History

First published in 1887, Lady Wilde's collection of stories, myths, and legends from across the island of Ireland was…

A beautifully illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about extinct animals. The dinosaurs…

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

Dedicated to the cause of racial equality from a young age, Anne Braden was an activist, journalist, and educator who…

“It has been said that the biggest man in the Populist Party of Kansas today is a woman,” wrote The Leavenworth…

This poster depicts the protests against the ANPO, the US-Japan Security treaty, which allowed US bases in Japan and…

Have you ever wondered if you can get drunk off water? Or how you'd go about turning Earth into a literal sandwich? If…

Stories of 50 women who changed the course of history by refusing to accept that their place wasn't where men told them…

With a president who continually validates and emboldens fascists in America, there has never been a time where…

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

Part travelog, part science lesson, this book takes readers from the driest deserts of Chile to the genetic wasteland of…

Arctic Front is a detailed and thoughtful volume on the war between the left wing of the Eastern Front and the right…

This cultural who's-who illuminates 50 famous figures, from Leonardo da Vinci to Coco Chanel, through the fascinating…

Fans of the Malcolm X's autobiography will enjoy this expose of Fred Hampton's life and the role that the police and FBI…

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

Targeted by law enforcement as the “soul” of the militant Black Liberation Movement, accused (and acquitted) of…

Hans and Sophie Scholl were only college students during the Holocaust, but with the help of some friends, started the…

"San Salvador de Atenco has a long history of resistance to the central government, dating from before Mexico's…

Countries—they can die too! Whether it's from jerky prices, a flip of a coin, egos, or just plain being evil,…

In this fascinating book, author and world traveler Travis Elborough traverses the world in search of the most bizarre…

"And when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed, but when we are silent we are still afraid so…

"Tell me, fellow workers, how can this be? A home of the brave and the land of the free. Starvation and misery is all…

This is a history of Chicago's African-American community through the personal experiences of late civil rights…

In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader,…

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

Ayn Rand, author of the best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, is beloved by millions of readers, and…

B.U.G.A. U.P. AUSTRALIA: Formed in 1978 by a group of health professionals and others disgusted at the prevalence of…

The US has a history of 'intervening' in the Middle East—usually with military power. Learn about the history of US…

Aphra Behn, first female professional writer. Sojourner Truth, activist and abolitionist. Ada Lovelace, first computer…

A fascinating cultural history and expose of uncomfortable women's shoes. This square, little book is way more…