Social History
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The Story We Carry in Our Bones: Irish History for Americans
$25.00 Add to cartMany Irish-Americans today know little about Ireland and their ancestry. Historian Juilene Osborne-McKnight presents Irish-American history in a compelling narrative form, accented with photographs, i… [more below]
- Author: Osborne-McKnight, Juilene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1455625337
- Language: English
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What the Greeks Did for Us
$30.00 Read moreAn enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture
Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like- Author: Spawforth, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 030025802X
- Language: English
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Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
$26.00 Add to cartWhat happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction?
History is filled with brilliant ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating–and signifi- Author: Offit, Paul A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1426217986
- Language: English
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The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the award-winning author of A Splendid Exchange, a fascinating new history of financial and religious mass manias over the past five centuries
“We are the apes who tell stories,” writes William Be
- Author: Bernstein, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0802157106
- Language: English
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Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters
$21.95 Add to cartIn October 1913, 261 miners and two rescuers died when a massive explosion ripped through a mine operated by Phelps, Dodge & Company in Dawson, New Mexico. Ten years later, a second blast claimed the … [more below]
- Author: Pappas, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0826365280
- Language: English
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A People’s Guide to Orange County: Volume 4
$31.18 Add to cartOne of the Top Urban Planning Books of 2022, Planetizen
The full and fascinating guidebook that Orange County deserves. A People’s Guide to Orange County is an alternative tour guide that documents si- Series: People’s Guide
- Author: Lewinnek, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0520299957
- Language: English
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Mike Nichols: A Life
$24.00 Add to cartOne of The Hollywood Reporter‘s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time – A National Book Critics Circle finalist – One of People‘s top 10 books of 2021 – An instant New York Times bestseller – Named a be… [more below]
- Author: Harris, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0399562265
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting
$15.99 Add to cartThe founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history’s best words.
This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern- Author: Gillard, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0399582673
- Language: English
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Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
$39.95 Add to cartWhen Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin first appeared in the fall of 2000, it inspired wide acclaim and multiple printings.
This sourcebook of hundreds of rare visual delights from t… [more below]- Author: Gordon, Mel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0922915962
- Language: English
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Love and Let Die: James Bond, the Beatles, and the British Psyche
$29.95 Read moreA deep-dive into the unique connections between the two titans of the British cultural psyche–the Beatles and the Bond films–and what they tell us about class, sexuality, and our aspirations over si… [more below]
- Author: Higgs, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363300
- Language: English
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The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
$27.00 Add to cartAmerica’s favorite cultural historian and author of Ghostland takes a “thought-provoking and delicoiusly unsettling” (Publisher’s Weekly) tour of the country’s most persistent “unexplained” phenomena … [more below]
- Author: Dickey, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 052555758X
- Language: English
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Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale
$35.00 Read moreThe history of selling sex is a hidden one–and too often its practitioners are pushed to the margins of history. This book redresses the balance, revealing the history of the sex trade through the ey
- Author: Lister, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0500252440
- Language: English
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The Amazing Students of Venezuela
$18.95 Read moreMarcelo and Julio show determination and strength every day as they cross the border from Venezuela to Colombia to attend a better school in this empowering picture book.
Marcelo and her cousin Julia- Series: Against All Odds
- Author: Bellante, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717930
- Language: English
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The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the winner of the Edgar Award and the Samuel Johnson Prize, a cultural history of “everyday madness”
The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us- Author: Summerscale, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0593489756
- Language: English
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Prettycitylondon: Discovering London’s Beautiful Places Volume 1
$55.99 Add to cartGo beyond London’s famous landmarks and discover the hidden gems. From secluded mews and undiscovered cafes to flower markets and tree-lined streets, prettycitylondon champions the quiet, gentle momen… [more below]
- Series: The Pretty Cities
- Author: Ferguson, Siobhan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0750985593
- Language: English
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Unexpected Life, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.
In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the- Author: Johnson, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 22 2015
- ISBN10: 1594633932
- Language: English
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Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to Vermont
$19.95 Add to cartHow the counterculture movement changed Vermont–and America
Going Up the Country is part oral history, part nostalgia-tinged narrative, and part clear-eyed analysis of the multifaceted phenomena colle
- Author: Daley, Yvonne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0819579718
- Language: English
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Racism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThere is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenome… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rattansi, Ali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198834799
- Language: English
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It’s All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan
$23.00 Add to cart- Author: Donovan, Tristan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1250292050
- Language: English
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Cats Who Changed the World: 50 Cats Who Altered History, Inspired Literature… or Ruined Everything
$19.95 Add to cartThe cat-tastic companion to Dogs Who Changed the World.
50 awe-inspiring stories of cats who have altered history, inspired art and literature, reunited lost lovers, saved lives, or just ruined everyth
- Author: Jones, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1914317882
- Language: English
