Chronological Period/20th Century
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Ivan’s War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
$24.00 Read moreUnmasking the Untold Story of World War II
Of the thirty million who fought in the eastern front of World War II, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and- Author: Merridale, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 23 2007
- ISBN10: 0312426526
- Language: English
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The Never War, 3
$10.99 Add to cartThe third installment in an epic series of adventures
First Earth
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon is a loyal friend, sports star, devoted pet owner — and Traveler. Along with his uncle Press, Bob… [more below]- Series: Pendragon #3
- Author: Machale, D. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0743437330
- Language: English
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Capone: The Man and the Era
$24.00 Add to cartIn this brilliant history of Prohibition and its most notorious gangster, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen takes us to the gritty streets of Chicago where Al Capone forged his sinister empire.
B- Author: Bergreen, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: August 05 1996
- ISBN10: 0684824477
- Language: English
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My Lunches with Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles
$19.99 Add to cartBased on long-lost recordings between Orson Welles and Henry Jaglom, My Lunches with Orson presents a set of riveting and revealing conversations with America’s great cultural provocateur.
There have- Author: Biskind, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1250051703
- Language: English
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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy
$19.99 Add to cart“The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed…. This is an absorbing book, beautifully written.” —Wall Street Journal
“Leavy has hit it out of the park…A lot more than a biography. It
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Leavy, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0061779008
- Language: English
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Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
$38.99 Add to cart“The text sparkles with shrewdly plausible inferences mortared into a compelling narrative . . . [Short] is excellent at coining pithy summations of political motives that ring humanly true.”–The New
- Author: Short, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 10 2006
- ISBN10: 0805080066
- Language: English
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Red Star Rogue
$28.99 Add to cartThis riveting New York Times bestseller tells of the shocking true story of a rogue Soviet submarine poised for a nuclear strike on the United States, “reveal[ing] the explosive facts about one of the… [more below]
- Author: Sewell, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 12 2014
- ISBN10: 1476787875
- Language: English
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Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow
$17.99 Read moreA 2017 Michigan Notable Book
After World War II, the American automobile industry was reeling. Having spent years building tanks and airplanes for the army, the car companies would need years more to- Author: Lehto, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0912777737
- Language: English
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
$22.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The dramatic and inspiring story of a man and his horse, an unlikely duo whose rise to stardom in the sport of show jumping captivated the nation
Harry de Leyer first s- Author: Letts, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0345521099
- Language: English
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Malcolm X Speaks
$15.00 Add to cartSpeeches from the last year and a half of Malcolm X’s life tracing the evolution of his views on racism, capitalism, socialism, political action, and more.
- Series: Malcolm X Speeches & Writings
- Author: Malcolm X
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 275
- Publish Date: January 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0873485467
- Language: English
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Double Cross: The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America
$19.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller “Sam Giancana tells all . . . Controversial . . . ties seven United States presidents to the mob.”–Larry King, CNN
One of the most feared Chicago mobsters Sam Giancana claw- Author: Giancana, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1510711244
- Language: English
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Lair of Dreams: A Diviners Novel
$34.99 Add to cartThe thrilling supernatural sequel in The Diviners series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray!
The longing of dreams draws the dead, and this city holds many dreams. After a supernatur- Series: Diviners #2
- Author: Bray, Libba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 316126039
- Language: English
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The Astrologer’s Handbook
$19.99 Add to cartThe Complete Guide to the Interpretation of Horoscopes
Precise, comprehensive, and richly detailed, The Astrologer’s Handbook moves far beyond the common 11 sun signs to the important planetary aspects
- Series: Harperresource Book
- Author: Sakoian, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 461
- Publish Date: February 26 1993
- ISBN10: 006272004X
- Language: English
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Black and Blue
$32.00 Add to cartBible John killed three women, and took three souvenirs. Johnny Bible killed to steal his namesake’s glory. Oilman Allan Mitchelson died for his principles. And convict Lenny Spaven died just to prove
- Series: Inspector Rebus Mysteries #8
- Author: Rankin, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 24 2009
- ISBN10: 0312586493
- Language: English
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The Spy Who Loved Me: A James Bond Novel
$18.99 Add to cartJAMES BOND AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE
Unlike the rest of the books in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, The Spy Who Loved Me is told from the perspective of a woman who fell for 007–and owes him
- Series: James Bond #10
- Author: Fleming, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0063298910
- Language: English
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Becoming Madame Mao
$19.99 Add to cartIn a sweeping, erotically charged story that moves gracefully from the intimately personal to the great stage of world history, Anchee Min renders a powerful tale of passion, betrayal, and survival an
- Author: Min, Anchee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0618127003
- Language: English
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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood
$21.99 Read moreAward-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle.
The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder wa
- Author: Leavy, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0060883537
- Language: English
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The Given Day
$19.99 Add to cart“Gut-wrenching. . . . A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Dayis a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive.”–New York Times
Now available with a contemporary look, a beau
- Series: Joe Coughlin #1
- Author: Lehane, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0063083744
- Language: English
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Blind Tiger
$17.99 Add to cartWith a “knack for romantic tension and page-turning suspense, this one is a winner.” The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful New York Times bestselling novel by Sandra Brown
- Author: Brown, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1538751976
- Language: English
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Wish You Well
$19.99 Add to cartFollowing a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains–but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they’ll have to defend it from a dark t… [more below]
- Author: Baldacci, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 03 2007
- ISBN10: 0446699489
- Language: English
