Chronological Period/20th Century
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Blue at the Mizzen
$15.95 Read moreNapoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey’s crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey’s career prospects in a peaceti… [more below]
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels #20
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1324035277
- Language: English
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Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero
$21.99 Read moreThe inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine.
When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained t
- Author: McCormick, Patricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0062292595
- Language: English
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The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World
$38.00 Add to cartNearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, its legacy and the accompanying Russian-American tension continues to loom large. Russia’s access to detailed information on the United States and it… [more below]
- Author: Davies, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 022638957X
- Language: English
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On the Home Front with Valentina: A Diary from 1940 to 1943
$28.65 Read moreCreated in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Latino, Nuestras Voces shares inspiring Latino stories. In 1940, eleven-year-old Valentina lives in El Paso,… [more below]
- Series: Nuestras Voces
- Author: Oviedo, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669012727
- Language: English
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Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse
$23.99 Read moreThanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top’s ode “La Grange,” many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The reality is more compl… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Blaschke, Jayme Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153931
- Language: English
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Travellers of the World Revolution: A Global History of the Communist International
$39.95 Read moreHope, Struggle and Defeat: The Communist International and the Global Fight for Freedom
The Communist International was the first organised attempt to bring about worldwide revolution and left a last- Author: Studer, Brigitte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1839768010
- Language: English
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Dolly Parton
$8.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Dolly Parton, the singer-songwriter and businesswoman.
Little Dolly- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #28
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711283877
- Language: English
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The Foxes of Belair: Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown
$52.43 Read more- Series: Horses in History
- Author: Kelly, Jennifer S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0813197376
- Language: English
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The Dressmaker’s Gift
$14.95 Read moreA Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts bestseller.
From the bestselling author of The Beekeeper’s Promise comes a gripping story of three young women faced with impossible choices. H
- Author: Valpy, Fiona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 287
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1542005132
- Language: English
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Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times
$28.95 Read moreNeil Peart decided to drive his BMW Z-8 automobile from L.A. to Big Bend National Park, in Southwest Texas. As he sped along “between the gas-gulping SUVs and asthmatic Japanese compacts clumping in t… [more below]
- Author: Peart, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: August 03 2004
- ISBN10: 1550226649
- Language: English
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Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge’s First Day of School
$19.99 Read moreInspired by an iconic Norman Rockwell painting and translated from an original French text, this is a story about the day a little girl held her head high and changed the world.
- Author: Cohen-Janca, Irene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1568463413
- Language: English
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Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s Chocolate Pilot
$11.99 Add to cartOne WWII pilot’s mission to lift the spirits of children living in war-torn Berlin in 1945 comes to life in this moving middle-grade historical account. After World War II the United States and Britai… [more below]
- Author: Tunnell, Michael O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1580893376
- Language: English
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Sot-Weed Factor
$24.95 Add to cartThis is Barth’s most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is “one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world
- Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
- Author: Barth, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 806
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1628973943
- Language: English
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The Commodore
$15.95 Read moreHaving survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at … [more below]
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels #17
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021551
- Language: English
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Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together
$24.99 Read moreFrom an award-winning author comes a vivid depiction of an act of war from opposing sides of the conflict in World War II—and a rare reconciliation and wish for peace that evolved years later.
Adults- Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0763676861
- Language: English
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The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father
$18.00 Read moreNo one is better poised to write the biography of James Herriot than the son who worked alongside him in the Yorkshire veterinary practice when Herriot became an internationally bestselling author. No… [more below]
- Author: Wight, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0345434900
- Language: English
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Kit: Read All about It
$7.99 Add to cartKit Kittredge has a nose for news — but she never dreamed that the news stories about the hard times of the Depression would become her own story. First Mother’s bothersome friends move in with the K… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Tripp, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371585
- Language: English
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I Am Ayah: The Way Home
$17.99 Read more“[A] rich and tender story of family, home and love.” —Ms. Magazine
Set amid Sag Harbor’s vibrant African American history, bestselling author Donna Hill weaves a stunningly rich story about finding t- Author: Hill, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1649371462
- Language: English
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Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency
$29.00 Read moreAn illuminating account of John F. Kennedy’s brief but transformative tenure in the White House, from acclaimed author and historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation and presidential hist… [more below]
- Author: Updegrove, Mark K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 152474574X
- Language: English
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Myths of Modern History: From the French Revolution to the 20th Century World Wars and the Cold War – New Perspectives on Key Events
$27.95 Read moreAt a time when it’s all too easy to see history in black-and-white terms, historian Jacques R. Pauwels urges readers to let go of conventional history textbooks and re-examine historical events outsid… [more below]
- Author: Pauwels, Jacques R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1459416937
- Language: English
