Social History
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
$22.99 Add to cartNicholas Ostler’s Empires of the Word is the first history of the world’s great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living o
- Author: Ostler, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: June 27 2006
- ISBN10: 0060935723
- Language: English
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The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy
$18.00 Add to cartJokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the comedian transcends the ages: the drive, jealousy, heartbreak, and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle to George Carli… [more below]
- Author: Nesteroff, Kliph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0802125689
- Language: English
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Winter in Taos
$26.95 Add to cart“Winter in Taos” starkly contrasts Luhan’s memoirs, published in four volumes and inspired by Marcel Proust’s “Remembrances of Things Past.” They follow her life through three failed marriages, numero… [more below]
- Series: Southwest Heritage
- Author: Luhan, Mabel Dodge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: July 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0865345937
- Language: English
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The Britannias: An Archipelago’s Tale
$35.00 Add to cartFrom Neolithic Orkney, Viking Shetland, and Druidical Anglesey to the joys and strangeness of modern Thanet, The Britannias explores the farthest reaches of Britain’s island topography, once known by
- Author: Albinia, Alice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0393608557
- Language: English
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Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters
$30.00 Add to cartDispatches from a land of extremes, by writers and movie stars, natives and visitors, activists and pioneers, and more.
California has always been, literally, a place to write home about. Renowned fig
- Author: Kipen, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1503614697
- Language: English
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The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
$21.00 Add to cartFrom the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids, a “sweeping yet remarkably accessible” (The Wall Street Journal) analysis that “offers superb, often counterintuitive insights” (The New York Times) to d… [more below]
- Author: Putnam, Robert D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1982129158
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History
$24.99 Read moreDigging into a forgotten past – and the dead left behind.
San Francisco is famous for not having any cemeteries, but the claim isn’t exactly what it seems. In the early 20th Century, the city relocat… [more below]- Series: The History Press
- Author: Winegarner, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 146715492X
- Language: English
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Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo’s Hidden History
$30.00 Read moreIn an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo’s key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters
- Author: Gaddy, Kristina R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0393866807
- Language: English
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New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
$19.99 Add to cartIn the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voic
- Author: Taylor, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021993
- Language: English
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Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069
$21.99 Add to cartThe seminal work on generations from acclaimed authors William Strauss and Neil Howe of The Fourth Turning, and Howe’s The Fourth Turning Is Here. The Strauss-Howe generational theory explains how gen
- Author: Howe, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 30 1992
- ISBN10: 0688119123
- Language: English
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AA-1025: Memoirs of the Communist Infiltration Into the Church
$16.95 Read moreAbsorbing and compelling reading from beginning to end, AA -1025 Memoirs of the Communist Infiltration Into the Church is a must read for every Catholic today and for all who would understand just wha… [more below]
- Author: Carre, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: May 01 1972
- ISBN10: 0895554496
- Language: English
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Sauna: The Power of Deep Heat
$29.95 Add to cartIn many countries, the sauna is sacred. Nothing beats the camaraderie of congregating in the steam and plunging in an ice bath when it gets too hot to handle.
There is a new wave of sauna culture spre
- Author: O’Kelly, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1801292426
- Language: English
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African American History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be an American? The story of the African American past demonstrates the difficulty of answering this seemingly simple question. If being “American” means living in a land of freed… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Holloway, Jonathan Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0190915153
- Language: English
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The Murders That Made Us: How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers, and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area
$19.95 Add to cartThe 170-year history of the San Francisco Bay Area told through its crimes and how they intertwine with the city’s art, music, and politics In The Murders That Made Us, the story of the San Francisco … [more below]
- Author: Calhoun, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1770415491
- Language: English
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
$32.99 Add to cartThe National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
Some Americans insist that we’re living in a post-racial society. But racist- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1568584636
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Floriography: The Secret Language of Flowers
$8.95 Add to cartRevealing a world of secret messages contained within a single petal.
Floriography – the language of flowers – is the ancient art of encoding hidden messages in the type, color and arrangement of plant
- Series: Little Books of Nature & the Great Outdoors #10
- Author: Orange Hippo!
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 180069539X
- Language: English
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Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
$32.50 Read moreFrom the cubit to the kilogram, the humble inch to the speed of light, measurement is a powerful tool that humans invented to make sense of the world. In this revelatory work of science and social his
- Author: Vincent, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1324035854
- Language: English
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Treasures of Ukraine: A Nation’s Cultural Heritage
$40.00 Add to cartTreasures of Ukraine chronicles the arts and heritage of Ukraine at a time when the country’s people, culture, landmarks, and artworks are facing destruction and devastation. Created in partnership w
- Author: Kurkov, Andrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0500026033
- Language: English
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
$21.00 Add to cartThe 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency
“[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis.” —The Washington Post
“F- Author: Ferguson, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143116177
- Language: English
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Music: A Subversive History
$22.99 Add to cart“A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched” (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions.
Histories of music overwhelmingly su- Author: Gioia, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1541644379
- Language: English
