Chronological Period/20th Century
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The Cold Case Murder of Fred Wilkerson: Untangling the Black Widow’s Web in West Georgia
$23.99 Read moreNearly two decades after the fact, tragedy meets justice. One day in 1987, Fred Wilkerson up and vanished in Troup County, Georgia. It was a mystery beset with suspicious circumstances, but the eviden… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Bryant, Clay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154040
- Language: English
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The Last Hours in Paris
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the author of While Paris Slept comes a story of great love, betrayal, and redemption, set in WWII and 1960s France and England.
“Words are power. They can bring you down, lift you up, make your- Author: Druart, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1538735229
- Language: English
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Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Derf Backderf, the bestselling and award-winning author of My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, comes the “deeply researched and gut-wrenching” (New Yorker) graphic novel chronicling the tragic and unfo… [more below]
- Author: Backderf, Derf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1419765469
- Language: English
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Battle of the Bulge 1944-45
$17.99 Read moreIn December 1944 the German military made their final attempt to end the Second World War by throwing in all their reserves in a desperate attempt to shatter the Allied lines. After breaking through t… [more below]
- Author: Rawson, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1803990511
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
$17.95 Read more‘We can’t behave like people in novels, though, can we?’ Newland Archer and May Welland are the perfect couple. He is a wealthy young lawyer and she is a lovely and sweet-natured girl. All seems set f… [more below]
- Author: Wharton, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1784878065
- Language: English
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Justice for Sale: Graft, Greed, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s Gotham
$35.00 Read moreMartin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton was considered the highest-r
- Author: Stein, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072560
- Language: English
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Albert Einstein
$5.99 Add to cartExplore one of the most recognized scientists in the world with this biography of physicist Albert Einstein. Kids will learn about his life, achievements, and the challenges he faced along the way. Th… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Romero, Libby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1426325363
- Language: English
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Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIn 1911, fourteen-year-old Lucy Morelli lives with her parents, older brother, and several youngers siblings in a crowded apartment in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Lucy dreams … [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496583868
- Language: English
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Navajo Code Talkers: Secret American Indian Heroes of World War II
$8.99 Add to cartDuring World War II, the Japanese military cracked the codes used by the American Army and Navy, but never the Marines. What made the Marines’ code different? They used Navajo Code Talkers, specially … [more below]
- Series: Military Heroes
- Author: Baker, Brynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1491449055
- Language: English
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Someplace to Call Home
$15.95 Read more2021-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List. 2020 Women Writing the West Willa Award (tied for 1st place). In 1933, what’s left of the Turner family–twelve-year-old Hallie and her two brothers–finds itse… [more below]
- Author: Dallas, Sandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1585364142
- Language: English
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Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways
$38.32 Add to cartThe birth of the railway in the early 1830’s revolutionized the way the world waged war. From armored engines with swiveling guns, to the practice of track sabotage, to the construction of tracks that… [more below]
- Author: Wolmar, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1610390563
- Language: English
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Words Without Music: A Memoir
$17.95 Read morePhilip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet in Words Without Music, his critically acclaimed memoir, he creates an entirely new
- Author: Glass, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1631491431
- Language: English
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CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys: How and Why US Agents Conspired to Assassinate JFK and RFK
$14.99 Read more“Readers who can’t get enough of speculation about the JFK and RFK assassinations should definitely give CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys] a read . . .”–Booklist
The US Central Intelligenc- Author: Nolan, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 1634502736
- Language: English
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Plane Spotter’s Guide
$12.00 Read moreAviation has revolutionised warfare over the last 100 years, and this new guide gives the reader the essential details of 70 iconic aircraft, including the Sopwith Camel, the Spitfire, the P-51 Mustan… [more below]
- Series: General Aviation
- Author: Holmes, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 19 2012
- ISBN10: 1780960514
- Language: English
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Social Murder and Other Shortcomings of Conservative Economics
$26.95 Read moreCorporate power is one of the strongest forces shaping our world. More than half of the top 100 economic entities today are private corporations. With their immense size comes commensurate influence, … [more below]
- Author: Chernomas, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 15 2007
- ISBN10: 1894037316
- Language: English
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos
$28.99 Read moreTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists.
One of the most important stories of World W
- Author: Batalion, Judy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0062874217
- Language: English
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A Star Like Jesse Owens
$8.99 Read moreMatthew is a young African-American boy who dreams of becoming an Olympic runner like his hero, Jesse Owens. There’s one big problem, though Matthew has asthma, which makes it hard for him to run. Whe… [more below]
- Series: Smithsonian Historical Fiction
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496598695
- Language: English
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Sunshine: A Story about the City of New York
$19.95 Read moreFirst published in 1950, this classic picture book by the creator of Madeline tells the story of a music teacher and her crotchety landlord who will do anything for peace and quiet. Readers will meet
- Series: Classics Reissued #5
- Author: Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 050065235X
- Language: English
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Honest Answers about the Murder of President John F. Kennedy: A New Look at the JFK Assassination
$24.95 Read moreThousands of books and articles have been written about the murder of JFK, many of which are large in volume and short on facts. Quite often, these works try to reinvent the wheel, attempting to cover… [more below]
- Author: Palamara, Vincent Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 19 2021
- ISBN10: 163424334X
- Language: English
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Judy Led the Way
$17.95 Read moreThe tradition of bat mitzvah in the synagogue had just begun.
“Judy is a force for change. Lovely.” – Kirkus Reviews
In the 1920’s the world was changing for women. Maybe it was time for things to chang
- Author: Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1681155591
- Language: English
