Social History
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Making of the World: Sapiens’ Journey From Wilderness to Civilization
$33.99 Add to cartThis book is “a strong summary of world history and social evolution” (Timothy Earle, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University, USA).
Humanity was once divided into thousands of smal… [more below]
- Author: Khan, Mahbub H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: November 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1039185819
- Language: English
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Voices from St. Simons: Personal Narratives of an Island’s Past
$22.95 Add to cartExcerpts from interviews with 17 people whose connection to St. Simons Island, GA, tells the story of the island’s heritage.
- Series: Real Voices, Real History
- Author: Doster, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 259
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0895873575
- Language: English
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Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses
$22.95 Add to cartAward-winning environmental writer Charles Seabrook describes the island’s natural bounty and tells its long and intriguing history.
In September 1996, Cumberland Island blasted onto the national news
- Author: Seabrook, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 382
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0895873052
- Language: English
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Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018
$25.00 Add to cartA rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein, and many more, this is the story of Los Angeles as told by locals, transplants, and some ju… [more below]
- Author: Kipen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: December 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0812984439
- Language: English
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A Short History of San Francisco
$20.00 Add to cartThis is the story of San Francisco, a unique and rowdy tale with a legendary cast of characters. It tells of the Indians and the Spanish missions, the arrival of thousands of gold seekers and gamblers… [more below]
- Author: Cole, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1597142735
- Language: English
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The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist’s Companion for the 21st Century
$29.99 Add to cartWhat do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists, and musicians have in common? They love typewriters–the magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surpri… [more below]
- Author: Polt, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1581573111
- Language: English
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Alaska’s History, Revised Edition: The People, Land, and Events of the North Country
$14.99 Add to cartThis newly revised edition includes up-to-date information and historical photographs on everything you need to know about the Last Frontier, all in one travel-friendly package.
Alaska’s rich and cult
- Author: Ritter, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1513262726
- Language: English
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Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific
$22.00 Add to cart“Hallelujah and glory be to Smoke Signals, Martin Lee’s bodacious new book…Lee chronicles everything and everyone worth chronicling in the annals of marijuana” (High Times).
This is the great Americ- Author: Lee, Martin A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 13 2013
- ISBN10: 1439102619
- Language: English
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Anarchist Popular Power: Dissident Labor and Armed Struggle in Uruguay, 1956-76
$23.00 Read moreA Cold War-era study of Latin American anarchism in action.
Araiza Kokinis’s study of the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation (FAU) broadens our understanding of the Cold War-era political landscape beyond- Author: Araiza Kokinis, Troy Andreas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1849355002
- Language: English
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A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Etymologicon, a lively and fascinating exploration of how, throughout history, each civilization has found a way to celebrate, or to control, the ete… [more below]
- Author: Forsyth, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 0525575375
- Language: English
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Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
$16.00 Read moreStories of passion, courage, and commitment, following individuals as they pursue the work they were born to do, from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay
Told through touching conversations between friends,- Series: Storycorps Book
- Author: Isay, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 0143110071
- Language: English
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How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-To-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
$19.95 Add to cartLauded by critics, How to Be a Victorian is an enchanting manual for the insatiably curious, the “the cheapest time-travel machine you’ll find” (NPR). Readers have fallen in love with Ruth Goodman, an… [more below]
- Author: Goodman, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 21 2015
- ISBN10: 163149113X
- Language: English
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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
$22.00 Add to cartA brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinkin… [more below]
- Author: Okrent, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 074327704X
- Language: English
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The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think
$34.95 Add to cartHow do ancient Greek myths find themselves retold and reinterpreted in cultures across the world, several millennia later? In this volume, bestselling author Richard Buxton explores the power that eig
- Series: Myths That Shape the Way We Think #1
- Author: Buxton, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0500518807
- Language: English
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Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power Over Humanity
$21.99 Add to cartUnlike other books on epidemics, which either focus on the science behind how microbes cause disease or tell first-person accounts of one particular disease, Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their P
- Author: Loomis, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1684426731
- Language: English
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The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America
$16.95 Add to cartIn The Long March, Roger Kimball, the author of Tenured Radicals, shows how the “cultural revolution” of the 1960s and ’70s took hold in America, lodging in our hearts and minds, and affecting our inn… [more below]
- Author: Kimball, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: June 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1893554309
- Language: English
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A Hangman’s Diary: The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617
$16.99 Add to cartNow an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman’s Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt’s executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as … [more below]
- Author: Schmidt, Franz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 03 2015
- ISBN10: 1629144800
- Language: English
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Botanic Gardens of the World: The Story of Science, Horticulture, and Discovery in 40 Gardens
$35.00 Read moreToday there are 1,775 botanic gardens around the world, forging the way in conservation efforts and scientific research, but the roots of these horticultural institutions are much older. From early bl… [more below]
- Author: Trentham, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1529428092
- Language: English
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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
$33.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope… [more below]
- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 0399589813
- Language: English
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In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action
$30.00 Add to cartA fresh argument for rioting and looting as our most powerful tools for dismantling white supremacy.
Looting — a crowd of people publicly, openly, and directly seizing goods — is one of the more extr… [more below]- Author: Osterweil, Vicky
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1645036693
- Language: English
