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
Glock
The Rise of America's Gun
History
Business
Military Fiction
Humour
Philosophy
Humor
Essays
Black AF History
The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
History
Race
Politics
Great World Religions
Islam
Religion
History
Islam
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
History
Science
Politics
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th Edition
Philosophy
Science
History
Sound Within Sound
Opening Our Ears to the Twentieth Century
Music
History
Cultural
The Lost Men
The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
History
Adventure
Survival
It's All About Muhammad
A Biography of the World's Most Notorious Prophet
Biography
Religion
History
A Marriage at Sea
A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Biography
Memoir
Travel
Good Book
The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
Religion
Humor
History
Can Ireland Be One?
History
Ireland
The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Economics
Business
Philosophy
The Collapse of Complex Societies
History
Politics
Anthropology
10 Books That Screwed Up the World
And 5 Others That Didn't Help
History
Philosophy
Politics
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
History
Psychology
Sociology
The New York Times Book of Mathematics
More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers
Mathematics
Science
History
LET IT GO
The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist
Biography
Business
Memoir
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
Economics
History
Business
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
History
Politics
True Crime
World Famous Cults and Fanatics
History
True Crime
Cults
Mile Marker Zero
The Moveable Feast of Key West
Travel
History
V13
True Crime
France
History
Josephine Baker
The Hungry Heart
Biography
History
Music
Bloody Nasty People
The Rise of Britain's Far Right
Politics
History
Enemigos de Esparta
History
Historical
Crossroads
The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
Music
Biography
History
Renegade
Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
Politics
Memoir
History
Pimp
The Story of My Life
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Shopping for Bombs
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
Politics
History
Asia
Surrender or Starve
Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
Africa
History
Travel
Easy Money
Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War
Economics
Finance
History
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
Philosophy
Economics
History
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
History
Science
War
The Dark Enlightenment
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
History
Politics
Cultural
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
Memoir
Africa
Biography
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
Music
Biography
History
Imperial Hubris
Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
Politics
History
Terrorism
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution
History
Economics
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
Biography
History
Politics
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the British
Travel
Humor
British Literature
Bloodlines of the Illuminati
Conspiracy Theories
History
Occult
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
History
Longshot
The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Science
Medicine
Medical
The Money Hackers
How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever
Business
Finance
Technology
Red Nation Rising
From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation
History
Indigenous
Politics
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
History
Architecture
Anthropology
These Truths
A History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
