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
God Is Not Great
How Religion Poisons Everything
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Devil Take the Hindmost
A History of Financial Speculation
Finance
History
Economics
Big History
The Big Bang, Life On Earth, And The Rise Of Humanity
History
Science
Evolution
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince
In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child
Books About Books
Memoir
History
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
History
Business
Science
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Economics
History
Politics
How Economics Explains the World
A Short History of Humanity
Economics
History
Finance
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
Philosophy
Politics
History
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
History
India
Politics
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography
History
Autobiography
Console Wars
Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
History
Business
Video Games
Fortune's Formula
The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
Finance
Business
Economics
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
Politics
Memoir
History
The Golden Ratio
The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
Science
Mathematics
History
The House of Rothschild, Vol 1
Money's Prophets, 1798-1848
History
Biography
Finance
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
How to Fly a Horse
The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
Business
History
Science
The Art of Rhetoric
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Freefall
America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
Economics
Politics
Finance
The Visionaries
Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
Philosophy
History
Biography
Economic Facts and Fallacies
Economics
Politics
Business
The Chemical Muse
Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization
History
Philosophy
Religion
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Science
History
Humor
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
Economics
Food
Politics
Bibi
My Story
Biography
History
Politics
The Essential Confucius
Philosophy
Religion
History
Inverting the Pyramid
The History of Football Tactics
Football
Sports
Soccer
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Philosophy
Economics
Self Help
Netflixed
The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
Business
Technology
History
القرآن الكريم
Classics
Philosophy
Religion
Women & Power
A Manifesto
Feminism
History
Essays
The Divide
A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions
Economics
Politics
History
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
On Sparta
History
Classics
Ancient History
Social Justice Fallacies
Politics
Economics
History
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
Economics
Politics
Business
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
Iran
Memoir
Politics
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
History
Politics
Political Science
Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789
History
European History
Academic
Fingerprints of the Gods
The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
History
Science
Ancient History
The Post-American World
Politics
History
Economics
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
Feminism
Politics
History
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
Biography
History
Middle Grade
Military Inc.
Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
Pakistan
Politics
History
At the Existentialist Café
Philosophy
History
Biography
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
Education
Teaching
Sociology
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
