History

Pick up your (included) three-color viewing lens and dive into history with this illuminating guide to  Triassic,…

Filled to the brim with true stories of hauntings and unexplainable supernatural phenomena, this history of ghosts will…

In 1984 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to unload South African cargo off the…

This is the ultimate book of things that never happened ... but could have! What is the connection between women’s…

Recent surveys show a large number of Americans believe a group of un-elected military and government officials secretly…

Lonely Planet presents In Her Footsteps, a travel guide featuring the hometowns of pioneering and iconic women…

When men told her that women couldn’t become conductors, Antonia Brico wasn’t listening to those discourging words.…

In Praise of Difficult Women is all about those sheroes that refused to shut up, to smile on command, make themselves…

A globe-spanning introduction to many women who have committed themselves to the Buddhist monastic tradition. Toomey's…

A sweeping counternarrative challenging America’s most closely held beliefs and assumptions about itself. Acclaimed…

Quechua is an ancient language, used since the time that the Incan civilization stretched across South America. But it…

Founded in 1973 by activists in Berkeley, California, Inkworks Press was created because "Freedom of the Press belongs…

Through stunning images, acclaimed photographer Rick Smolan tells the astounding story of Robyn Davidson, who crossed…

International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union: “We’d rather starve quick than starve slow.”The ILGWU was a driving…

The International Hotel was a low-income residential hotel that became the most dramatic housing-rights battleground in…

Chaos theory attempts to answer baffling questions such as the ramifications of a butterfly flapping its wings. This…

Are humans really selfish and greedy, or generous and kind? Does anyone have the right to tell you what "good" and "bad"…

In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory – evolution by natural selection. One hundred and…

Is biology destiny? Why is the personal political? Is pornography anti-feminist? The term "feminism" came into English…

Michel Foucault’s work was described at his death as ‘the most important event of thought in our century’. As a…

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

Why must we believe that God is dead? Can we accept that traditional morality is just a ‘useful mistake’? Did the…

If someone spent their entire life chained inside cave, only seeing images cast by shadows on the cave wall, how might…

“Introducing Semiotics” outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary…

A graphic guide to Freud. Freud is universally recognized as one of the most important figures in modern culture, but he…

The Holocaust is often portrayed as a single horrific event in history, never to be forgotten, but a unforseen…

Ever ask yourself "What is time"? Ever question the possibility of time travel? Or if the future even exists? If you…

Originally published as two separate volumes (in 1888 and 1892 respectfully) this revised edition combines the original…