Social History
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Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
$18.99 Add to cartA BEST BOOK OF THE FALL AS SEEN IN: Apartment Therapy – Book Riot – Business Insider – BuzzFeed – Daily Nebraskan – Entertainment Weekly – Esquire – Fortune – Harper’s Bazaar – HelloGiggles – LinkedIn… [more below]
- Author: Petersen, Anne Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 0358561841
- Language: English
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From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga
$21.99 Add to cartThis definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled access to members of the group and their associates.
This is the definitive biogra
- Author: Fernando, S. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 0306874431
- Language: English
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The History of Surfing
$60.00 Add to cartFrom respected surfing authority Matt Warshaw, The History of Surfing presents a breathtaking and complete look at the history and culture of the sport.
“Meticulously researched, smartly written, bea- Author: Warshaw, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 495
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0811856003
- Language: English
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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
$21.95 Add to cartA riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire
At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new c- Author: Herrin, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0691204225
- Language: English
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Cosplay: A History: The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life
$29.99 Add to cartA history of the colorful and complex kingdom of cosplay and fandom fashion by Andrew Liptak, journalist, historian, and member of the legendary fan-based Star Wars organization the 501st Legion.
In r- Author: Liptak, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1534455825
- Language: English
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Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
$19.98 Add to cartAlmost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two year-old who has just discovered the power of potty mouth to the grandma who wonders why every other word she hears is obscene. Whet… [more below]
- Author: Mohr, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019049168X
- Language: English
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When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
$16.99 Add to cartThis sweeping memoir tells the life story of longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Cleve Jones in a profoundly moving account from sexually liberated 1970s San Francisco, through the AIDS crisis, and up to
- Author: Jones, Cleve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 0316315419
- Language: English
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Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
$23.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian comes Barbara Ehrenreich’s fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy
In the acclaim- Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0805057242
- Language: English
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Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City
$28.95 Add to cartEugenics, racial thinking, and white supremacist attitudes influenced even the federal government’s actions toward housing in the 20th century, dooming American cities to ghettoization. The Federal Ho… [more below]
- Author: Pietila, Antero
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1566638437
- Language: English
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Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime
$21.99 Add to cart“Espinoza’s book stands out as a beacon for future queer writers, thinkers, and activists. Reading these accounts, I felt myself drawn into a past both wonderful and strange, a world I hope we will co… [more below]
- Author: Espinoza, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 194470082X
- Language: English
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The Story We Carry in Our Bones: Irish History for Americans
$25.00 Add to cartMany Irish-Americans today know little about Ireland and their ancestry. Historian Juilene Osborne-McKnight presents Irish-American history in a compelling narrative form, accented with photographs, i… [more below]
- Author: Osborne-McKnight, Juilene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1455625337
- Language: English
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What the Greeks Did for Us
$30.00 Read moreAn enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture
Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like- Author: Spawforth, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 030025802X
- Language: English
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Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
$26.00 Add to cartWhat happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction?
History is filled with brilliant ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating–and signifi- Author: Offit, Paul A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1426217986
- Language: English
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The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the award-winning author of A Splendid Exchange, a fascinating new history of financial and religious mass manias over the past five centuries
“We are the apes who tell stories,” writes William Be
- Author: Bernstein, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0802157106
- Language: English
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Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters
$21.95 Add to cartIn October 1913, 261 miners and two rescuers died when a massive explosion ripped through a mine operated by Phelps, Dodge & Company in Dawson, New Mexico. Ten years later, a second blast claimed the … [more below]
- Author: Pappas, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0826365280
- Language: English
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A People’s Guide to Orange County: Volume 4
$31.18 Read moreOne of the Top Urban Planning Books of 2022, Planetizen
The full and fascinating guidebook that Orange County deserves. A People’s Guide to Orange County is an alternative tour guide that documents si- Series: People’s Guide
- Author: Lewinnek, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0520299957
- Language: English
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Mike Nichols: A Life
$24.00 Add to cartOne of The Hollywood Reporter‘s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time – A National Book Critics Circle finalist – One of People‘s top 10 books of 2021 – An instant New York Times bestseller – Named a be… [more below]
- Author: Harris, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0399562265
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting
$15.99 Add to cartThe founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history’s best words.
This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern- Author: Gillard, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0399582673
- Language: English
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Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
$39.95 Add to cartWhen Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin first appeared in the fall of 2000, it inspired wide acclaim and multiple printings.
This sourcebook of hundreds of rare visual delights from t… [more below]- Author: Gordon, Mel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0922915962
- Language: English
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Love and Let Die: James Bond, the Beatles, and the British Psyche
$29.95 Read moreA deep-dive into the unique connections between the two titans of the British cultural psyche–the Beatles and the Bond films–and what they tell us about class, sexuality, and our aspirations over si… [more below]
- Author: Higgs, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363300
- Language: English
