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1	The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War more books like this by David Halberstam add to wishlist Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. "The Coldest Winter" changes that, giving readers a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Cities of the Plain more books like this by Cormac McCarthy add to wishlist The third and last volume of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, CITIES OF THE PLAIN continues the story of Billy Pawson, the cowboy with the heart of an outlaw. Billy becomes involved in the relationship between his friend and fellow ranch-hand John Grady--hero of ALL THE PRETTY HORSES--and a Mexican prostitute under the control of a brutal, ... see all copies from $3.64! new only from $6.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Prodigal more books like this by Beverly Lewis add to wishlist Book 4 in the bestselling Abram's Daughters series. The compelling and continuing chronicle of Abram Ebersol's family, beginning in the mid-1940s, moves forward in time and scope to the late 50s. The devout Ebersols have faced sometimes-painful divisions and separations--if not geographical, those of the heart. Leah, possibly most of all, has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	War Trash more books like this by Ha Jin add to wishlist Set during the Korean War and written in the form of a memoir, Ha Jin's novel centers on a Chinese soldier named Yu Yuan, who is captured and taken to an American POW camp. There, though he is well-treated by the Americans, he finds that another war is going on, between the Communist prisoners and the nationalists. Yu finds himself being used by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America more books like this by Thomas Frank add to wishlist Liberal journalist Thomas Frank turns his witty and insightful pen on this nation's gradual drift to the right over the last 30 years of the 20th century, asking "Why?" The conservative movement, once the bastion of Bill Buckley, Barry Goldwater, and protected interests now appears to be the people's party, the party of populism, and Frank wants ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir more books like this by Doris Kearns Goodwin add to wishlist Doris Kearns Goodwin's memoir of growing up in the '50s as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Walk to Remember more books like this by Nicholas Sparks add to wishlist The author of THE NOTEBOOK tells the story of an aging man who recalls a high school romance that saved him from himself. An Entertainment Weekly Worst Book of 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey more books like this by E Guevara add to wishlist These travel diaries capture the essence and exuberance of the young legend, Che Guevara. This expanded, new edition, published with exclusive access to the Che Guevara Archives held in Havana, includes a preface by Che's daughter, Aleida Guevara. 30 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Story of a Marriage more books like this by Andrew Sean Greer add to wishlist A "Today" show Summer Reads Pick, "The Story of a Marriage" is set in a climate of fear and repression--political, sexual, and racial--and portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Gilead more books like this by Marilynne Robinson add to wishlist Marilynne Robinson's long-awaited second novel is named after the town in which it is set: Gilead, Iowa. The time is the 1950s, and John Ames, the town's beloved pastor, is dying of heart disease. Widowed early but recently remarried, John has a very young son. The novel is a final act of love: a letter to the boy, in which he looks back on his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Pale Horse Coming more books like this by Stephen Hunter add to wishlist Earl Swagger goes to a small town in the Mississippi Delta to investigate the disappearance of his friend, ex-prosecutor Sam Vincent, who was looking into rumors of corruption--and worse--centering on the local prison. Earl finds racism, conspiracies, and many other sinister things going on in the creepy, insular little town. He gathers some ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 more books like this by Taylor Branch add to wishlist Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, rise to greatness and illuminates the courage, the deals, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history. Winner of the National Book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Snow Falling on Cedars more books like this by David Guterson add to wishlist In the midst of a raging snowstorm, a trial on Puget Sound in the 1950s pits the island's Japanese-American inhabitants against the local fisherman: a courtroom drama plus a study of conflicts between cultures and generations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Great Fire more books like this by Shirley Hazzard add to wishlist This is Hazzard's first novel since "The Transit of Venus," which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The conflagration of her title is the Second World War. In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. Today Show Book Club #16 see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language comes a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Painted House more books like this by John Grisham add to wishlist It's harvest time at the Chandler family farm in Arkansas, and there are two groups of workers on hand to help pick the burgeoning cotton crop. There are the Spruills, a large family from the Ozark mountains; and there is also a group of migrant workers from Mexico. When beautiful young Tally Spruill becomes romantically involved with Cowboy, a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	A Tale of Love and Darkness more books like this by Amos Oz, N R M de Lange (Translator) add to wishlist Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this bestselling and critically acclaimed work is at once a family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties, in a small apartment crowded with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Too Close to the Falls more books like this by Catherine Gildiner add to wishlist Catherine McClure relates her unusual experiences assisting her parents in their family pharmacy in this memoir about growing up in Lewiston, New York. This book was shortlisted for Canada's Trillium Award. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love more books like this by Myron Uhlberg add to wishlist By turns heart-tugging and hilarious, Uhlberg's memoir tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents--and his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it. see all copies from $8.95! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Girl Next Door more books like this by Jack Ketchum add to wishlist Suburbia in the 1950s, a dark side emerging in the Chandler house for teenage Meg and her crippled little sister Susan--captive to an Aunt, who is rapidly descending into madness. ""The Girl Next Door" is alive . . . in a way most works of popular fiction never attain; it does not just promise terror but actually delivers it. But it's a page ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Y No Se Lo Trago La Tierra more books like this by Tomas Rivera add to wishlist In the tradition of John Steinbeck, Tomas Rivera's portrait of a Mexican migrant family is a highly realistic look at a neglected underclass. Young Marcos works alongside his parents in the fields, enduring the scorching heat, the insulting pay, and the shameful living conditions; he must also cope with the prejudice he encounters in the local ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist The award-winning author of "A Peoples Tragedy" and "Natashas Dance" has written this landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $10.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar more books like this by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist This intimate biography of Joseph Stalin is also a group portrait of Stalin and those around him during his 30-year rule of the Soviet Union--including Beria, Molotov, Stalin's wife, Nadya, and others in his court. It is thick with details of everyday life, and it is this detail that demythologizes the Soviet dictator, and which reveals his ... see all copies from $4.26! new only from $11.88! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Little Black Girl Lost more books like this by Keith Lee Johnson add to wishlist Fans of the Little Black Girl Lost series have become fascinated by the complex character of Johnnie Wise. In this fourth installment of the series, Johnson takes readers all the way back to the beginning--to the roots of Johnnie's family tree. see all copies from $2.79! new only from $3.69! \| SVS
25 view cover	Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe more books like this by Robert Gellately add to wishlist Acclaimed historian Gellately focuses on the dominant political leaders who enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945, and analyzes their catastrophic impact in global terms in this important addition to the understanding of modern history. see all copies from $9.95! new only from $10.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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