Chronological Period/20th Century
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A Mark Twain Christmas: A Journey Across Three Christmas Seasons
$19.99 Read moreFilled with the remarkable wit and humor of America’s favorite storyteller, A Mark Twain Christmas gives readers insight into Twain’s life through little known stories about how he and his family cele
- Author: DeVito, Carlo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1604334487
- Language: English
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The Spanish Civil War
$26.00 Add to cart“Mr. Thomas has understood the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject.”–Vincent Sheean, The New York Times Book… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
- Author: Thomas, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1136
- Publish Date: December 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0375755152
- Language: English
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The First World War: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBy the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known.
This Very Short Introduction provides a concise- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Howard, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: April 09 2007
- ISBN10: 0199205590
- Language: English
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Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000
$21.00 Add to cartFrom the author of How the World Moves–the classic collection of more than 500 years of Native American History
In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist Peter Nabokov presents a h- Author: Nabokov, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140281592
- Language: English
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Inside Camp David: The Private World of the Presidential Retreat
$18.99 Read moreThe first-ever insider account of Camp David, the president’s private retreat, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of its inception.
Never before have the gates of Camp David been opened to the public. In… [more below]- Author: Giorgione, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0316509590
- Language: English
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The Beats: A Graphic History
$20.00 Add to cartIn The Beats: A Graphic History, those who were mad to live have come back to life through artwork as vibrant as the Beat movement itself. Told by the comic legend Harvey Pekar, his frequent artistic
- Author: Pekar, Harvey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0809016494
- Language: English
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Half Century, Baby!: Fifty Years of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat
$70.00 Add to cartHalf Century, Baby! marks the 50th anniversary of the first two Grumman F-14A fleet squadrons (VF-1 and VF-2) receiving their first Tomcats during the summer of 1973. This lavishly illustrated volume … [more below]
- Author: Bangs?, Mads
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: January 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1911658921
- Language: English
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They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths
$9.99 Add to cartFor countless generations, Native American storytellers have watched the night sky and told tales of the stars and the constellations. The stars themselves tell many tales–of children who have danced
- Author: Monroe, Jean Guard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0618809120
- Language: English
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In Front of Your Nose: 1946-1950
$19.95 Read moreEssays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1945 to 1950. Even many decades after his death, the more we read of Orwell, the more clearly we can think about our wo
- Series: Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters George Orwell
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 555
- Publish Date: August 06 2002
- ISBN10: 1567921361
- Language: English
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The John Wayne Code: Wit, Wisdom and Timeless Advice
$15.99 Add to cartJohn Wayne was more than a movie star. He was a symbol for everything good and decent about America, inspiring everyday people to reach just a little bit more and try a little bit harder. During his 7
- Author: Media Lab Books
- Binding:
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1942556586
- Language: English
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Firefighters’ Handbook
$17.99 Add to cart“The writing is clear and specific, and the expansive, colorful acrylic illustrations, including labeled diagrams, are themselves quite informative.” —Horn Book (starred review)
From award-winning au- Author: McCarthy, Meghan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1534417338
- Language: English
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Operation Barbarossa: The History of a Cataclysm
$42.99 Add to cartAuthor of an acclaimed history of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War Two (OUP 2016), Jonathan Dimbleby now offers a compelling account of the largest military operation not only of World War … [more below]
- Author: Dimbleby, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0197547214
- Language: English
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Johnny Cash: The Life
$22.99 Add to cartThe national bestseller celebrated as “the ultimate Johnny Cash biography . . . Rock writer great Robert Hilburn goes deep.” — Rolling Stone
In this, the definitive biography of an American legend,- Author: Hilburn, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: November 04 2014
- ISBN10: 0316194743
- Language: English
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The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story
$18.99 Read moreFrom 1910 to 1919, New Orleans suffered at the hands of a serial killer. The story has been the subject of short stories, novels, and the television series American Horror Story. But the full story of… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Miriam C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0912777710
- Language: English
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Atlanta Record Stores: An Oral History
$23.99 Add to cartAtlanta Record Stores is an oral history of the city’s rock music scene, as witnessed through the lens of Criminal Records, Fantasyland, Wax ‘N’ Facts, and many more. This is a rock-centric take on a … [more below]
- Author: Radford, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467142972
- Language: English
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I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
$19.99 Add to cartThe New York Times-bestselling, definitive biography of legendary artist Leonard Cohen, now with new afterword by the author
“There is a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.”
— Leonard
- Author: Simmons, Sylvie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0063114909
- Language: English
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Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front
$19.95 Read moreWinner of a Catholic Media Association Book Award
“A great, but deeply unsettling, revelation…This book is more than an account of Boston in wartime. It is a warning.”–Boston Globe “The rare book b- Author: Gallagher, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0674293878
- Language: English
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Serious Adverse Events: An Uncensored History of AIDS
$24.95 Read more“Farber [is] a lucid and courageous witness to the power-play behind the first ‘scamdemic, ‘ . . . [Her] work is journalism at its best–solid, lucid, and humane, attacking wrongs that few dare touch,
- Author: Farber, Celia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1645022072
- 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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Herman Miller: A Way of Living
$125.00 Read more‘There have been many books about Herman Miller, its ethos, designers, and furniture, but none as comprehensive as this.’ – Interior Design
The acclaimed chronicle of the rich history of this innovativ
- Author: Auscherman, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 614
- Publish Date: April 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1838666915
- Language: English
