History

The woman behind The Creature from the Black Lagoon was all but lost to history. Milicent Patrick designed the movie's…

Fred Rogers promoted unconditional love, compassion, kindness, and equality. In the first full-length biography about…

The Beats: A Graphic History paints a stark image of the Beat movement in all its vibrant glory. With the collaboration…

Before they got big, bands like Black Flag, the Germs and the Runaways were just trying to get by. This book dives into…

The renowned wit, humor, and literary excellence of Oscar Wilde, combined with his ruthless persecution as a gay man has…

This graphic novel is often brutal, always thought-provoking. Through captivating and haunting imagery, The 500 Years of…

Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep “ownership” of their slaves, through the…

No one's worth can be measured by how productive they are in our capitalist society. But in our 'grind culture' we are…

For fans of riddles, this book is bound to provide hours of brain-teasing entertainment. Part history book and part…

Ni Una Menos is a women's empowerment movement that began in Argentina and spread across Latin America. Comparable to…

This is a fun graphic novel that takes on conspiracy theories and talks about the science behind them. Evolution, moon…

From the subway to the skyscraper, from Manhattan’s financial district to the Long Island suburbs, every inch of New…

Po’pay was a Tewa spiritual leader who led the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, an anticolonial movement to remove the Spanish…

A New York Times bestselling account of Charles Manson's life that includes never-before-interviewed family members,…

Haskell Indian Nations University began as the U.S. Indian Industrial Training School. It was one of the first Native…

"This is the story about a man who went Dutch—and loved it." With a light yet thoughtful tone, Ben Coates talks about…

A personal walk through the history of transness around the world, from precolonial times to the present. Learn about…

Theologist and philosopher, Alan Watts guides readers through the history of Zen Buddhism, it's relationship with…

Gina Rae La Cerva travels the world in search of something that most of us have lost: untamed food. The first Homo…

What would happen if we shifted our mechanized, modern gaze to one that included the natural and spiritual world?…

With 1.5 million members, the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (MST) is one of the largest social movements in…

Phoolan Devi: "What others called a crime, I called justice." February 1981: A 24 year old village woman, born into…

An erotic visual journey from pre-Nazi, Cabaret period, examining and delighting in seductive cults, rituals and…

Jana Sanskriti (Bengali for “People’s Culture”) mixes Indian folk theater with the political action of Augusto…

On a global scale, violence against women is so common that some experts consider it a “normal” aspect of women’s…

A history and guide to the use of curses, malediction, and harmful magic in Christian traditions. Beginning with God's…

Christianity interprets Jesus as identical to Christ, but is the historical Jesus the same as the supposed Christian…

From sightings and stories of wolves that terrorized towns and histories of people who could transform into beasts, the…

Explore the designs and symbols used by Celtic cultures, including the ram, boar, eagle, bull, boat, and tree of life.…

In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His…