Social History
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Summer of ’71: Five Months That Changed America
$29.00 Add to cartFrom award-winning journalist and author John A. Jenkins comes a revolutionary exploration of the summer before Watergate–a parallel world of a half-century ago when America faced events and crises s… [more below]
- Author: Jenkins, John A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 0806544465
- Language: English
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A People’s History of the United States American Classics Edition
$25.00 Add to cart- Series: HarperCollins American Classics #19
- Author: Zinn, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0063484218
- Language: English
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The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The Reformation transformed Europe and left an indelible mark on the modern world. But what actually was the Reformation and how should it be defi- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Marshall, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 22 2026
- ISBN10: 0198859066
- Language: English
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Blitz: The Club That Created the Eighties
$29.95 Add to cart“A lean, energetic memoir of the club that turned a Tuesday night into a cultural flashpoint.” —Kirkus Reviews
A history of the club that set the ’80s alight.
The short-lived Blitz club in London’s Co- Author: Elms, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0571394183
- Language: English
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The World Before Racism: An Art Story
$50.00 Add to cartThe term racism is understood to mean that race is the principal determinant of specific human traits and capacities and that due to racial differences, one race is inherently superior to all others.
- Author: Farrington, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: March 15 2026
- ISBN10: 9798987228272
- 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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Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
$24.00 Read moreA New Yorker Best Book of 2025
An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age.
From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance- Author: Palmer, Ada
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: May 27 2026
- ISBN10: 0226852598
- Language: English
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The Making of Bigfoot: The Inside Story
$37.95 Add to cartBigfoot! Huge, hairy, foul smelling, this legendary apelike animal continues to captivate the public’s imagination. This fascination hinges on a single piece of motion-picture film shot in northern Ca… [more below]
- Author: Long, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 476
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1591021391
- 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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Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
$31.00 Read moreFrom acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and historian Emma Southon, a groundbreaking history of Ancient Rome that explores how the empire was built, fueled, and shaped … [more below]
- Author: Southon, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 1668089556
- Language: English
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Weird Facts Book for Adults: 365 Funny, Random and True Stories About Everything Interesting for Curious Minds and Lovers of Unusual Knowledge
$8.99 Add to cartDiscover a World That’s Stranger – and Funnier – Than Fiction!
Have you ever wondered why penguins give each other pebbles as love tokens, or how a robot vacuum can accidentally become the star of a co
- Author: Memoirs, Quillscribe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: November 18 2024
- ISBN10: 836829424X
- Language: English
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Treasured Island: The Story of St. Barth . . . and Its Barbarians, Billionaires, and Beauties
$35.00 Add to cartA hugely entertaining social history of the elite and exclusive Caribbean island of St. Barth?lemy from the New York Times bestselling author of Model and 740 Park.
St. Barthelemy is revered for its lu
- Author: Gross, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 0063410966
- Language: English
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Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s
$30.00 Add to cartAs the United States marks its semiquincentennial in 2026, renowned historian Marc Stein looks back at the politics of another landmark celebration during a time of striking similarities and surprisin… [more below]
- Author: Stein, Marc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0226847411
- Language: English
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Venezuela in Crisis: Socialist Perspectives
$27.95 Add to cartIn this essential intervention, Venezuelan socialists provide an invaluable analysis of the origins and causes of their country’s crisis, and offer a critique of the Maduro regime.
Venezuela in Crisi
- Author: Bean, Anderson M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888904640
- Language: English
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Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat – A New Scientist Non-Fiction Book of the Year
$18.00 Add to cartA NEW SCIENTIST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
A cultural and social history of the rat, examining how one creature achieved total world domination and has inspired such love and loathing. Rats are crea- Author: Shute, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 139940251X
- 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 Gramercy Park Hotel: A New York Icon
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the Roaring Twenties to a Rock ‘N’ Roll Landmark
Since it opened in 1925, the Gramercy Park Hotel has always been one of New York’s premiere cultural hotspots. Early in its history it served as th
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Weissberg, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1467158844
- Language: English
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Cicero: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was one of the most influential figures in late republican Rome, a moment of great social, political, and cultu- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Baraz, Yelena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 22 2026
- ISBN10: 0192885804
- Language: English
