Chronological Period/1930's
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Ruth and the Night of Broken Glass: A World War II Survival Story
$27.99 Add to cartIn the late summer and early fall of 1938, ten-year-old Ruth Block, along with her father, mother, and best friend, Miriam, must navigate the increasing pressure placed on the Jewish population in Fra… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Bernay, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496583876
- Language: English
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
$18.99 Add to cartMoose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie has autism, and when she’s denied admittance t… [more below]
- Series: Tales from Alcatraz #1
- Author: Choldenko, Gennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0399238611
- Language: English
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The Cage
$8.99 Read moreA testament to the enduring strength of the human spirit, family, and, above all, hope, this “vivid memoir of a woman who lost her youth and family to the Nazis” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is a … [more below]
- Author: Sender, Ruth Minsky
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 1997
- ISBN10: 068981321X
- Language: English
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The Speakeasies of 1932: Over 400 Drawings, Paintings & Photos
$32.95 Read moreIntroduction by Pete Hamill. When Manhattan joints were hung out to dry, the Booze-oizie sniveled, then pirouetted on their stools to find reasonably palatable Speakeasy facsimiles. These Prohibition … [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Hirschfeld, Al
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1557835187
- Language: English
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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
$24.95 Add to cartForget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this… [more below]
- Author: Hortis, C. Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 161614923X
- Language: English
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The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
$21.00 Add to cartA searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath–from the prizewinning economist and author of Shutdown, Crashed and The Wages of Destruction
Winner of the L- Author: Tooze, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0143127977
- Language: English
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The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge
$20.00 Read morePaul Preston is the world’s foremost historian of Spain. This surging history recounts the struggles of the 1936 war in which more than 3,000 Americans took up arms. Tracking the emergence of Francisc… [more below]
- Author: Preston, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0393329879
- Language: English
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China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China
$35.00 Read moreChina’s mid-twentieth-century wars pose extraordinary interpretive challenges. The issue is not just that the Chinese fought for such a long time–from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 1937 unti
- Author: Van de Ven, Hans
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0674983505
- Language: English
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The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941: The War in the West, Volume One
$22.00 Add to cartThe Second World War is one of the most significant conflicts in history, but for seven decades our understanding of the war has remained mostly fixed, framed by the accounts of participants and an ea… [more below]
- Author: Holland, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0802125662
- Language: English
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Gandhi: A March to the Sea
$17.99 Read moreMohandas Gandhi’s 24-day March to the Sea, from March 12 to April 5, 1930, was a pivotal moment in India’s quest to become an independent country no longer ruled by Great Britain. With over 70 marcher
- Author: McGinty, Alice B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 02 2013
- ISBN10: 1477816445
- Language: English
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Millie and the Great Drought: A Dust Bowl Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIn 1935, dust storms are sweeping across the southern plains of United States, including Oklahoma. Twelve-year-old Millie Horn is worried about her family’s survival. The Dust Bowl is getting worse, a… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Deen, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666340758
- Language: English
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Someone Named Eva
$9.99 Add to cartA gripping tale of one girl’s struggle against the Nazis.
“Remember who you are, Milada.” Milada’s grandmother says these words on the night the Nazi soldiers come to their home in Czechoslovakia. But- Author: Wolf, Joan M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0547237669
- Language: English
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Autobiography of Mother Jones
$9.95 Read moreAmong the most stirring works of labor history ever written, this autobiography of Mother Jones (n? Mary Harris) chronicles the life of a woman who was considered a saint by many, and by others, the m… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Mary Harris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0486436454
- Language: English
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The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
$17.95 Read moreProhibition has long been portrayed as a “noble experiment” that failed, a newsreel story of glamorous gangsters, flappers, and speakeasies. Now at last Lisa McGirr dismantles this cherished myth to r
- Author: McGirr, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0393353524
- Language: English
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
$19.95 Add to cartJan Karski’s Story of a Secret State stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust. With elements of a spy thriller, documenting his experiences in the Pol
- Author: Karski, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1626160317
- Language: English
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The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAmid the many catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the lay-reader alike. This Very Short Introduction integr… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Graham, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0192803778
- Language: English
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March Violets: A Bernie Gunther Novel
$16.00 Add to cartTHE FIRST NOVEL IN PHILIP KERR’S ACCLAIMED HISTORICAL MYSTERY SERIES
When private investigator Bernie Gunther agrees to track down some stolen jewels, his search takes him down the dangerous streets… [more below]- Series: Bernie Gunther Novel #1
- Author: Kerr, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 27 2004
- ISBN10: 0142004146
- Language: English
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The High Window
$17.00 Read moreThe renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe – Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film M… [more below]
- Series: Philip Marlowe Novel #3
- Author: Chandler, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 18 2002
- ISBN10: 0394758269
- Language: English
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Kit: Read All about It
$7.99 Add to cartKit Kittredge has a nose for news — but she never dreamed that the news stories about the hard times of the Depression would become her own story. First Mother’s bothersome friends move in with the K… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Tripp, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371585
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival
$17.99 Read more“Brilliantly written, vivid, a powerful and often uncomfortable true story that deserves to be read and remembered. It beautifully captures the strength of the bond between a father and son.”–Heather
- Author: Dronfield, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0063019299
- Language: English
