History

A full color graphic novel detailing the history of wine, dating back to Greek myths and the Bible, through its…

We turned fifteen years old on Feb 12, 2011! And for our birthday we're going to offer Things are Meaning Less, Flow…

From the brilliant author of the acclaimed debut Purple Hibiscus comes a masterful and haunting story of love and war in…

This book offers a microhistory of hair including its biological, cultural, and evolutionary aspects as a ubiquitous yet…

Did you know that the sap from the Hevea brasiliensis species of tree is transformed into condoms? That lipstick was…

This is the book that predicted the 1992 LA riots. Mike Davis gives us a full bore analysis of Los Angeles culture,…

Unfortunate Ends: On Murder and Misadventure in Medieval England tells the stories of people who died in medieval…

Everything we own is made of something. From the everyday objects in our home to the most extraordinary crafts that…

The Rolling Stones hoped to end their 1969 American tour on a high note with the Altamont Festival, featuring 300,000…

This is the story of the Bonnot Gang, anarchists who subjected Paris to a six-month streak of violent bank robberies. We…

Shanahan reveals the exceptionality of figs in a way that will forever change the way you perceive these peculiar fruit.…

Have you heard the terms structuralism and deconstruction and postmodernism but aren’t really sure what they mean?…

Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman…

Harriet Tubman's name has gone down in history for her escape from slavery and many subsequent trips back to help others…

Fugitives and Refugees is part travel guide, part memoir, giving reader's a view of Portland that they never knew…

A fiery group of anti-war protesters in Portland, Oregon, take to the streets to uncover the truth veiled behind…

A dynamic, illustrated guido to the complex systems that, together, form the political entity that is United States.…

A candid, scathing roundtable discussion about racial iniquities in the US, between the head of the NAACP Legal…

Despite what union-busters would tell you, most of US history can be followed by watching what the unions were up to -…

“Our decolonisation starts now as we, as a people, will no longer accept that we are third class citizens in our own…

To anyone studying philosophy, this book is a must. To anyone just wanting to learn more about philosophers and their…

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a new book based on the exciting adventures of Ada…

The ACLU has been unquestionably one of the most important legal activism groups in America over the past hundred…

A graphic novel telling of the Lake Erie tunnel disaster in early-1900s Cleveland. In the story, the project is being…

In the early 1900s, Ethel Payne was the daughter of a Pullman Porter with an ear for good stories. She grew up to be…

A big, full-color graphic novel about India's beloved modern-day Robin Hood. Sold into marriage at 11, she escaped to…

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

Celebrating 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world.…

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

Crime writer James Ellroy teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Museum to present this look back at what police were up…