History

This graphic novelette illustrates the early years of C.L.R. James, the son of a family of teachers and in later years…

From prehistoric times to dreams of a distant future, this thick graphic novel explains the history of allopathic or…

The story of student protests and organizing from the 1960s through the 2000s is told here in visual format, using…

I'm sure we've all noticed how the heart shape looks nothing like a human heart. So where did that shape come from?…

An expansion on the well-known podcast Disgraceland, discover a jaw-dropping collection of infamous musicians and their…

Celebrate fierce, trailblazing female writers who challenged the literary canon that has long failed to recognize the…

On July 27, 1996, a hapless former cop turned hyper-vigilant security guard named Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious…

This is for all you history buffs and conspiracy lovers! What's up with the stolen Leonardo di Vinci prophecy? Why was…

From the start of the European slave trade around the year 1500 through the U.S. Civil War in 1865, 15…

Putting the cat back in catastrophe and the dog in doggoned, Pet Noir entertains (and informs) by turning traditional…

The Los Angeles, Orange County, and South Bay punk scenes, populated by blue collar kids who responded to the violence…

The road paved by our civilization’s best books is a long and noble one, but it is also lined with unexpected potholes…

More than two dozen suspenseful stories of spooky happenings and ghostly tales in historic theaters, opera houses, and…

At the end of the 19th century, young botanist David Fairchild set out to find foods from around the world that U.S.…

Trees are amazing! You don't need to be a tree hugger to love trees. The Little Book of Trees is crammed with facts,…

During World War I, German soldiers shot down carrier pigeons for fear the birds were carrying enemy communiqués; in…

Pirates, Olympic skiiers, French revolutionaries. What do all of these have in common? If your guess was that each…

Mudslinging, smear campaigns, opposition research, sex scandals, corruption, shade-throwing, and name-calling—this…

If you don’t believe that one dog has the power to change the course of history, then you’ve obviously never heard…

Explore the colorful lives of 50 powerful gods and goddesses, earth-dwelling mortals, and terrifying monsters as you…

In 1981, the Soviet-backed Polish government declared martial law to crush a budding democratic opposition movement.…

With a president who continually validates and emboldens fascists in America, there has never been a time where…

In this classic work, first published in 1930, James Weldon Johnson, one of the leading lights of the Harlem…

Lesbian partners known for cross-dressing and creating the kind of gender-bending work that the Nazis would come to call…

Street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. Addresses arose out of a…