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
Coming of Age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
Anthropology
Psychology
Sociology
Google It
A History of Google
Business
History
Technology
7 Men
And the Secret of Their Greatness
Biography
History
Christian
Fire and Fury
Inside the Trump White House
Politics
History
Biography
The End of Alchemy
Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy
Economics
Finance
Business
Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
History
Politics
World History
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
History
Africa
Nigeria
House of Cards
A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
Business
Finance
Economics
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Economics
Politics
International Development
Nisei Daughter
Memoir
History
Biography Memoir
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
Sociology
Business
Society
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
Islam
Philosophy
Religion
You Are What You Speak
Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
Language
Linguistics
Politics
The Constitution of Liberty
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
None Dare Call It Conspiracy
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Business
History
Politics
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Memoir
Race
Essays
Hegel
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
History
Biography
The Secret Teachers of the Western World
History
Occult
Philosophy
The Disappearing Spoon
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Science
History
Chemistry
Strange New World
How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
Philosophy
History
Christian
Attention Factory
The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
Business
Technology
China
The Mis-Education of the Negro
History
Education
Race
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
Economics
Finance
History
The Path to Power
Biography
History
Politics
Anne Frank
The Biography
Biography
History
Holocaust
Twelve Years a Slave
History
Classics
Biography
The Clash of the Cultures
Investment vs. Speculation
Finance
Business
Economics
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
China
Economics
Politics
The Spotify Play
How Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance
Business
Music
Biography
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
History
Biography
Science
Zealot
The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
History
Religion
Biography
The Ten Types of Human
Who We Are and Who We Can Be
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
Politics
Economics
History
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
Politics
History
China
The Real Crash
Economics
Politics
Finance
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
The Country of the Blind
A Memoir at the End of Sight
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
Ignorance
How it drives science
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Why Does the World Exist?
An Existential Detective Story
Philosophy
Science
Physics
Broken Code
Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets
Technology
Business
Politics
It Doesn't Take a Hero
The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Biography
Military Fiction
History
Wireless Wars
China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back
Technology
China
Politics
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
History
Biography
World War II
The Divider
Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Politics
History
Biography
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Brunelleschi's Dome
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
History
Art
Architecture
The Occult
Occult
History
Philosophy
Children of Ash and Elm
A History of the Vikings
History
Medieval
European History
Fear
Trump in the White House
Politics
History
Biography
