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
Nobody Knows My Name
Essays
Race
Classics
Factory Man
How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
Business
History
Biography
Groupthink
Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes
Psychology
Politics
History
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
History
Iran
Politics
The Mis-Education of the Negro
History
Education
Race
The Last Kings of Shanghai
The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
History
China
Jewish
Transforming Leadership
Leadership
History
Business
Liberalism
The Classical Tradition
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Berlin Wall
A World Divided, 1961-1989
History
Germany
Politics
How the Irish Saved Civilization
The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
History
Ireland
Irish Literature
Anne Frank
The Biography
Biography
History
Holocaust
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
History
Memoir
Biography
A Childhood
The Biography of a Place
Memoir
Biography
Southern
How the Hippies Saved Physics
Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
Science
Physics
History
The Next Civil War
Dispatches from the American Future
Politics
History
American History
Giants of Enterprise
Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built
Business
History
Leadership
Bull
A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004
Finance
History
Economics
Infantry Attacks
History
Military Fiction
War
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
History
Science
Biography
Justice and Remembrance
Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
The Gene
An Intimate History
Science
History
Biology
The Cuckoo's Egg
Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
History
Technology
Computers
The Big Thirst
The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
Science
Environment
Nature
The Speech
A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
Politics
History
Economics
Collapse
The Fall of the Soviet Union
History
Russia
Politics
Women in White Coats
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
History
Medicine
Science
The Manual
A Philosopher's Guide to Life
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Extremely Hardcore
Inside Elon Musk's Twitter
Business
Technology
History
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
History
Japan
Biography
The Next Decade
Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
Politics
History
Economics
Spies in the Family
An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War
History
Memoir
Espionage
Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders
History
India
Hinduism
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
A Memoir of the Holocaust
Holocaust
Memoir
History
The Value of Everything
Making and Taking in the Global Economy
Economics
Business
Politics
Wild Faith
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
Politics
Religion
History
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
Political Science
Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
Politics
Economics
History
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
A Higher Loyalty
Truth, Lies, and Leadership
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The Sound of Music Story
How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time
History
Music
Biography
Monopoly Capital
An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order
Economics
Politics
History
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
History
Japan
Biography
Losing the Signal
The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry
Business
Technology
History
صحيح البخاري
Islam
Religion
Philosophy
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
History
Anthropology
Science
Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
Politics
History
Journalism
Power Failure
The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
Business
History
Economics
A History of the Crusades, Vol. III
The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
History
Medieval History
Medieval
Five Families
The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
History
True Crime
Crime
