History

Ida B. Wells was a journalist, activist, and suffragist who committed herself to the needs of those who did not have…

Medieval mystic Hildegard of Bingen's timeless writing and divine inspirations invite us to celebrate life and delight…

Philip Hook’s riveting narrative takes us from the early days of art dealing in Antwerp, where paintings were sold by…

Peter J. Tomasi and illustrator Sara DuVall bring to life the construction of one of the most iconic landmarks in the…

A gleefully ghastly accounting of the entire postmortem experience, in which you'll learn that the human head is the…

From the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George Harrison, from the dark dalliances…

Think it’s just judges who are trampling on the Constitution? Think again. The fact is that government officials long…

The now-famous incident of D.B. Cooper and the hijacking of Flight 305 still remains one of the most compelling and…

A photographic exploration of the relationship between physical living spaces and the history of underground US hardcore…

In this vividly imagined and elegantly achieved tarot deck, take a journey back through time and literary history to the…

The Listener reveals one of the world's most tragic acts of spin doctoring while weaving a compelling tale of…

This is a rad book. It combines oral histories of individuals' experiences being rank and file members of the Black…

Forget the runway. These Awesome Women Who Changed History are dressed for the battlefields, the picket lines—and the…

Profiling some of history’s most prominent, yet widely unknown, female swashbucklers and sailors from across the…

Were medieval women slaves to their husband's desires, jealously secured in a chastity belt in his absence? Was sex a…

At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and…

Paul Preston is the world's foremost historian of Spain. This surging history recounts the struggles of the 1936 war in…

Admire one of our fave feminists Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Learn about how she blazed through a male…

The first English translation chronicling the life of Makhno and the movement he inspired. Available for the first time…

A political biography, history of of a revolutionary era, and nonstop adventure story across three continents. An…

American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxical. On the one hand, we see our country as a haven for the poor and…

From Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes the first-ever biography of Schlitzie, a major sideshow…

A daughter of French immigrants, Louise Olivereau was an organizer for the IWW in Seattle and was among an active but…

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

Did you know that women outnumber men by five to one in shoplifting convictions? Or that researchers at Northwestern…

Saying the right thing during an encounter with the police can mean the difference between going home and going to jail.…