Social History
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The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
$24.00 Add to cartAmerica’s favorite cultural historian and author of Ghostland takes a “thought-provoking and delicoiusly unsettling” (Publisher’s Weekly) tour of the country’s most persistent “unexplained” phenomena … [more below]
- Author: Dickey, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 052555758X
- Language: English
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Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale
$35.00 Add to cartThe history of selling sex is a hidden one–and too often its practitioners are pushed to the margins of history. This book redresses the balance, revealing the history of the sex trade through the ey
- Author: Lister, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0500252440
- Language: English
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The Amazing Students of Venezuela
$18.95 Read moreMarcelo and Julio show determination and strength every day as they cross the border from Venezuela to Colombia to attend a better school in this empowering picture book.
Marcelo and her cousin Julia- Series: Against All Odds
- Author: Bellante, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717930
- Language: English
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The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the winner of the Edgar Award and the Samuel Johnson Prize, a cultural history of “everyday madness”
The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us- Author: Summerscale, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0593489756
- Language: English
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Prettycitylondon: Discovering London’s Beautiful Places Volume 1
$55.99 Add to cartGo beyond London’s famous landmarks and discover the hidden gems. From secluded mews and undiscovered cafes to flower markets and tree-lined streets, prettycitylondon champions the quiet, gentle momen… [more below]
- Series: The Pretty Cities
- Author: Ferguson, Siobhan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0750985593
- Language: English
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Unexpected Life, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.
In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the- Author: Johnson, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 22 2015
- ISBN10: 1594633932
- Language: English
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Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to Vermont
$19.95 Add to cartHow the counterculture movement changed Vermont–and America
Going Up the Country is part oral history, part nostalgia-tinged narrative, and part clear-eyed analysis of the multifaceted phenomena colle
- Author: Daley, Yvonne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0819579718
- Language: English
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Racism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThere is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenome… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rattansi, Ali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198834799
- Language: English
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It’s All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan
$23.00 Add to cart- Author: Donovan, Tristan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1250292050
- Language: English
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Cats Who Changed the World: 50 Cats Who Altered History, Inspired Literature… or Ruined Everything
$17.95 Add to cartThe cat-tastic companion to Dogs Who Changed the World.
50 awe-inspiring stories of cats who have altered history, inspired art and literature, reunited lost lovers, saved lives, or just ruined everyth
- Author: Jones, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1914317882
- Language: English
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Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy
$27.95 Add to cartThe definitive history of Weimar politics, culture, and society
Thoroughly up-to-date, skillfully written, and striki
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year- Author: Weitz, Eric D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 25 2018
- ISBN10: 0691183058
- Language: English
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On Freedom Road: Bicycle Explorations and Reckonings on the Underground Railroad
$27.95 Read moreA thoughtful and illuminating bicycle journey along the Underground Railroad by a climate scientist seeking to engage with American history.
The traces of the Underground Railroad hide in plain sight- Author: Goodrich, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363459
- Language: English
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Together
$19.99 Read moreA gentle and philosophical look at the events of 2020, and how we can deal with the challenges that life throws us in general. A book to share with the friends and family that we have been missing.
A- Author: Hawker, Luke Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 857839446
- Language: English
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El Infinito En Un Junco / Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
$21.95 Add to cartDe humo, de piedra, de arcilla, de seda, de piel, de ?rboles, de pl?stico y de luz… Un recorrido por la vida del libro y de quienes lo han salvaguardado durante casi treinta siglos.
Este es un libr- Author: Vallejo, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 0593312570
- Language: Spanish
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Silk: A World History
$32.50 Add to cartA Next Big Idea Book Club Must-Read for April
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists
- Author: Prasad, Aarathi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0063160250
- Language: English
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A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area: Volume 3
$31.18 Add to cartAn alternative history and geography of the Bay Area that highlights sites of oppression, resistance, and transformation.
A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area looks beyond the mythologized i- Series: People’s Guide #3
- Author: Brahinsky, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 520288378
- Language: English
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The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the author of American Rule and the host of The Muckrake Podcast, an ambitious account of how white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories built the modern wor… [more below]
- Author: Sexton, Jared Yates
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0593185234
- Language: English
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The Wine List: Stories and Tasting Notes Behind the World’s Most Remarkable Bottles
$28.00 Read moreA one-of-a-kind exploration of the relationship between culture, politics, history, and wine.
Vintage refers to the year grapes are harvested, and that vintage holds meaning. You can look up the weath
- Author: Reynolds, Grant
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1454947500
- Language: English
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Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency
$30.00 Read moreA colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often tell us about our national pastimes.
POWER PLAYERS tells all the great sto- Author: Cillizza, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1538720604
- Language: English
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It Did Happen Here: An Antifascist People’s History
$21.95 Add to cartPortland, Oregon, 1988: the brutal murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads shocked the city.
In response disparate groups quickly came together to organize against white nati- Author: Bowstern, Moe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1629633518
- Language: English
