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Showing posts with label social history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social history. Show all posts
Friday, August 28, 2026

A RESISTANCE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, from Bookshop.org's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Non-Fiction list all summer long

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A RESISTANCE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TAD STOERMER Steerforth Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $15.99 ebook, available no...
Sunday, July 19, 2026

FORTRESS OF THE FORGOTTEN ONES, don't delay learning about them

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FORTRESS OF THE FORGOTTEN ONES FAHMIDA RIAZ (tr. Sana R. Chaudhry) Open Letter Books ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $15.95 paper...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

THE MESSI EFFECT: How the Global Legend Changed the Future of American Soccer, The Athletic journalist provides the archival data basis for future fans

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THE MESSI EFFECT: How the Global Legend Changed the Future of American Soccer PAUL TENORIO St. Martin's Press ( non-affiliate Book...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

BOOMTOWN: The True Story of the Wickedest Town in Texas, latest social-history story from Pappalardo's searching eye

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BOOMTOWN: The True Story of the Wickedest Town in Texas JOE PAPPALARDO St. Martin's Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $15....
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

PICKY: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History, Dr. Spock has a LOT to answer for

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PICKY: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History HELEN ZOE VEIT St. Martin's Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

COMICS AND STUFF, subtle work about an unsubtle medium and its message

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COMICS AND STUFF HENRY JENKINS NYU Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $34.00 ebook, available now Rating: 4.5* of five The ...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton, a fine book about an amazing woman

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AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton MARTHA ACKMANN St. Martin's Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org lin...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

ERIC HUANG'S PAGE: PRESIDENTS; TRAILBLAZERS; SCIENCE, all art by Sam Caldwell

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SCIENCE: Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About All Things Science! ERIC HUANG (illus. Sam Caldwell) words & pictures ( non-affili...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

BEYOND THE VEIL: The Victorian Obsession With Death and Mourning, lovely to look at, if weird and morbid

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BEYOND THE VEIL: The Victorian Obsession With Death and Mourning PAUL GAMBINO Frances Lincoln Ltd ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) ...

DARK LONDON: A Journey Through the City's Mysterious and Macabre Underworld, for the ghoulish giftee closest to your heart

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DARK LONDON: A Journey Through the City's Mysterious and Macabre Underworld DR. DREW GRAY Frances Lincoln Ltd ( non-affiliate Book...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

THE PRICE FOR THEIR POUND OF FLESH: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation, capitalism has a lot to answer for

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THE PRICE FOR THEIR POUND OF FLESH: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation DAINA RAMEY BERRY Beacon ...
Thursday, November 6, 2025

HATE: The Uses of a Powerful Emotion, does what it says

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HATE: The Uses of a Powerful Emotion ŞEYDA KURT Verso Books ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $9.99 ebook, available now Rating: 3...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

THE REBEL ROMANOV: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had, not *quite* as advertised but enjoyable

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THE REBEL ROMANOV: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had HELEN RAPPAPORT St. Martin's Press ( non-affiliate Amazon li...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom, opening a conversation Society needs to have

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THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom NANCY REDDY St. Martin's Press ( non-affiliate Amazon li...