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
Spies in the Family
An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War
History
Memoir
Espionage
Undaunted Courage
The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
History
Biography
American History
Faking It
The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
Music
History
Journalism
From Darwin to Derrida
Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Automate This
How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
Science
Technology
Business
The Particle at the End of the Universe
How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
Physics
Popular Science
History
The Giant Killer
The shocking true story of a homeless war hero, hidden spy and his eterrnal vow to the woman he loved.
Military Fiction
History
Biography
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
History
American History
New York
What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't
A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues
Politics
History
Political Science
The Body Project
An Intimate History of American Girls
Feminism
History
Sociology
The Rise
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
Sports
Biography
Basketball
The Passion of the Western Mind
Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
Philosophy
History
Psychology
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
History
Politics
International Development
Deliver Me from Nowhere
The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
Music
Biography
Music Biography
Red Paint
The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
Memoir
Indigenous
Biography
Storm of Steel
History
War
Biography
Factory Man
How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
Business
History
Biography
A Brief History of Thought
A Philosophical Guide to Living
Philosophy
History
Psychology
On Kindness
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Against White Feminism
Notes on Disruption
Feminism
Race
Politics
The Social Sex
A History of Female Friendship
History
Feminism
Womens
Jerusalem
The Biography
History
Religion
Biography
An Anatomy of Pain
How the Body and the Mind Experience and Endure Physical Suffering
Science
Health
Medicine
Our Time Is Now
Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
Politics
Social Justice
History
Timefulness
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
Science
Geology
Nature
Off With Her Head
Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
History
Feminism
Politics
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Our Malady
Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
Politics
History
Medicine
Forbidden Archeology
The Hidden History of the Human Race
History
Science
Archaeology
Makers and Takers
The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
Economics
Business
Finance
The Battle for Investment Survival
Finance
Business
Economics
The Books of Enoch
Religion
Theology
Christian
Extremely Hardcore
Inside Elon Musk's Twitter
Business
Technology
History
The Persian Empire
History
Ancient History
Ancient
What Is Real?
The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Unmasked
Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
Politics
History
Sociology
Fighter Pilot
The Memoirs Of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
Biography
Aviation
History
China's Gilded Age
The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
China
Economics
Politics
Stones Into Schools
Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Education
Memoir
Biography
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
History
Politics
Memoir
How Music Got Free
The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
Music
History
Business
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Hume
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Holocaust Industry
Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
History
Politics
Holocaust
Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders
History
India
Hinduism
India’s Railway Man
A Biography of E. Sreedharan
Biography
History
Engineering
Saving Freud
The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom
History
Biography
Psychology
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
History
Science
Biography
A Higher Loyalty
Truth, Lies, and Leadership
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
Language
Linguistics
History
