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 Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
Financial Literacy
Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets
Economics
Finance
Business
Behind the Green Mask
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
History
New Abnormal
The Rise of the Biomedical Security State
Politics
Health
Medical
The Real Mad Men
The Remarkable True Story of Madison Avenue's Golden Age
History
Business
Biography
Always with Honor
The Memoirs of General Wrangel
History
Russia
Biography
Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know
Tea
Food
Cookbooks
The Lion in the Living Room
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Animals
Science
Cats
Coming Into the Country
Travel
Nature
History
A History of Islam in 21 Women
Islam
History
Religion
Mother American Night
My Life and Crazy Times
Biography
Music
Memoir
Tupaia
Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator
History
Biography
Travel
In the Presence of My Enemies
Biography
Christian
Memoir
Catch a Wave
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
Music
Biography
Biography Memoir
A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies
Reference
Amazon
Education
Reading the Constitution
Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
Politics
Law
History
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Soul Machine
The Invention of the Modern Mind
Philosophy
Psychology
History
The Case for Trump
Politics
History
Biography
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
Economics
Politics
Poverty
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
History
Biography
War
The essential Colin Wilson
Philosophy
Paranormal
Psychology
Decline and Fall
The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America
Politics
History
Economics
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
Travel
Nature
History
Yes We (Still) Can
Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
Politics
Memoir
History
Bandersnatch
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
Writing
Biography
History
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Wisdom Takes Work
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Philosophy
Self Help
Personal Development
Dear Madam President
An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World
Politics
Feminism
Memoir
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Move Fast and Break Things
How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
Business
Technology
Politics
Aristotle
Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher
Philosophy
Biography
History
Sound and Fury
Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship
Sports
Biography
History
Five Days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
History
Medicine
Medical
Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies
The Patriots
History
Historical
American History
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
Politics
History
American History
The Accidental Admiral
A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
Military Fiction
Biography
Leadership
How Countries Go Broke
The Big Cycle
Economics
Finance
Business
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End
Biography
History
Historical
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
Technology
Science
Sociology
The Handover
How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
Politics
Technology
History
House of Trump, House of Putin
The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
Politics
History
Russia
The Melting Point
High Command and War in the 21st Century
Military Fiction
History
Memoir
41
A Portrait of My Father
Biography
History
Politics
Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
History
Military Fiction
Military History
Building a Better Teacher
How Teaching Works
Education
Teaching
Parenting
The Making of Exile
Sindhi Hindus and the Partition of India
History
India
Pakistan
Blackbeard
The Birth of America
History
Pirates
Amazon
The Way of the Knife
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
History
Politics
Military Fiction
When Broken Glass Floats
Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
History
Memoir
Asia
