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The Fifties
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David Halberstam |
The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of… |
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The piano teacher
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Janice Y. K. Lee |
In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient, a gripping tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong. In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong int… |
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The 1950s
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Stuart A. Kallen |
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the 1950s, including the effects of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, television, music, art, science, and technolo… |
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The air between us
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Deborah Johnson |
Revere, Mississippi, with its population of "20,000 and sinking" is not unlike most Southern towns in the sixties. Black people live on one side of town and whites live on the other. The two rarely m… |
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The season of Lillian Dawes
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Katherine Mosby |
"When he is expelled from boarding school, Gabriel Gibbs is sent to live with his older brother, Spencer, in New York. Rather than a punishment, this becomes an exhilarating invitation to a dazzling … |
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El laberinto de los espíritus
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón |
"En la Barcelona de finales de los años 50, Daniel Sempere ya no es aquel niño que descubrió un libro que habría de cambiarle la vida entre los pasadizos del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. El mi… |
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Up west
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Pip Granger |
Do you remember the West End of London during the 1950s? Did you live or work there? If so, I want to hear from you ... This was the advertisement author Pip Granger placed in a local newspaper, and … |
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When I was a nipper
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Alan Titchmarsh |
Alan Titchmarsh takes us to post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditions that were once the soul of society. With characteristic wit and warmth he draws on his own experiences, down … |
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The red nun
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Gail Godwin |
From Gail Godwin, three-time National Book Award finalist and acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Evensong and The Finishing School, comes a sweeping new novel of friendship, loyalty, riva… |
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The 1950s
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Deanne Durrett |
Discusses four major events during the 1950s: the advent of rock and roll music; the integration of schools, buses, and restaurants; the debut of television; and the discovery of a polio vaccine. |
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Wicked City
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Ace Atkins |
**From "one of crime fiction's most interesting and passionate voices" (Laura Lippman) comes a new "noir crime classic" (Mystery Ink) about one of the most notorious towns in American history.**
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Transcription
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Kate Atkinson,Fenella Woolgar |
BBC radio producer Juliet Armstrong finds herself targeted by dangerous individuals from her past as a World War II espionage monitor for MI5. |
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I see a city
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Todd Webb |
"I See a City: Todd Webb's New York focuses on the work of photographer Todd Webb produced in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. Webb photographed the city day and night, in all seasons and in all… |
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The piano teacher
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Janice Y. K. Lee |
"Sometimes the end of a love affair is only the beginning! In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautif… |
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The enemy
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Sara Holbrook |
"Set in 1954, this compelling historical novel tells the story of a young girl's struggles and triumphs in the aftermath of World War II. The war is over, but the threat of communism and the Cold War… |
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Searching for Grace Kelly
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Michael Callahan |
"Three girls embark on a journey of self-discovery that will take them from the penthouse salons of Park Avenue to the Beat scene of Greenwich Village to Atlantic City's Steel Pier--and into the arms… |
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Beti Bwt
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Bet Jones |
Nofel am blentyndod yn y pumdegau. |
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Memories from a sinking ship
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Barry Gifford |
Reminiscent of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams stories, Memories from a Sinking Ship travels the landscape of a turbulent world seen through a boy’s steady gaze. Like … |
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1953
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France Daigle |
"Affrontant une nouvelle fois le langage de Bébé M., Garde Vautour ne sait pas qu'elle change la couche et lave les fesses d'une écrivaine. Elle ne sait pas qu'elle a les deux mains plongées dans la … |
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Revolutionary road
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Richard Yates |
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." --William StyronFrom the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as… |
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