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
Securing Democracy
My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil
Politics
History
Brazil
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
Biography
Politics
History
Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
History
Military Fiction
Military History
Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey
History
India
Politics
Breaking Bread with the Dead
A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
Books About Books
Philosophy
Essays
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Books About Books
True Crime
Biography
Backstory
Inside the Business of News
Journalism
Business
History
Big Fellow, Long Fellow
A Joint Biography of Collins and De Valera
Ireland
History
Biography
Universal Man
The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
Biography
Economics
History
The Box
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
History
Business
Economics
Evolution's Captain
The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
History
Biography
Science
The Intellectual Devotional
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
History
Reference
Education
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
History
Classics
Biography
Fate Is the Hunter
Aviation
History
Biography
The Unsettling of America
Culture and Agriculture
Agriculture
Food
Nature
Scotland
A Very Short Introduction
History
Scotland
British Literature
The Chancellor
The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
Biography
Politics
History
None of the Above
The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators
Education
History
Crime
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
History
Historical
The Right Side of History
How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Fall of the House of Bush
The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future
Politics
History
American History
On Fascism
History
Politics
Race
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History
Economics
History
Finance
The Theory That Would Not Die
How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
Science
History
Mathematics
I, Rigoberta Menchú
An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Memoir
History
Biography
Lost Scriptures
Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
Religion
History
Christianity
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
Economics
Politics
History
The Barefoot Lawyer
A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
China
Memoir
Biography
Devil's Game
How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam
Politics
History
Islam
The Wolf Age
The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
History
Medieval
Historical
The Gun
History
Military Fiction
War
When a Killer Calls
True Crime
Crime
History
The Celts
Search for a Civilization
History
Archaeology
Ancient History
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
Economics
Politics
Poverty
Mysteries
Paranormal
Occult
History
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom
History
Biography
Black Garden
Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
History
Politics
War
Foot Soldier of the Constitution
A Memoir
Memoir
History
India
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction
Science
History
Evolution
We Need New Stories
Politics
Feminism
Essays
Tall Order
The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1
Biography
Politics
History
What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an
Islam
Theology
Religion
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
History
Urbanism
Politics
The Arabs in History
History
Islam
Religion
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
The Devil's Playbook
Big Tobacco, Juul, and the Addiction of a New Generation
Business
Health
Science
A Short History of the World
History
Classics
World History
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President—and Why It Failed
History
Politics
Biography
The Ultimate Evil
True Crime
Crime
History
