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
Neutrino
Science
Physics
Popular Science
We Are Electric
Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
Science
Health
Biology
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
Politics
History
Economics
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Science
Health
Biology
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Anthropology
Ethnography
History
The Gates of Gaza
A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands
Israel
History
Memoir
Tide of War
The Impact of Weather on Warfare
History
The Truth About Markets
Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor
Economics
Business
Finance
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
Politics
History
Sociology
American Cosmic
UFOs, Religion, Technology
Religion
Paranormal
Science
Comfort Women
Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II
History
Japan
World War II
Uncle Tungsten
Science
Memoir
Biography
Escape from Saddam
The Incredible True Story of One Man's Journey to Freedom
History
Memoir
Biography
Legionnaire
Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
Military Fiction
History
Biography
The Republic of Tea
The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
How to stand Up to a Dictator
Politics
Memoir
History
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
History
Philosophy
World History
Black Flags
The Rise of ISIS
History
Politics
War
Lombard Street
A Description of the Money Market
Economics
Finance
History
UFO
The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
History
Science
Paranormal
Math and the Mona Lisa
Science
History
Mathematics
Paperbacks from Hell
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
Horror
History
Books About Books
El Narco
Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency
History
Crime
True Crime
National Security Cinema
The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood
Politics
Film
History
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
History
Biography
War
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Sociology
Reference
Science
Brilliant Moon
The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
Buddhism
Spirituality
Biography
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
Politics
History
Sociology
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
Science
Philosophy
Essays
We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
History
Biography
British Literature
Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
History
Pop Culture
Tv
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
History
Biography
Politics
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
Travel
Memoir
Greece
God's Hotel
A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
Women in the Valley of the Kings
The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
History
Egypt
Biography
Barbarians to Bureaucrats
Corporate Life Cycle Strategies
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Good Reasonable People
The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
Politics
Psychology
History
The Book of Spice
From Anise to Zedoary
Food
Cooking
History
Crashed
How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
Economics
History
Politics
One Person, No Vote
How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
Politics
History
Race
Ancient Philosophy
Philosophy
History
Religion
Hatred of Democracy
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Vaccine
Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
Science
History
Medicine
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
1962 - 1994
Biography
History
Africa
America Before
The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
History
Science
Anthropology
Tomatoland
How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
Food
Science
History
WTF?
What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
Business
Technology
Economics
Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
History
American History
Biography
The Audacity to Win
The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
Politics
History
Biography
