School's Out!
Many places are currently struggling with the decision to keep schools closed right now. While we can't provide everything you need to suddenly start learning from home or on your own, we've got plenty of books to learn from. This list is a mix of traditional subjects, like history, and more skills-focused learning like how to repair a bike. Most books are aimed for high schoolers and parents.
A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn Author
This is a classic for good reason. The US history book you wish you'd had as a textbook in college, or high school, or…
$22.99
Add to CartA Young People's History of the United States
by Rebecca Stefoff Author and Howard Zinn Author
Now in paperback, this is the new, illustrated, and updated single-volume young adult edition of Howard Zinn's classic…
$19.95
Add to CartLies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong
by James W. Loewen Author with Rebecca Stefoff
Look, let's face it - your teachers lied. To be fair, so did theirs. This book looks to dismantle those lies for young…
$19.99
Add to CartPeople's Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements
by Nicolas Lampert Author
Rediscover the radical potential of art with this antidote to those purply grey old art history textbooks they make…
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How and Why: A Do-It-Yourself Guide
by Matte Resist Author
“I dream of a better world,” writes zinester and How and Why author Matte Resist in the intro to his new book. He…
$14.00 4 comments
View Details Quick ShopMaking Stuff and Doing Things: DIY Guides to Just About Everything
by Kyle Bravo Editor
When you’re young, broke, and in search of a life of adventure, Making Stuff and Doing Things is the most useful book…
$16.95 37 comments
View Details Quick ShopThe Simple History Series
by John Gerlach Author
Included in this seven-zine, 336-page, sleeve-bound boxset is Simple History author J. Gerlach's Nez Perce Indians,…
$19.95 4 comments
Add to CartAll the Sh*t You Should Have Learned: A Digestible Re-Education in Science, Math, Literature, History...and All the Other Important Crap
by Paul Kleinman Author
If you’ve forgotten a thing or two since school, now you can go from knowing jack sh*t to knowing your sh*t in no…
$16.99
View Details Quick ShopFirebrands: Activists You Didn't Learn About in School
by Justseeds Illustrator, Shaun Slifer Editor, Bec Young Editor, Josh MacPhee Contributor and Alec Dunn Contributor
This illustrated history celebrates American changemakers and revolutionaries that are often left out of public…
$15.95 10 comments
View Details Quick Shop$30 Superpack: The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting
by Joe Biel Author, Joseph E. Green Author, Mia Partlow Author, Nate Powell Author, Super Pack! Author and Michael Hoerger Author
Get all the in-print entries in this long-running zine series about always weird, often scary, and sometimes hilarious…
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Chainbreaker Bike Book: An Illustrated Manual of Radical Bicycle Maintenance, Culture, & History
by Ethan Clark Author and Shelley Lynn Jackson Author
An updated and expanded edition of our hand-illustrated and accessible introduction to the world of bike repair! Through…
$17.95 27 comments
View Details Quick ShopHomesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make, And Store Food, No Matter Where You Live
by Robyn Jasko Author and Jennifer Biggs Illustrator
A simple DIY guide to growing, storing, and making your own food, no matter where you live. An ideal companion to…
$9.95 16 comments
View Details Quick ShopFix Your Clothes: The Sustainable Magic of Mending, Patching, and Darning
by Raleigh Briggs Author
Ever had to say goodbye to a favorite item of clothing because of a busted zipper, fallen hem, or gaping hole? Want to…
$6.95 10 comments
View Details Quick ShopIntroducing Capitalism: A Graphic Guide
by Dan Cryan Author, Graphic Guide, A Author, Piero Author and Sharron Shatil Author
The history, philosophy and politics of one of the biggest, most successful but most controversial ideas ever.…
$9.95
Add to CartIntroducing Economics: A Graphic Guide
by Graphic Guide, A Author and David Orrell Author
What is economics exactly? Glad you asked—this great little book explains it in comics format. Cuts through the…
$9.95
View Details Quick ShopFrom Chaos to Creativity: Building a Productivity System for Artists and Writers
by Jessie L. Kwak Author
Art and writing can be the most fulfilling part of our lives. But it's often difficult to make space for it in our…
$14.95 3 comments
View Details Quick ShopEducating for Insurgency: The Roles of Young People in Schools of Poverty
by Jay Gillen Author
A manifesto for today’s broken schools.Desegregation has failed. The schools filled with black and brown students have…
$15.95
Add to CartKatrina's Sandcastles: New Hope From The Ruins of New Orleans Schools
by Kaycee Eckhardt Author
“The first thing I need you to know is that becoming a teacher was the most important thing that ever happened to…
$14.95 4 comments
View Details Quick Shop1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann Author
Contrary to what Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine…
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
by Betty Edwards Author
I love this book -- I discovered it at age 10 or 11, and after half-assedly doing a few of the exercises I turned in a…
$34.00
Add to CartThe Good Life Lab: Radical Experiments in Hands-On Living
by Wendy Jehanara Tremayne Author
If all the world's a stage, then maybe all of life is just an experiment. The Good Life Lab is the story of a couple…
$18.95
View Details Quick ShopBest of Enemies: A History of U.S. and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953
by David B Illustrator and Jean-Pierre Filiu Author
Ever since U.S. Americans coined the term "The Middle East" to describe the regions surrounding the Meditteranean basin…
$24.95
Add to CartNot Your Mother's Meatloaf: A Sex Education Comic Book
by Liza Bley Author and Saiya Miller Author
Teens and adults alike will appreciate and learn a ton from this amazing sex ed comic book, Not Your Mother's Meatloaf.…
$16.95
Add to CartTeenage Rebels: Stories of Successful High School Activists From the Little Rock 9 to the Class of Tomorrow
by Dawson Barrett Author
Teenage Rebels provides a glimpse into the laws, policies, and political struggles that have shaped the lives of…
$11.95 6 comments
View Details Quick ShopMake It Last: Sustainably and Affordably Preserving What We Love
by Raleigh Briggs Author
Make It Last: Sustainably and Affordably Preserving What We Love is an illustrated guide to clothes and food and home.…
$14.99 4 comments
View Details Quick ShopThe Global Economy as You've Never Seen It: 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together
by with Adrian Garcia-Landa, Thomas Ramge Author and Jan Schwochow Author
A huge book to help you visualize and understand a huge topic. These gorgeous, detailed infographics get right tothe…
$35.00
View Details Quick ShopOMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work
by Ben Sheehan Author
The entire United States Constitution plus its amendments and Declaration of Independence are printed here, with…
$25.00
Add to CartColor the Pacific Northwest
by Zoe Keller Author
A rad coloring book that's primarily focused on the natural history, plants, and wildlife of Oregon, Washington, and…
$12.99
Add to CartOpen Your Heart blank book
by Kelli Refer Author
Kelli Refer designed these blank journals as a companion to her book Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling. The…
$4.00
Add to CartBig Ideas in Brief: 200 World-Changing Concepts Explained in an Instant
by Ian Crofton Author and In Minutes Series Editor
Want a classical education, in brief? Or just to know what authors and experts are talking about or what assumptions…
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Sprouts: Live Well with Living Foods
by Ian Giesbrecht Author
Got a grumbly gut? A healthy distrust for modern large-scale agriculture? Or just want to have nourishing food on hand,…
$9.95 2 comments
View Details Quick ShopCivil Rights for Beginners
by Paul Von Blum Author, For Beginners Series Editor and Frank Reynoso Author
In this illustrated introduction, Paul Von Blum chronicles the Civil Rights movement in America, beginning with the…
$15.95
Add to CartWomen's History for Beginners
by Bonnie J. Morris, Ph.D Author, Phill Evans Author and For Beginners Author
Who are the great women of history, and why don’t we know more about them? Women’s History For Beginners offers a…
$16.99
Add to CartChicano Movement for Beginners
by For Beginners Author and Maceo Montoya Author
As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of…
$15.95
Add to CartFight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World
by Laura Barcella Author
These short profiles of important figures in feminist activism from around the globe are designed to give a…
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Hew, Screw, and Glue: How Stuff Is Made
by James Innes-Smith Author
Did you know that the sap from the Hevea brasiliensis species of tree is transformed into condoms? That lipstick was…
$12.95
View Details Quick ShopMarch (Trilogy Slipcase Set)
by Andrew Aydin Author, John Lewis Author and Nate Powell Author
Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman…
$49.99
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