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Explore ancient methods of divination and fortune telling from around the globe. This book chronicles divination methods…

Originally published as two separate volumes (in 1888 and 1892 respectfully) this revised edition combines the original…

Originally published in 2003, Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot has proved to be the essential guide to…

"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 comprehensive book charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often controversial…

In the wake of the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, a student group called the Afro-American Organization at…

The full moon has mesmorized every culture and nation since the conception of time. In this bewitching photography…

In this unusual and macabre history, author Paul Gambino takes the reader through the ages to try to gain a better…

Black women have conquered sports, innovated the arts, and even been to space! And whether you're familiar with the…

Since its publication by Sierra Club Books in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of…

For as long as ships have plied the sea, cats have teamed up with humans. Ships' cats have provided valuable…

Sorry werewolves and mummies. We all know the sexiest monster is the vampire. But what makes them that way?  Vampires…

Poisons are everywhere - in the environment, the office, at home. They have been used to cure and kill. In this book, a…

This book explains in simple chapters and cartoons how the CIA: Hired very high ranking Nazi war criminals, shields them…

Inspiring, informative, and diverse, this book is a rare look at the intersection of art and anarchism. It touches on a…

In Pump, Vertebrate zoologist Bill Schutt gets to the heart of one fascinating organ. From one of his favorites — bats…

In this dark and comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down…

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

“When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win,” says…

This small book of postcards includes 26 portraits of women initially written about in "Rad American Women A-Z." So if…

Drawn from clandestine dinners with Parisian scholars, the wisdom of the Kabbalah, and more, this handbook is the…

Major Taylor was an African American cyclist who won the World One Mile Track Cycling Championship in 1899. He set…

"Yes I was a slave and I'll say this to the whole world: Slavery was the worst curse ever visited on the people of the…

Reading this book is like getting swept up in the mental zone that you only find on a long walk. Poetical connections…

As the only girl and the only Native America to journey with Lewis and Clark and co. through the wild and unfamiliar…

Follow the histories of 38 Queer icons from all fields and walks of life. Let yourself be fueled, empowered, inspired…

James David Morgan, co-founder of the Groundswell Design Collective, put together this ode to the infamous New York City…

An account of five years of immersion in modern Paganism. Alex Mar, a journalist on a personal spiritual mission,…

A legendary book, bestseller in 1926, and hovering at the edge of our memory since; the favorite book of William…