Political

A collection of humorous essays from the DC punk scene fixture Ian Svenonius, Censorship Now!! offers an entertaining…

Presidents of The United States are some of the most quoted people in the world - and not always for the better. This is…

To limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular…

In this incredible comprehensive account of the Black Panther movement, get first-hand accounts from people at ground…

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

The internet, although a wonderful thing, like anything else, has a darker side. Take a look into the angry and hostile…

A finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards Resistance: The LGBT Fight Against Fascism in WWII is filled with the brave…

Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? In the latest collection of essays by Rebecca Solnit, Whose Story Is This?…

Each chapter of Beyond Survival is written by a different expert, and each chronicle how transformative justice…

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

Being raised by Deaf parents gave Lennard Davis a close-up look at the discrimination faced by folks with disabilities…

What can we learn about activism from sex? Surprisingly quite a bit. Using feminist (and specifically black feminist)…

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

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

In This City is Killing Me, social worker and therapist Jonathan Foiles delves into how community trauma in Chicago is…

Michel Foucault’s work was described at his death as ‘the most important event of thought in our century’. As a…

Reaching the early 1900s, almost two million children were employed in the United States—sorting coal in Pennsylvania,…

An immigrant who has found himself homeless and struggling, Jose Antonio Vargas says that "this is not a book about the…

The  history of over 150 years of conflict over the redwood forests of northern California. Logging has eroded these…

In this hilarious cultural and societal critique, discover and unpack the sad complicated mess we've made…

Historian Mary Beard draws on her profound understanding of Greek and Roman classics as well as her forays into…

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

"We need to carry the fire together, not be consumed by it." The Institute for Anarchist Studies turns up the heat in…

In 1964 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for treason. In 1994 he was a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the…