20th century

An introduction to the "Emerald Isle" with information on Irish Americans and the contributions they have made to the United States.

A biography of the controversial commander of the Third Army in World War II.

Argues that the United States' founding myths no longer apply, and explains why Americans must reconsider the facts of their history.

Chronicles the efforts of two detectives--one British and one Chinese--as they raced to find an Englishwoman's killer in 1937 before the Japanese invasion of Peking.

In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother's death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.

When Nicolette, the popular new girl at her all-girls high school on the tiny island of Guernsey, takes her under her wing, Cat, an overweight bookworm, enters a world of parties and shoplifting until a perceived betrayal tears them apart, resulting in a scandal that mirrors her uncle's hidden story of the island's Nazi occupation in WWII.

Explores the factors that led to Prohibition, and discusses what life was like under Prohibition and how the country was changed by this unprecedented government interference in the private lives of its citizens.

Six high school students in Los Angeles cope with everyday life amid the turbulent events of 1965, as one girl gets involved with drugs and a boy gets drafted and sent to Vietnam, in a novel told in historical data, poetic prose, and free verse.