History

From the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George Harrison, from the dark dalliances…

Think it’s just judges who are trampling on the Constitution? Think again. The fact is that government officials long…

The now-famous incident of D.B. Cooper and the hijacking of Flight 305 still remains one of the most compelling and…

A photographic exploration of the relationship between physical living spaces and the history of underground US hardcore…

In this vividly imagined and elegantly achieved tarot deck, take a journey back through time and literary history to the…

The Listener reveals one of the world's most tragic acts of spin doctoring while weaving a compelling tale of…

Forget the runway. These Awesome Women Who Changed History are dressed for the battlefields, the picket lines—and the…

A collection of personal essays that detail the west coast punk scene from 1977-1982 from well known participants in the…

Were medieval women slaves to their husband's desires, jealously secured in a chastity belt in his absence? Was sex a…

At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and…

Paul Preston is the world's foremost historian of Spain. This surging history recounts the struggles of the 1936 war in…

Admire one of our fave feminists Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Learn about how she blazed through a male…

A political biography, history of of a revolutionary era, and nonstop adventure story across three continents. An…

American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxical. On the one hand, we see our country as a haven for the poor and…

From Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes the first-ever biography of Schlitzie, a major sideshow…

A daughter of French immigrants, Louise Olivereau was an organizer for the IWW in Seattle and was among an active but…

A personal walk through the history of transness around the world, from precolonial times to the present. Learn about…

Did you know that women outnumber men by five to one in shoplifting convictions? Or that researchers at Northwestern…

Saying the right thing during an encounter with the police can mean the difference between going home and going to jail.…

A notebook and planner with daily updates on the most important historical events that took place in hip hop culture on…

This book begins with a detailed summation of what the author calls the Terror Timeline, a series of events that led up…

“We started in the ’90s with 3, then 5, then 40 cases of innocent guys all framed by crooked cop Detective Reynaldo…

In September 1968 on the West Side of Chicago, members of a student group the New Breed at Carter H. Harrison Technical…

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Beneath the gloss of star chefs and crystal-laden tables, the truffle supply chain is touched by theft, secrecy,…