Chronological Period/1950-1999
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The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi
$19.95 Add to cartArundhati Roy examines the persistent inequality in India through an extensive critique of Gandhi’s views on race, caste and imperialism.
- Author: Roy, Arundhati
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 160846797X
- Language: English
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Steve & Me
$19.99 Add to cartWhen Terri Raines was twenty-seven years old, she took a vacation that changed her life. Leaving behind her wildlife rescue work in Oregon, Terri traveled to Australia, and there, at a small wildlife … [more below]
- Author: Irwin, Terri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 02 2008
- ISBN10: 1416954740
- Language: English
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What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
$18.99 Add to cartA stunning, tragic memoir about John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill, by Radziwill’s widow.
What Remains is a vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a- Author: Radziwill, Carole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 05 2007
- ISBN10: 074327718X
- Language: English
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Skydog: The Duane Allman Story
$34.48 Add to cartNow in paperback – revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author – this is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation. Skydog reveals the… [more below]
- Author: Poe, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 879309393
- Language: English
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The Astronaut with a Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa
$18.99 Add to cartIf you have a mission, a dream to explore, but no one like you has achieved it before…
Meet Dr. Ellen Ochoa-a determined space pioneer with a stellar symphony of talents.
Growing up in a family of i
- Series: Amazing Scientists #4
- Author: Finley Mosca, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1943147639
- Language: English
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When the Schools Shut Down: A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s Lost Generation and the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Decision
$19.99 Read moreA 2023 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Finalist
An awe-inspiring autobiographical picture book about a young African American girl who lived during the shutdown of public schools in Farmville, Virgin
- Author: Gladden, Yolanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0063011166
- Language: English
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories
$27.00 Add to cartThe 50th-anniversary edition of the classic, savagely comic account of a trip to Las Vegas that came to represent what happened to America in the 1960s–and a founding document of “gonzo journalism”–… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 05 1998
- ISBN10: 0679602984
- Language: English
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Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
$11.99 Add to cartWhen Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. Temple’s doctor recommended institutionalizing her, but her mother believed in her. Temple
- Author: Montgomery, Sy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0544339096
- Language: English
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What I Loved
$20.99 Read moreSiri Hustvedt’s What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the
- Author: Hustvedt, Siri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0312421192
- Language: English
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Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist
$17.99 Read moreThe inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
A meni- Author: Acevedo, Sylvia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1328809560
- Language: English
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While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement
$17.99 Add to cartOn September 15, 1963, a Klan-planted bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Fourteen-year-old Carolyn Maull was just a few feet away when the bomb exploded, killing f… [more below]
- Author: McKinstry, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1414336373
- Language: English
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Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
$18.00 Read moreA controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author
“A must for anyone who wants to understand the tectonic forces under- Author: Goodman, Micah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0300248415
- Language: English
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Wild Thorns
$15.00 Add to cartA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
- Series: Emerging Voices (Paperback)
- Author: Khalifeh, Sahar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1566563364
- Language: English
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Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
$33.99 Add to cartBeginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late… [more below]
- Series: Oxford History of the United States V X
- Author: Patterson, James T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: November 20 1997
- ISBN10: 0195117972
- Language: English
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Stacey Abrams: Lift Every Voice
$20.95 Read moreHow do we move our country forward? Stacey Abrams has an answer in this bright and stirring biography, perfect for discussions of voting rights and how people working together can make a difference.
St
- Author: Warren, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1643794973
- Language: English
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The Cold Six Thousand: Underworld USA 2
$19.00 Read moreThe internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.
In this savagely audacious nov- Series: Underworld USA Trilogy #2
- Author: Ellroy, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: June 11 2002
- ISBN10: 037572740X
- Language: English
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Every Man a Tiger: The Gulf War Air Campaign
$32.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller-updated with additional information on the current Iraq War-now in trade paperback.
General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets-the forces of a doze- Series: Commander #2
- Author: Clancy, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 02 2008
- ISBN10: 0425219135
- Language: English
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The Northern Ireland Troubles: 1969-2007
$28.00 Read moreIn this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Dr Aaron Edwards provides a concise overview of one of the most difficult and controversial actions in recent history.
Spanning 38 years of- Series: Essential Histories (Osprey Publishing)
- Author: Edwards, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857143
- Language: English
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Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1
$19.00 Read moreThe first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and inspiration for the PBS/Masterpiece television series, finds Vicar Sidney Chambers beginning his career, as both a spiritual leader and a detective.
It is- Series: Grantchester Mysteries #1
- Author: Runcie, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1608198561
- Language: English
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Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil
$19.95 Read more“Charlotte Dennett has written an excellent book summarizing the geopolitics of the Middle East historically through to current events. . . . This is an amazing piece of historical writing. . . . Stud
- Author: Dennett, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1645021475
- Language: English
