Historical

Historical

805 items

IDW Publishing

Earthdivers #7 Cover A (Alb...

$3.99

Guest artist Riccardo Burchielli (DMZ) joins Earthdivers, for a side mission to the Ice Age in the first of a four-issue mini-arc exploring America’s pre-Columbian past! When Martin and Tawny’s children disappeared, the couple barreled into the desert to track them down at any cost. Instead, they...

OTHER PUBLISHERS

Die Even More Valiantly Gra...

$15.99

An action-packed and supernatural historical drama about a samurai-turned-rebel and a mysterious young woman--from the creator of the hit manga and anime Gunslinger Girl! The Edo period has ended, and former samurai Haruyasu is adrift in a strange new world. Not even the promise of rebellion can...

Harper

Stone Blind

$30.00

"Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories."--Telegraph (UK) The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woma...

Insight Editions

The Magnificent Book of Ext...

$18.99

The Magnificent Book of Extinct Animals explores some of the most captivating creatures to have once shared our planet. From the giant moa and the dodo to the black rhino and the Pinta Island tortoise, the animals in The Magnificent Book of Extinct Animals book have all disappeared due the action...

KOKILA

A is for Aretha

$9.99

An exciting ABC board book featuring Black women musicians whose artistry and activism globally changed the way we hear and interact with music, one song at a time. Spotlighting 26 Black women in music, A is for Aretha is a celebration of the contributions they made not only within their industry...

Triangle Square

Little Black Lives Matter B...

$13.95

An inspiring, life-affirming debut activist board book in rhyming couplets and triplets about Black heroes for little ones, their families, and anyone who loves A is for Activist and Antiracist Baby.   Little Black Lives Matter empowers all children, but Black children especially, by affirming th...

HarperCollins

To Boldly Go How Nichelle N...

$18.99

As Lieutenant Uhura on the iconic prime-time television show Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols played the first Black female astronaut anyone had ever seen on-screen. A smart, strong, independent Black woman aboard the starship Enterprise was revolutionary in the 1960s when only white men had traveled ...

TUNDRA BOOKS

Who Owns The Clouds Graphic...

$19.99

Even though Mila is no longer a child, she is overcome by memories - memories of a childhood halfway between reality and dreaming, and not knowing which is which. In her dreams, Mila and her family leave their bombed village to stand in line for weeks on end, suitcases in hand, hoping to move on ...

IDW Publishing

Earthdivers #4 Cover B Llov...

$3.99

After his mesmerizing prediction comes to pass, Tad is embraced as a holy messenger and invited into Christopher Columbus' inner circle to help guide the expedition to the "New World." There should be no better time to strike than in such close quarters with the enemy, but Tad struggles to act as...

Johns Hopkins University Press

The Black Butterfly: The Ha...

$19.95

The best-selling look at how American cities can promote racial equity, end redlining, and reverse the damaging health- and wealth-related effects of segregation. Winner of the IPPY Book Award Current Events II by the Independent Publisher The world gasped in April 2015 as Baltimore erupted and ...

IDW Publishing

Earthdivers #3 Cover A Albu...

$3.99

The Indigenous chrononauts' plot to sabotage the mission to the so-called New World takes a strange turn. Reeling from disaster, the Ni a's crew places Tad under lock and key and Columbus develops a disturbing personal interest in his would-be assassin. As the admiral lets down his guard to decid...

DK PUBLISHING CO

Banned Books: The World's M...

$17.99

Immerse yourself in the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published!Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is deemed “acceptable” in published works have shifted over the centuries, and from culture to cul...

First Second Books

Pinball Graphic History Of ...

$24.99

For fans of Brian "Box" Brown's Tetris and the cult-hit documentary King of Kong, Jon Chad illustrates the little-known story of pinball-how it works and why it all matters in an age of special effects and on-screen gaming. In 1976, champion player Roger Sharpe stepped up to a pinball machine in ...

Harper

Rise: A Pop History of Asia...

$28.99

"Hip, entertaining...imaginative."—Kirkus, starred review * "Essential." —Min Jin Lee * "A Herculean effort."—Lisa Ling * "A must-read."—Ijeoma Oluo * "Get two copies."—Shea Serrano * "A book we've needed for ages." —Celeste Ng * "Accessible, informative, and fun." —Cathy Park Hong * "This book ...

DC Comics

Dark Knights Of Steel #2 (O...

$3.99

The epic high-fantasy DC Universe adventure continues as a shocking assassination has the kingdoms on the brink of world war! From worldwide bestselling writer Tom Taylor (DCeased, Superman: Son of Kal-El) and acclaimed artist Yasmine Putri comes a generational high-fantasy tale of good and evil ...