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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

A Novel

Nicola Harrison's The Show Girl gives a glimpse of the glamorous world of the Ziegfeld Follies, through the eyes of a young midwestern woman who comes to New York City to find her destiny as a Ziegfeld Follies star.

"Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's City of Girls will drink this up." --Booklist

It's 1927 when Olive McCormick moves from Minneapolis to New York City determined to become a star in the Ziegfeld Follies. Extremely talented as a singer and dancer, it takes every bit of perseverance to finally make it on stage. And once she does, all the glamour and excitement is everything she imagined and more--even worth all the sacrifices she has had to make along the way.

Then she meets Archie Carmichael. Handsome, wealthy--the only man she's ever met who seems to accept her modern ways--her independent nature and passion for success. But once she accepts his proposal of marriage he starts to change his tune, and Olive must decide if she is willing to reveal a devastating secret and sacrifice the life she loves for the man she loves.

The Show Girl

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Albert Robida

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Robert H. Ferrell, John Stewart Bowman
World Almanac Publications, 1985 - History, Modern - 512 pages
World-wide history of this century 
Panoramic view of the issues, the personalities, the astounding progress and the appalling tragedies that have overtaken the world since the epochal year of 1900.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

"The Twentieth Century - a unique blend of objets d'art and pulp fiction, science fiction and satire - was initially published in 1882 to great acclaim. Abundantly illustrated by the author, the story presents a panorama of society in the century to come. The story opens in the spring of 1952 as Helene Colobry, niece of mega-banker Raphael Ponto, has just graduated from a private provincial school and needs to find a career. This highly original futuristic fantasy is a cross between "The Jetsons" and the novels of Charles Dickens: it focuses on the daily life of a bourgeois family living in the technology-driven world of tomorrow - where trips to the market are made by aircar and where women argue politics with their husbands via videophone."--BOOK JACKET.

Twentieth Century

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Virginia Woolf

Bonnie Kime Scott

Idaho

Presents a poignant portrayal of the thoughts and events that comprise one day in a woman's life as Clarissa Dalloway makes preparations for a party she is hosting later in the evening, in an annotated edition of the classic novel. Reprint

Mrs. Dalloway (annotated)

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Kimberly Brock

Washington





The fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl.

What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery, but the women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known that the truth lies in what she left behind: a message carved onto a large stone and the contents of her treasured commonplace book. Brought from England on Eleanor's fateful voyage to the New World, her book was passed down through the fifteen generations of daughters who followed as they came of age. Thirteen-year-old Alice had been next in line to receive it, but her mother's tragic death fractured the unbroken legacy and the Dare Stone and the shadowy history recorded in the book faded into memory. Or so Alice hoped.

In the waning days of World War II, Alice is a young widow and a mother herself when she is unexpectedly presented with her birthright: the deed to Evertell, her abandoned family home and the history she thought forgotten. Determined to sell the property and step into a future free of the past, Alice returns to Savannah with her own thirteen-year-old daughter, Penn, in tow. But when Penn's curiosity over the lineage she never knew begins to unveil secrets from beneath every stone and bone and shell of the old house and Eleanor's book is finally found, Alice is forced to reckon with the sacrifices made for love and the realities of their true inheritance as daughters of Eleanor Dare.

In this sweeping tale from award-winning author Kimberly Brock, the answers to a real-life mystery may be found in the pages of a story that was always waiting to be written.

Praise for The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare:

"From the haunting first line, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare transports the reader to a mysterious land, time and family . . . the captivating women of the Dare legacy must find their true inheritance hiding behind the untold secrets." --Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author

 * Historical women's fiction
 * Stand-alone novel
 * Book length: approximately 135,000 words
 * Includes discussion questions for book clubs

The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare

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Russell Freedman

New York

A Life of Discovery

A sympathetic and sensitive portrayal of the remarkable Eleanor Roosevelt captures the life and times of a woman who continues to offer inspiration, guidance, and hope to people of all ages. Reprint. Newbery Honor Book.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Oregon

One house, two worlds... Rose Cliffe has never met a young lady like her new mistress. Clever, rich, and beautiful, Ada Averley treats Rose as an equal. And Rose could use a friend. Especially now that she, at barely sixteen, has risen to the position of ladies' maid. Rose knows she should be grateful to have a place at a house like Somerton. Still, she can't help but wonder what her life might have been had she been born a lady, like Ada. For the first time in a decade, the Averleys have returned to Somerton, their majestic ancestral estate. But terrible scandal has followed Ada's beloved father all the way from India. Now Ada finds herself torn between her own happiness and her family's honor. Only she has the power to restore the Averley name-but it would mean giving up her one true love . . . someone she could never persuade her father to accept. Sumptuous and enticing, the first novel in the At Somerton series introduces two worlds, utterly different yet entangled, where ruthless ambition, forbidden attraction, and unspoken dreams are hidden behind dutiful smiles and glittering jewels. All those secrets are waiting . . . at Somerton.

Cinders and Sapphires

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

In this ambitious book Bevis Hillier cuts a wide swath through social and decorative history and gives a far-ranging view of the twentieth century, from Edwardiana and Art Nouveau to the Swinging Sixties, the Cynical Seventies and beyond. The book is about the way we live, as well as about art styles and taste. It roves freely over architecture, fashion, automobile design, social conditions, ideas, pop music and the whole gamut of the decorative arts. It is presented with Bevis Hillier's usual wit, panache and ability to pick out the most salient and revealing aspects of each period.

The Style of the Century, 1900-1980

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Edith Warton

Mississippi

Set in old New York, this novel details the thwarted romance between Newland Archer, a young dandy, and the beautiful, unconventional divorceee Countess Ellen Olenska. The cast of characters includes Newland's docile - and calculating - fiancee, May Welland and the lordly Mrs Manson Mingott.

The Age of Innocence

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Natalie Jenner

Michigan

The bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls returns with a brilliant novel of love and art, of grief and memory, of confronting the past and facing the future.

Every Time We Say Goodbye

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Timothy B. Benford

The World War II Quiz & Fact Book - Volume 2

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Tim O'Brien

This book has some writing in the inside and outside. See pictures

North Carolina

Heroic young men carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam, in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness

The Things They Carried

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Max Frisch

Michael Bullock

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner begins this book with an exclamation: "I'm not Stiller!" He claims that his name is Jim White, that he has been jailed under false charges and under the wrong identity. To prove he is who he claims to be, he confesses to three unsolved murders and recalls in great detail an adventuresome life in America and Mexico among cowboys and peasants, in back alleys and docks. He is consumed by "the morbid impulse to convince," but no one believes him. This is a harrowing account part Kafka, part Camus of the power of self-deception and the freedom that ultimately lies in self-acceptance. Simultaneously haunting and humorous, I'm Not Stiller has come to be recognized as "one of the major post-war works of fiction" and a masterpiece of German literature.

I'm Not Stiller

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A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

Guides young revolutionaries in the art of human communication and explains the tactics of organizing others to work within the system for social change

Rules for Radicals

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#paperback #novel #storytelling #family #20thcentury #rurallife #fiction #homestead #Wales #familyfiction

Georgia

A complex family with a tortured secret, the Hamers live on a large homestead in Radnorshire, Wales. Idris, the unbending patriarch and tyrant of the family, is a man suspicious of any change. Etty, his indomitable wife, is a woman born into a world unequipped to deal with her. Oliver, their only son, is a junior boxing champion turned hellraising local legend. A novel concerned both with the huge changes of 20th-century rural life, and that life in its eternal details.

Addlands

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Time-Life Books Editors

Tennessee

Time's Greatest People of the 20th Century

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Chronicles the pivotal events of the century, looking at the politics, business developments, disasters, social changes, discoveries, scientific advances, sports, music, and arts that touched lives and changed the face of humankind.

The Great Events of the 20th Century

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Martin Gilbert

Pennsylvania

The History of the 20th Century: 1952-1999

Challenge to Civilization

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Ted Fox

First edition/first printing. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear (see pics). Binding is solid and pages are crisp and clean. Almost like new.

Nebraska

Book Description: For close to 60 years the Apollo Theatre in the heart of Harlem has been one of America's foremost cultural institutions, a top showcase for black entertainers and a launching pad for some of the greatest talents of our time: Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughan, and Richard Pryor are just a few. Ted Fox has written a history of the special combination of people and atmosphere at the Apollo; he lets the theatre's stars tell a large part of the story through personal anecdotes, augmented by a splendid array of rare pictures. The author also discusses the evolution of black cultural forms in music and comedy, and in so doing, preserves routines, Apollo trademarks, and backstage lore that might otherwise be lost.

Showtime at the Apollo

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Chuck Klosterman

Alabama

A Book

In The Nineties, cult author Chuck Klosterman makes a home in every element of 90s culture: the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality, the yin/yang of Oprah and Alan Greenspan. In perhaps no other book ever written could the sentence, 'The video for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was not more consequential than the reunification of Germany' make complete sense. Chuck Klosterman has written a multi-dimensional masterpiece, a work of synthesis that's equal parts smart and delightful.

The Nineties

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Would hate to see this book go from my collection.  But it is what it is.

Nevada

Along the Union River weaves together more than two hundred images with intriguing and informative text to create an immensely enjoyable journey through the history of the towns along the banks of Maine's majestic Union River and its tributaries. The region comprising Hancock and Penobscot Counties was originally settled by soldiers who came to work in the woods and tanneries. Soon, supporting industries, stores, copper shops, lumber camps, and ladies millinery shops were established, but it was the shipbuilding industry that flourished most prominently. Here, we explore Bingham Millions,Mariaville's "Greenhouse Settlement," and Lucerne's "Little Switzerland," and experience the wild beauty of this world-famous countryside.

Gay and Lesbian Atlanta

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David Crosby

Carl. Gottlieb

I have other books available about 20th century rock stars and the music industry 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The story of rock 'n' roll artist David Crosby's ride on the roller coaster of celebrity and misfortune.

Long Time Gone

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Sandra Dallas

Beautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth century West, from master storyteller Sandra Dallas.

Except for the way they loved each other, they were just ordinary, everyday folks. Just ordinary.

1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted a teaching position in Wyoming, but within a year's time she's fallen in love--both with the High Plains and with a handsome cowboy named Charlie Bacon. Life is not easy in the flat, brown corner of the state where winter blizzards are unforgiving and the summer heat relentless. But Ellen and Charlie face it all together, their relationship growing stronger with each shared success, and each deeply felt tragedy.

Ellen finds purpose in her work as a rancher's wife and in her bonds with other women settled on the prairie. Not all of them are so lucky as to have loving husbands, not all came to Wallace willingly, and not all of them can survive the cruel seasons. But they look out for each other, share their secrets, and help one another in times of need. And the needs are great and constant. The only city to speak of, Cheyenne, is miles away, making it akin to the Wild West in rural Wallace. In the end, it is not the trials Ellen and Charlie face together that make them remarkable, but their love for one another that endures through it all.

Where Coyotes Howl

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Connecticut

David Brownstone

Irene M. Franck

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David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck
Prentice Hall, 1990 - History, Modern - 444 pages
From Teddy Roosevelt to Abbie Hoffman to Mikhail Gorbachev, from the Square Deal to the Chicago Seven to Glasnost, here are nearly 4,000 terms and definitions central to the understanding of the major events, movements, discoveries, ideas, and people of our time.

An alphabetical reference covers key events, people, ideas, and discoveries from the beginning of the twentieth century to the end of the 1980s

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Nicola Harrison

The Show Girl

Albert Robida

Twentieth Century

Virginia Woolf; Bonnie Kime Scott

Mrs. Dalloway (annotated)

Kimberly Brock

The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare

Russell Freedman

Eleanor Roosevelt

Leila Rasheed

Cinders and Sapphires

Bevis Hillier

The Style of the Century, 1900-1980

Edith Warton

The Age of Innocence

Natalie Jenner

Every Time We Say Goodbye

Timothy B. Benford

The World War II Quiz & Fact Book - Volume 2

Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Max Frisch; Michael Bullock

I'm Not Stiller

Saul Alinsky

Rules for Radicals

Tom Bullough

Addlands

Time-Life Books Editors

Time's Greatest People of the 20th Century

Time-Life Books Editors

The Great Events of the 20th Century

Martin Gilbert

Challenge to Civilization

Ted Fox

Showtime at the Apollo

Chuck Klosterman

The Nineties

Wesley Chenault

Gay and Lesbian Atlanta

David Crosby; Carl. Gottlieb

Long Time Gone

Sandra Dallas

Where Coyotes Howl

Chuck Klosterman

The Nineties

David Brownstone; Irene M. Franck

Dictionary of Twentieth Century History