Chronological Period/21st Century
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Babylon’s Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
$19.00 Read moreThe astonishing story of the soldiers, conservationists, and ordinary Iraqis who united to save the animals of the Baghdad Zoo
When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of- Author: Anthony, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0312382154
- Language: English
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Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
$32.00 Read moreOn the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s historic 70th anniversary on the throne, Tracy Borman’s sweeping narrative of the British monarchy illuminates one of history’s most iconic and enduring legacies
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- Author: Borman, Tracy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0802159109
- Language: English
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Royal Trivia: Your Guide to the Modern British Royal Family
$19.95 Read moreTest your knowledge of Kate, William, Meghan, Harry, Diana, Charles and Elizabeth II!
This collection of fascinating facts and anecdotes about the British monarchy will keep you in the know and ready- Author: Bowie, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: December 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1646042603
- Language: English
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Rules at the School by the Sea: The Second School by the Sea Novel
$28.99 Read moreIt’s summer, but school is in session in the delightful second book of New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan’s utterly charming School by the Sea series, set at a girls’ boarding school in Co
- Series: School by the Sea #2
- Author: Colgan, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0063243148
- Language: English
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Alia’s Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq
$7.99 Read moreThe inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian’s courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war.
It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of … [more below]- Author: Stamaty, Mark Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 09 2010
- ISBN10: 037585763X
- Language: English
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August in Kabul: America’s Last Days in Afghanistan
$28.00 Read moreTold through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty’s debut book offers a remarkable record of this historic moment.
As night fell on 15 August 2021- Author: Quilty, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1350370312
- Language: English
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Snobs
$18.00 Add to cartJulian Fellowes, creator of the Emmy-Award winning TV series Downton Abbey, established himself as an irresistible storyteller and a deliciously witty chronicler of modern manners in his first novel
- Author: Fellowes, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 08 2012
- ISBN10: 1250020360
- Language: English
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The Impatient
$18.99 Add to cart“Winner of the 2019 Orange Book Prize, The Impatients is a powerful novel about three women living in Cameroon who have grown impatient with the unrelenting oppression-patriarchy, polygamy, and the pe… [more below]
- Author: Amal, Djaili Amadou
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0063141647
- Language: English
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Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11
$21.99 Read more“Better and more comprehensive than any prior account. . . . Those of us who lived through those days will find the book cathartic; those rising generations who were too young to remember 9/11, or who
- Author: Zuckoff, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0062275658
- Language: English
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Escape from . . . Hurricane Katrina
$5.99 Read more“A satisfying read.” —School Library Journal
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms in American history. In this fictional tale, daring twins Jo Jo and Sophie battle the raging floo- Series: Escape from . . .
- Author: Dodson, Judy Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 149981108X
- Language: English
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Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World
$21.99 Read moreNew York Times Bestseller
Now with new text from McMaster addressing the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol and recommending how citizens across the free world can work together to restore confid
- Author: McMaster, H. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0062899473
- Language: English
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American Resistance: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation
$29.00 Read moreIt could have been so much worse: a deeply reported, insider story of how a handful of Washington officials staged a daring resistance to an unprecedented presidency and prevented chaos overwhelming t… [more below]
- Author: Rothkopf, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1541700635
- Language: English
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Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature
$17.00 Read moreSearching and erudite new essays on writing from the author of Burning Down the House.
Charles Baxter’s new collection of essays, Wonderlands, joins his other works of nonfiction, Burning Down the Hou- Author: Baxter, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1644450917
- Language: English
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Punishment of a Hunter: A Leningrad Confidential
$16.95 Read more“Outstanding… Yakovleva perfectly balances evoking the terror of living in a police state with her whodunit plotline. Fans will hope to see much more of Zaitsev.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review… [more below]
- Series: The Leningrad Confidential
- Author: Yakovleva, Yulia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1782276793
- Language: English
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Pop’s Bridge
$19.99 Read moreThe Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can’t be built.
But Robert’s father is building it. He’s a skywalker–a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced hi- Author: Bunting, Eve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0152047735
- Language: English
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Professional Wrestling in Mississippi: A History
$23.99 Read moreBounce off the ropes for a high-flying jaunt through the history of Magnolia State professional wrestling. At its peak, professional wrestling was arguably the most popular sport in Mississippi. The p… [more below]
- Series: Sports
- Author: Martin, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154288
- Language: English
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War in Ukraine: Volume 2: Russian Invasion, February 2022
$29.95 Read more“The reader will be hard pressed to find another book providing this sort of detailed information. It is liberally illustrated with battlefield photographs and good maps.” — Military Heritage Magazin… [more below]
- Series: Europe@war
- Author: Cooper, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1804512168
- Language: English
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Cracker Horses and Cattle: A History of Florida’s Heritage Breeds
$24.99 Read moreJoin author Carol Matthews on a galloping romp through the long history of Florida’s cracker horses and cattle.
The first horses and cattle to set foot on the North American continent stepped onto Flo
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Matthews, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151009
- Language: English
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Badly Behaved Women: The Story of Modern Feminism
$29.95 Read moreBadly Behaved Women is the illustrated story of the past 100 years of the women’s movement, from suffrage, alleged bra burning and the politics of hair to Beyonc , body positivity and #MeToo.
In the
- Author: Crowhurst, Anna-Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0233006222
- Language: English
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The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America
$29.95 Read moreIn two previous highly regarded books on the U.S. Senate, Ira Shapiro chronicled the institution from its apogee in the 1970s through its decline in the decades since. Now, Shapiro turns his gaze to h
- Author: Shapiro, Ira
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1538163977
- Language: English
