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 Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone
Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
India
Politics
History
The great controversy between Christ and Satan;
The conflict of the ages in the Christian dispensation
Religion
Christian
Christianity
Confronting the Presidents
No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
History
Politics
Biography
All Too Human
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Future Is Asian
Politics
China
Economics
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
History
Politics
Asia
War
How Conflict Shaped Us
History
War
Politics
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
Biography
The Problem of Political Authority
An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
History
Science
Technology
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
History
World War II
Germany
The 5000 Year Leap
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Emergency
A Personal History
India
History
Politics
Growth
A Reckoning
Economics
History
Business
Traffic
Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
Psychology
Science
Sociology
A History of the Jews
History
Religion
Judaism
The Physics of Wall Street
A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable
Economics
Finance
Science
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
China
Economics
Politics
Two Hundred Years Together
History
Russia
Politics
Prisoner's Dilemma
John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
Science
History
Economics
Waste Land
A World in Permanent Crisis
Politics
History
International Relations
50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know
Economics
Business
Reference
The Next Africa
An Emerging Continent Becomes a Global Powerhouse
Africa
Economics
Business
The New Great Depression
Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World
Economics
Finance
Business
Diana
Her True Story in Her Own Words
Biography
History
Memoir
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
History
Science
Physics
The Capitalist Manifesto
Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World
Economics
Politics
Business
World History 101
From ancient Mesopotamia and the Viking conquests to NATO and WikiLeaks, an essential primer on world history
History
Historical
Reference
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
Economics
Finance
History
Lawless
How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Politics
History
Law
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
The Cyberweapons Arms Race
Technology
Politics
Science
Our Malady
Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
Politics
History
Medicine
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
History
Politics
Science
Girl on Girl
How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
Feminism
Pop Culture
History
Think
A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy
Academic
Psychology
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
Essays
Science
Technology
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
History
Essays
Self Help
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
History
Science
Space
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
Reference
Trivia
History
Wireless Wars
China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back
Technology
China
Politics
1000 Years of Annoying the French
History
Humor
France
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The End of the World As We Know It
Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
True Crime
Art
History
On Liberty
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Money and Power
How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World
Business
Finance
History
If the Oceans Were Ink
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
Islam
Religion
Memoir
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
Economics
Politics
History
Drift
Politics
History
War
Three Cups of Deceit
How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
Biography
History
Journalism
