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 Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
Economics
Banking
Finance
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
Science
Nature
Climate Change
After the Music Stopped
The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
Economics
History
Finance
Alexander the Great
History
Biography
Ancient History
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
History
Politics
Philosophy
Stolen Pride
Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
Politics
Sociology
History
The Habsburgs
To Rule the World
History
European History
Biography
The Mammoth Book of the West
The Making of the American West
History
Westerns
American History
The Hand
How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture
Science
Design
Psychology
Jainism
An Introduction
Religion
Philosophy
India
Isaac Newton
Biography
Science
History
George Washington
Biography
History
Presidents
The White Darkness
History
Biography
Adventure
Against the Grain
A Deep History of the Earliest States
History
Anthropology
Politics
Black Mass
True Crime
History
Crime
Charmides
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
History of English literature
History
Literature
Literary Criticism
Brunelleschi's Dome
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
History
Art
Architecture
The Earth Is Weeping
The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
History
American History
Native American
Master Slave Husband Wife
An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
History
Biography
Book Club
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The First Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
History
American History
Biography
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
Anthropology
Sociology
History
To Risk It All
Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
History
Military Fiction
Leadership
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
History
Biography
Middle Grade
Empire of Debt
The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis
Economics
Finance
Politics
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds
How William James Can Save Your Life
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
A Garden of Marvels
How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
Science
Nature
Gardening
Civil Rights
Rhetoric or Reality?
Politics
History
Economics
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
History
Biography
Russia
Amexica
War Along the Borderline
History
Crime
Politics
Storm of Steel
History
War
Biography
Bad Ideas?
An Arresting History of Our Inventions
Science
History
Behind the Door
The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel
True Crime
Memoir
History
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Politics
History
American
Cynicism
Philosophy
History
The Dancing Universe
From Creation Myths to the Big Bang
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Kremlin Rising
Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
Russia
History
Politics
Natural Goodness
Philosophy
History
School
Walt Whitman
A Life
Biography
Poetry
History
The Theory of Almost Everything
The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics
Science
Physics
Popular Science
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
History
Psychology
Biography
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Science
History
Genetics
In Sorcery's Shadow
A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger
Anthropology
Africa
Niger
The Dope
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
History
True Crime
Crime
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
Politics
Leadership
History
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy
A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
Art
Art History
History
Putinism
Russia and Its Future with the West
Russia
Politics
History
Excellent Daughters
The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
Feminism
Politics
History
American Kompromat
How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery
Politics
History
Espionage
