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1	She's Come Undone more books like this by Wally Lamb In his first novel, Wally Lamb creates a heroine--Dolores Price--who survives family insanity, rape, abuse, obesity, and the death of loved ones, emerging at the end as a strong, tough woman whose life is moving toward hope and salvation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Fine Balance more books like this by R Mistry In mid-1970s India, a "State of Internal Emergency" has been declared. Four disparate people find their lives connected in ways that are as inextricable as they are unexpected. A housing shortage brings them together as roommates in an apartment: they are a widow determined not to remarry, a student from the Himalayas, and a man and his nephew ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America more books like this by Rick Perlstein From one of America's most talented historians comes a brilliant new account of Richard Nixon--set against the violent passions of America's 1960s civil war--that reveals the riveting backstory to the red state/blue state resentments that divide the nation today. Illustrated. see all copies from $11.00! new only from $19.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	All the President's Men more books like this by Carl Bernstein The journalistic team of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward is credited with reporting the most explosive political story of the 1970s, which began as a seemingly low-level break-in at the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. in June, 1972, and which was to result in the resignation of President Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon. Writing in the style ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood more books like this by Alexandra Fuller Raised in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian War (1971-1979), this memoirist expresses the violence of African politics and the African landscape from her perspective as a white citizen born in England. Insects, landmines, leopards, and terrorists imprint this coming-of-age story. A New York Times Notable Book of 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Eight more books like this by Katherine Neville This mix of historical fiction, thriller, and puzzler was written more than 10 years before THE DA VINCI CODE, but should appeal to the same fans. Two novices in 18th-century Revolutionary France get their hands on a chess set once owned by Charlemagne and possessed of great mystic power. To prevent that power from falling into evil hands, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 more books like this by Sean Wilentz From one of the nation's leading historians comes a powerful reappraisal of American political life since the fall of Nixon. 16-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from $10.80! new only from $13.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Nightingale's Song more books like this by Robert Timberg "The Nightingale's Song" is the story of five Annapolis graduates--Oliver North, Bud McFarlane, John Poindexter, John McCain, and Jim Webb--who served in Vietnam and later became powerful players in Washington during the Reagan years. Robert Timberg examines how their experiences in Vietnam shaped their actions in government during the 1980s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Kindness of Women more books like this by J G Ballard A hybrid of autobiography and fiction, this is a sequel to "The Empire of the Sun." It ends with the filming of that novel by Stephen Spielberg, and Ballard's participation in the project. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Strange Fits of Passion more books like this by Anita Shreve Two young successful New York City journalists and their new baby seem the perfect family unit. But when domestic violence destroys this wholesome portrait, the mother flees with her baby and seeks asylum in a Maine fishing town. In her second stunning novel, Anita Shreve presents a labyrinth of truth and decpetion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	After This more books like this by Alice McDermott Witty, compassionate, and wry, this novel captures the social, political, and spiritual upheavals of the middle decades of the 20th century through the experiences of a middle-class couple, their four children, and the changing worlds in which they live. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story more books like this by Timothy B Tyson (Read by) Tyson sheds a new light on the struggle for racial justice as he weaves together childhood memories with the realities of present-day Oxford, NC--his hometown--where a young black man was killed in the town square by a Klansmen in 1970 and acquitted by an all-white jury. see all copies from $5.02! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Vinegar Hill more books like this by A. Manette Ansay A sad, funny, lyrical debut novel about gritty small-town life and one woman's struggle to step beyond the boundaries of the familiar. In 1972, a woman returns to her Midwestern Catholic hometown and endures the presures of teaching, raising a family, and living in the bizarre household of her in-laws--who harbor a dark secret. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Born on the Fourth of July more books like this by Ron Kovic Universal Pictures has enlisted the talents of actor Tom Cruise and director Oliver Stone to bring this powerful and devastating account to the big screen. Set during the Vietnam War, here is the story of a man who wanted to be a hero . . . but the war put him in a wheelchair. Now he has to face a new challenge. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Lost Moon CL: Avail in Paper more books like this by James A Lovell, Captain, Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger This book gives a detailed account of one of the worst disasters in the history of space exploration. Two days into its journey to the Moon, Apollo 13 was rocked by an unexplained explosion. The crew lost most of its power and oxygen. They were forced into the lunar module which had an independent oxygen supply. In order to get the ship home, the ... see all copies from $2.89! new only from $17.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Aviators: Brotherhood of War 08 more books like this by W E B Griffin The Vietnam War has begun to escalate, its style of battle demanding new weapons and tactics--and men who can use them. Overnight, the U.S. Army must scramble to create its first-ever Air Assault Division, and through sheer courage and dedication, these heroic fighters rise to the challenge. "Vivid, gripping!" --Washington Post. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Girlfriend in a Coma more books like this by Douglas Coupland A teenager falls into a mysterious coma in 1979, then awakes in the late '90s to a radically different world, including an apocalyptic virus that threatens to destroy the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	F5: Devastating, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado Outbreak of the Twentieth Century more books like this by Mark Levine Acclaimed journalist Levine has crafted a page-turner that reads with the immediacy of a novel, telling a harrowing story of natural disaster against the backdrop of the turbulent 1970s. see all copies from $2.54! new only from $2.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat more books like this by Bob Woodward One of the best-kept secrets of the Washington world was finally revealed in 2005, when W. Mark Felt, a retired FBI agent, was identified as the insider source referred to as "Deep Throat" in Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's 1970s Watergate saga, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN. This revelation freed Woodward to publish THE SECRET MAN, which fleshes out ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records more books like this by Tim Neely More than 70,000 individual listings of 45 RPM records from 1949 through 2000 are featured in this comprehensive guide. Every record is indexed alphabetically by artist and includes a convenient checklist format to help readers inventory their collections. 200 photos. 8-page color section. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.43! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Hole in My Life more books like this by Jack Gantos Gantos, the well-known author of the Rotten Ralph picture books and young adult novels such as JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY and JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL, shares the true story of how he was arrested and sent to jail for drug dealing. Reflecting on his childhood, his education, and his time in jail, Gantos explores how he stopped merely dreaming of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Camp Concentration more books like this by Thomas M Disch Louis Sacchetti is taken from the prison he's been sentenced to and put in Camp Archimedes. He is infected with Palladine, a mind-expanding drug whose side effect is syphilis. Sacchetti knows he is doomed to die of syphilis, as are the other camp inmates, and must come to terms with this. It is worth noting that this book, originally published in ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $7.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division more books like this by Deborah Curtis Joy Division's singer and lyricist Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1980, barely a year after the band's stunning debut album, UNKNOWN PLEASURES. Sensitive, ambitious, and intelligent, Curtis was also a death-obsessed epileptic. In his widow's moving and absorbing recounting of their life together, TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE, Deborah Curtis's ... see all copies from $13.65! new only from $20.67!
24 view cover	Feathers more books like this by Jacqueline Woodson A Newbery Honor winner takes readers on a journey into a young girl's heart and reveals the pain and joy of learning to look beneath the surface in this new novel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Write It When I'm Gone more books like this by Thomas M Defrank In an extraordinary series of private interviews, conducted over sixteen years with the stipulation that they not be released until after Ford's death, the thirty-eighth president of the United States reveals a profoundly different side of himself: funny, reflective, gossipy, strikingly candid-and the stuff of headlines. In 1974, award-winning ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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