Social History
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It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
$23.99 Add to cartShortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize
The story of art collective Gran Fury–which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made propaganda–offers lessons in love a- Author: Lowery, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 164503660X
- Language: English
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The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption
$18.99 Add to cartParis Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects.
April recommended r- Author: Kelleher, Katy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1982179368
- Language: English
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The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
$30.00 Add to cartA 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0593299922
- Language: English
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Hip-Hop Is History
$30.00 Add to cartThis is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop.
When hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn’t expected to become the c- Author: Questlove
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0374614075
- Language: English
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National Geographic Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History
$35.00 Add to cartBlending the allure of the supernatural with keen historical insights and more than 500 photos, this enchanting chronicle of magic around the world will bewitch skeptics and true believers alike.
Magi- Author: National Geographic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 142622401X
- Language: English
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Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance
$29.95 Add to cartJoe Mulhall uncovers how music has shaped resistance movements across the globe, from Irish protest songs to Apartheid South Africa to the artists in Ukraine today.
While the global history of the dic- Author: Mulhall, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1804441163
- Language: English
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Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound
$35.00 Add to cartA cello has no language, yet it possesses a vocabulary wide enough to tell, bear witness, and make connections across time and continents–a feat brought to life in this brilliant new book.
In this l- Author: Kennedy, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367500
- Language: English
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Clutter: An Untidy History
$16.95 Read more“I’m sitting on the floor in my mother’s house, surrounded by stuff.” So begins Jennifer Howard’s Clutter, an expansive assessment of our relationship to the things that share and shape our lives. Spa… [more below]
- Author: Howard, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1953368093
- Language: English
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Bohemians: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Romantic myth of Bohemia originated in the early nineteenth century as a way of describing the new conditions faced by artists and writers when the previous system of aristocratic patronage collap… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Weir, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0197538290
- Language: English
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Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
$30.00 Read moreControl is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as
- Author: Rutherford, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1324035609
- Language: English
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The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Read moreVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world. They are spontaneous outbu- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dixon, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0198818297
- Language: English
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Human History on Drugs: An Utterly Scandalous But Entirely Truthful Look at History Under the Influence
$22.00 Add to cartA lively, hilarious, and entirely truthful look at the druggie side of history’s most famous figures, including Shakespeare, Queen Victoria, and the Beatles, from debut author (and viral historical Ti… [more below]
- Author: Kelly, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0593476042
- Language: English
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The Roma: A Traveling History
$27.99 Add to cartA unique, deeply personal portrait of the nomadic Romani people and their on-going journey that sheds new light on their history, where they have traveled and settled, and what it means to be Romani t
- Author: Potter, Madeline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0063337665
- Language: English
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Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History
$30.00 Add to cartA bracing, accessible history of white American liberals–and why it’s time to change the conversation about them.
If there’s one thing most Americans can agree on, it’s that everyone hates white lib- Author: Schultz, Kevin M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0226824365
- Language: English
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Empire of the Elite: Inside Cond? Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America
$29.99 Add to cartFrom a New York Times media correspondent, a dishy history of the Cond? Nast magazine empire, home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and more, focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s through… [more below]
- Author: Grynbaum, Michael M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1668003910
- Language: English
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You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
$19.95 Add to cart“Zug’s wry, clear-eyed history of American marriage shines a new light on an old institution. An absolute pleasure.” — Liz Scheier, author of Never Simple
An illuminating and thought-provoking exami- Author: Zug, Marcia A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1586423967
- Language: English
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Fatherhood: A History of Love and Power
$30.00 Add to cartA bold and original history of fatherhood, exploring its invention and transformation from the Bronze Age to the present through a collective portrait of emblematic fathers who have helped to define h… [more below]
- Author: Sedgewick, Augustine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1668046296
- Language: English
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Sunken Lands: A Journey Through Flooded Kingdoms and Lost Worlds
$26.99 Add to cartFrom Stone Age lands that slipped beneath the English Channel to the rapid inundation of New Orleans, Gareth E. Rees explores stories of flooded places from the past – and those disappearing before ou… [more below]
- Author: Rees, Gareth E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1783967692
- Language: English
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Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump
$32.00 Add to cartWhat happens when Americans lose faith in their religious institutions–and politicians fill the void? From the Puritans to Donald Trump, this sweeping history will change your understanding of the fo… [more below]
- Author: Worthen, Molly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 593729005
- Language: English
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Hip-Hop Is History
$20.00 Add to cartThis is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop.
When hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn’t expected to become the c- Author: Questlove
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1250390540
- Language: English
