Chronological Period/21st Century
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Nelson Mandela
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president and hi… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #73
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0711257914
- Language: English
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Who Is Michelle Obama?
$5.99 Add to cartBorn into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer and the rest, as t… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0448478633
- Language: English
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My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire
$16.99 Add to cartForeword by Steve Harvey and afterword by David Foster
The Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincer
- Author: White, Maurice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0062329162
- Language: English
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
$19.00 Add to cartThe solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a te
- Author: Brown, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0385531109
- Language: English
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Portrait of a Spy
$16.99 Add to cart“Suspense writing at its best.”–HUFFINGTON POST
It was supposed to be the start of a pleasant weekend in London for master art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon and his wife, Chiara. But a deadly pair of
- Series: Gabriel Allon #11
- Author: Silva, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 006228732X
- Language: English
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Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right
$19.99 Read more“Reveals a political trend that threatens both our form of government and our species.” – Timothy Snyder, author of ON TYRANNY
“Riveting…. Want to understand how so many Americans turned against tru- Author: Nelson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1635575826
- Language: English
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The Famine Plot: England’s Role in Ireland’s Greatest Tragedy
$21.00 Add to cartDuring a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, fully a quarter of Ireland’s citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated in what came to be known as Gorta Mor, the Gre… [more below]
- Author: Coogan, Tim Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 1137278838
- Language: English
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7 Seconds to Die: A Military Analysis of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Future of Warfighting
$22.95 Add to cartThe first full analysis of the second Nagorno-Karabakh War–the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems.
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh war–fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan between Se… [more below]
- Author: Antal, John F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1636241239
- Language: English
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
$19.99 Read more“This book, a young reader’s edition of Knight’s autobiography, is an eye-opening look into the story of Knight before his multibillion dollar company. His tenacity is inspiring and will be a valuable… [more below]
- Author: Knight, Phil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 1534401180
- Language: English
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Just Wild Enough: Mireya Mayor, Primatologist
$17.99 Add to cart2022 Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction – Finalist
Primatologist Mireya Mayor is living pr
2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist – Juvenile Nonfiction
2023 Green Earth Book Award Long List for Picture Book- Series: She Made History
- Author: Magellan, Marta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 807540854
- Language: English
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Nelson Mandela
$19.99 Read moreThis stunning picture book biography of Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson is a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor award.
In this lush, acclaimed book, award-winning author-illustrator Kadir Nelson
- Author: Nelson, Kadir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 02 2013
- ISBN10: 0061783749
- Language: English
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Smoke at the Pentagon: Poems to Remember
$18.99 Add to cartTold in the voices of young people, a novel in verse about the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
“A powerful, humanistic look at the aftermath of a national tragedy, and an important purcha
- Author: Jules, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1638191522
- Language: English
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Karthik Delivers
$8.99 Read moreFrom Sheela Chari, the award-winning author of Finding Mighty, Karthik Delivers is a moving middle-grade novel about finding your place by following your heart.
“A story about family, community, and t- Author: Chari, Sheela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1419755234
- Language: English
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage
$17.99 Add to cartBill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship–updated with a new i
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0062564625
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Baghdad: Marine Corps Gunships on the Opening Days of the Iraq War
$29.99 Read moreClimb in the cockpit and join a Marine attack helicopter pilot in this authentic and compelling firsthand account of the opening days and nights of the Iraq War.
Experience the sights, smells, and so- Author: Buer, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 195502667X
- Language: English
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New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West
$33.00 Add to cartThree decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers–Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia–in a world fa… [more below]
- Author: Sanger, David E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593443594
- Language: English
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Predator
$26.99 Add to cartThe untold story of the birth of the Predator drone, a wonder weapon that transformed the American military, reshaped modern warfare, and sparked a revolution in aviation
The creation of the first wea- Author: Whittle, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 08 2015
- ISBN10: 1250074797
- Language: English
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No Simple Highway
$28.99 Add to cartFor almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America’s most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question of why–and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new res
- Author: Richardson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 1250082145
- Language: English
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I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
$25.99 Add to cart“I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell phone, audio recorder, watch, and purse at my hotel. . . .”
For her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a rep- Author: Mekhennet, Souad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1250180570
- Language: English
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Always the Many, Never the One
$20.00 Add to cartWith a starting point on July 14, 2021, when the Centre national de litt駻ature hosted Pierre Joris’ 75th birthday celebration, Always the Many, Never the One builds upon the initial interview by Flo
- Author: Joris, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: October 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1940625580
- Language: English
