History

In this third installment in the Daybreak series, author Steve Wiegenstein takes the reader back to the eponymous 19th…

Whether it's nature or nurture, it seems like crime all too often runs in the family. Evil Families: A History of Bad…

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

In this volume, Jasper Ridley offers a historical account of the rise of Freemasonry in medieval craftsman guilds and…

Everything form the Big Bang to the present day brought together in one book. This volume tells the history of the…

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

This book was published to accompany a touring show of Stephen Jones's iconic hats. Having collaborated with legendary…

Cuban leftists famously reshaped the institutions of health, education, immigration, the environment, and…

In this volume, New York Times Bestselling biographer, Brian J Robb, explores the histories of the most prominent…

This volume reassembles the life and accomplishments of "Red" Emma Goldman through gathering some of her most notable…

The breadth of human history in The Little Book of Big History, not just the last 2000 years and not just in Europe, is…

Ever since we started recording history in ancient Sumeria, humans have consulted wise ones to advise on important…

Cycling is so very popular and grows more so every year. 100 million bikes have are made every year (compared to 50…

This essential collection of queer contributions to history and culture is as funny as it is comprehensive. Told through…

This traditional deck of Italian fortune telling cards uses imagery from centuries past to give these cards a timeless…

In the summer of 1854, London was just emerging as one of the world's first recognized modern cities. Despite this…

Authored by the crew at ESPN's The Undefeated, Fierce 44 is a collective biography of black American icons. Running the…

In Los Angeles, 1992, Ashley Bennet and her friends are living the charmed life when everything changes one afternoon in…

When a plane crashes, safety investigators are called into action to figure out what happened, why it happened, and how…

Dive back into the history of divination and prophecy with this volume on famous seers and prophets going back thousands…

In this timely and insightful work of political analysis, author Olúfémi O. Táiwò breaks down the ways in which…

In this graphic accounting of Vladimir Putin's life, author and former national advisor on Russia Andrew S. Weiss and…

No one's worth can be measured by how productive they are in our capitalist society. But in our 'grind culture' we are…

The author Helen Jukes's story begins when she is given a colony of honeybees - a gift that, according to folklore,…

The Undercover Economist provides readers with a fresh look at principles that structure our contemporary economy.…

In this short history, Karen Armstrong details the complexity of the world's fastest growing faith. Islam: A Short…

In this volume, readers will be walked through some of the worlds greatest and most impressive heists, exploring the…

This book offers a chronological account of young activists during the 1960s. Behind the change and social upheaval of…

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