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 Secret History of the Rape Kit
A True Crime Story
True Crime
History
Feminism
Newton's Football
The Science Behind America's Game
Sports
Science
Football
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
Mutants
On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
Science
Biology
Medicine
Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
Economics
Business
Finance
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
Music
History
Art
Humanly Possible
Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
Philosophy
History
Biography
Creation
How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
Science
Biology
Evolution
The End of College
Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere
Education
History
Economics
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
History
Historical
The Little Locksmith
Memoir
Classics
Biography
None of the Above
The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators
Education
History
Crime
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
Science
History
Sociology
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
How America Kept Its Feet
History
Science
Mathematics
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
History
War
Military Fiction
Becoming Leonardo
An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Biography
History
Art
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Science
Humor
Death
Raiders and Rebels
The Golden Age of Piracy
History
Pirates
True Crime
Live Alone and Like It
Self Help
Feminism
Womens
The Monk as Man
The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda
Biography
Spirituality
India
Orientalism
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Cartiers
The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
History
Biography
Fashion
The Burger King
Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire
Business
Biography
Food
How Infrastructure Works
Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
Science
Technology
History
My Fellow Soldiers
General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
History
Biography
War
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
India
Islam
Religion
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
History
Politics
Science
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
History
Tudor Period
Biography
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
Politics
Religion
History
Like, Literally, Dude
Arguing for the Good in Bad English
Language
Linguistics
Writing
Unknown Quantity
A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
Mathematics
Science
History
Magnificent Rebels
The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
History
Philosophy
Biography
Midnight in Mexico
A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
True Crime
Crime
History
The Myths and Gods of India
The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series
Religion
India
Hinduism
In an Uncertain World
Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
Economics
Politics
Business
Default
The Landmark Court Battle Over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
Economics
Finance
Law
Economic Policy
Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
The Drone Eats with Me
A Gaza Diary
Memoir
War
Biography
The Occasional Human Sacrifice
Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No
Science
History
Medical
Allow Me to Retort
A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
Politics
History
Law
Firefighters
Their Lives in Their Own Words
History
Biography
Emergency Services
Securing Democracy
My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil
Politics
History
Brazil
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
Health
Economics
Medicine
The Disappearance of Rituals
A Topology of the Present
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
Biography
History
Politics
Big Fellow, Long Fellow
A Joint Biography of Collins and De Valera
Ireland
History
Biography
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
A Reasonable Response
Answers to Tough Questions on God, Christianity, and the Bible
Christianity
Philosophy
Theology
Red Capitalism
The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise
China
Economics
History
