Chronological Period/1950-1999
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The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice from the Civil Rights Movement to Today
$19.99 Add to cartA noted theologian explains how the radical idea of Christian love animated the African American civil rights movement and how it can power today’s social justice struggles
Speaking to his supporters- Author: Marsh, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 08 2006
- ISBN10: 0465044166
- Language: English
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America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation
$15.99 Add to cartIn 1960, the FDA approved the oral contraceptive that would come to be known as the pill. Within a few years, millions of women were using it. At a time when the population was surging, many believed … [more below]
- Author: May, Elaine Tyler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0465024599
- Language: English
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Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music
$20.00 Add to cart“A terrific biography of a rock innovator that hums with juicy detail and wincing truth. . . . Page after page groans with the folly of the ’60s drug culture, the tragedy of talent toasted before its … [more below]
- Author: Meyer, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 16 2008
- ISBN10: 0345503368
- Language: English
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The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the Rise of Putin’s Russia
$30.00 Read moreThe explosive, never-before-told story of the thrilling hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA, revealing how spies blinded the US to the rise of Putin and Russia’s dangerous future, from New
- Author: Baer, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 17, 2022
- ISBN10: 0306925613
- Language: English
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When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry
$17.95 Add to cartThe untold story of the twenty-five-year struggle to free Soviet Jews, drawing on newly released Soviet government documents as well as hundreds of oral interviews, and told from the perspective of th… [more below]
- Author: Beckerman, Gal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0547577478
- Language: English
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Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition
$21.99 Add to cartAn NPR Book of the Year
“A beautifully written, deeply intelligent book about [a] crucial moment.” — Fareed Zakaria, CNN Nobody expecte
A Seattle Times Book of the Year
William E. Colby Award Winner- Author: Hajari, Nisid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 21 2016
- ISBN10: 0544705394
- Language: English
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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder
$29.99 Read moreThe first definitive biography of music legend Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder’s achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned
- Author: Ribowsky, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0470481501
- Language: English
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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
$24.00 Read moreThe fascinating continuation of the best-selling Persepolis, “one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day” (Los Angeles Times). Marjane Satrapi dazzles with her heartrending graphic memoi… [more below]
- Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
- Author: Satrapi, Marjane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 31 2004
- ISBN10: 0375422889
- Language: English
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Collected Poems 1943-2004
$19.99 Add to cartOne of the most honored poets of 20th-century American verse, Richard Wilbur won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his poetry.
With a distinguished career spanning more than sixt… [more below]
- Author: Wilbur, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 03 2006
- ISBN10: 0156030799
- Language: English
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The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
$16.99 Add to cartFrom one of the most internationally admired political thinkers, a controversial polemic on the failures of identity politics and what comes next for the left — in America and beyond.
Following the sh
- Author: Lilla, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 0062697455
- Language: English
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The Coup: 1953, the Cia, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations
$19.95 Add to cartIn August 1953, the CIA orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next twenty-six years, the United State
- Author: Abrahamian, Ervand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1620970864
- Language: English
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Defusing Armageddon: Inside Nest, America’s Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad
$25.99 Add to cartJeffrey T. Richelson reveals the history of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team, from the events leading to its creation in 1974 to today. Defusing Armageddon provides a behind-the-scenes look at NEST’… [more below]
- Author: Richelson, Jeffrey T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0393349594
- Language: English
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The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts
$19.00 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling biography of an American comedy legend
After three years of sobriety, Chris Farley’s life was at its creative peak until a string of professional disappointments chased- Author: Farley, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143115561
- Language: English
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The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang
$19.99 Read moreThis expos investigates the evolution of the Almighty Black P Stone Nation, a motley group of poverty-stricken teens transformed into a dominant gang accused of terroristic intentions. Interwoven int… [more below]
- Author: Moore, Natalie Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1613744919
- Language: English
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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
$19.99 Add to cartWinner of the 2018 Excellence in Financial Journalism Award
From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, “a fast moving, fly-on-the-wall, disheartening look at the deterioration of the Just- Author: Eisinger, Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1501121375
- Language: English
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Paul Simon: The Life
$20.99 Add to cartAcclaimed music writer Robert Hilburn’s “epic” and “definitive” (Rolling Stone) biography of music icon Paul Simon, written with Simon’s full participation–but without his editorial control–that “re… [more below]
- Author: Hilburn, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1501112139
- 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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The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war–and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises–from Tru… [more below]
- Author: Kaplan, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1982107308
- Language: English
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If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
$18.00 Add to cartA classic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Things They Carried
“One of the best, most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was / is Vietnam.”
—Minneapolis Star and- Author: O’Brien, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0767904435
- Language: English
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Selected Poems, 1960-1990
$23.99 Add to cartGathered from nine collections representing three decades of work, these poems – newly available in a rich and varied volume celebrate the growth of a major artist. Since the publication of her first
- Author: Kumin, Maxine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: December 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0393318362
- Language: English
