Chronological Period/1950's
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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
$24.99 Add to cartAn absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.
Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, p
- Author: Hastings, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: October 15, 2019
- ISBN10: 0062405675
- Language: English
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The Apothecary
$10.99 Add to cartIt’s 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows – a fascinating boy who’s not afraid… [more below]
- Series: Apothecary #1
- Author: Meloy, Maile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 353
- Publish Date: February 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0142422061
- Language: English
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Creative Haven Fabulous Fashions of the 1970s Coloring Book
$8.99 Add to cartColorists will adore these 31 illustrations of fashions from the “Me Decade” that feature an array of clothes for work as well as play. Memorable outfits range from the hippie carryovers of bell-botto… [more below]
- Series: Creative Haven Coloring Books
- Author: Sun, Ming-Ju
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 12 2020
- ISBN10: 0486836681
- Language: English
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
$19.00 Add to cartFrom one of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s.
Bill… [more below]- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 25 2007
- ISBN10: 0767919378
- Language: English
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Let Them Play
$18.99 Read moreSegregated Charleston, SC, 1955: There are 62 official Little League programs in South Carolina — all but one of the leagues is composed entirely of white players. The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars, a… [more below]
- Series: True Story
- Author: Raven, Margot Theis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1585362603
- Language: English
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Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
$15.95 Add to cartThe New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller that explores the gripping Dyatlov Pass incident that took the lives of nine young Russian hikers in 1959.
What happened that night on- Author: Eichar, Donnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 21 2014
- ISBN10: 1452140030
- Language: English
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Creative Haven Fabulous Fashions of the 1950s Coloring Book
$7.99 Add to cartStep back in time with these 31 beautifully illustrated pages of styles from the 1950s, perfect for adult coloring. Add vibrant color to a terrific variety of outfits, from full skirts that accentuate… [more below]
- Series: Creative Haven Coloring Books
- Author: Sun, Ming-Ju
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0486799069
- Language: English
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Kira-Kira
$8.99 Add to cartkira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That’s how Katie Takeshima’s sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same … [more below]
- Author: Kadohata, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 689856407
- Language: English
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Don’t Look at Me Like That
$16.95 Add to cartA candid novel of love, betrayal, and friendship about a young woman who breaks with her peers, moves to London, and begins a shocking affair.
“When I was at school I used to think that everyone disli- Author: Athill, Diana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681376113
- Language: English
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The Sheltering Sky
$18.00 Add to cartA landmark of twentieth-century literature. Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans’ incomprehension of alien cultures leads to the ultimate destruction of those cultures.
A story about three
- Author: Bowles, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 0062351486
- Language: English
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I Am Albert Einstein
$9.99 Read more“We can all be heroes” is the message entertainingly told in this New York Times Bestselling picture-book biography series, with this one highlighting Albert Einstein
Each picture book in this series i… [more below]- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0593619161
- Language: English
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Ellis Island (a True Book: American History)
$6.95 Add to cartLearn why immigrants came to the United States and the establishment of Ellis Island Immigration Station.
A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in Ameri… [more below]
- Series: A True Book: American History
- Author: Landau, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0531147819
- Language: English
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Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation
$18.00 Add to cart“No denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis,” Roland Barthes wrote in his preface to Mythologies. There is no more proper instrument of analysis of our contemporary myths than thi
- Author: Barthes, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 12, 2013
- ISBN10: 0809071940
- Language: English
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
$7.99 Add to cart“An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable.” —Booklist, starred review
The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizz- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Coerr, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 12, 2004
- ISBN10: 0142401137
- Language: English
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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
$11.99 Add to cartMore than 800,000 copies in print!
From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unlove… [more below]- Author: Mah, Adeline Yen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 14, 2010
- ISBN10: 0385740077
- Language: English
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On the Road: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$18.00 Add to cartThe legendary novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a generation, now in a striking new Pengiun Classics Deluxe Edition
Inspired by Jack Kerouac’s adventures with Neal Cassady,- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Kerouac, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 01, 1999
- ISBN10: 0140283293
- Language: English
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The Rum Diary
$18.00 Read moreMade into a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary–a national bestseller and New York Times Notable Book–is Hunter S. Thompson’s brilliant love story of jealousy, treachery, and vi… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0684856476
- Language: English
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An Artist of the Floating World
$17.00 Add to cartFrom the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling t… [more below]- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 19 1989
- ISBN10: 0679722661
- Language: English
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South of the Border, West of the Sun
$17.00 Add to cartSouth of the Border, West of the Sun is the beguiling story of a past rekindled, and one of Haruki Murakami’s most touching novels.
Hajime has arrived at middle age with a loving family and an enviabl- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Murakami, Haruki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 14 2000
- ISBN10: 0679767398
- Language: English
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In Cold Blood
$28.00 Add to cartSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote–also available are B- Series: Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books
- Author: Capote, Truman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 19, 2013
- ISBN10: 0812994388
- Language: English
