Chronological Period/1950-1999
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Mae Jemison: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Add to cartBlast off into space and get to know Mae Jemison–the first African-American woman to ever go to space–with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies abo… [more below]
- Series: You Should Meet
- Author: Calkhoven, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1481476491
- Language: English
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The Fossil Whisperer: How Wendy Sloboda Discovered a Dinosaur
$18.99 Read moreA captivating look at the life of a modern-day fossil hunter who makes the find of a lifetime told by award-winning author Helaine Becker.
Wendy has an eye for the unusual and is skilled at finding
- Author: Becker, Helaine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1525304186
- Language: English
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The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Revolution
$18.99 Read moreThe Sweetest Scoop is a picture book biography of the entrepreneurial activist duo behind Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and their rocky road to success, from author Lisa Robinson and award-winning illustrat… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1419748033
- Language: English
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Who Is Hillary Clinton?
$5.99 Add to cartWho Is Hillary Clinton? Readers of our New York Times best-selling series can find out now
At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an applic- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Alexander, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0448490153
- Language: English
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Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
$9.99 Read moreThe #1 New York Times bestselling picture-book biography of President Barack Obama.
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago,- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1442440929
- Language: English
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Look Up with Me: Neil Degrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars
$11.99 Add to cartA 2020 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12! With an introduction from Neil DeGrasse Tyson about the importance of kid-like curiosity, this lyrical picture book biography on the beloved as
- Author: Berne, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0062844954
- Language: English
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Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt
$17.99 Read moreFrom the blanket that his great-grandmother made for him as a boy, to the friends he gathered together in San Francisco as a young man, to the idea for a monument sewn of fabric and thread, Cleve Jone
- Author: Sanders, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1433837390
- Language: English
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World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly
$23.99 Read moreIn the children’s book World of Glass, “Greenberg and Jordan, award-winning biographers of artists and architects . . . have another hit on their hands in this gorgeous work on American glass artist D… [more below]
- Author: Greenberg, Jan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1419736817
- Language: English
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Over and Out
$18.99 Add to cartPerfect for fans of Alan Gratz and Jennifer A. Nielsen, a gripping and accessible story of a young girl from Cold War East Berlin who is forced to spy for the secret police… but is determined to esc… [more below]
- Author: Walsh, Jenni L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1338775782
- Language: English
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Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
$18.99 Add to cartDiscover the incredible story of a young daughter of immigrants who would grow up to be the first woman, first Black person, and first South Asian American ever elected Vice President of the United St… [more below]
- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1534462678
- Language: English
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Who Is Bruce Springsteen?
$6.99 Add to cartNot only was Bruce Springsteen “Born in the USA,” he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon.
Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents st- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Sabol, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0448487039
- Language: English
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Hippie Food
$19.99 Add to cartAn enlightening narrative history–an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan–that traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic g
- Author: Kauffman, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0062437313
- Language: English
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Shattered Consensus: The Rise and Decline of America’s Postwar Political Order
$17.99 Add to cartThe United States has been shaped by three sweeping political revolutions: Jefferson’s “revolution of 1800,” the Civil War, and the New Deal. Each of these upheavals concluded with lasting institution… [more below]
- Author: Piereson, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1594038953
- Language: English
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MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson
$20.00 Add to cartThe definitive biography of Michael Jackson, a “vivid…gripping…authoritative account of a world-changing force of nature” (Rolling Stone), celebrating the King of Pop’s legendary contributions to … [more below]
- Author: Knopper, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 28 2016
- ISBN10: 1476730385
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Oval Office: Profiles of the National Security Advisers and the Presidents They Served–From JFK to George W. Bush
$24.99 Add to cartThe most solemn obligation of any president is to safeguard the nation’s security. But the president cannot do this alone. He needs help. In the past half century, presidents have relied on their nati… [more below]
- Author: Daalder, Ivo H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 05 2011
- ISBN10: 1416553207
- Language: English
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Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970-2005
$29.95 Add to cartSelected poems from a visionary feminist poet
Considered by many to be among the most outstanding of living American poets, Alice Notley has amassed a body of work that includes intimate lyrics, experi
- Series: Wesleyan Poetry
- Author: Notley, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: August 26 2008
- ISBN10: 0819567736
- Language: English
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Everglades Patrol
$19.95 Add to cartAs law enforcement officer and game manager for the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Lt. Tom Shirley was the law in one of the last true frontiers in the nation–the Florida Everglades. I… [more below]
- Author: Shirley, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0813064880
- Language: English
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All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir
$18.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – In this unforgettable memoir, Ashley Judd describes her odyssey, as a lost child attains international prominence as a fiercely dedicated advocate.
In 2002, award-winning… [more below]- Author: Judd, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 21 2012
- ISBN10: 0345523628
- Language: English
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Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake
$28.95 Add to cartIn the mid-1950s a small group of overworked, underpaid scientists and engineers on a remote base in the Mojave Desert developed a weapon no one had asked for but everyone in the weapons industry desi… [more below]
- Author: Westrum, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1591149819
- Language: English
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Living with the Dead: Twenty Years on the Bus with Garcia and the Grateful Dead
$19.95 Add to cartThis memoir chronicles the Grateful Dead’s seminal years: 1965-1985.
- Author: Scully, Rock
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 28 2001
- ISBN10: 0815411634
- Language: English
