Category - History
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OOPS!: The Worst Blunders of All Time
HardcoverOriginal price $26.99Original price $26.99 - Original price $26.99Original price $26.99Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Travel through history and around the world to learn about the greatest mistakes, blunders, and bloopers of all time! Everyone makes mistakes and...
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Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /This is a book about TRUTH—and all the ways we try to avoid it—from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up....
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Jews Don't Count
PaperbackOriginal price $10.99 - Original price $10.99Original price $10.99$12.99$12.99 - $12.99Current price $12.99| /North American Edition of the UK Bestseller How identity politics failed one particular identity. 'a must read and if you think YOU don't need to r...
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In Defense of the Eighties
PaperbackOriginal price $7.99 - Original price $7.99Original price $7.99$10.99$10.99 - $10.99Current price $10.99| /Growing up in the eighties meant you might have participated in confusing fashion trends, mixed your own music, and generally lived in a more caref...
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Knock, Knock: In Pursuit of a Grand Unified Theory of Humour
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /The first mainstream history of humour. Hilarious and well-researched, this book from household name William Hartston, a presenter, author and jour...
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Strange USA: Historical Oddities, Roadside Rarities, Unique Eats, and Amazing Americans
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Strangeness abounds in every corner of the United States--read all about it in this entertaining compendium of real-life stories! Americans may thi...
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Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Now a #1 New York Times Bestseller! A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander- Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a...
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From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium
HardcoverOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /This illustrated compendium celebrates LGBTQIA+ history and culture, written by and according to culture icon Justin Elizabeth Sayre! Based on Sayr...
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The Midwest Survival Guide: How We Talk, Love, Work, Drink, and Eat . . . Everything with Ranch
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /New York Times BestsellerA hilarious full-color guide to Midwestern culture, from comedian and journalist Charlie Berens, creator of the viral come...
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencin...
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No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of a League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood
HardcoverOriginal price $29.00Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00Original price $29.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own--one of the most beloved baseball movies of all time--developed from an unherald...
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The People You Meet in Hell: A Troubling Almanac of the Very Worst Humans in History
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /True crime monsters, historic jerks, and Earth's lowest of the low get their due There's no rest for the wicked! Darkly hilarious and deeply satisf...
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Comics and Cognition: Toward a Multimodal Cognitive Poetics
HardcoverOriginal price $99.00 - Original price $99.00Original price $99.00$117.99$117.99 - $117.99Current price $117.99| /Comics and Cognition develops an analytical approach to multimodal communication in comics through insights from embodied cognitive science, especi...
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Alexandra Petri's Us History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /“Satire at the highest level.… [A] godsend of a book.” —Amy Fusselman, Washington Post A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra...
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The Rest Is History: From Ancient Rome to Ronald Reagan--History's Most Curious Questions, Answered
HardcoverOriginal price $32.50Original price $32.50 - Original price $32.50Original price $32.50Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /This entertaining companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of th...
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencin...
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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
HardcoverOriginal price $32.50Original price $32.50 - Original price $32.50Original price $32.50Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A rollicking history of England's kings and queens from Arthur to Elizabeth I, a tale of power, glory, and exc...
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Awesome Sh*t My Drill Sergeant Said: Wit and Wisdom from America's Finest
HardcoverOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The official tie-in book to the wildly popular Facebook page, featuring brand-new crazy, off-the-wall, outrageously funny, and downright "awesome" ...
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How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catast
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /A detailed guide to surviving history's most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive History is the most ...
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Alexandra Petri's Us History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
HardcoverOriginal price $27.95Original price $27.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $27.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn't learn from history have been forced to repeat ...
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Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses
HardcoverOriginal price $29.00Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00Original price $29.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Publishers Weekly Best Summer Reads Overturn everything you knew about history's greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns...
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Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel
PaperbackOriginal price $21.95Original price $21.95 - Original price $21.95Original price $21.95Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /“A fascinating collection” of wartime cartoons from the beloved children’s author and illustrator (The New York Times Book Review). For decades...
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Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /The star of Parks and Recreation, co-host of Making It, and author of the New York Times bestseller Paddle Your Own Canoe returns with a second b...
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Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
HardcoverOriginal price $25.00Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /What won’t we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine ...
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