History

Karl Marx struggled for twenty years to write Das Kapital and even then left his masterpiece unfinished. Following his…

This book gives an A-to-Z look at important moments in progressive history that are usually ignored in history classes.…

This unique dual biography tells the stories of George Orwell and Winston Churchill, now considered two of the most…

This timely and incisive book revists Francis Fukuyama's proposition that liberal democracy is necessarily the final…

In this entertaining and intriguing book, author Ilise S. Carter dives deep into the history of lipstick in America. One…

Celebrate Black history with these beautifully illustrated postcards. Featuring more than 50 Black women, from Harriet…

If you appreciate your history and a stiff drink, this book of cocktails is the one for you. With an in depth look at…

World-traveling and time-traveling throughout the past 10,000 years of human history, this book is the history nerd's…

For readers and students of history unfamiliar with this ignominious chapter in Portland's past, Portland…

A work of fiction set during the Maidan Revolution in Ukraine in 2013, I Will Die In A Foreign Land traces the paths of…

If you found history boring when you were in school, you're not alone. But with this eminently readable history book,…

In Wisconsin, Latinx workers have mobilized with the group Voces de la Frontera in order to defeat efforts to…

In 1739, a group of enslaved people fled their plantation in the Charles Town area and headed south towards…

As the 70s reached their conclusion, a physics professor from Haverford College began a quest to do something that to…

Richard Wagner, while iconic in the field of classical music with an influence that reaches into modern film today, also…

Witchcraft has experienced a resurgence in recent years, from something that was once a deadly accusation to a now…

We've been fascinated by the heavens for the entirety of our known history as a species. Ancient petroglyphs show that…

In the days before the civil rights era, the rural American South was a difficult place to be Black. The author of this…

In this book, now banned from schools in the state of Tennessee, follow Art Spiegelman as he reckons with his own…

In this elegantly written history of the Black Panthers for younger readers, authors Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom,…

From the publishers of the bestselling Queer: A Graphic History and The Middle Ages: A Graphic History, this new…

In this book, try your best to spot the thing that doesn't quite fit! Would a Viking have worn a wristwatch? Or an…

Brought to you by award winning journalist and Rolling Stone contributing editor, David Kushner, A for Anonymous how a…

In this unusual history book, author Alice Bailey sets out to tell the story of 20 of the most popular houseplants and…

This history of medical disaster, especially relevant in the post-COVID era, chronicles the diseases that have done the…

A fascinating and original book, Ain't I A Diva? is the final product of Professor Kevin Allred's interdisciplinary…

In this beautiful illustrated volume and follow up to A Natural History of Fairies, discover the history of magic with…

In this beautiful book, written and illustrated by Shelby Criswell, a queer artist from Texas, Criswell walks us through…

In this disturbingly relevant book, author Barbara Walter delves into the history of civil wars and their causes, and…

The last forty years have brought some truly revolutionary changes to the publishing industry, fueled by the rise of…