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A book cover illustration depicts a Einstein, pipe in mouth, falling over backwards.

This is Genius: A New Graphic Novel Imagines Conversations Between Einstein and Kafka

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A white man with neat hair wearing a grey suit and red tie stands at a podium and speaks above three microphones.

Quaid Looks the Part, but ‘Reagan’ Is More Glowing Commercial Than Biopic

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A black and white photo of soldiers lined up on a university campus, facing large crowds of students.

‘Kent State’ a Chilling Examination of 1970 Campus Shooting and Its Ramifications

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‘Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party’ Transports Readers to a World Changed by Fossils

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A wild-eyed young woman wearing fingerless gloves smiles in a dank, graffitied room.

Celebrating the Fantastic Filth of San Francisco Punk in the ’70s and ’80s

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African American servicemen working in the munitions department at Port Chicago.

Remembering the Port Chicago Explosion, 80 Years Later

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An old fashioned policeman stands in front of a group of scrappy-looking children of various ages.

The 12-Year-Old Girl-Gang Leader Who Outraged 1870s San Francisco

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A woman wearing a ski mask and a bikini kneels of the floor, one fist raised in defiance.

‘Erotic Resistance’ Reveals the Historical Defiance of San Francisco Sex Workers

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A sepia toned photo of tall rocky land masses surrounded by foamy sea water.

The Bleak and Menacing History of San Francisco’s Farallon Islands

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A book cover showing soldiers crowded into the back of a boat during World War II.

‘When the Sea Came Alive’ Expands Understanding of D-Day Invasion

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A glamorous woman with fake eyelashes leaning over a chair wearing a low cut top and her platinum blond hair high in a ponytail.

The Mysterious Life of 1960s North Beach Starlet Yvonne D’Angers

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A Black man wearing World War II army fatiques and a medic helmet crouched over a body on a chaotic beach.

Idris Elba Helps Uncover the WWII Soldiers of Color Who Never Got Their Due

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