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Scandalous! 50 Shocking Events You Should Know About (So You Can Impress Your...
by Hallie Fryd This book includes 50 juicy pop culture, political, and entertainment-related scandals from the 20th century. Each item has a photo, a synopsis of what happened, reasons why it went...
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Members Only: Secret Societies, Sects, and Cults Exposed!
by Julie Tibbott Clubs aren’t just for kids anymore. Since the earliest days of human culture, people have banded together to pass on traditions, climb up the social ladder, and sometimes just avoid...
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The Next Big Thing: A History of the Boom-or-Bust Moments That Shaped the...
by Richard Faulk We’re always hearing about the Next Big Thing—and that’s nothing new either. From the New World to the new iPhone, such innovations and discoveries always loom large in the public...
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Historical Heartthrobs: 50 Timeless Crushes—from Cleopatra to Camus
by Kelly Murphy with Hallie Fryd This book compiles photos and life stories of 50 of the sexiest men and women from history and asks the essential question: Would you really want to date them? Some are...
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Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis
by Alexis Coe, illustrated by Sally Klann In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn’t her crime that shocked the nation—it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell...
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Debunk It!
by John Grant We live in an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures like broadcasters, politicians, and religious leaders. (The various pundits on blogs and websites don’t help...
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Debunk It! How to Stay Sane in a World of Misinformation
by John Grant We live in an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures like broadcasters, politicians, and religious leaders. (The various pundits on blogs and websites don’t help...
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Rockin’ the Boat: 50 Iconic Revolutionaries from Joan of Arc to Malcolm X
by Jeff Fleischer We love to root for the underdog, and when it comes to underdogs, few are more impressive than the world’s great revolutionaries. After all, it’s pretty hard to find a more powerful...
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The Weird World of Words: A Guided Tour
by Mitchell Symons Did you know that ‘Almost’ is the longest word in the English language with all of its letters in alphabetical order ? Or that ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word you can type solely...
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Martyrdom: The Coloring Book
by Hallie Fryd, illustrated by Julia Gfrörer The lives of the saints are filled with inspiring, life-changing moments—but the deaths of the martyrs are where you’ll find the real “Oh, hell no!” moments...
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Whoppers
History’s Most Outrageous Lies and Liars by Christine Seifert History of full of liars. Not just little-white-telling liars, but big-honkin’, whopper-telling liars—people who can convince us that even...
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Worlds Apart
A History of American Utopias by Abby McGanney Nolan Spanning American history from the seventeenth century to the present, Worlds Apart looks at the fascinating stories behind twenty communities that...
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Fight Like a Girl
50 Feminists Who Changed the World by Laura Barcella Nearly every day there’s another news story or pop cultural anecdote related to feminism and women’s rights. #YesAllWomen, conversations around...
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Votes of Confidence
A Young Person’s Guide to American Elections by Jeff Fleischer Every four years, coverage of the presidential election turns more into a horse-race story about who’s leading the polls and who said what...
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Last of the Giants
The Rise and Fall of Earth’s Most Dominant Species by Jeff Campbell, illustrated by Adam Grano Today, an ancient world is vanishing right before our eyes: the age of giant animals. Over 40,000 years...
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Eureka!
50 Scientists Who Shaped Human History by John Grant Galileo, Einstein, Curie, Darwin, Hawking — we know the names, but how much do we really know about these people? Galileo gained notoriety from...
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March of the Suffragettes
Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the Fight for Voting Rights by Zachary Michael Jack March of the Suffragettes details the inspiring and little-known story of “General” Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the...
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Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge
The Dirty Secrets Behind Early American Medicine by J. Marin Younker Riots over the medical use of cadavers. Public access to institutions for the insane. And full-blown surgeries without the aid of...
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Death
An Oral History by Casey Jarman Death is an inevitable reality that we must all face at some point. It can be difficult and perhaps painful to consider, but just as life can give great meaning to a...
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Factory Girls
A Kaleidoscopic Account of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire by Christine Seifert The twentieth century ushered in a strange new world filled with a dazzling array of consumer goods. For the first...
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