99 Add to cartA comprehensive biography of the late designer, Karl Lagerfeld, and his infamous rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent.
In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Ami- Author: Drake, Alicia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0316001856
- Language: English
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The Mauritanian (Originally Published as Guantánamo Diary)
$18.99 Add to cartThis “profound and disturbing” (New York Times Book Review) bestseller written by a Guantánamo prisoner is now a major feature film starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster.
When The Mauritanian was fir- Author: Slahi, Mohamedou Ould
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0316282545
- Language: English
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This Is My God
$19.99 Add to cart“Valuable, wise, and quietly moving” (Chicago Tribune), This Is My God is Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Herman Wouk’s famous introduction to Judaism.
A miracle of brevity, This Is My God guides reade- Author: Wouk, Herman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 15 1992
- ISBN10: 0316955140
- Language: English
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One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
$22.99 Add to cartA groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving history of modernity’s greatest tragedy: concentration camps.
For over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. Firs- Author: Pitzer, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 0316303569
- Language: English
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A Drinking Life: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartThis bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is “a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction” (New York Times).
As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pe… [more below]- Author: Hamill, Pete
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0316341029
- Language: English
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Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times
$21.99 Add to cartThe infamous Vlad Dracula, 15th-century Prince of Romania, was the basis for Bram Stoker’s fictional character. This biography covers the ‘Impaler’s’ life and subsequent legend and examines how closel… [more below]
- Author: McNally, Raymond T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 261
- Publish Date: October 31 1990
- ISBN10: 0316286567
- Language: English
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Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World
$24.99 Add to cartEvan Thomas’s startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust.
Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his c- Author: Thomas, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0316091030
- Language: English
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Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the earliest days of his thirty-four-year military career, Victor “Brute” Krulak displayed a remarkable facility for applying creative ways of fighting to the Marine Corps. He went on daring spy … [more below]
- Author: Coram, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0316067431
- Language: English
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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
$25.99 Add to cartOne of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical vic… [more below]
- Author: Mrazek, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0316056537
- Language: English
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West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life
$21.99 Add to cartThe honest and powerful autobiography from basketball legend Jerry West is a must-read for fans of the game.
He is one of basketball’s towering figures: “Mr. Clutch,” who mesmerized his opponents an- Author: Coleman, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 09 2012
- ISBN10: 0316053503
- Language: English
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The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
$22.99 Add to cartWhat happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did, and in doing so put at risk everything we know ab… [more below]
- Author: Susskind, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0316016411
- Language: English
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The Undiscovered Self
$19.99 Add to cartDr. Jung discusses the problem of the individual in today’s highly programmed society.
- Author: Jung, C. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 113
- Publish Date: March 30 1972
- ISBN10: 0316476943
- Language: English
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The Kingdom of Speech
$19.99 Add to cartThe maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.
“A whooping, joy-filled and hyperbolic raid on, of all things, the theo- Author: Wolfe, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0316404632
- Language: English
