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1	The Wednesday Sisters more books like this by Meg Waite Clayton add to wishlist Humorous and moving, this novel--set in California during the tumultuous 1960s--is a literary feast for book lovers that earns a place among those popular works that honor the joyful, mysterious, unbreakable bonds between friends. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today more books like this by Tom Brokaw (Read by) add to wishlist With the bestseller "The Greatest Generation," Brokaw defined for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, the veteran newsman takes readers into the tumultuous decade of the 1960s--a decade of turbulence and change. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Forever Young more books like this by Bob Dylan, Paul Rogers (Illustrator) add to wishlist Bob Dylan's classic 1974 anthem Forever Young is reimagined by award-willing illustrator Rogers. In this picture book, the lyrics follow the story of a young boy who travels through Dylan's life, living in the footsteps of a musical legend. Full color. see all copies from $9.35! new only from $9.35! \| SVS
4	1968: The Year That Rocked the World more books like this by Mark Kurlansky add to wishlist Historian Kurlansky turns his prodigious talents toward the challenge of covering the most tumultuous year in a decade of change. Having synthesized an enormous amount of primary source material, Kurlansky reports on, and places in context, the significant political and social events in America and in Europe that occurred in 1968, and shows how ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Criss Cross more books like this by Lynne Rae Perkins add to wishlist A New York Times Bestseller A 2006 Newbery Award WinnerDebbie wished something would happen. Something good. To her. Looking at the bright, fuzzy picture in the magazine, she thought, Something like that. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	America's Uncivil Wars: The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon more books like this by Mark H Lytle add to wishlist In contrast with most histories of this period, America's Uncivil Wars: The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon does not treat the 1960s as a single historical moment or as successive waves of activism. Rather, it employs a chronological narrative to identify three distinct phases during which events of the era unfolded. The first ... see all copies from $3.39! new only from $15.59! \| SVS
7	The Bonny Dawn more books like this by Catherine Cookson add to wishlist The events of this novel, set on the Northumbrian coast in the 1960s, take place over one day, a period during which everyone involved discovers that the consequences of an innocent meeting between two young people are far more significant than the event itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.09! \| first editions
8	Blood's a Rover more books like this by James Ellroy add to wishlist Political noir as only Ellroy can write it, "Blood's A Rover" is a novel of astonishing depth and scope, a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love. Set in the tumultuous year of 1968, this novel is the largest and greatest work of fiction by an American master. see all copies from $17.80! new only from $17.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Sunlight Dialogues more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist This mock 19th-century novel is about the struggle between the sheriff of a small town and a mad magician known as the Sunlight Man. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Portable Sixties Reader more books like this by Various, Ann Charters (Editor) add to wishlist In this anthology of more than 100 selections of essays, poetry, and fiction by some of America's most gifted writers, Charters sketches the unfolding of this most turbulent decade. see all copies from $5.38! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties more books like this by Robert Stone add to wishlist Told in brilliant detail, "Prime Green" explores the 1960s in all its weird, innocent, and fascinating glory. Relating his incredible experiences, the legendary novelist and master storyteller forges a moving and adventurous portrait of a unique moment in American history. 8-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Long Time Gone: Sixties America Then and Now more books like this by Alexander Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist This study examines the gulf between the history and mythology that has grown up around different aspects of the 1960s, ranging from the counterculture to gay rights, to the student and women's movements, and to the Johnson presidency. One of the volumes launching the "Viewpoints of American Culture" series, this collection of essays features ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $14.25! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	From Camelot to Kent State: The Sixties Experience in the Words of Those Who Lived It more books like this by Joan Morrison, Robert K Morrison add to wishlist No decade in American history continues to fascinate us like the Sixties. No decade combines such hopeful idealism with such violence and disillusionment, or witnesses such profound political, cultural, and personal upheavals. And no decade benefits more from being seen through the eyes of those who experienced first-hand the shocks and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.37! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty more books like this by Ellen Emerson White add to wishlist Molly Flaherty's Us brother is a U.S. Marine fighting in Vietnam while she remains in Boston amid the radically changing political and social landscape. Molly records this disturbing time period in American history in her diary. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.24!
15 view cover	Sway more books like this by Zachary Lazar add to wishlist Three dramatic and emblematic stories intertwine in Lazars extraordinary new novel--the early days of the Rolling Stones; the life of avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger; and the community of Charles Manson and his followers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Past Imperfect more books like this by Julian Fellowes add to wishlist Wishing to track down a past girlfriend who claims he had fathered her child, the rich and dying Damian Baxter contacts an old friend from his days at Cambridge. The search takes the narrator back to 1960s London, where everything is changing--just not always quite as expected. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.35! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Amazing Dope Tales more books like this by Stephen Gaskin add to wishlist Go back in time to the dawn of the psychedelic era with Gaskin's "Amazing Dope Tales" - a personal account of acid trips, telepathy, occult phenomenon, and the San Francisco music scene during Haight-Ashbury's Summer of Love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
18 view cover	Looking Back: A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties more books like this by Joyce Maynard add to wishlist First published in 1973, when its author was nineteen years old, see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry more books like this by John Markoff add to wishlist While there have been several written histories of the personal computer, a well-known technology writer has created the first ever to spotlight the unique political and cultural forces of the 1960s that gave rise to this revolutionary technology. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| SVS
20 view cover	Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties more books like this by Mike Marqusee add to wishlist This narrative explores the origins and impact of Muhammed Ali's dramatic public stands on race and the draft. It traces his interaction with the evolving black liberation and anti-war movements and encounters with leading figures. This book offers a historical essay that re-examines Muhammed Ali's role as a symbol of dessent and uses the man as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960's and 70's more books like this by Peter Braunstein (Editor), Michael William Doyle (Editor) add to wishlist The counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s remains a highly controversial and divisive topic in our society; virtually the only thing that anyone can agree on is its enormous impact on American life. Critics on the right complain of the shattering of cherished social norms, while those on the left take many movements to task for not going far ... see all copies from $36.42! new only from $36.42! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Red Squad more books like this by Esther Broner add to wishlist Broner has written a wonderfully comic and moving novel about the interwoven lives of a group of Midwestern grad students who, 40 years after they participated in the political fray of the 1960s, stumble onto the fact that they were under surveillance. see all copies from $2.68! new only from $3.30! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Collecting the 1960s more books like this by Madeleine Marsh add to wishlist Miller's Collecting the 1960s is structured thematically; after an introduction and timeline highlighting important events of the decade, it is split into three sections. Homestylefeatures items from furniture, ceramics, and glass, to the latest technology and kicthenware. Fashion covers everything from the space-age designer looks of the early ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Summer the Wind Whispered My Name more books like this by Don Locke add to wishlist In the summer of 1960, life's idyllic for eight-year-old paperboy Davy Connors. When a new family moves to the neighborhood, racial prejudice ignites, even threatening Davy's relationship with his father. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Sixties more books like this by Richard Avedon, Doon Arbus add to wishlist This stunning book contains Richard Avedon's iconic photographs of people and events from the 1960s, with commentary by Doon Arbus, his perennial creative collaborator. see all copies from $18.49! new only from $56.79! \| signed copies \| first editions

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