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 Meaning of Everything
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
History
Language
Biography
Backstory
Inside the Business of News
Journalism
Business
History
The Personality Brokers
The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing
Psychology
History
Science
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
True Crime
Crime
History
A Multitude of All Peoples
Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity
Theology
History
Religion
Liberty and Tyranny
A Conservative Manifesto
Politics
History
Philosophy
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
Finance
Business
Economics
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party
How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
History
Science
Nature
Island Infernos
The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944
History
World War II
Military History
Religion and the Rebel
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
History
Politics
True Crime
That First Season
How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory
Sports
Football
Biography
Letters from Burma
Politics
History
Asia
Your Life Is Manufactured
How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better
Science
Technology
Business
The Barefoot Lawyer
A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
China
Memoir
Biography
Bending Adversity
Japan and the Art of Survival
Japan
History
Asia
The Catalpa Rescue
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history
History
Australia
Biography
Tall Order
The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1
Biography
Politics
History
How to Win an Information War
The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
History
Politics
War
Beethoven
The Universal Composer
Music
Biography
History
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love
How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation
Biography
Christian
Memoir
9 Lessons in Brexit
Politics
Economics
British Literature
The Forgotten Highlander
My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
History
Biography
War
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? The Positive Impact of Christianity in History
Christian
History
Christianity
Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives
The Thai Cave Rescue
Memoir
Biography
History
Incompleteness
The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel
Philosophy
Mathematics
Science
50 Battles That Changed the World
The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History
History
Military Fiction
War
Energy and Civilization
A History
History
Science
Economics
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Barnum
An American Life
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Cooper's Creek
History
Australia
Travel
Goliath
Life and Loathing in Greater Israel
Politics
History
Israel
The Last Warlord
The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime
History
Military History
Military Fiction
Bagehot
The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
Biography
Economics
History
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
Economics
Politics
History
Hero
The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
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 Big Burn
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
History
American History
Nature
The Tigress of Forlì
Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
History
Biography
Italy
Fascism
A Warning
Politics
History
Political Science
The Quest for God
A Personal Pilgrimage
Religion
Christianity
Biography
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
LGBT
History
Biography
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Travel
History
Adventure
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
Economics
Philosophy
History
The Secret Life of Words
English Words and Their Origins
Language
Linguistics
History
We Need New Stories
Politics
Feminism
Essays
Carl Gustav Jung
A Biography
Biography
Psychology
History
Unexplained
Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast'
Paranormal
Horror
Mystery
Sea of Glory
America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
History
American History
Adventure
Los señores del narco
History
Politics
Crime
