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
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
History
Science
Medicine
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
Muhammad
A Biography of the Prophet
Religion
Islam
History
Status and Culture
How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
Sociology
Psychology
Fashion
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
Feminism
Gender Studies
History
The New Case for Gold
Economics
Finance
Business
Less Than Nothing
Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Red Notice
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
History
Politics
Russia
The Box
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
History
Business
Economics
The Anarchist Cookbook
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
The Accidental Superpower
The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
Politics
History
Economics
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
History
Politics
War
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
History
Linguistics
Anthropology
The Contrarian
Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
Business
Biography
Politics
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
History
Politics
Race
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Indigenous
Politics
History
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
History
Politics
American History
Superbloom
How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Technology
Sociology
Psychology
How Spies Think
Ten Lessons in Intelligence
Psychology
Politics
Espionage
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
Economics
Business
History
Think
A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy
Academic
Psychology
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Music
Feminism
History
Aleister Crowley
Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
Biography
Occult
History
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
Iran
History
Politics
The Hundred-Year Marathon
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
China
Politics
History
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
Economics
Politics
History
The Art of Intelligence
History
Espionage
Politics
Ten Days in a Mad-House
History
Classics
Psychology
Against Democracy
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Console Wars
Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
History
Business
Video Games
Girl on Girl
How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
Feminism
Pop Culture
History
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
History
Technology
Business
The Cathedral & the Bazaar
Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Who Is Government?
The Untold Story of Public Service
Politics
History
Essays
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more
History
Religion
Cults
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
History
Politics
World History
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Science
Philosophy
History
1776
History
American History
Historical
The Book of Forbidden Knowledge
Black Magic, Superstition, Charms, and Divination
Occult
Magic
Witchcraft
Tesla
Man Out of Time
Biography
Science
History
The Way to Wealth
Finance
Business
History
The Accidental Billionaires
The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
Business
Biography
Technology
Phenomena
The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
History
Science
Paranormal
Reversing Hermon
Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ
Theology
Christian
Religion
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography
History
Autobiography
Glimpses of World History
History
India
World History
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
History
Russia
Politics
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
Business
Technology
History
