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 Social Leap
The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Diplomacy
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
Political Science
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
A Life in Physics
Science
Physics
Biography
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
Science
History
Environment
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
Chess
History
Games
Fake Heroes
Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History
History
Biography
Historical
The Greatest Nobodies of History
Minor Characters from Major Moments
History
Humor
Historical
English Journey
Travel
History
British Literature
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
History
Politics
Economics
Shakespeare's Freedom
Literary Criticism
Literature
History
Master Slave Husband Wife
An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
History
Biography
Book Club
Character Is Destiny
Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember
History
Biography
Politics
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Race
Politics
History
Gladys Aylward
The Little Woman
Biography
Christian
China
The Lost Painting
The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
Art
History
Art History
Make Something Wonderful
Biography
Business
Design
A Brief History of the Spanish Language
Language
Linguistics
History
In Trump Time
A Journal of America's Plague Year
Politics
History
Political Science
No Filter
The Inside Story of Instagram
Business
Technology
Biography
Stress Test
Reflections on Financial Crises
Economics
Finance
Business
The Book of Basketball
The NBA According to The Sports Guy
Sports
Basketball
History
Realpolitik
A History
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
History
Islam
Spain
The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
History
Philosophy
Science
Why?
What Makes Us Curious
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
War Room
Sports
Football
Biography
The Conservative Heart
How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Forensics
What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
Science
True Crime
Crime
Symmetry
A Journey into the Patterns of Nature
Mathematics
Science
Popular Science
Uncle Tungsten
Science
Memoir
Biography
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
Reference
Trivia
History
The Gulag Archipelago
History
Russia
Politics
50 Politics Classics
Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
Science
History
Psychology
Afghanistan
The Bear Trap
History
War
Military Fiction
Babel No More
The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
DIY
The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation
Sexuality
History
Science
The Universe Within
Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Unsettling of America
Culture and Agriculture
Agriculture
Food
Nature
Paper Soldiers
How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order
Economics
History
Finance
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
The Assault on Truth
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
Politics
History
Dystopia
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
The End of Wall Street
Finance
Economics
Business
To Explain the World
The Discovery of Modern Science
Science
History
Physics
Free and Equal
A Manifesto for a Just Society
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
High Financier
The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
Biography
Finance
History
The Oligarchs
Wealth and Power in the New Russia
History
Russia
Politics
