Ed Simon
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Writing During the Apocalypse: Reflections on the Great Unraveling
$24.95 Add to cartAll of American literature is a tragedy. What we’re living through now isn’t a tragedy, however – it’s a horror novel. Why bother writing when the world’s on fire?
Rising authoritarianism. Covid. Inf- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 22 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765123218
- Language: English
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Devil’s Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain
$19.99 Add to cart“Lively . . . excoriating, eloquent . . . We are all Faustians now.” — James Wood, The New Yorker
A devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and b- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1685892078
- Language: English
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An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
$18.95 Read moreEd Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories–the LA Review of Books calls it an epic, atomic history of the Steel City.
The land surrounding the confluence o
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1948742926
- Language: English
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The Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues: A Visual History
$45.00 Read moreA captivating artistic and philosophic exploration of humankind’s complex moral codes
A companion piece to Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology and Elysium: A Visual History of Angelology, Sev- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1419774107
- Language: English
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The Soul of Pittsburgh: Essays on Life, Community and History
$24.99 Add to cart“Europe stretches to the Alleghenies, America lies beyond.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“They are my people and this is my town and it does my heart good just to be here.” – Art Rooney Sr.
What does it me… [more below]- Series: The History Press
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1467157317
- Language: English
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Relic
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Every culture, every religion, every era has enshrined otherwise regular objects with a signi- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 11 2024
- ISBN10: 9798765102282
- Language: English
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The Soul of Pittsburgh: Essays on Life, Community and History
$24.99 Read more“Europe stretches to the Alleghenies, America lies beyond.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“They are my people and this is my town and it does my heart good just to be here.” – Art Rooney Sr.
What does it me… [more below]- Series: The History Press
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1467157317
- Language: English
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Devil’s Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain
$28.99 Add to cartA devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and beyond …
From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain–the exchange of- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1685891047
- Language: English
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Elysium: A Visual History of Angelology
$45.00 Add to cartElysium: A Visual History of Angelology is a gloriously illustrated overview of angels across art, religion, and literature from scholar Ed Simon, writer for The Millions.
Ineffable, invisible, inscr- Author: Simon, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1419767577
- Language: English
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Heaven, Hell and Paradise Lost
$15.95 Read moreA poet who crafted the
greatest character in literary history with his engaging anti-hero of Satan, John Milton connected personal experience with the breadth of cosmic epic. His Paradise Lost is a tou- Series: Bookmarked #16
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1632461528
- Language: English
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Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology
$50.00 Add to cartA compendium celebrating the art of hell and its minions.
Ed Simon’s Pandemonium: The Illustrated History of Demonology presents–for the first time–Satan’s family tree, providing a history and anal- Author: Simon, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1419756389
- Language: English
