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Illustrator Jules Scheele and Dr. Laura Locker present a comic book introduction to the political history of the United…

Modernism, a shockwave of innovations in art, architecture, music, cinema, and literature, is explored in this book.…

This book introduces the giants of the Enlightenment: Voltaire, Diderot, Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant,…

This book features the world’s best cycling routes, from the Yorkshire Dales to Colombia. It invites readers to…

In a time of frustration and uncertainty, taking action can be a powerful antidote to despair. This offers a five-step…

This guide offers a refreshing, personalized approach to sex, focusing on individual experiences rather than…

Discover the wonders of science unfolding before your eyes during every airplane journey with the captivating insights…

In this scientific yet personal exploration of bad sleep, author Alice Vernon draws on sources from a variety of…

Let's face it: without sex, none of us would be here. Though it is somewhat taboo to discuss,  you can find sex in…

This is a beginner's guide to philosophical concepts from the dawn of written history until now, all with zine like…

At some point, you've probably heard that men and women have evolved different natures. Whether it's someone spouting…

Brought to you from the author of the Sunday Times Bestselling book, the Etymologicon, the Horologicon is a fascinating…

This accessible volume demonstrates to readers how understanding their own body language allows one to take better…

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

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

If someone spent their entire life chained inside cave, only seeing images cast by shadows on the cave wall, how might…

Get through your next existential crisis with this brilliant illustrated introduction to one of the best known…

Why is it that if all the cells in our body have the same DNA, they all do different things? And how is it that…

Step aside Socrates and put your pen down Plato, Aristotle has taken the agora and there's a new teacher in town.…

Not just a biography or a guide to his writings, this book is a tour through Shakespeare's life and his world. Through…

An accessible guide that leads you on an illustrated tour through cutting-edge physics. Physicist and CERN contributor…

This illustrated guide looks at the science and study of language, our most basic and universal skill. As long as humans…

Categorically the imperative illustrated guide to Immanuel Kant! Kant's thought and its lasting importance in western…

A graphic introduction to Sigmund Freud's most enigmatic student, Carl Gustav Jung. This thoroughly illustrated guide…

Do Hindus worship cows? Are all Hindus vegetarian? Just how many gods and goddesses are there, and what do they all…

A graphic introduction to one of the newest sciences. Genetics has quickly shaped the frontiers of modern medical and…

Sometimes an introduction is just an introduction, but maybe not in the case of this sharply illustrted guide! Freud was…

Evolutionary psychologists are drawing on biology and varied fields like anthropology and primatology to create a…

A graphic introduction to the history and philosophy of Empiricism. If knowledge comes from experience, is experience…

Rene Descartes is considered by many to be the father of modern philosophy. His famous meditations and other works…