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 Inkblots
Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
Psychology
History
Biography
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
True Crime
Crime
History
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
History
Science
War
The Annals/The Histories
History
Classics
Ancient History
Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality
Solving the Quantum Mysteries
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Aftermath
Economics
Finance
Money
Microbe Hunters
Science
History
Biology
The Long Slide
Thirty Years in American Journalism
Politics
History
Biography
No Democracy Lasts Forever
How the Constitution Threatens the United States
Politics
History
Law
Carl Gustav Jung
A Biography
Biography
Psychology
History
Swedenborg
An Introduction to His Life and Ideas
Biography
Religion
Mysticism
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
History
Science
Politics
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
History
American History
True Crime
The Company
The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire
History
Canada
Business
Medieval Iberia
Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources
History
Spain
Islam
Adrift
America in 100 Charts
Politics
History
Business
A History of Islam in 21 Women
Islam
History
Religion
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
Music
History
Art
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
History
Economic Policy
Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Thinking like an Economist
How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy
Economics
Politics
History
Mutants
On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Christ Conspiracy
The Greatest Story Ever Sold
Religion
History
Christianity
Renegade
The Making of a President
Politics
Biography
History
The Second Amendment
History
Politics
Law
Don't Burn This Country
Surviving and Thriving in Our Woke Dystopia
Politics
History
Cultural
Bloody Nasty People
The Rise of Britain's Far Right
Politics
History
Are Numbers Real?
The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
History
American History
Westerns
The Dollar Trap
How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance
Economics
Finance
History
London
History
Travel
Biography
Booster Shots
The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health
Science
Medical
Health
The Secret Life of Words
English Words and Their Origins
Language
Linguistics
History
Tupaia
Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator
History
Biography
Travel
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
How America Kept Its Feet
History
Science
Mathematics
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
Biography
History
Politics
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
History
Politics
True Crime
Unknown Quantity
A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
Mathematics
Science
History
LET IT GO
The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist
Biography
Business
Memoir
The Invisible Woman
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Hauptmann's Ladder
A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
True Crime
History
Crime
The Great Boer War
History
Africa
War
50 Battles That Changed the World
The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History
History
Military Fiction
War
When the Sky Fell
In Search of Atlantis
History
Ancient History
Mystery
Beethoven
The Universal Composer
Music
Biography
History
Good Book
The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
Religion
Humor
History
When Broken Glass Floats
Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
History
Memoir
Asia
Incompleteness
The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel
Philosophy
Mathematics
Science
Lily Dale
The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead
History
Paranormal
Spiritualism
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
Economics
Philosophy
History
