HISTORY
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Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America
$18.99On that July evening in 1946, the leader counted aloud and the mob of white men fired. Seconds later, the leader counted again, 'One, two, three,' and the mob fired once more. Learn More -
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F*ck: The History of the World in 65 Unfortunate Incidents
$14.95This snarky little graphic volume is like a "Book of Hours" for pessimists and contrarians everywhere. Everything has a downside, if only you looked at it the right way. Award-winning cartoonist Martin Rowson tells the story of Earth, from start to finish, in sixty-seven savagely witty, splendidly satirical vignettes. Learn More -
Dynamite and Roses: Lucy and Albert Parsons and the Haymarket Bombing
$15.00Workers' militias, bombs, anarchists, unions, the struggle for the eight-hour day culminating in the Haymarket riot set in fire-ravaged Chicago. This is the true story of Lucy and Albert Parsons, the political storm that swirled around them and the men who were hung for practicing free speech too recklessly. Learn More -
Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America
$15.95In the past decade, grassroots social movements played major roles in electing left-leaning governments throughout Latin America, but subsequent relations between the streets and the states remain uneasy. Learn More -
Common Sense (Penguin Civic Classics 2)
$12.00In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Learn More -
Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed
$18.00The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel examines the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations. Learn More -
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
$15.95More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England’s Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Learn More -
Bluff City Underground: A Roman Noir of the Deep South: Mondo Memphis Volume 2
$16.95Erik Morse's vertiginous novella follows West Coast graduate student Everly Loennrot as he lands at the city's luxurious Peabody Hotel for a mysterious research assignment. Learn More -
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
$15.00Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city.
As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen. Their wounded are bleeding to death. Their ammunition and supplies are dwindling.
This is the story of how they got there—and how they fought their way out.
This is the story of war. Learn More
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