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She's beauty and gives face, she might spray you with mace . . . just because she can. Welcome to the Miss U.S. of Heya…

A companion to the equally awesome and wonderfully illustrated "Women in Science," this book highlights the…

This book is so nerdy and weird and fun and interesting. I'd say it makes the history of presidential assassinations…

This is the story of the infamous Bonnot Gang: the most notorious French anarchists ever. It is the story of how the…

Want to join the Rebel Alliance? Congratulations, you're already on the team. These books will help get you primed for…

Shanahan reveals the exceptionality of figs in a way that will forever change the way you perceive these peculiar fruit.…

How does feminism relate to motherhood, how has it changed over time, and what does the future of motherhood and…

Despite the difficulty of quantum physics, this book is able to cover a lot of basic theories with clarity. This is a…

In the 1940s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) needed quick-thinking mathematicians, it recruited…

Part travelog, part science lesson, this book takes readers from the driest deserts of Chile to the genetic wasteland of…

Different philosophical ideologies are discussed in this helpful book. Various schools of thought, famous philosophers,…

This book covers the different aspects that go into management, such as advertising, conflict resolution, and business…

Punk rock music has addressed race since the beginning, and racial concerns have always been important in punk…

An essay from father to son on how to live, thrive and survive as an African American man. In a profound work that…

In full color print, Woman Rebel follows Margaret Sanger's story as an activist, mother, nurse, and protofeminist…

Aphra Behn, first female professional writer. Sojourner Truth, activist and abolitionist. Ada Lovelace, first computer…

Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk's Lincoln's Melancholy reveals…

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold Ii of Belgium seized for himself the vast and…

Shon Meckfessel takes an innovative look at challenges faced by twenty-first century social movements in the US. One of…

In the late 90s, artist and printer Josh MacPhee found a 1970s-era anti-colonial pamphlet with a compelling cover about…

Why wade through a loathsome history textbook when you can get an equivalent conceptual grasp through a comic book? The…

The Watsonville Canning strike was a dramatic show of the power by women workers whose struggle became a rallying point…

Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972) worked as a journalist, a literary critic, and as a fiction writer. He was a spokesman…

This gorgeously illustrated letterpress-inspired book combines feminist history with a vision for a better future. Based…

Despite the social stigmas throughout history, women can be smart too. In fact, many women have broken barriers as…

Alan Turing was one of the great minds in modern history. During World War II, he was hired by the British government to…

In Burning Britain, author Ian Glasper travels the UK and profiles bands such as Vice Squad, Angelic Upstarts, Blitz,…

This extraordinary story of courage and faith is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the…