History

The poster celebrates the history of NYC's anti-gentrification movements, fighting for tenant power and housing as a…

I should probably get it out of the way that Jon Ronson is my favorite author. His stirring mediations, objective…

Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972) worked as a journalist, a literary critic, and as a fiction writer. He was a spokesman…

This book is so nerdy and weird and fun and interesting. I'd say it makes the history of presidential assassinations…

Congressman Lewis' firsthand account of the civil rights era concludes with images of steely-eyed police, motion, and…

Arab on Radar was the foundational band of Providence's 1990s underground noise scene. This memoir by guitarist Jeff…

Las 17+ is a poster about women in El Salvador who have been unjustly charged with aggravated homicide and receiving…

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

Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? In the latest collection of essays by Rebecca Solnit, Whose Story Is This?…

Want to settle all those petty arguments you have in life? Want to learn about the true art of persuassion and arguments…

Do you love horror movies from the 80s? Probably not as much as Michael Gingold who collected newspaper ads for them…

Thanks to recent advancements in the field of prehistoric sciences, what we now know about our ancient relatives is…

This scholarly but lively feminist history of the vibrator covers a lot of jaw-dropping and troubling ground. The idea…

In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself…

In this historical account of the punk music scene beginning in the mid 90's, author Dan Ozzi chronicles the changes…

An exploration of the marvels of the universe told through brief portraits of 100 stars, revealing groundbreaking…

While reeling from one of the most creative—but at times self-destructive—outpourings of his life, Tao Lin…

A comprehensive study of menopause throughout history. Drawing on historical, scientific, and cultural studies to show…

This book tells the story of how in 1986 Run-DMC's cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" put hip-hop on the radio in a…

Bobby Seale is perhaps most famous for uncovering in the 1960s that it was legal for Americans to carry loaded assault…

Reaching the early 1900s, almost two million children were employed in the United States—sorting coal in Pennsylvania,…

The history of work in the last three centuries has been a history of exploitation and slow gains. But the biggest of…

No, you’re not losing your mind. And no, you’re definitely not alone. There’s Jimmy Carter, forgetting nuclear…

Congressman John Lewis, American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his…

The Sisters Are Alright exposes anti–black-woman propaganda and shows how real black women are pushing back against…

In 1958, Carol Parks Hahn and Ron Walters, two Wichita NAACP youth leaders, decided to protest segregation of local…

Whether you're a reforming bro wondering how you got to the place you are, or if you're someone else wondering why…

Learn about Frida Kahlo's colorful life in a completely new way. Told through infographics, charts, typography, and…

I'm going to take a wild guess and say your high school didn't teach about the history of women's sexuality. If they…

This book profiles 50 women who rocked the world with their musical talents. Each profile is accompanied by a beautiful…