Chronological Period/20th Century
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Line in the Sand: Foreign Legion Forts and Fortifications in Morocco 1900-1926
$49.95 Read moreThis book gives an overview of the French conquest of Morocco between 1900 and 1926. Whilst providing a general outline of the conquest of Morocco the book concentrates on the use of forts and other f… [more below]
- Series: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
- Author: Jeynes, Richard P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1915113830
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo: The Painter and Her Work
$50.00 Read moreThis definitive appreciation of Kahlo’s career features gorgeous full-page reproductions and insightful commentary to illuminate connections between the artist’s life and work.
Few painters have been- Author: Prignitz-Poda, Helga
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 3791379607
- Language: English
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The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches
$20.00 Read moreThis definitive collection gathers the most significant speeches of the modern era, from Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. to Ronald Reagan and Michelle Obama
Defined by waves of idealism- Author: MacArthur, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0241982308
- Language: English
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How to Read Wittgenstein
$14.95 Read moreApproaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction–a personal master class in reading–that brings you fac… [more below]
- Series: How to Read #0
- Author: Monk, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0393328201
- Language: English
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Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
$19.95 Read moreCensored by the U.S. Army, Dorothea Lange’s unseen photographs are the extraordinary photographic record of the Japanese American internment saga. This indelible work of visual and social history conf… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 17 2008
- ISBN10: 0393330907
- Language: English
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P-38 Lightning Vs Bf 109: North Africa, Sicily and Italy 1942-43
$23.00 Read moreAn exciting account of the aerial battles fought by the USAAF’s P38 Lightnings and the Jagdflieger‘s Bf 109Gs for dominance over North Africa and the Mediterranean.
USAAF fighter pilots experienced a- Series: Duel #131
- Author: Young, Edward M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1472859545
- Language: English
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Fighting for the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A History Seeking Adventure
$34.65 Read moreYOU are fighting for equity and equal rights during the turbulent 1960s. How will you take part in this historic battle? Will you join the Freedom Riders to fight segregation on buses? Will you sit in… [more below]
- Series: You Choose: Seeking History
- Author: Smith, Elliott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 166905828X
- Language: English
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The Allure of Chanel
$19.95 Read moreThe story of Coco Chanel in her own words, as told by her to Paul Morand, in a beautfiul new paperback edition
Perfect for fans of the luxurious and exceptional world of Chanel, and of Daniele Bott’s- Series: Pushkin Press Classics
- Author: Morand, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1805330217
- Language: English
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See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson
$28.00 Read moreA new biography of the beloved but mysterious Blind Lemon Jefferson, famous blues musician. Born in 1897, Jefferson was a blind street musician who played his guitar at the corner of Elm Street and Ce… [more below]
- Author: Govenar, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1646053125
- Language: English
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Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future
$17.99 Read moreClick. Whir. Buzz.
Not so long ago, math problems had to be solved with pencil and paper, mail delivered by postman, and files were stored in paper folders and metal cabinets. But three women, Betty Sn… [more below]- Author: Brown, Tami Lewis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1368011055
- Language: English
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Ottoman Armies 1820-1914
$20.00 Read moreThis book describes and illustrates the armies of the embattled Ottoman Turkish Empire involved in 19th-century wars during the Empire’s long spiral of decline.
During the so called ‘long 19th century- Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) #551
- Author: Esposito, Gabriele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 147285537X
- Language: English
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Quotations of Ernest Hemingway
$9.95 Read moreThis pocket-sized hardcover book contains nearly one hundred quotations from author Ernest Hemingway. “All my life I’ve looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.” –Ernest Hemin… [more below]
- Series: Quotations of Great Americans
- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1429094958
- Language: English
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Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette
$30.00 Read moreSpanning a century, Pushing Cool reveals how the twin deceptions of health and Black affinity for menthol were crafted–and how the industry’s disturbingly powerful narrative has endured to this day. … [more below]
- Author: Wailoo, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 022679413X
- Language: English
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Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment
$45.00 Read moreThe conventional wisdom about Felix Frankfurter–Harvard law professor and Supreme Court justice–is that he struggled to fill the seat once held by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Scholars have portrayed Fran
- Author: Snyder, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1324004878
- Language: English
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Millie and the Great Drought: A Dust Bowl Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIn 1935, dust storms are sweeping across the southern plains of United States, including Oklahoma. Twelve-year-old Millie Horn is worried about her family’s survival. The Dust Bowl is getting worse, a… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Deen, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666340758
- Language: English
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Eyes Turned Skyward
$17.99 Add to cart“Eyes Turned Skyward is a powerful examination of the cost–emotional, familial, generational–when women are denied their right to soar… Alena Dillon’s poetic prose and complex characters will ling
- Author: Dillon, Alena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 006314476X
- Language: English
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The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation
$24.95 Read moreFor more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.
Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure tha
- Author: Newman, Carey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 145983612X
- Language: English
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Operation Black Buck 1982: The Vulcans’ Extraordinary Falklands War Raids
$25.00 Read more‘The definitive account of the Vulcan raids… taught me something new on every page’
– Rowland White, author of the bestselling Vulcan 607
A newly researched, fully illustrated account of how RAF Vulca- Series: Air Campaign #37
- Author: Bird, Andrew D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 147285666X
- Language: English
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
$19.00 Add to cartThe definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some of the 20th century’s most influential technologies
“Filled with colorful characters and inspiring lesso- Author: Gertner, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0143122797
- Language: English
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Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
$19.95 Add to cartOn April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy Doolittle lifted off from the deck of the USS Hornet on a one-way mission to pummel Japan’s factories, refinerie
- Author: Scott, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: April 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352277
- Language: English
