Social History
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Out of the Ballpark: How to Think about Baseball
$18.98 Add to cart- Author: Henkin, David M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 16 2026
- ISBN10: 0197789552
- Language: English
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The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
$20.00 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Goodreads Choice Award Winner in History & Biography One of Time‘s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 “A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail- Author: Friss, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0593299949
- Language: English
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Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America
$37.00 Read more“Provocative . . . essential reading for today’s polarized times.” –Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“This is a brilliant conceit, wonderfully executed. . . . David S. Reynolds has found a new and compelling w- Author: Reynolds, David S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0593490231
- Language: English
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The History of Pizza
$29.95 Add to cartPizza is the Italian food that has conquered the world: from Brussels to LA, from Beijing to Buenos Aires, pizzas and pizzerias can be found everywhere today. But what are the origins of this food and
- Author: Cesari, Luca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: November 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1509566643
- Language: English
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What We Ask Google: A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind
$30.00 Read moreEver wondered what goes through other people’s minds–their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams?
In What We Ask Google, Simon Rogers explores insights from the world’s biggest da… [more below]- Author: Rogers, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217176984
- Language: English
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Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America
$21.99 Add to cartOur era is one of sexual upheaval. Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022, school systems across the country are banning books with LGBTQ+ themes, and the notion of a “tradwife” is gaining a
- Author: Davis, Rebecca L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1324116757
- Language: English
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How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession
$29.95 Read moreA cultural history of the phenomenon of the ‘haunted house’ as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories.
What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being pa- Author: Blackwell Baines, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897100781
- Language: English
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Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World
$28.95 Add to cartA spirited exploration of the diary, from pen-and-paper to TikTok, for the people who write–and read–them
Featuring iconic diary keepers like Audre Lorde, Virginia Woolf, Alison Bechdel, and Taylor- Author: Rubiner, Betsy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0807014923
- Language: English
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Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age
$30.00 Read moreOne of The Daily Telegraph‘s Greatest Books of 2025
A life-affirming exploration of the rich emotional lives of the elderly across thousands of years of human history. Winter Dreams is an evocative hi- Author: Rosenwein, Barbara H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390912
- Language: English
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Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality
$30.00 Add to cart‘[An] erudite, immensely entertaining book…Mount makes for a delightful guide’ — Literary Review
From troubadours to Twitter: a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renowned- Author: Mount, Ferdinand
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1399421883
- Language: English
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Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America
$32.99 Add to cartIn 1902, Morris and Rose Michtom invented the Teddy Bear–bound by clothing scraps, stuffed with sawdust, and given button eyes with a sad, longing expression–in the back room of their Brooklyn candy
- Author: Kimmel, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1324105283
- Language: English
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Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City
$31.99 Add to cartNurturing health, hope, and community, gardeners in cities and suburbs are reclaiming lost commons, transforming vacant lots into vibrant plots, turning waste into compost, and recreating what was onc
- Author: Brown, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1324105836
- Language: English
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Pentagon of Power: The Myth of the Machine, Vol. II
$40.00 Add to cartIn this concluding volume of The Myth of the Machine, Mumford brings to a head his radical revisions of the stale popular conceptions of human and technological progress. Far from being an attack on s… [more below]
- Series: Myth of the Machine #2
- Author: Mumford, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 20 1974
- ISBN10: 0156716100
- Language: English
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If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
$21.99 Add to cart“A remarkable new history” (David Wallace-Wells, New York Times Magazine) of a decade aflame–and what we can learn from its embers
From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any- Author: Bevins, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1541788982
- Language: English
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Born: A History of Childbirth
$29.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking history of childbirth filled with medical, political, and social triumphs, Born is the story of how we give birth set against the female struggle to govern their ability to reproduce.… [more below]
- Author: Inglis, Lucy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1639365885
- Language: English
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Descendants: The Divided Lineage of a Louisiana Creole Family
$19.95 Read moreBased on extensive genealogical and archival research, Descendants traces evolving attitudes and laws regarding racial identity and relationships in New Orleans over 250 years through the lives of de… [more below]
- Author: Durel, John W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 195956921X
- Language: English
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Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York’s Greatest Borough
$22.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2025 Gotham Book Prize
Ian Frazier’s magnum opus: a love song to New York City’s most heterogeneous and alive borough.
Ian Frazier, one of our best observers and describers, has been wal- Author: Frazier, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 1250390591
- Language: English
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Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life
$28.99 Add to cartAs heard on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Start the Week’
‘Brilliantly original . . . endlessly fascinating’ – Alice Loxton, author of Eighteen
‘An intricate cultural history . . . thought-provoking’ – The Sunday Time- Author: Jenkins, Tiffany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1529034167
- Language: English
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What Happened to Millennials: In Defense of a Generation
$28.00 Add to cartFrom an award-winning journalist, a reflective, smart, and deeply reported look at the millennial generation that draws on the experiences of five diverse individuals and explores where we go from her… [more below]
- Author: Wells, Charlie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1419770810
- Language: English
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The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe
$19.95 Add to cart*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR’S CHOICE*
A revealing and unique portrait of Victorian life as told through the discovery of one woman’s textile scrapbook. In 1838, a young woman was given a diar- Author: Strasdin, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366911
- Language: English
