Social History
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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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The Shortest History of Eugenics: From Science to Atrocity – How a Dangerous Movement Shaped the World, and Why It Persists
$16.95 Add to cartFor the last two centuries, groups of influential men have, in the professed interest of fiscal responsibility, crime reduction, and outright racism, attempted to control who was allowed to bear child
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Peterson, Erik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 189101188X
- Language: English
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The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
$18.99 Add to cartA fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring stories from the Lore podcast–now a streaming television series–including “They Made a … [more below]
- Series: World of Lore
- Author: Mahnke, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1524797987
- Language: English
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Women in the Middle Ages: Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns, and Queens
$45.00 Add to cartMedieval women ruled over kingdoms, abbeys, and households; produced stunning works of art and craft; and did the hard work that kept ordinary families fed and clothed. Though women’s contributions we
- Author: Hollman, Gemma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0789214962
- Language: English
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The Performer: Art, Life, Politics
$30.00 Read moreAn acclaimed sociologist’s exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics
“A thought-provoking, essayistic and touchingly personal exploration of the ethics and aestheti- Author: Sennett, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300272901
- 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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Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell about the End of the World
$32.00 Add to cartA rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factor… [more below]
- Author: Lynskey, Dorian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0593317092
- Language: English
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1968: The Year That Rocked the World
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – “In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world.”–Dan Rather
To some- Author: Kurlansky, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0345455827
- Language: English
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The Bog People: Iron Age Man Preserved
$22.95 Add to cartOne spring morning two men cutting peat in a Danish bog uncovered a well-preserved body of a man with a noose around his neck. Thinking they had stumbled upon a murder victim, they reported their disc
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Glob, P. V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: August 31 2004
- ISBN10: 1590170903
- Language: English
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The Hero
$9.99 Read moreTHE ENDURING MYTH THAT MAKES US HUMAN
What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child…
‘It’s Lee Child. Why would you not read it?’ Karin Slaughter
‘I don’t know another aut
- Author: Child, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0008361878
- Language: English
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The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
$18.99 Add to cartIn this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and
- Author: Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0062346105
- Language: English
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The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America’s Most Cherished Holiday
$18.95 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST – Drawing on a wealth of research, this “fascinating” book (The New York Times Book Review) charts the invention of our current Yuletide traditions, from St. Nicholas to the Ch… [more below]
- Author: Nissenbaum, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 28 1997
- ISBN10: 0679740384
- Language: English
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Hunting: A Cultural History
$16.95 Read moreThe history of hunting, from Stone Age hunter-gatherers to today’s sport hunters.
Hunting has a long history, beginning with our hominid ancestors. The invention of the spear allowed early humans to g- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Dizard, Jan E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 026254329X
- Language: English
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A Short History of Myth
$18.00 Add to cartAs long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that
- Series: Canons
- Author: Armstrong, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 178211890X
- Language: English
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A Little History of Music
$15.00 Add to cartA superbly engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory to the present
Music excites and moves us perhaps more than any other art form. From a Neanderthal’s bone flute to the festivals o- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Philip, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279086
- Language: English
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Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order in Wellness
$19.95 Add to cartThe practice of yoga promises peace, self-realization, and release thanks to the power of its ‘mystic’ Indian origins. But what if this is just hype? In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home sweeps away the hal
- Author: Home, Stewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0745351123
- Language: English
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The Pig War and the Pelican Girls: 21 Extraordinary and Forgotten Stories from American History
$21.95 Add to cartWhether you’re an armchair historian or a lover of all things unusual and astonishing, this collection of obscure history shows that life surely is stranger than fiction.
- Author: Cuhaj, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1493088270
- Language: English
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Black Arsenal
$42.00 Read moreArsenal is special. Its multicultural fandom reflects a changing city and a unique relationship with Black British popular culture. Thanks to its decades of fielding iconic Black players on the pitch … [more below]
- Author: Nwonka, Clive Chijioke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1399613731
- Language: English
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Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez, 1893-1923
$26.95 Read moreVisionary essays and images from the crucible of the Mexican Revolution.
El Paso/Ju?rez served as the tinderbox of the Mexican Revolution and the tumultuous years to follow. In essays and archival phot
- Author: Romo, David Dorado
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 938317911
- Language: English
