Chronological Period/1900-1919
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The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving Into History
$11.99 Add to cartA hilarious nonfiction look at two of history’s most epic “failures” the Wright brothers, whose countless crashes ultimately led to groundbreaking success.
Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celeb- Series: Epic Fails #1
- Author: Thompson, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1250150566
- Language: English
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King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
$17.99 Add to cartA stunning, rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.
There was something special about Scott Joplin…
This quiet kid coul- Author: Costanza, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1534410368
- Language: English
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The Silent Boy
$9.99 Read moreKaty Thatcher was the bright and curious daughter of the town doctor. She was fascinated by her father’s work, and even as a child she knew that she too wanted to be a doctor. She wanted to know about… [more below]
- Author: Lowry, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 544935225
- Language: English
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What Is the Panama Canal?
$7.99 Add to cartBefore 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific … [more below]
- Series: What Was…
- Author: Pascal, Janet B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 17 2014
- ISBN10: 0448478994
- Language: English
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The Angel
$19.99 Add to cartA NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE
THE BEST INTELLIGENCE BOOK for 2017 by The American Association of Former Intelligence Officers
A gripping feat of reportage that exposes–for the first time in English–the se
- Author: Bar-Joseph, Uri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0062420135
- Language: English
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Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle for Modern Europe
$13.99 Add to cartJune 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo, the Emperor
- Series: Making History
- Author: Roberts, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0060762152
- Language: English
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Autobiography of an Androgyne
$10.99 Add to cartEarl Lind’s 1918 autobiography has been recognized as a pioneering work in the history of transgender literature. Throughout his life, Lind was forced to justify and defend his existence from puritani
- Series: Mint Editions–Reading with Pride
- Author: Lind, Earl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1513296965
- Language: English
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First Over There
$21.99 Add to cartThe riveting true story of America’s first modern military battle, its first military victory during World War One, and its first steps onto the world stage
At first light on Tuesday, May 28th, 1918,- Author: Davenport, Matthew J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1250843499
- Language: English
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War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War
$18.99 Add to cartA “marvelous” (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star Babe Ruth, symphony conductor Karl Muck, and Harvard … [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1541672682
- Language: English
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Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth of the Modern U.S. Marine Corps
$19.95 Add to cartThe Battle of Belleau Wood, stunning in both its concentration and intensity, was the fiery furnace from which the modern United States Marine Corps emerged as America’s fiercest and most effective wa… [more below]
- Author: Axelrod, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032895
- Language: English
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Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great Wa
$37.43 Add to cartMcAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the 20th century, where creative dynamos set their respective circles on fire with their revolutionary visions and discoveries. But all was not w… [more below]
- Author: McAuliffe, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1442276134
- Language: English
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The Road to Ukraine: How the West Lost Its Way
$34.99 Add to cartRussia’s invasion of Ukraine is the latest chapter in a series of events that have their origins in World War One. The difficult existential questions that emerged before and during this conflict stil… [more below]
- Series: de Gruyter Disruptions #2
- Author: Furedi, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 113
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 3110996944
- Language: English
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Making a New Deal
$31.00 Add to cartThis book examines how it was possible and what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s. We follow Chicago workers as t… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Cohen, Lizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 566
- Publish Date: November 06 2014
- ISBN10: 1107431794
- Language: English
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History
$20.99 Add to cartSigned on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treat… [more below]
- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190659181
- Language: English
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Fall of the Double Eagle: The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria-Hungary
$34.95 Add to cart“[A] must-read for students of history and historians alike.”—Washington Book Review
Although southern Poland and western Ukraine are not often thought of in terms of decisive battles in World War I,
- Author: Schindler, John R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1612347657
- Language: English
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A Frenchman’s Duty: A Foot Soldier’s Journey through the First World War
$34.95 Add to cartSometimes gritty and graphic, sometimes humorous and insightful, “A Frenchman’s Duty” chronicles Arthur’s true story of four-years as a French foot soldier and cook on the Western Front during World W
- Author: Dumoulin, J. Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: May 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1088024289
- Language: English
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And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
$29.00 Add to cartThe definitive account of one of American history’s most repellent and most fascinating moments, combining investigative journalism and sweeping social history
“Brilliane…. Years later, the tale of- Author: Oney, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: October 12, 2004
- ISBN10: 0679764232
- Language: English
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The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
$15.00 Add to cartArguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of C
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Smith, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0226764729
- Language: English
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
$56.00 Add to cartIn this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers’ Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repre… [more below]
- Series: History of NYC
- Author: Wallace, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1196
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0195116356
- Language: English
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The Story of Ireland: A History of the Irish People
$26.00 Add to cartIn this groundbreaking history of Ireland, Neil Hegarty presents a fresh perspective on Ireland’s past. Comprehensive and engaging, The Story of Ireland is an eye-opening account of a nation that has
- Author: Hegarty, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 13 2012
- ISBN10: 1250060028
- Language: English
