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 Case Against Sugar
Health
Science
Food
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
Biography
Politics
History
Lombard Street
A Description of the Money Market
Economics
Finance
History
The Color of Money
Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
History
Race
Economics
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
History
Film
Biography
Machines of Loving Grace
The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Outgrowing God
A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
Science
Religion
Philosophy
Economics Rules
The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
Economics
Business
Finance
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
History
Archaeology
Cities
In Sorcery's Shadow
A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger
Anthropology
Africa
Niger
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
History
Food
Science
The Good Book
A Humanist Bible
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
History
American History
Politics
Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
Religion
Science
Psychology
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
History
Race
Politics
Libido Dominandi
Sexual Liberation and Political Control
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Utopia of Rules
On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
Politics
Anthropology
History
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
History
Politics
American History
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Science
Biography
Physics
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Rise of the Outsiders
How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way
Politics
21st Century
History
The Apache Wars
The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
History
American History
Native American
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
COVID-19
The Great Reset
Politics
Economics
History
American Kompromat
How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery
Politics
History
Espionage
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us
Science
History
Biology
Half Lion
How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
History
India
Politics
The New Penguin History of Canada
History
Canada
Politics
Semicolon
The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Language
Writing
History
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
Economics
Sociology
Politics
WTF?
What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
Business
Technology
Economics
The Day We Found the Universe
Science
History
Astronomy
The Patient Ferment of the Early Church
The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire
History
Christian
Church History
Halt Station India
History
India
Travel
The Age of Turbulence
Economics
Biography
Business
The Coming China Wars
Where They Will Be Fought And How They Can Be Won
China
Politics
History
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Religion
Lessons from the Titans
What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success
Business
Management
Finance
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
History
True Crime
Crime
The Book of Murder
A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
How to Read the Bible
A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
Religion
History
Theology
The Other Side of Israel
My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide
Israel
Politics
Memoir
The Bible of Karate
Bubishi
Martial Arts
History
Sports
Silent Coup
How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
Politics
History
Economics
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East
History
World War I
War
American Marxism
Politics
History
Philosophy
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
Politics
Economics
History
The Meaning of Things
Applying Philosophy to Life
Philosophy
History
Self Help
