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 Art of War/The Prince
Philosophy
Classics
History
How to Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
Politics
History
Political Science
A Fever in the Heartland
The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
History
True Crime
Book Club
Pendulum
How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future: PDF Included
History
Politics
Sociology
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
History
Politics
Memoir
Capital Ideas
The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street
Finance
Economics
History
The Invention of the Jewish People
History
Politics
Religion
The Google Story
Inside the Hottest Business, Media and Technology Success of Our Time
Business
Technology
Biography
Working
Researching, Interviewing, Writing
Writing
Memoir
Biography
John Adams
History
Biography
American History
Your Inner Fish
a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
History
Science
Medicine
The Evolution of Everything
How New Ideas Emerge
Science
History
Philosophy
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
Politics
Philosophy
History
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
History
Politics
Philosophy
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
History
Race
Politics
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
Music
Business
History
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Art
Economics
Business
Exo-Vaticana
Petrus Romanus, Project Lucifer, and the Vatican's Astonishing Exo-Theological Plan for the Arrival of an Alien Savior
Religion
Conspiracy Theories
Paranormal
The First Muslim
The Story of Muhammad
Religion
History
Islam
India Unbound
The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age
India
History
Economics
Undoing Border Imperialism
Politics
Race
Activism
Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
History
Politics
World History
Keynes
The Return of the Master
Economics
History
Biography
The Anarchist Cookbook
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
Liberty
Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
History
Politics
Science
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
History
American History
Labor
Google It
A History of Google
Business
History
Technology
The Hundred-Year Marathon
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
China
Politics
History
The Bible Code
Religion
Christian
History
Opus
The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church
History
Religion
Politics
Stocks for the Long Run
The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns and Long-Term Investment Strategies
Finance
Business
Economics
Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
History
Politics
Race
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
Music
Biography
Books About Books
How to Think Like Socrates
Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World
Philosophy
Psychology
History
The Strange Death of Europe
Immigration, Identity, Islam
Politics
History
Religion
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
Philosophy
History
Religion
Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
Benjamin Graham
The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street
Finance
Biography
Business
Grinding It Out
The Making of McDonald's
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
We Are Dancing for You
Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
Indigenous
Feminism
History
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
History
Africa
Nigeria
Andrew Carnegie
Biography
History
Business
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Indigenous
Politics
History
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
Psychology
Cults
Politics
Fearless
The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
Biography
Military Fiction
History
The Art of Intelligence
History
Espionage
Politics
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Sociology
The Spotify Play
How Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance
Business
Music
Biography
