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
Blood and Iron
The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
History
Germany
European History
Spy Schools
How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities
History
Politics
Education
The Age of Diagnosis
How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker
Science
Psychology
Health
After the Fall
The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made
Politics
History
American
The Gales of November
The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
History
American History
Historical
The Tech Coup
How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
Politics
Technology
Business
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
Memoir
Book Club
History
Pyrrhonism
How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism
Philosophy
Buddhism
History
The Pioneers
The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
History
American History
Historical
The Control Revolution
Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
History
Technology
Economics
Conversations of Socrates
Philosophy
Classics
History
Smoke and Ashes
A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories
History
China
India
Code Warriors
NSA's Code Breakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union
History
Espionage
Politics
Epistles 1-65
Philosophy
Classics
History
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
The Frontiers of Knowledge
What We Know about Science, History and the Mind
Science
Philosophy
History
Epistles 1-65
Philosophy
Classics
History
Bad Company
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Business
Economics
Politics
Intellectual Property
A Very Short Introduction
Law
Economics
Politics
Just Add Water
My Swimming Life
Memoir
Sports
Biography
The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft
Witchcraft
Reference
Paganism
The Scramble for Africa
The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
History
Africa
World History
Goldman Sachs
The Culture of Success
Business
Finance
Economics
All Consuming
Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
Food
History
Essays
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
Politics
Cities
Sociology
Paper Promises
Debt, Money, and the New World Order
Economics
Finance
History
Scatterlings
Mythology
Psychology
Spirituality
曾国藩传
History
Biography
1494
How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
History
Spain
Politics
Modern Money Theory
A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems
Economics
Finance
Money
Vanishing Treasures
A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Nature
Science
Animals
A Little History of Psychology
Psychology
History
Science
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
Crime
Politics
History
After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
Politics
History
Memoir
Off the Edge
Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
History
Politics
Psychology
God
The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction
Religion
Atheism
Philosophy
Jesus and the Last Supper
Catholic
Religion
Theology
Uncommon Wealth
Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
History
Politics
Economics
Magic Medicine
A Trip Through the Intoxicating History and Modern-Day Use of Psychedelic Plants and Substances
History
Science
Psychology
Crusade for Justice
The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
History
Biography
Memoir
The Secret Token
Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
History
American History
Mystery
Reveille for Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
History
Men and Rubber
The Story of Business 1926
Business
Biography
History
The Caesars Palace Coup
How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street
Business
Finance
History
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Politics
Why David Sometimes Wins
Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
History
Labor
Politics
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
History
Indigenous
Social Justice
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary
Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah
Catholic
Theology
Religion
A Protest History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
They Came Before Columbus
The African Presence in Ancient America
History
Africa
Race
