History & Politics

This is a selection of some of our absolute favorite books from our History & Politics sections. Whether you're looking for the best of new releases or a tried and true old favorite, we've got something to recommend. Click here to browse our other curated sections.

 

 

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy Cover Image

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy (Paperback)

By Carol Anderson, Dick Durbin (Foreword by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781635571394
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - September 17th, 2019
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Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Cover Image

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement Cover Image

Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement (Paperback)

By Ejeris Dixon (Editor), Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Editor)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781849353625
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Published: AK Press - January 21st, 2020
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero Cover Image

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero (Paperback)

By Timothy Egan
$16.99
ISBN: 9780544944831
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Published: Mariner Books - March 7th, 2017
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Open Media Series) Cover Image

Are Prisons Obsolete? (Open Media Series) (Paperback)

By Angela Y. Davis
$15.95
ISBN: 9781583225813
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Published: Seven Stories Press - August 5th, 2003
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community Cover Image

How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community (Paperback)

By Mia Birdsong
$17.99
ISBN: 9781580058070
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Published: Hachette Go - June 2nd, 2020
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex Cover Image

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (Paperback)

By Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
$23.95
ISBN: 9780822369004
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Published: Duke University Press - February 3rd, 2017
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Cover Image

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Hardcover)

By Erik Larson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780385348713
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Published: Crown - February 25th, 2020
In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action Cover Image

In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action (Hardcover)

By Vicky Osterweil
$28.00
ISBN: 9781645036692
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 25th, 2020
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions Cover Image

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions (Paperback)

By Valeria Luiselli, Jon Lee Anderson (Introduction by)
$13.95
ISBN: 9781566894951
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Published: Coffee House Press - April 4th, 2017
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Cover Image

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)

By Angela Y. Davis, Frank Barat (Editor), Cornel West (Preface by)
$15.95
ISBN: 9781608465644
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Published: Haymarket Books - February 9th, 2016
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle Cover Image

The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle (Paperback)

By Lillian Faderman
$22.00
ISBN: 9781451694123
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Published: Simon & Schuster - September 27th, 2016
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The Odyssey Cover Image

The Odyssey (Paperback)

By Homer, Emily Wilson (Translated by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393356250
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 6th, 2018
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition Cover Image

Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition (Paperback)

By Eric A. Stanley (Editor), Nat Smith (Editor), Cece McDonald (Foreword by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9781849352345
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Published: AK Press - October 27th, 2015
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Females Cover Image

Females (Paperback)

By Andrea Long Chu
$12.95
ISBN: 9781788737371
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Published: Verso - October 29th, 2019
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Cover Image

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017
The Library Book Cover Image

The Library Book (Paperback)

By Susan Orlean
$16.99
ISBN: 9781476740195
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 1st, 2019
My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain Cover Image

My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain (Paperback)

By Aaron Dixon, Judson L. Jeffries (Foreword by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781608461783
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Published: Haymarket Books - October 9th, 2012
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Cover Image

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Paperback)

By Richard Rothstein
$17.95
ISBN: 9781631494536
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Published: Liveright - May 1st, 2018
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #3) Cover Image

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #3) (Paperback)

By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807057834
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Published: Beacon Press - August 11th, 2015
These Truths: A History of the United States Cover Image

These Truths: A History of the United States (Paperback)

By Jill Lepore
$19.95
ISBN: 9780393357424
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 1st, 2019
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town Cover Image

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town (Hardcover)

By Barbara Demick
$28.00
ISBN: 9780812998757
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Published: Random House - July 28th, 2020