1603-1714 Christopher Hill 1961 368p 5 x 8 During this period modern English society and a modern state began to take shape, and England’s position in the world was transformed. Marxist historian Hill tries to delve below the familiar events to grasp what happened to ordinary english commoners as well as to kings and queens … Continue reading The Century of Revolution →

Stan Tekiela   2006   264p   4.5 x 6 Over 100 of missouri’s most common trees can be found in this field guide. Each tree has its own full color photo and comprehensive, accessible information about each tree’s leaves or needles, bark, mature size, fall color, a state-specific range map and more. $4-10 Other … Continue reading Trees of Missouri →

Post-Political Politics Christian Marazzi & Sylvère Lotringer     2007     340p     7 x 10 ‘Most of the writers who contributed to the issue were locked up at the time in Italian jails…. I was trying to draw the attention of the American Left, which still believed in Eurocommunism, to the fate … Continue reading Autonomia →

The Birth of the Prison Michel Foucault 1975 333p 5 x 8 Foucault suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner’s body to his soul. The four main parts include: torture, punishment, discipline and prison. $4-12 … Continue reading Discipline and Punish →

DK   2013   128p   4 x 7.5 From mighty redwoods and stately pines, to beautiful cherry blossoms and dependable oaks, this beginner’s guide helps identify commonly found trees in North America. $3-10 Other works involving field guides, trees, plants, the wild, nature

Western U.S./ Canada Peterson Field Guides   1999   560p   4.5 x 7 A massive guide with 590 species, illustrated in lifelike positions on beautiful new color plates. With descriptions of all the butterflies that occur west of the 100th meridian in the United States and Canada, this guide has accurate information on ranges, habitats, … Continue reading Butterflies →

Rebels on the Plantation J.H. Franklin & L. Schweninger     1999     480p     6 x 9 From John Hope Franklin, America’s foremost African American historian, comes this groundbreaking analysis of slave resistance and escape. A sweeping panorama of plantation life before the Civil War, this book reveals that slaves frequently rebelled … Continue reading Runaway Slaves →

The Dance of Death Luther Blissett     1999     768p     6 x 9 1517 Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, and a dance of death begins between a radical Anabaptist with many names and a loyal papal spy, known mysteriously as ‘Q.’ In this brilliantly … Continue reading Q →

Five Centuries of the Pillage of the Continent Eduardo Galeano     1971     317p     6 x 9 Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and … Continue reading Open Veins of Latin America →

General Considerations and Firsthand Testimony Concerning Some Brief flowerings of Life in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and, Incidentally, Our Own Time Raoul Vaneigem     1986     302p     6 x 9 A historical reflection on the ways religious and economic forces have shaped Western culture. Within this broad frame, Vaneigem examines … Continue reading The Movement of the Free Spirit →