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
Cynicism
Philosophy
History
Cynicism
Philosophy
History
Excellent Daughters
The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
Middle East
Feminism
Politics
Excellent Daughters
The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
Middle East
Feminism
Politics
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
Philosophy
History
Sociology
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
Philosophy
History
Sociology
September 11
An Oral History
History
American History
Terrorism
September 11
An Oral History
History
American History
Terrorism
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
History
Biography
War
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
History
Biography
War
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Politics
Pakistan
History
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Politics
Pakistan
History
Dimensions
A Casebook of Alien Contact
Paranormal
Aliens
History
Dimensions
A Casebook of Alien Contact
Paranormal
Aliens
History
Religion and the Rebel
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
Religion and the Rebel
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
Evolution's Captain
The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
History
Biography
Science
Evolution's Captain
The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
History
Biography
Science
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Science
History
Genetics
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Science
History
Genetics
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision
History
Biography
Race
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision
History
Biography
Race
Aristotle
Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher
Philosophy
Biography
History
Aristotle
Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Wages of Destruction
The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
History
Economics
World War II
The Wages of Destruction
The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
History
Economics
World War II
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes
Life Lessons from the Master Detective
Mystery
Self Help
History
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes
Life Lessons from the Master Detective
Mystery
Self Help
History
The Shortest History of Economics
Economics
History
Finance
The Shortest History of Economics
Economics
History
Finance
The Catalpa Rescue
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history
History
Australia
Biography
The Catalpa Rescue
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history
History
Australia
Biography
The Stillborn God
Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
Religion
Philosophy
Politics
The Stillborn God
Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
Religion
Philosophy
Politics
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds
How William James Can Save Your Life
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds
How William James Can Save Your Life
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
Nature
Travel
History
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
Nature
Travel
History
Cooper's Creek
The Story of Burke and Willis
History
Australia
Travel
Cooper's Creek
The Story of Burke and Willis
History
Australia
Travel
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President—and Why It Failed
History
Biography
Politics
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President—and Why It Failed
History
Biography
Politics
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Politics
History
American
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Politics
History
American
The Rules of Contagion
Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
Science
Health
Economics
The Rules of Contagion
Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
Science
Health
Economics
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
Science
Nature
Natural History
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
Science
Nature
Natural History
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
History
Civil War
Biography
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
History
Civil War
Biography
The Fort Bragg Cartel
Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
History
True Crime
Crime
The Fort Bragg Cartel
Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
History
True Crime
Crime
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
Art
True Crime
History
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
Art
True Crime
History
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
History
American History
Biography
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
History
American History
Biography
Tavistock Institute
Social Engineering the Masses
Conspiracy Theories
History
Psychology
Tavistock Institute
Social Engineering the Masses
Conspiracy Theories
History
Psychology
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 – A Historical of LSD
History
Psychology
Biography
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 – A Historical of LSD
History
Psychology
Biography
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Science
Humor
Death
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Science
Humor
Death
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
Music
History
Art
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
Music
History
Art
The Muslims Are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Politics
Islam
Religion
The Muslims Are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Politics
Islam
Religion
The End of Oil
On the Edge of a Perilous New World
Politics
Science
Environment
The End of Oil
On the Edge of a Perilous New World
Politics
Science
Environment
Who Rules the World?
Politics
History
Philosophy
Who Rules the World?
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
How the New World Order, Man-Made Diseases, and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
How the New World Order, Man-Made Diseases, and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
Einstein of Money
The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham
Biography
Finance
Business
Einstein of Money
The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham
Biography
Finance
Business
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
True Crime
Crime
History
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
True Crime
Crime
History
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
History
Politics
Science
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
History
Politics
Science
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
History
Asia
Politics
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
History
Asia
Politics
The Western Illusion of Human Nature
With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and ... Conceptions of the Human Condition
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
The Western Illusion of Human Nature
With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and ... Conceptions of the Human Condition
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
Lily Dale
The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead
History
Paranormal
Spiritualism
Lily Dale
The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead
History
Paranormal
Spiritualism
My Fellow Soldiers
General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
History
Biography
War
My Fellow Soldiers
General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
History
Biography
War
They Came Before Columbus
The African Presence in Ancient America
History
Africa
Race
They Came Before Columbus
The African Presence in Ancient America
History
Africa
Race
Once a Wolf
The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution
Science
Animals
Dogs
Once a Wolf
The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution
Science
Animals
Dogs
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
History
Politics
Economics
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
History
Politics
Economics
I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche
Philosophy
Biography
History
I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche
Philosophy
Biography
History
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World – A New York Times Bestseller and Dual Biography of First Women Justices
History
Biography
Feminism
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World – A New York Times Bestseller and Dual Biography of First Women Justices
History
Biography
Feminism
