Chronological Period/1940's
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Leaving Lymon
$8.99PaperbackAdd to cartA companion novel to Finding Langston, recipient of a Coretta Scott King Writing Honor and winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
Behind every bad boy is a story worth hearing and a- Series: The Finding Langston Trilogy #2
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0823449424
- Language: English
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By: Lester, Natasha
The Riviera House
$15.99PaperbackRead moreA lush and engrossing novel of one woman’s quest to keep Nazis from stealing priceless art during WWII, perfect for fans of The Rose Code.
Paris, 1939: The Nazis think ?liane can’t understand German.- Author: Lester, Natasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 153871731X
- Language: English
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By: Fields, Jennie
Atomic Love
$23.00PaperbackAdd to cart“A novel of science, love, espionage, beautiful writing, and a heroine who carves a strong path in the world of men. As far as I’m concerned there is nothing left to want.”–Ann Patchett, author The D… [more below]
- Author: Fields, Jennie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0593085345
- Language: English
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By: Mauceri, John
The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century
$32.00HardcoverRead moreA fascinating journey into global politics that made classical music a proxy for power, inadvertently creating the “sound of Hollywood,” and excluding hundreds of composers
“[Mauceri’s] writing is mo- Author: Mauceri, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0300233701
- Language: English
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By: Dobson, Melanie
The Winter Rose
$15.99PaperbackRead moreIn this gripping WWII time-slip novel from the author whose books have been called “propulsive” and a “must-read” (Publishers Weekly), Grace Tonquin is an American Quaker who works tirelessly in Vichy… [more below]
- Author: Dobson, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1496444221
- Language: English
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By: Todd, Charles
A Fatal Lie
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart“If there’s ever been a more complex and compelling hero in crime fiction than Inspector Rutledge, I can’t think of one.” –Jeffery Deaver
In one of his most puzzling cases, Scotland Yard Inspector Ia
- Series: Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries #23
- Author: Todd, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0062905562
- Language: English
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By: Miller, Sarah
Marmee
$29.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Little Women, from the perspective of Margaret “Marmee” March, about the larger real-world challenges behind the cozy
- Author: Miller, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0063266075
- Language: English
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A Castle in Brooklyn
$14.95PaperbackRead moreSpanning decades, an unforgettable novel about reckoning with the past, the true nature of friendship, and the dream of finding home.
1944, Poland. Jacob Stein and Zalman Mendelson meet as boys under t
- Author: Russak Wachtel, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 273
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1662508751
- Language: English
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By: Ford, Richard
Canada
$18.99PaperbackRead more“First, I’ll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders, which happened later.”
So begins Canada, the unforgettable story of a boy attempting to find grace, written by the only writ
- Author: Ford, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0061692034
- Language: English
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Corelli’s Mandolin
$18.00PaperbackRead moreThe acclaimed story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history: “An exuberant mixture of history and romance, written with a wit that is incandescent” (Los Angeles… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: de Bernieres, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 29 1995
- ISBN10: 067976397X
- Language: English
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By: Nakazawa, Keiji
Barefoot Gen, Volume 4
$25.00HardcoverAdd to cartBeautiful new hardcover edition of Barefoot Gen Volume Four! Striking new design with special sturdy binding.
Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima a… [more below]- Series: Barefoot Gen #4
- Author: Nakazawa, Keiji
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: October 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0867198346
- Language: English
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By: Bacque, James
Other Losses: An Investigation Into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans After World War II
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartOther Losses caused an international scandal when first published in 1989 by revealing that Allied Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower’s policies caused the death of some 1,000,000 German captives in
- Author: Bacque, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: June 28 2011
- ISBN10: 0889226652
- Language: English
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By: Konstam, Angus
The Convoy: Hg-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler’s U-Boats
$35.00HardcoverRead moreThe Convoy represents a fresh approach to the story of the Battle of the Atlantic. It is also the first to deal with the more spectacular story of HG-76, a major turning point in the naval war.
HG-76- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857682
- Language: English
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By: Young, Edward M.
F4F Wildcat: South Pacific 1942-43
$23.00PaperbackRead moreThis book examines the role of the Grumman F4F Wildcat, the US Navy’s standard carrier fighter at the start of the Pacific War, and its clashes against the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force’s Mitsubis
- Series: Dogfight #9
- Author: Young, Edward M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1472854861
- Language: English
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Pacific Profiles Volume 9: Allied Fighters: P-38 Series South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1944
$42.95PaperbackRead moreThis volume covers the P-38 and variants including the photo-reconnaissance F-4 and F-5, along with field-modified P-38G night-fighters.
The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII prof… [more below]
- Series: Pacific Profiles
- Author: Claringbould, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: March 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0645246972
- Language: English
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By: Scott, Cord A.
Comics and Conflict: Patriotism and Propaganda from WWII Through Operation Iraqi Freedom
$30.95PaperbackRead moreIllustration has been an integral part of human history. Particularly before the advent of media such as photography, film, television, and now the Internet, illustrations in all their variety had bee… [more below]
- Author: Scott, Cord A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1682476553
- Language: English
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The Heroes We Needed: The B-29ers Who Ended World War II and My Fight to Save the Forgotten Stories of the Greatest Generation
$37.95PaperbackAdd to cartDuring World War II, there were many ways that a B-29er could be killed: a ruthless enemy, the savage weather, an unforgiving ocean that stretched for thousands of miles, or the faulty engines of thei… [more below]
- Author: McIntyre, Trevor B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 180451165X
- Language: English
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Tanks in Operation Bagration 1944: The Demolition of Army Group Center
$20.00PaperbackRead moreA new study of tank warfare used in the Soviet offensive of Operation Bagration, which destroyed Army Group Center.
Operation Bagration, the 1944 summer campaign on the Russian Front, has been called- Series: New Vanguard #318
- Author: Zaloga, Steven J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1472853954
- Language: English
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By: Wallace, Chris
Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
$30.00HardcoverRead moreThe #1 national bestselling “riveting” (The New York Times), “propulsive” (Time) behind-the-scenes account “that reads like a tense thriller” (The Washington Post) of the 116 days leading up to the Am… [more below]
- Series: Chris Wallace’s Countdown
- Author: Wallace, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1982143347
- Language: English
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By: Lewis, Damien
Churchill’s Shadow Raiders: The Race to Develop Radar, World War II’s Invisible Secret Weapon
$15.95PaperbackRead moreFrom award-winning war reporter and internationally bestselling author Damien Lewis, a blistering account of one of the most daring raids of WWII–and the top-secret weapon that changed the course of … [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Damien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0806540648
- Language: English







