Social History
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Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?
$36.00 Read moreFrom the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, multimillion-copy bestselling classic Guns, Germs and Steel, a landmark study of leadership across politics, religion, business, and sports–seeking to d
- Author: Diamond, Jared
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 01 2026
- ISBN10: 0063572044
- Language: English
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Solidarity: The Work of Recognition
$28.00 Add to cartCelebrated thinker Rowan Williams explores the shared hopes and burdens that make solidarity possible.
From its use as a rallying cry by the labour movement to its central place in struggles for racia- Author: Williams, Rowan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 139943151X
- Language: English
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The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood
$35.00 Read moreA sweeping history of the buildings and materials that have shaped nine centuries of university life, from parchments and silk robes to glass atriums and sprawling parking lots.
We often idealize the- Author: Whyte, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 11 2026
- ISBN10: 0674495187
- Language: English
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What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption
$27.50 Add to cartIn 1955, following the devastation of the Korean War, Bertha and Harry Holt made headlines for adopting eight Korean children. Driven by evangelical convictions and emboldened by a special act of Cong… [more below]
- Author: Towers, Paige
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 1685970672
- Language: English
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Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?
$32.00 Read moreFrom the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, multimillion-copy bestselling classic Guns, Germs and Steel, a landmark study of leadership across politics, religion, business, and sports–seeking to d
- Author: Diamond, Jared
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2026
- ISBN10: 0063517663
- Language: English
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Changing Gender
$32.00 Read moreFrom the groundbreaking trans scholar Susan Stryker, a provocative, genre-bending call to reconsider the story we tell about gender itself.
That gender is a hotly contested topic becomes ever clearer- Author: Stryker, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 25 2026
- ISBN10: 0374123500
- Language: English
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Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife
$28.00 Read moreFrom the glamorous depravity of Studio 54 to the underground cabarets of Weimar Berlin, from Georgian London’s gaudy pleasure gardens to the birth of techno in post-industrial Detroit, a brilliantly r
- Author: Willetts, Imogen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 080216739X
- Language: English
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American Crown: From Revolutionaries to Royalty: The Story of Prince William’s American Heritage
$29.95 Read moreThe fascinating story of Prince William’s American ancestors, and how this often-rebellious lineage will help shape the future King of Great Britain.
In this fresh and perspective-shifting narrative,- Author: Green, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897101054
- Language: English
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The Face: A Cultural History
$30.00 Add to cartAward-winning historian Fay Bound-Alberti synthesizes over twenty years of research to offer a sweeping cultural history of our most decisive–and sometimes divisive–body part.
What’s in a face? An- Author: Bound-Alberti, Fay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1538766531
- Language: English
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Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic, Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor
$29.95 Add to cartAn illuminating and moving portrait of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, in her later years after the Duke’s death.
The true story behind the film The Duchess and I, starring Isabella Rosselini- Author: Vickers, Hugo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897101214
- Language: English
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Out of the Ballpark: How to Think about Baseball
$18.98 Add to cart- Author: Henkin, David M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 16 2026
- ISBN10: 0197789552
- Language: English
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The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
$20.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Goodreads Choice Award Winner in History & Biography One of Time‘s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 “A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail- Author: Friss, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0593299949
- Language: English
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Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America
$37.00 Add to cart“Provocative . . . essential reading for today’s polarized times.” –Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“This is a brilliant conceit, wonderfully executed. . . . David S. Reynolds has found a new and compelling w- Author: Reynolds, David S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0593490231
- Language: English
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The History of Pizza
$29.95 Add to cartPizza is the Italian food that has conquered the world: from Brussels to LA, from Beijing to Buenos Aires, pizzas and pizzerias can be found everywhere today. But what are the origins of this food and
- Author: Cesari, Luca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: November 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1509566643
- Language: English
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What We Ask Google: A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind
$30.00 Add to cartEver wondered what goes through other people’s minds–their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams?
In What We Ask Google, Simon Rogers explores insights from the world’s biggest da… [more below]- Author: Rogers, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217176984
- Language: English
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Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America
$21.99 Add to cartOur era is one of sexual upheaval. Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022, school systems across the country are banning books with LGBTQ+ themes, and the notion of a “tradwife” is gaining a
- Author: Davis, Rebecca L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1324116757
- Language: English
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How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession
$29.95 Add to cartA cultural history of the phenomenon of the ‘haunted house’ as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories.
What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being pa- Author: Blackwell Baines, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897100781
- Language: English
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Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World
$28.95 Add to cartA spirited exploration of the diary, from pen-and-paper to TikTok, for the people who write–and read–them
Featuring iconic diary keepers like Audre Lorde, Virginia Woolf, Alison Bechdel, and Taylor- Author: Rubiner, Betsy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0807014923
- Language: English
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Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age
$30.00 Add to cartOne of The Daily Telegraph‘s Greatest Books of 2025
A life-affirming exploration of the rich emotional lives of the elderly across thousands of years of human history. Winter Dreams is an evocative hi- Author: Rosenwein, Barbara H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390912
- Language: English
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Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality
$30.00 Add to cart‘[An] erudite, immensely entertaining book…Mount makes for a delightful guide’ — Literary Review
From troubadours to Twitter: a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renowned- Author: Mount, Ferdinand
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1399421883
- Language: English
