Social History
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Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs
$28.99 Add to cartFrom beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobituaries, comes an inspiring collection of stories that celebrates the triumphs of people who made their… [more below]
- Author: Rocca, Mo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1668052504
- Language: English
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Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women
$29.99 Add to cartA personal, journalistic ethnography of the modern American working class, based on the travels and interactions of the author through the American heartland.
“Second Class is the most important book y
- Author: Ungar-Sargon, Batya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1641773618
- Language: English
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Hip-Hop Is History
$30.00 Add to cartThis is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop.
When hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn’t expected to become the c- Author: Questlove
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0374614075
- Language: English
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Repast: The Story of Food
$45.00 Add to cartOur insatiable appetite for creativity in the kitchen–or around the open fire–is reflected in the fascinating objects explored in this book. Written by food writer Jenny Linford in collaboration wit
- Series: British Museum
- Author: Linford, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0500481156
- Language: English
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Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
$31.99 Add to cartEven before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable. Over the course of two hundred years, they were a
- Author: Blain, Keisha N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0393882292
- Language: English
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National Geographic Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History
$35.00 Add to cartBlending the allure of the supernatural with keen historical insights and more than 500 photos, this enchanting chronicle of magic around the world will bewitch skeptics and true believers alike.
Magi- Author: National Geographic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 142622401X
- Language: English
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50 Plants That Changed the World
$40.00 Add to cartThe world as we know it would not exist without plants.
Have you ever stopped to think about how your morning cappuccino came to be? From the coffee bush that yielded the beans to the grass for the ca
- Author: Harris, Stephen A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246525
- Language: English
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The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment Over 2,000 Years
$21.95 Add to cart“An extraordinary achievement.” –David Edgerton, Literary Review
“A remarkably researched, comprehensive, and indispensable book for everyone who wishes to understand how sugar and the sugar industry- Author: Bosma, Ulbe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0674299086
- Language: English
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The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story
$39.95 Add to cartToday the number of native speakers of Indo-European languages across the world is approximated to be over 2.6 billion–about 45 percent of the Earth’s population. Yet the idea that an ancient, prehis
- Author: Mallory, J. P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 050002863X
- Language: English
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A Little History of Psychology
$15.00 Add to cartA rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature
Psychology is the science devoted to understanding human nature. Its practitioners have long sought to under- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Hayes, Nicky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300282621
- Language: English
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The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation’s Fight Over Its Future
$29.99 Add to cartEqual parts investigative reporting and cultural criticism, The Second Coming is a look at the sex lives of young adults in post-Roe America.
As a college student, award-winning journalist Carter Sher- Author: Sherman, Carter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1668052458
- Language: English
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The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Rich and Forget the Alamo comes an epic reconsideration of the time and place that spawned America’s most legendary gunfighters, from Jesse James … [more below]
- Author: Burrough, Bryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1984878905
- Language: English
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Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons
$32.00 Add to cartA tale of 2 NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housing
The American Dream of homeownership is becoming an American Delusion. As renter- Author: Tarleton, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0807017809
- Language: English
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Lower Than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
$40.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking history of sexual emotion, sexual activity, gender relations, marriage and the family–and how Christianity has interacted with this panorama of human concerns
Few matters produce mor- Author: MacCulloch, Diarmaid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1984878670
- Language: English
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Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion
$18.95 Add to cartScience and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right?
Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth centur- Author: Spencer, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0861547306
- Language: English
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Notre Dame Vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan
$24.95 Read moreTodd tells of the weekend in May 1924 when members of the anti-Catholic organization and students at the Catholic university fought in South Bend, Indiana. To that conflict he traces the decline of th… [more below]
- Author: Tucker, Todd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 261
- Publish Date: August 15 2004
- ISBN10: 0829417710
- Language: English
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When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World
$31.15 Add to cartReal stories of hard-fought battles for social change, told by those on the front lines–with clear lessons and tips for activists on gaining power from the ground up
“As protests and demonstrations sp
- Author: Jobin-Leeds, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1620970937
- Language: English
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Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance
$29.95 Add to cartJoe Mulhall uncovers how music has shaped resistance movements across the globe, from Irish protest songs to Apartheid South Africa to the artists in Ukraine today.
While the global history of the dic- Author: Mulhall, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1804441163
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Eugenics: From Science to Atrocity – How a Dangerous Movement Shaped the World, and Why It Persists
$16.95 Read moreFor the last two centuries, groups of influential men have, in the professed interest of fiscal responsibility, crime reduction, and outright racism, attempted to control who was allowed to bear child
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Peterson, Erik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 189101188X
- Language: English
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The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
$18.99 Add to cartA fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring stories from the Lore podcast–now a streaming television series–including “They Made a … [more below]
- Series: World of Lore
- Author: Mahnke, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1524797987
- Language: English
