Historical

Historical

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Plume

Stonewall: The Definitive S...

$18.00

The definitive account of the Stonewall Riots, the first gay rights march, and the LGBTQ activists at the center of the movement. “Martin Duberman is a national treasure.”—Masha Gessen, The New YorkerOn June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, was raided by pol...

Penguin Classics

The Stonewall Reader

$18.00

For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White.Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, presented by The Publishing TriangleTor...

Metropolitan Books

Paying the Land

$29.99

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, POP MATTERS, COMICS BEAT, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFrom the “heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman” (Economist), a masterful work of comics journalism about indigenous North America, resource extractio...

IDW PUBLISHING

Invisible Men Trailblazing ...

$34.99

Read about the riveting stories of Black artists who drew, mostly behind the scenes, superhero, horror, and romance comics in the early years of the industry. The life stories of each man's personal struggles and triumphs are represented as they broke through into a world formerly occupied only ...

DC COMICS

Exit Stage Left The Snaggle...

$16.99

It's 1953. While the United States is locked in a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union, the gay Southern playwright known as Snagglepuss is the toast of Broadway. But success has made him a target. As he plans for his next hit play, Snagglepuss becomes the focus of the House Committee on Un-Am...

IMAGE COMICS

Jim Lives Mystery Of The Le...

$16.99

Amid the intense colors of a foreign land, JIM LIVES is the story of a man searching for his son - a correspondent for a popular American newspaper - who vanished into thin air after sending one last, enigmatic message: 'Jim Morrison isn't dead. He's hiding out in Italy. I saw him with my own eye...

Algonquin Books

Libertie

$26.95

Named One of the Most-Anticipated Books of 2021 by: O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, The Millions, Refinery29, Publishers Lunch, BuzzFeed, The Rumpus, BookPage, Harper's Bazaar, Ms., Goodreads, and more   "An elegantly layered, beautifully rendered tour de fo...

Tordotcom

The Chosen and the Beautiful

$26.99

An Indie Next Pick!   A Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for Oprah Magazine USA Today Buzzfeed Greatist BookPage PopSugar Bustle The Nerd Daily Goodreads Literary Hub Ms. Magazine Library Journal Culturess Book Riot Parade Magazine Kirkus The Week   A Best of Summer Pick for Book Riot Milwaukee Jou...

Little Bee Books

Two Grooms on a Cake: The S...

$17.99

"Sanders tells the tale in easy-to-understand language, sweet as the frosting on the cake. . . . As beautiful as it is informative about this little-known battle in the fight for equality." -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW"Their heartwarming story-accessible to young readers-demonstrates that the ...

AMULET BOOKS

Tell No Tales Pirates Of So...

$12.99

A swashbuckling adventure inspired by the historical exploits of real-life female pirates. Anne Bonny had it all - her own ship, a pirate crew, and a fearsome reputation - but a new enemy has her on the run and it'll take all of Anne's courage to stay afloat. The night before a major heist, Anne ...

SQUARE ENIX MANGA

Apothecary Diaries Graphic ...

$10.99

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a 'curse' afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the...

SQUARE ENIX MANGA

Apothecary Diaries Graphic ...

$10.99

After breaking a 'curse' on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated period mystery series! Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is ...

TOON BOOKS

Black Heroes Of Wild West (...

$9.99

True stories from the Wild West, but not like you've seen in the movies! This graphic novel by James Otis Smith celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black heroes who took control of their destinies and stood up for their communities in the Old West. Born into slavery in Tennessee, Mar...

NEW YORK REVIEW COMICS

Its Life As I See It Black ...

$24.95

Between the 1940s and 1980s, Chicago's Black press, The Chicago Defender to the Negro Digest to self-published pamphlets, were home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white-owned newspapers, Black cartoonists found space to address the joys, the horrors, and the ...

IRON CIRCUS COMICS

Patience & Esther Graphic N...

$20.00

Sensual, sweet, and beautifully illustrated, Patience & Esther is a steamy period romance and an inspirational erotic journey across the epic sweep of history, from the end of a gilded age to the start of an uncharted future.