Books in Non-Fiction > Politics & Social Sciences

Healthcare at Home: Access, Costs, and Caring Practices in American Families

A practical and policy-oriented guide to how healthcare intersects with family life and finances

by Julia Murphy

$6.99 (ebook), $21.99 (paperback)

Climate at Home: How Weather, Disasters, and Environment Shape American Daily Life

An investigation of climate impacts on housing, migration, livelihoods, and local planning across regions

by Anna Ford

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Rural America Revealed: Small Town Economies, Culture, and Survival Strategies

An intimate study of rural communities, agricultural change, and resilience in 21st-century America

by Bradley Fisher

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Healthcare Inequality: Case Studies of Access, Outcomes, and Reform in American Cities

Comparative examinations of urban health systems, public hospitals, and community clinics addressing disparities

by Anthony Robinson

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

Crossing the Promise: Immigrant Lives and Stories in America

Personal histories, community formation, and policy impacts from Ellis Island to modern arrivals

by Nicholas Martin

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Living While Black: Race, Everyday Life, and Community Building in the United States

Examinations of systemic barriers, cultural resilience, and grassroots solutions across generations

by Laura Burns

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

City Commutes: Transportation, Mobility, and Urban Living in the United States

How transit systems, car culture, and walkable design shape daily life and urban opportunity

by Noah Owens

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Schoolhouse to Silicon: Education Pathways and Everyday Learning in America

K-12, higher education, vocational training, and lifelong learning trends that structure opportunities

by Kenneth Silva

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Faith and Public Life: Religion, Rituals, and Community Service in American Society

Exploring how religious practice influences civic engagement, social networks, and daily rituals

by Eugene Walker

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Invisible Labor: Care Work, Domestic Workers, and the Economy of Caring in the U.S.

Exploring the unpaid and underpaid labor that sustains households and the policy debates around recognition and rights

by Christian Fisher

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Work in the American Rhythm: Jobs, Labor Movements, and Workplace Culture

From craft guilds to gig platforms — the shifting nature of work, labor rights, and daily routines

by Karen Cruz

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Suburban Dreams, Concrete Realities: The Rise and Reality of Suburbia

Planning, housing policy, and everyday life in America's suburbs from postwar booms to modern reinvention

by Noah Edwards

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Aging in Place: Retirement, Caregiving, and Community Supports in American Life

Practical planning and policy analysis for aging individuals and families seeking independence and dignity

by Samuel Soto

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

American Family: Changing Households, Gender Roles, and Parenting Practices

How family structures, gender expectations, and childcare have evolved and what that means for daily routines

by Joshua Cooper

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Everyday Politics: Voting, Civic Participation, and Local Government in the United States

A citizen-focused guide to engaging with elections, town halls, and community decision-making

by Barbara Reyes

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

The Modern American Kitchen: Technology, Time Use, and Domestic Labor

How appliances, meal delivery, and time-saving tech have reshaped cooking, chores, and household economics

by Judy Hawkins

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

Seasons of Work and Play: Holidays, Festivals, and Leisure Culture in the United States

Tracing the roots and modern transformations of national holidays, local festivals, and leisure industries

by Carol Schmidt

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

Native Nations and Daily Life: Indigenous Perspectives on Modern America

An accessible examination of contemporary Native American communities, sovereignty, and cultural continuity

by Roy Butler

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Blue Collar America: Skilled Trades, Decline, and Renewal in Industrial Communities

A deep dive into the lives of tradespeople, labor markets, and revitalization efforts in manufacturing regions

by Kevin Sullivan

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Geography of Opportunity: Segregation, Infrastructure, and Mobility in American Cities

How spatial patterns of housing, transit, and investment create unequal life chances across metropolitan areas

by Johnny Bryant

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Cities Wired: Urban Technology, Infrastructure, and the Smart City Debate

An interdisciplinary history of urban technologies from sewers and streetlights to sensors and mobility platforms

by Wayne Simpson

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

A History of the Arctic

by Brittany Shaw

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The Roman Republic to Empire: Power, Politics, and Transformation

A concise political history tracing Rome's shift from republican institutions to imperial rule for general readers

by Johnny Castro

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Disaster Tech: How Crises Accelerated Invention and Infrastructure Change

An analysis of technological responses to pandemics, wars, and natural disasters that reshaped systems and priorities

by Edward Fisher

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Wires of Empire: Telegraph, Telephone, and the Birth of Global Communication

The political, economic, and technical story of long-distance electric communication from undersea cables to switchboards

by Amy Torres

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Age of Sensors: How Embedded Technologies Remade Everyday Life

From industrial monitoring to wearables, how sensing technologies changed production, health, and privacy

by Jacqueline Fernandez

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Stone to Steel: A Social History of Early Tools and Materials

How human ingenuity transformed stone, bronze, and iron into sustained technological change for ancient societies

by Donald Medina

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

A History of Polynesia

by Karen Robertson

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Material Culture: Pottery, Glass, and Daily Objects of the Roman World

A hands-on guide to identifying, dating, and interpreting common artifacts from Roman sites

by Daniel Marshall

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Regulation and Innovation: How Law Shaped Technological Development

An examination of patents, standards, antitrust, and safety regulation and their effects on innovation trajectories

by Patrick Ramos

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Power Play: The History of Energy Technologies and the Transition to Renewables

A comparative history of coal, oil, nuclear, and renewable technologies and their economic and environmental effects

by Lawrence Walker

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Fields of Power: Agricultural Technology and the Rise of Civilizations

Agricultural innovations, irrigation systems, and crop science that created surplus societies and state power

by Charles Robertson

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Hidden Labs: Institutional Histories of Research Centers and Their Technological Legacies

A study of Bell Labs, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, government labs, and corporate R&D organizations that produced major innovations

by Brian Martin

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Code and Conflict: Cyberwar, Espionage, and the Militarization of Computing

A history of how computing technologies have been adapted for intelligence, offense, and defense since World War II

by Adam Mason

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Invisible Majority

How Microbes Shape Our Bodies, Cities, and Planet — and How We Can Harness Them for Health and Resilience

by Karen Robertson

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Last Mile Revolution

How Cities Are Rewriting Urban Transport with Electric Micromobility, Shared Services, and Smarter Streets

by Sean Soto

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Laws Beneath the Surface

How Simple Systems Produce Complex Worlds — Practical Insights from Physics, Biology, Networks and Cities

by Christina Ramos

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Hidden Networks

How Patterns of Connection Shape Nature, Minds, Cities, and Markets

by Judy Johnson

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Regional Motorways: How British Car Factories Shaped Towns and Communities

Socioeconomic case studies of towns dominated by car factories and their long-term evolution

by Elizabeth Webb

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

The Economics of British Motoring: Policy, Trade, and the Global Market

An analytical account of how fiscal policy, trade agreements, and global trends shaped British car brands

by Theresa Sanders

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The British Leyland Chronicles: Corporate Drama and Industrial Decline

A case study of British Leyland's rise, crisis, and its long shadow over the UK motor industry

by Nancy Hunt

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Indigenous North American Cooking: Foragers, Corn, Beans, and Squash

Traditional ingredients, storytelling, and contemporary approaches to Indigenous food sovereignty

by Brandon Nichols

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Andean Kitchens: High-Altitude Techniques and Indigenous Ingredients

Cooking at altitude, native tubers, quinoa mastery, and ancestral Andean recipes

by Helen Powell

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Infrastructure Resilience and Climate-Adaptive Design

Planning and building infrastructure to withstand extreme weather and sea-level rise

by Anna Ryan

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Small States, Big Influence: The Global Impact of Peripheral Powers

Case studies showing how small kingdoms, city-states, and minor polities exerted outsized economic, cultural, and diplomatic influence

by Anthony Edwards

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Canvas and Conquest: Art, Propaganda, and Iconography in Empires

An analysis of how visual culture and state-sponsored art shaped public perception, legitimacy, and resistance across empires

by Ryan McDonald

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Climate, Collapse, and Resilience: Societies in Environmental Crisis

A thematic exploration of historic societal collapses and adaptations caused by climate shifts, droughts, and resource stress

by Denise Holmes

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Coal, Oil, and Industry: Energy Transitions in World History

A deep dive into the energy sources that powered economic revolutions, warfare, and environmental transformation from biomass to fossil fuels and beyond

by Walter Mitchell

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Networks of Ideas: Intellectual Exchange from Antiquity to the Digital Age

A history of how scholarly, philosophical, and scientific networks transmitted knowledge across time and space, spawning innovations and institutions

by Bryan White

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Cities That Made the World: Urbanization and Power from Uruk to Shanghai

A global urban history that analyzes how cities emerged, governed, and exported influence across economic and cultural systems

by Christine Simmons

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Waves of Migration: Diasporas, Borders, and Identity in World History

A transnational account of migration patterns, refugee flows, and diaspora formation, and their effects on host and origin societies

by Eugene Lopez

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Breaking Empire: Case Studies in Decolonization and Nation Building

Region-by-region analyses of the end of empire and the complex processes of founding modern nation-states in the 20th century

by Patrick Ward

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Daily Lives of Ordinary People: Social History from Peasants to Urban Workers

A bottom-up exploration of food, family, labor, and leisure across continents that recovers the lived experiences of non-elites

by Amber Hall

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Law and Empire: Legal Systems from Hammurabi to Human Rights

A comparative legal history tracing how codes, courts, and legal thought underpinned governance and legitimacy in diverse societies

by Heather Henderson

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Revolutions Rewired: Comparative Histories of Political Upheaval

A comparative study of major revolutions — French, American, Chinese, Russian, and decolonization movements — that maps causes, strategies, and outcomes

by Randy Ramirez

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Feeding Empires: Food, Agriculture, and Global Power

A focused study on how agricultural technologies, diets, and food supply chains influenced expansion, labor systems, and imperial policies

by Roy Butler

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Invisible Armies: Epidemics and the Course of World History

A study of how disease, pandemics, and public health responses redirected political, economic, and social trajectories worldwide

by Lauren Lee

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Gunpowder and Protocols: Warfare, Diplomacy, and Statecraft in Global History

An integrated look at military technology, diplomatic institutions, and strategic thinking from medieval sieges to nuclear deterrence

by Danielle Torres

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Empires of Water: Rivers, Seas, and the Rise of Civilizations

A hydrological perspective on how waterways determined political power, urban life, and imperial strategies across world history

by Ann Wells

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Silk Roads to Silicon Chips: A Global History of Trade and Technology

How trade networks shaped economic power, cultural exchange, and technological innovation from antiquity to the digital age

by Stephen Edwards

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Naval Shipbuilding and Defense Procurement

Design, production, and acquisition strategies for naval vessels and program management

by Katherine Schmidt

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Languages of a Nation: Nahuatl, Indigenous Tongues, and Linguistic Change in Mexico

A linguistic and cultural history tracing the survival and revival of indigenous languages

by Adam Kelley

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Church and State: Religious Conflict and Reform in Mexican History

A study of secularization, clerical power, and anticlericalism from colonial missions to the Cristero War

by Christian Soto

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Narco-State: The History of Drug Trafficking and Governance in Mexico

An investigative history tracing the rise of cartels, state responses, and social consequences since the 1970s

by Paul Black

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Mexico in Global Context: Migration, Trade, and Cultural Exchange Since 1500

A broad survey linking Mexico's internal transformations to global economic and cultural networks

by Denise Garza

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Labor and Social Movements: Trade Unions, Strikes, and Political Change

A focused history of worker organizing from Porfirio Díaz to the post-1980 neoliberal era

by Charles Hawkins

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Archaeology and Heritage Management in Mexico

A practitioner's guide to archaeological practice, preservation policy, and community engagement

by Tyler Graham

$6.99 (ebook), $20.99 (paperback)

The Mexican Constitution and the Rule of Law: From 1824 to the Present

A legal history analyzing constitutional change, judicial reform, and institutional stability in Mexico

by Mary Kelly

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Mesoamerica Before Columbus: The Rise of Olmec, Maya, and Zapotec Civilizations

A comparative history of the major pre-Columbian societies across southern Mexico and their long-term legacies

by Grace Rose

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Vietnam in America: War, Protest, and the Remaking of U.S. Politics

The domestic impact of the Vietnam War on policy, protest culture, and veterans' lives

by Raymond Barnes

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Indigenous Resistance and Resilience: Case Studies from Oaxaca and Chiapas

Regional histories highlighting indigenous movements, autonomy projects, and cultural survival

by Julie Chen

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Party Lines: The Rise and Realignment of American Political Parties

A political history explaining party development, regional shifts, and electoral strategy

by Ralph Watson

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Mexico City: From Lakebed to Megalopolis

Urban history and planning of Mexico City from Aztec foundations through colonial growth to 21st-century challenges

by Marie Gonzales

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The Mexican Revolution: Peasants, Reform, and the Making of Modern Mexico

A comprehensive overview of the 1910–1940 revolutionary period with attention to social movements and agrarian reform

by Arthur Gonzalez

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Aztec Empire Reimagined: Politics, Power, and Daily Life

A deep dive into the Aztec world from Tlatoani courts to market stalls, archaeology to codices

by Willie Collins

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Environmental Histories of Mexico: Water, Deforestation, and the Human Landscape

A thematic exploration of how environmental change and resource management shaped Mexican societies

by Teresa Reyes

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Marketplace America: Business Giants, Regulation, and the Consumer Revolution

Corporate history and regulatory responses that shaped the modern American economy

by Barbara Rice

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Borderlands and Migration: The History of Movement Between Mexico and the United States

A transnational history of migration, labor flows, and border policies from the 19th century to today

by Robert Ruiz

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Art and Revolution: Mexican Muralism, Visual Culture, and Political Expression

A cultural history of muralism and state-sponsored art from post-revolutionary Mexico to contemporary movements

by Bruce Campbell

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Paths to Independence: Mexico's Wars, Politics, and Nation-Building

An analytic narrative of the independence era that connects military campaigns to political experiments and regional diversity

by Jerry Cooper

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

From Farm to Silicon Valley: Technology, Innovation, and Economic Change in U.S. History

How technological revolutions reshaped American work, cities, and global power

by Juan Daniels

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Green America: Environmentalism, Policy, and the Landscape of Change

A history of conservation, environmental movements, and federal regulation from wilderness to climate

by Nicole Jenkins

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Colonial Mexico Unpacked: Economy, Society, and the Church, 1521–1821

A social and economic history of New Spain that centers labor systems, urban life, and ecclesiastical power

by Ethan Baker

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Cities of Protest: Urban Movements, Policing, and Change in 20th Century America

Case studies of urban unrest, reform movements, and municipal governance

by Brandon Chavez

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

American Borders: Immigration Law, Enforcement, and Human Stories

A legal and human-centered history of U.S. border policy and migration enforcement

by Alexis Holmes

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

The Supreme Court's Turning Points: Cases That Reshaped American Society

An expert guide to the landmark decisions that defined rights, power, and politics

by Amber Rice

$6.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)

Silent No More: Women's Political Activism from Seneca Falls to the 21st Century

A global perspective on American women's movements, legal victories, and continuing struggles

by Gary Foster

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Gilded Cities: Industrialization, Immigration, and the Transformation of Urban America

An urban history of factories, tenements, labor movements, and immigrant communities, 1870–1920

by Timothy Shaw

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Tea Plantations and Labor Movements: The Political Economy of Plantation Sri Lanka

A labor history examining plantation life, trade unions, and the politics of estate reform

by Zachary Williams

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)

Waves of Hope: Immigration and the American Experience

Policy, assimilation, and immigrant contributions from the 19th century to the present

by Jacob Torres

$6.99 (ebook), $18.99 (paperback)