Chronological Period/20th Century
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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves
$19.99 Add to cartAdam Hochschild’s Bury the Chains is the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history–the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.
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- Author: Hochschild, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0618619070
- Language: English
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
$8.99 Read moreNow in paperback! In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the beloved supreme … [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #66
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284474
- Language: English
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Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War
$30.00 Read moreBy 1990, the first Cold War was ending. The Berlin Wall had fallen and the Warsaw Pact was crumbling; following Russia’s lead, cries for democracy were being embraced by a young Chinese populace. The
- Author: Doyle, Michael W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1631496069
- Language: English
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This Side of Paradise
$9.99 Read moreAmory Blaine, a young Midwesterner, is convinced that he has an exceptionally promising future. The reader follows Amory as he falls in love with Isabelle Borg?, a wealthy young debutante; a cruel an
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1435172329
- Language: English
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She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
$20.95 Read moreNAACP Image Awards Winner – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
A timely, inspiring picture book biography of the dynamic twentieth-century educator, activist, and politi
- Author: Russell-Brown, Katheryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1620143461
- Language: English
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Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River
$21.95 Read moreScience Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management–and perils in the mismanagement–of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evi… [more below]
- Author: Kuhn, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0816543232
- Language: English
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Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
$18.99 Read moreAn elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1… [more below]
- Author: Winter, Jonah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0385390289
- Language: English
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Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
$29.99 Add to cartHoward Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the book that breaks through the image to get at the man. Originally published… [more below]
- Author: Barlett, Donald L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 687
- Publish Date: September 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0393326020
- Language: English
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Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline
$25.00 Read moreA fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline.
Since 1940, the island of Malta had been a thorn in the Axis’ side. It- Series: Campaign #394
- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1472855671
- Language: English
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
$10.99 Read moreThis young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens.
An NAACP Image Award finalist
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A NYPL Best Book f- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 154760252X
- Language: English
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First Lady from Plains
$26.95 Add to cartFirst Lady from Plains, first published in 1984, is Rosalynn’s Carter’s autobiography, covering her life from her childhood in Plains, Georgia, through her time as First Lady. It is “a readable, livel… [more below]
- Author: Carter, Rosalynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: November 01 1994
- ISBN10: 1557283559
- Language: English
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Stompin’ at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums
$16.99 Read moreThough a disability stunted his growth and left him with a hunched back, William Henry “Chick” Webb did not let that get in the way of his musical pursuits. Even as a young child, Chick saw the world … [more below]
- Author: Donohue, Moira Rose
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1534110976
- Language: English
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Teddy Roosevelt Was a Moose?
$16.95 Read moreDid you know that Theodore Roosevelt was shot before a rally, and went on to give his speech with the bullet in his chest? Or that he skinny-dipped in the Potomac River? Bet you didn’t know that he ha… [more below]
- Series: Wait! What?
- Author: Gutman, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1324015640
- Language: English
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In Harm’s Way (Young Readers Edition): The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Story of Its Survivors
$19.99 Read moreA young readers edition of Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias’ New York Times bestseller In Harm’s Way–a riveting World War II account of the greatest maritime disaster in US naval history.
“A maste- Series: True Rescue
- Author: Tougias, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1250771323
- Language: English
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France’s War in Indochina: Volume 1: The Tiger Versus the Elephant, 1946-1949
$29.95 Read more“…a very interesting book with insights into how French forces dealt with Viet Minh tactics and strategies, anticipating almost the same problems faced by American forces in Vietnam nearly twenty ye… [more below]
- Series: Asia@War
- Author: Rookes, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: July 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1804510149
- Language: English
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La Batarde
$18.95 Add to cartAn obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La B?arde relates Violette Leduc’s long search for her own i
- Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
- Author: Leduc, Violette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1628974575
- Language: English
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Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
$21.00 Read more#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER (The Globe and Mail)
A Globe and Mail Best Book 2011]
A Quill & Quire Book of the Year 2011]
A National Post Best Book 2011]
A BBC Radio Book of the Week October 2011]
One of … [more below]- Author: Aguirre, Carmen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0345813820
- Language: English
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Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed
$25.95 Add to cart“While there have been other books about Aldrich Ames, Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense “Ames Mole Hunt.” Sa… [more below]
- Author: Grimes, Sandra V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1591143969
- Language: English
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Dime Quién Soy / Tell Me Who I Am
$16.95 Read moreEspionaje e intriga en estado puro, amores y desamores desgarrados, aventura e historia de un siglo hecho pedazos, Dime qui n soy es un apasionante relato protagonizado por unos personajes inolvidable… [more below]
- Author: Navarro, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1104
- Publish Date: July 23 2019
- ISBN10: 8490322228
- Language: Spanish
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
$9.99 Read moreWith poetic text and dynamic art, award-winning creators Carole Boston Weatherford and James E. Ransome use key moments from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life to inspire future generations to stand up
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1547608978
- Language: English
