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WINNER 2025 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work Best Art Books of 2024, Hyperallergic "She put in her work, but there's so much left to do." Begun in the Antebellum era, the song of suffrage was a rallying cry across the nation that would persist over a century. Capturing the spirit of this refrain, New Yorker contributing cartoonist Caitlin Cass pens a sweeping history of women's suffrage in the U.S. -- a kaleidoscopic story akin to a triumphant...

¿Quién se rinde?, es parte de uno de los eslóganes mas cantados en Bolivia en los días de la primavera boliviana, una de las partes mas importantes de la narración. El núcleo del relato son los catorce años del gobierno autoritario de Evo Morales. El libro está dividido en 7 capítulos: El primer capítulo es un resumen de la historia de Bolivia, desde su fundación hasta el inicio del gobierno de Evo Morales. Los tres periodos de mandato...

A personal account by a war historian and adoptee who discovers his biological father was a famous Marine combat photographer in Vietnam. Robert K. Brigham has had a substantial career as a historian of the Vietnam War, with a hand in nine books, a documentary, public history projects, and more. While many a historian has felt compelled at some point to write about a subject close to them personally, Brigham did not think he was doing that. But,...

The following is the audio track for the 1945 propaganda film released by the US Army Air Forces discussing the development of Boeing B-29 bomber, an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. The B-29 was designed for high-altitude strategic bombing, but also excelled in low-altitude night incendiary bombing and in dropping naval mines to...

The Mi'kmaq peoples are Indigenous to the Northeastern Woodlands of North America and include tribal nations in both Canada and the United States. Their language, culture, and history still guide them today. In this introduction, readers will learn about who the Mi'kmaw are, their lives today in both Canada and the United States, their ancestral lands, and the traditions they carry forward. Written by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather...

The Apache peoples are Indigenous to the Southwest United States. Their language, culture, and history still guide them today. In this introduction, readers will learn about who the Apache are, their lives today, their ancestral lands, and the traditions they carry forward. Written by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather Bruegl, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and first-line descendent Stockbridge-Munsee, this series provides a simple and...

It is 1989, and in a small Baltic city in East Germany, the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, three young people from vastly different backgrounds become friends. Armando is a factory worker from Mozambique, Lolita is a medical student from India, and Theo is an East Berliner who dreams of being a writer. When Armando and Lolita make a grisly discovery, they find themselves caught up in the politics of Theo's homeland more than ever before. While a...

Sur un ton énergique, ironique et engagé, l'une des plus grandes voix féminines de la Révolution française, Olympe de Gouges, rédige le premier document à évoquer l'égalité juridique et légale des femmes avec celle des hommes. "Femme, réveille-toi ; le tocsin de la raison se fait entendre dans tout l'univers ; reconnais tes droits. Le puissant empire de la nature n'est plus environné de préjugés, de fanatisme, de superstition et de...

"Il 29 febbraio saranno trent'anni. Ti aspettiamo." Non ha bisogno di altri dettagli, Carlo, una vita da inviato speciale in zone di guerra, per capire a cosa si riferisca il messaggio appena ricevuto. Gli anniversari tondi segnano un punto, favoriscono ricordi, chiamano bilanci. Ma soprattutto costringono a vedere chi eravamo, e chi siamo diventati proprio perché abbiamo vissuto certe cose. Per Carlo, i 1425 giorni dell'assedio a Sarajevo, culmine...

Son pocos los hombres públicos que pueden sostener sus dichos con sus hechos. Ernesto Che Guevara, sin dudas, es uno de ellos. Amado y odiado tal vez por igual, se puede coincidir o disentir coin él, pero es imposible ignorarlo. Presentamos aquí una síntesis de grageas de su pensamiento, con algunas máximas memorables y otras desconocidas.