Chronological Period/1950-1999
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The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind
$35.00 Read moreA major new history of the Cold War that explores the conflict through the minds of the people who lived through it.
More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the hum- Author: Sixsmith, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1639361812
- Language: English
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Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America
$21.95 Read moreForeword by Janet Yellen
Weijian Shan’s Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Am
- Author: Shan, Weijian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1394172583
- Language: English
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Jonas Brothers Forever: The Unofficial Story of Kevin, Joe and Nick
$14.95 Read moreThe Jonas Brothers have gone from obscurity to superstardom in the course of a year, and there’s simply no stopping them. From their top-selling albums, to their sensational sold-out tours, their Disn… [more below]
- Author: Janic, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 155022851X
- Language: English
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Uncollected Works: Oscar Acosta
$14.95 Read moreThis milestone collection gathers unpublished stories, essays, letters, poems and a teleplay written by Acosta (1935-1974), the legendary Chicano attorney, political activist and writer, between the e… [more below]
- Author: Acosta, Oscar Zeta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: May 01 1996
- ISBN10: 1558850996
- Language: English
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The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence
$34.50 Read moreTorture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens–and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitt… [more below]
- Author: Ralph, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 09 2020
- ISBN10: 022665009X
- Language: English
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Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny
$30.00 Read moreModern Israel’s founding fathers provided some of the boldest and most principled leadership of any nation–now Israel needs their example more than ever.
Modern Israel’s founding fathers provided some… [more below]- Author: Ross, Dennis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1541767659
- Language: English
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Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
$32.00 Add to cartIn the secret world of spies and covert operations, no other intelligence service continues to be as surrounded by myth and mystery as the Mossad. Gordon Thomas reveals that all too often the truth ex
- Author: Thomas, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 832
- Publish Date: March 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1250056403
- Language: English
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Broken Music: A Memoir
$17.00 Add to cart“Sting’s gift for prose and reverence for language, nearly the equal of his musical gifts, shine on every page. Even when Broken Music addresses the quixotic life of an aspiring rock & roller, it read… [more below]
- Author: Sting
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 25 2005
- ISBN10: 0385338651
- Language: English
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The Supersonic Bone: A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber
$50.00 Read moreWhen the B-52 Stratofortress entered operational service with the US Air Force in 1955, work was already underway on defining its successor. The B-70 Valkyrie, a Mach 3 jet bomber, was one option. Alt… [more below]
- Author: Katz, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1399014714
- Language: English
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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
$23.00 Add to cart“The authoritative masterpiece” (L. A. Times) on the Apollo space program and NASA’s journey to the moon
This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history.- Author: Chaikin, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 014311235X
- Language: English
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The Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, Hope, and Apartheid in South Africa
$18.99 Read moreIn a country struggling with acceptance, hope can come in many different forms.
As a boy, Hector loved playing soccer in his small Johannesburg township. He dreamed of playing on a real pitch with the- Author: Bildner, Phil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 13 2014
- ISBN10: 0399247904
- Language: English
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Who Are the Rolling Stones?
$5.99 Read moreFollow the bad boys of rock and roll from their beginnings in London to their unparalleled success around the world.
Starting out over fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues a- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Rau, Dana Meachen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1101995580
- Language: English
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Stealing Buddha’s Dinner
$18.00 Read moreWinner of the PEN/Jerard Award
“[A] perfectly pitched and prodigiously detailed memoir.” – Boston Globe As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in
Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
Kiriyama Notable Book- Author: Nguyen, Bich Minh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113038
- Language: English
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Sweet Revenge
$10.99 Read more“You can’t bottle wish fulfillment, but Nora Roberts certainly knows how to put it on the page.”–The New York Times
At twenty-five, Princess Adrianne lives a life most people would envy. Beautiful an- Author: Roberts, Nora
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 05 1997
- ISBN10: 0553278592
- Language: English
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Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975
$16.95 Read moreA Rolling Stone Best Music Book of 2021
“Thompson is a master showman . . . [Beeswing is] everything you’d hope a Richard Thompson autobiography would be . . . It’s both major and minor, dirge and dit- Author: Thompson, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1643752537
- Language: English
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The Painted Word
$17.00 Read more“America’s nerviest journalist” (Newsweek) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this “masterpiece” (The Washington Post)
Wolfe’s style has never been more dazzling, his wit never more keen. He ad- Author: Wolfe, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0312427581
- Language: English
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Hoover Tower at Stanford University
$23.99 Read moreA Stanford University landmark since 1941, the 285-foot-tall, Art Deco-style Hoover Tower provides a contrasting focal point for the horizontal lines of the Quad’s sandstone arcades. The Quad, begun i… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Danielson, Elena S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1467129208
- Language: English
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The Coming Collapse of China
$20.00 Read more- Author: Chang, Gordon G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 19 2006
- ISBN10: 0812977564
- Language: English
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Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen’s Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All
$32.00 Read moreNamed one of Investopedia’s 7 Best Economics Books of 2022
The trailblazing story of Janet Yellen, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg of economics, and her lifelong advocacy for an economics of empathy that deli- Author: Ullmann, Owen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 154170102X
- Language: English
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The Inheritance: Poisoned Fruit of JFK’s Assassination
$24.95 Read moreChristopher Fulton’s journey began with the death of Evelyn Lincoln, late secretary to President John F. Kennedy. Through Lincoln, crucial evidence ended up in Christopher’s hands–evidence that was g… [more below]
- Author: Fulton, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 22 2018
- ISBN10: 1634242173
- Language: English
