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
Uncontrolled Spread
Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
Science
History
Health
Demanding the Impossible
A History of Anarchism
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
History
Economics
Politics
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
From Fatwa to Jihad
Politics
Religion
History
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
How Migration Really Works
A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics
Politics
Sociology
History
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History
History
Race
Politics
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
Politics
History
American History
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
Travel
Nature
History
The Little Locksmith
Memoir
Classics
Biography
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Business
Finance
Economics
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
History
Biography
Politics
The Oligarchs
Wealth and Power in the New Russia
History
Russia
Politics
Savarkar
A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
History
Biography
India
The Stillborn God
Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
Religion
Philosophy
Politics
Spook
Science Tackles the Afterlife
Science
Humor
Paranormal
Blackbeard
The Birth of America
History
Pirates
Amazon
Four Shots in the Night
A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
History
Ireland
True Crime
September 11
An Oral History
History
American History
Terrorism
Under the Trestle
The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial.
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Elizabeth I CEO
Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire
History
Business
Biography
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
How the New World Order, Man-Made Diseases, and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
The Gutenberg Parenthesis
The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet
History
Politics
Cultural
A Renegade History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
A Brief History of the Spanish Language
Language
Linguistics
History
Let Me Speak! Testimony of Domitila, a Woman of the Bolivian Mines
History
Bolivia
Memoir
New Thinking
From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology that Transformed Our World
Science
Technology
History
Psychic Warrior
The True Story of America's Foremost Psychic Spy and the Cover-Up of the CIA's Top-Secret Stargate Program
Paranormal
History
Biography
Return of the Strong Gods
Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West
Politics
History
Philosophy
How to Be a Dictator
The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
History
Politics
Psychology
Boeing Versus Airbus
The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business
Aviation
Business
Economics
Enough
Politics
Memoir
History
Democracy at Work
A Cure for Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Killing Jesus
A History
History
Religion
Biography
The Spider Network
The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
Business
Finance
History
The Miracle of the Kurds
A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq
History
Politics
Biography
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
The Real West
History
Westerns
Biography
Old Rage
Memoir
Autobiography
Book Club
That First Season
How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory
Sports
Football
Biography
The Bengalis
A Portrait of a Community
History
India
Bangladesh
Coming of Age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
Anthropology
Psychology
Sociology
The Pirates of Somalia
Inside Their Hidden World
Africa
History
Somalia
Homage to Catalonia
History
Politics
Classics
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East
History
World War I
War
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Moveable Feasts
From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat
Food
History
Food History
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love
How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation
Biography
Christian
Memoir
The Lion in the Living Room
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Animals
Science
Cats
