Chronological Period/20th Century
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Colorful Characters of Pittsburgh
$24.99 Read moreBeyond the world famous artists, singers, actors and more from Pittsburgh are the city’s celebrities known locally for their quirky style, unique mannerisms, and outlandish behavior.
From Joe Barker, t
- Series: The History Press
- Author: King, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 146714858X
- Language: English
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My Year in the Middle
$8.99 Read more“A moving story about finding one’s center in the midst of overwhelming external pressure.” — Shelf Awareness (starred review)
Sixth-grader Lu Olivera just wants to keep her head down and get along w- Author: Weaver, Lila Quintero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1536213179
- Language: English
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The Antifa Comic Book: 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements
$19.95 Add to cartThe shocking images of neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville, North Carolina in the summer of 2017 linger in the mind, but so do those of the passionate protestors who risked their lives to do the rig… [more below]
- Author: Hill, Gord
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1551527332
- Language: English
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Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
$17.99 Add to cartOn June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service prote
- Author: Algeo, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1569767076
- Language: English
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Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
$21.95 Read moreIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this beautiful biography of Maya Angelou describes how she rose above a childhood of trauma and emotional
- Author: Hegedus, Bethany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1620145871
- Language: English
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The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915
$30.00 Add to cartA penetrating, character-filled history “in the manner of David McCullough” (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics.
Democracy was broken. Or that was what many American- Author: Grinspan, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1635574625
- Language: English
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Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
$9.99 Read moreIn paperback for the first time, the compelling story of the famous Black Olympian who stood up to Hitler.
Jesse Owens grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws, but adversity didn’t stop him. After se- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1547608986
- Language: English
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Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
$30.00 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS’ TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR – BOOKLISTS’ EDITOR’S CHOICE – ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book…. Without a doubt, not- Author: Haygood, Wil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0525656871
- Language: English
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Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens: A Landscape of Diversity
$35.00 Add to cartHonoring and embodying the cultural heritages of a region through the beauty of shared outdoor spaces
From their beginnings as private farmland to their current form as monuments to cultural and ethni
- Author: Grabowski, John J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1606354418
- Language: English
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Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison
$31.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The “entertaining [and] often-moving account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the remarkable POWs whose relentlessly creative attempts to escape a notorious Nazi prison embodi… [more below]
- Author: MacIntyre, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0593632079
- Language: English
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Caribbean Folk Tales: Stories from the Islands and the Windrush Generation
$28.99 Read moreCaribbean folk tales set alongside local reminiscences of 1950s migration from the Caribbean to Britain
Caribbean islands are rich in oral stories. Steeped in history where ancestors arrived as slave- Author: Shearer, Wendy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750994894
- Language: English
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The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
$19.99 Add to cartThe Plot, which examines the astonishing conspiracy and the fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, has become a worldwide phenomenon since its hardcover publication, taught in classrooms … [more below]
- Author: Eisner, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 17 2006
- ISBN10: 0393328600
- Language: English
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Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
$15.95 Read moreForsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century, was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and ch
- Author: Phillips, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 0393354733
- Language: English
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If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid)
$7.95 Read moreFollow along with two girls as they find themselves in the middle of a civil rights demonstration, and find out how the fight for equality changed the country forever.
Joyce Jenkins has recently moved … [more below]
- Series: If You Were a Kid
- Author: Hooks, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0531230988
- Language: English
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The Lost Wife
$18.00 Read moreA rapturous novel of star-crossed love in a time of war–from the international bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds.
During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art studen- Author: Richman, Alyson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 042524413X
- Language: English
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Peppe the Lamplighter: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
$8.99 Add to cartThis Caldecott Honor-winning picture book is a touching snapshot of American history and the immigrant experience.
This is the story of Peppe, who becomes a lamplighter to help support his immigrant fa
- Author: Bartone, Elisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 22 1997
- ISBN10: 0688154697
- Language: English
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The Blue Castle
$11.99 Read more“If it had not rained on a certain May morning, Valancy Stirling’s whole life would have been entirely different. . .”
One day, Valancy Stirling, a quiet, shy old maid, decides to stop listening to h- Series: Rediscovered Classics
- Author: Montgomery, L. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1454951508
- Language: English
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Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change
$28.95 Read moreHonorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards – Performing Arts & Music
Popular music has long been a powerful force for social chang
Honorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition- Author: Schreiber, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1978839022
- Language: English
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The Torrents of Spring
$6.00 Read more“The Torrents of Spring reveals Mr. Hemingway’s gift for high-spirited nonsense. Whatever its effect on literary foibles, it contributes to that thoughtful gayety that true wit should inspire.” —The … [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0486851435
- Language: English
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The Reconquest of Burma 1944-45: From Operation Capital to the Sittang Bend
$25.00 Read moreA fascinating exploration of the dramatic battles and Allied operations to wrest back control of Burma (Myanmar) from the Japanese.
The Allied reconquest of Burma was not part of Allied Grand Strategy- Series: Campaign #390
- Author: Lyman, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1472854063
- Language: English
