The fascinating story of how a respectable textile product became synonymous with all things inferior.

• Non-Fiction,
• Business & Economics,
• History,

An intelligent, impassioned ode to the power of words.

• Non-Fiction,
• Cultural Studies,
• English Language & Writing,
• Gender & Sexuality,

Authorial intrusions mar this otherwise rollicking history.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,
• History,
• United States,

This weighty homage seeks to spark a renaissance in the 19th-century author’s readership.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,

This timely collection reminds us that, in many ways, the War Between the States is still being fought.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,

A compelling account of what the Founding Father felt learning should look like.

• Non-Fiction,
• Education,
• History,
• United States,

A masterful account of a masterful musician.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,

Things really were as bad as many of us suspected.

• Non-Fiction,
• Political Science,