Chronological Period/20th Century
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One with the Waves
$12.99 Add to cartCan surfing change your life? For Ellie, it most certainly does. Vezna Andrews’ debut novel is set in 1980s Southern California, where sixteen-year-old Ellie discovers herself through her love of surf
- Author: Andrews, Vezna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1595801227
- Language: English
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My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance
$18.00 Add to cartAn eloquently told personal account of an era of enormous cultural and political change, which reveals Harry Belafonte as not only one of America’s greatest entertainers, but also one of our most prof
- Author: Belafonte, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: November 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0307473422
- Language: English
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Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
$35.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portr… [more below]
- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0375505008
- Language: English
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The Blue Flower
$16.99 Add to cartA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER in Fiction. Booker Prize-winning novelist Fitzgerald’s crowning literary work centers on the 18th-century German poet and philosopher Novalis and his love f… [more below]
- Author: Fitzgerald, Penelope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0544359453
- Language: English
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The Year of Miss Agnes
$6.99 Add to cartA year they’ll never forget
Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn’t have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their… [more below]- Series: Aladdin Historical Fiction
- Author: Hill, Kirkpatrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 115
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0689851243
- Language: English
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Two Roads
$9.99 Add to cartA boy discovers his Native American heritage in this Depression-era tale of identity and friendship by the author of Code Talker
It’s 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his Pop have been riding t- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 0735228876
- Language: English
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Hang the Moon
$18.00 Add to cart“A rollicking tale.” —The Washington Post *”Propulsive.” –Associated Press * “Wild, smart, energetic.” —Los Angeles Times * “Brilliant and effervescent.” –NPR
From the #1 bestselling author of The- Author: Walls, Jeannette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1501117300
- Language: English
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Taxes Have Consequences: An Income Tax History of the United States
$28.00 Add to cartAs seen on Kudlow on the FOX Business Network!
The definitive history of the effect of the income tax on the economy. Ever since 1913, when the United States first imposed the income tax via constitut- Author: Laffer, Arthur B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1637585640
- Language: English
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The Long Winter: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartThe sixth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams.
The fledgli
- Series: Little House #6
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0064400069
- Language: English
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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
$42.99 Add to cartOne Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain’s promise to both Jews and Arabs that they wou
- Author: Segev, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0805065873
- Language: English
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Kill Her Twice
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl comes a YA murder mystery noir set in 1930s Los Angeles’s Chinatown.
“A captivating and crackling noir full of suspenseful twists. Rea- Author: Lee, Stacey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 059353204X
- Language: English
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American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton
$70.00 Read moreA biography of the remarkable woman whose bestselling Mythology has introduced millions of readers to the classical world
Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn’t publish her first book until she was sixty-t- Author: Houseman, Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0691236186
- Language: English
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The Violinist of Auschwitz
$13.99 Read moreBased on the unforgettable true story of Alma Ros?, this novel brings to life one of history’s most fearless, inspiring, and courageous heroines.
In Auschwitz, every day is a fight for survival. Alma- Author: Midwood, Ellie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1538741148
- Language: English
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Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
$19.99 Read moreThe bestselling author of All the Shah’s Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA’s secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and ’60s.
The visionary- Author: Kinzer, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1250762626
- Language: English
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My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir
$16.95 Add to cartHow do you tell the real story of someone misremembered–an icon and idol–alongside your own? Jenn Shapland’s celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one
- Author: Shapland, Jenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1951142292
- Language: English
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Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist
$18.99 Read morePauli Murray was a trailblazer who spent her life fighting for civil rights and women’s rights. Writer, lawyer, activist, priest, Pauli was a champion for justice. Her extraordinary life is immortaliz… [more below]
- Author: Jennings, Terry Catasús
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1499812515
- Language: English
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The Prisoner of Heaven
$18.99 Add to cart“A deep and mysterious novel full of people that feel real. . . .An enthralling read and a must-have for your library. Zaf n focuses on the emotion of the reader and doesn’t let go.” — Seattle Post-I
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Ruiz Zafon, Carlos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 006220629X
- Language: English
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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
$19.99 Add to cartRECIPIENT OF THE PURA BELPR HONOR
* A Today Show’s Best Kids’ Books of 2019 * Indie Next List Pick * Junior Library Guild Selection *
“An appealing tribute and successful remedy to the lack of titles
- Author: Denise, Anika Aldamuy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0062748688
- Language: English
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Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait from the Writer Who Knew Her and Her Family for Over Fifty Years
$32.99 Read moreThis intimate, personal biography of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II tells the story of her remarkable life, reign and times, from a perspective unlike any other. Gyles Brandreth will write the Queen’s… [more below]
- Author: Brandreth, Gyles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0241637961
- Language: English
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It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
$9.99 Add to cartZomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block…for the fourth time.
California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and she’s determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start
- Author: Dumas, Firoozeh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 15 2017
- ISBN10: 132874096X
- Language: English
