History
The past comes alive through the pivotal moments, groundbreaking ideas, and remarkable individuals that have shaped our world. Here you'll find compelling accounts of everything from ancient philosophy to modern economics, from social movements to technological transformation, all carefully examined through the lens of time.
History Book Summaries
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
Religion
History
Psychology
The Struggle for Pakistan
A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
History
Pakistan
Politics
The Rise of Christianity
History
Religion
Christianity
Discourses and Selected Writings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
History
Psychology
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Paradox of Modern Iran
Iran
History
Politics
Narrative Economics
How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events
Economics
Finance
Business
Target Tehran
How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
Israel
Iran
Politics
The Radium Girls
The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
History
Science
Book Club
The Medici Effect
What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation
Business
Science
Psychology
Network Propaganda
Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
History
Philosophy
Politics
Bachelor Girl
The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century
History
Feminism
Womens
Alexander Hamilton
History
Biography
American History
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
Political Science
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought
Philosophy
Classics
History
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
Philosophy
Reference
Science
The Airbnb Story
How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
Pakistan
A Hard Country
Pakistan
History
Politics
More Money Than God
Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
Finance
Business
Economics
The Birth of Tragedy
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Lincoln on Leadership
Executive Strategies for Tough Times
Leadership
Business
History
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
History
Politics
American History
Amazon Unbound
Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
Business
Biography
Technology
The Fall of Heaven
The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
History
Iran
Politics
Capitalism and Freedom
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Collective Illusions
Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
Psychology
Science
Self Help
To Engineer Is Human
The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Engineering
Science
Design
El Filibusterismo Comics
Graphic Novels
History
Historical
The WEIRDest People in the World
How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Psychology
History
Science
Critical Thinking
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
LikeWar
The Weaponization of Social Media
Politics
Technology
Sociology
House of Huawei
The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
China
Business
History
The True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Persian Expedition
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Inner Citadel
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
History
Self Help
How Fascism Works
The Politics of Us and Them
Politics
History
Philosophy
Boomerang
Travels in the New Third World
Economics
Business
Finance
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It
Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
History
Technology
Business
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)
Half Crazy, Half Genius—Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint’s Last Words
Philosophy
Self Help
Martial Arts
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Philosophy
History
Spirituality
Imminent
Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
History
Science
Politics
Timaeus
Philosophy
Classics
Science
Post-Truth
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World
History
India
Politics
On Grand Strategy
History
Politics
Business
Cooked
A Natural History of Transformation
Food
Cooking
Science
Tower of Basel
The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World
Economics
History
Finance
