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
Shakey
Neil Young's Biography
Music
Biography
Biography Memoir
I Think, Therefore I Am
All the Philosophy You Need to Know
Philosophy
History
Reference
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
History
Civil War
Biography
Allow Me to Retort
A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
Politics
History
Law
Crossroads
The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
Music
Biography
History
Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives
The Thai Cave Rescue
Memoir
Biography
History
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
History
Politics
True Crime
Voodoo Histories
The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
Philosophy
History
Theory
Talking to the Dead
Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism
History
Biography
Paranormal
The Catalpa Rescue
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history
History
Australia
Biography
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
Economics
History
Finance
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Butler
The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland
Politics
History
American History
Shopping for Bombs
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
Politics
History
Asia
Desperate Remedies
Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
Psychology
History
Mental Health
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Essays
Memoir
Travel
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the British
Travel
Humor
British Literature
Japan Story
History
Japan
Asia
In a Sunburned Country
Travel
Humor
Australia
Los señores del narco
History
Politics
Crime
The Turning Point
Science, Society, and the Rising Culture
Science
Philosophy
Sociology
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
Memoir
Book Club
History
There Was and There Was Not
A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
History
Memoir
Travel
Under a White Sky
The Nature of the Future
Science
Environment
Nature
Mawson's Will
The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
Adventure
History
Survival
Agincourt
Henry V and the Battle that Made England
History
Military History
Medieval
The Chemical Age
How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
Science
History
Environment
Cooper's Creek
History
Australia
Travel
California Burning
The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
History
Business
Politics
The Lost Men
The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
History
Adventure
Survival
España partida en dos
Breve historia de la guerra civil española
History
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
Memoir
Book Club
History
Unsettling Truths
The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
History
Race
Theology
The Picnic
A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
History
Politics
European History
The New Rulers of the World
Politics
History
Journalism
Fire and Blood
A History of Mexico
History
Religion
Travel
