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 Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
Travel
History
Politics
The Great Influenza
The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
History
Science
Medicine
Smoke Signals
A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific
History
Science
Politics
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
History
Politics
Social Justice
Below Stairs
Memoir
History
Biography
The Hacker Crackdown
Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
History
Technology
Computers
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
History
Biography
War
In Our Hands
A Plan To Replace The Welfare State
Economics
Politics
Sociology
A Renegade History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
History
World War II
War
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
Politics
Economics
Finance
Other People's Money
The Real Business of Finance
Economics
Finance
Business
The Woman All Spies Fear
Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
History
Biography
Historical
Music
A Subversive History
Music
History
Art
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
Politics
History
Psychology
Dreamland
The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
History
True Crime
Politics
How to Be Free
An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Perfect Mile
Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Sports
History
Biography
Pastoral Song
A Farmerβs Journey
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Down and Out in Paris and London
Classics
Memoir
Biography
The Arab Uprising
The Wave of Protest that Toppled the Status Quo and the Struggle for a New Middle East
Politics
History
Unfinished
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Sociology
Reference
Science
The English
A Portrait of a People
History
British Literature
Politics
Longpath
Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs β An Antidote for Short-Termism
Philosophy
Self Help
History
Liar's Poker
Business
Finance
Economics
Lipstick Jihad
A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
Memoir
Iran
Biography Memoir
The Price of Time
Economics
Finance
History
Lights Out
Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
Business
History
Economics
The Lazarus Heist
From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War
History
True Crime
Politics
Hit Men
Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Music
History
Business
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
History
Philosophy
World History
How the Other Half Banks
Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
Economics
History
Politics
Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Politics
History
War
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Bad Gays
A Homosexual History
History
Queer
LGBT
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
Travels With Myself and Another
Travel
Memoir
Biography
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
Blood and Thunder
An Epic of the American West
History
American History
Biography
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
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Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
How to Educate a Citizen
The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation
Education
Politics
History
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
History
Linguistics
Language
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
Science
History
Evolution
Kant
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Biography
History
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Travel
History
Asia
The Catalyst
RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Economics Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Economics
Business
Reference
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
