Simple History

The elite world of the Ivy Leagues is often seen as the producers of our world's greatest leaders, execs, and …

Women’s History For Beginners offers a lively, revealing, and provocative overview of this important (and …

A companion to the equally awesome and wonderfully illustrated "Women in Science," this book highlights …

Now in paperback, this is the new, illustrated, and updated single-volume young adult edition of Howard Zinn's …

Conquerors of the largest land empire of all time, five times the size of Alexander The Great’s, Genghis …

Iran has been at the center of the action for over 2500 years. J. Gerlach's recent history of the country covers a …

Rather than condemning the planning and development of the Interstate Highway System, J. Gerlach’s Simple History …

Included in this seven-zine, 336-page, sleeve-bound boxset is Simple History author J. Gerlach's Nez Perce …

While past histories depict Christopher Columbus as either god-sent angel or bloodthirsty demon, Simple History …

In the latest installment of the Simple History zine series, author J. Gerlach takes a look at the Cold War. An era of …

In this edition of J. Gerlach's Simple History series Crusades zine we look at the period between 1095 …

The story of the Congo is  the story of imperialism, foreign governments drawing boundaries and associating …

Hawaii tells the story of an uncharted melting pot of cultures, homogenized and “conquered” by the United …

A good hard look at the Nez Perce, also known as the Nimiipuu (or "the real people."). Over the course of 48 …