History

If you want to better understand politics, this book is for you. With chapters on history, ideologies, systems of…

On February 6, 1919, 65,000 Seattle workers didn't clock in, and stayed out of work for six days of nonviolent…

In the 70s a House Judiciary Committee created a historical account of all of the past misdeeds of previous presidents.…

Look, let's face it - your teachers lied. To be fair, so did theirs. This book looks to dismantle those lies for young…

James Hawes succinctly jams 2,000 years of German history into this manageable and incredibly readable text. Spanning…

Italian cyclist, Gino Bartali is well known for winning the Tour de France twice in his lifetime, once in 1938 and again…

A series of short biographies of women who made their name in Hollywood by not staying quiet and going with the flow.…

This interactive tale of intrigue, bravery, and revolution combines real historical events with spycraft tools for the…

In 2019, special counsel Robert Mueller released a 448 page report laying out the conclusions of his investigation into…

The female of the species certainly can be as deadly as the male. Here are 50 short biographies of murdering women,…

Sloths are so much cooler than just memes about moving slow and taking it easy. This cultural and natural history of the…

In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Guantánamo…

A history focused on the radical approaches to psychiatry in the 1970s that included the end of widespread…

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

A new, updated edition of a classic history of the Black Panther Party and Nation of Islam in the 1960s and 1970s.…

American railroad history is filled with accounts of misadventure. Steam boilers blew up. Bridges collapsed under the…

In March 1969, eight young men were indicted by the federal government for conspiracy to incite a riot. First dubbed the…

This book begins with a detailed summation of what the author calls the Terror Timeline, a series of events that led up…

In her lively social history of American women and aging, acclaimed New York Times columnist Gail Collins illustrates…

An eyewitness account compiled by a woman who survived the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, Mary Parrish fled into the…

On April 25th, 1974, the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) of dissident Portuguese Army officers led a military coup,…

Throughout history--even recent history--highly contagious, deadly, and truly horrible epidemics have swept through…

In this deep dive into the science and history of Van Gogh's Sunflowers, explore these famous paintings from the…

At the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, you may encounter a rough,…

The last forty years have brought some truly revolutionary changes to the publishing industry, fueled by the rise of…

Throughout the 19th century the United States was a nation of activists who believed their young nation had not yet…

In this highly disturbing, highly engaging book, author Elizabeth Catte takes an unsparing look at the history of…

The first book of Seattle hip hop history, and the first book looking at hip hop's role in Seattle's history, Emerald…

We've been fascinated by the heavens for the entirety of our known history as a species. Ancient petroglyphs show that…

Exciting graphic design and a modern perspective on the Equal Rights Amendment make this an inspiring account of the…