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
Democracy
Eleven writers and leaders on what it is – and why it matters
Politics
Philosophy
History
Sex in the Heartland
History
Sexuality
American History
Arsenals of Folly
The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
History
Science
Politics
Tits Up
What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
Feminism
History
Science
The Strategy of Denial
American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
Politics
China
History
White Lies
The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
History
Biography
Race
The Great Emergence
How Christianity is Changing and Why
Religion
Theology
Christianity
Fight Oligarchy
Politics
History
Economics
The Ten Books on Architecture
Architecture
Art
History
Che Guevara Reader
Writings on Politics & Revolution
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Art Spy
The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
History
Art
Biography
Southern Horrors and Other Writings
The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900
History
Race
Essays
Freezing Order
Politics
History
Russia
How to Survive History
How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
History
Science
Humor
McNamara at War
A New History
History
Biography
Military History
A Man Called White
The Autobiography of Walter White
Biography
History
Politics
Spectacle
The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
History
Biography
Race
The History of the Church
From Christ to Constantine
History
Religion
Church History
How Progress Ends
Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations
Economics
Business
History
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
History
Race
Politics
Anatomy of a Lynching
The Killing of Claude Neal
History
True Crime
Crime
Heaven and Hell
A History of the Afterlife
Religion
History
Philosophy
American Oligarchs
The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
Politics
History
Biography
Chokepoints
American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
Economics
Politics
History
Five Points
Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace
Theology
Christian
Christianity
The Price of Greatness
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy
History
Politics
American History
The Deadline
Essays
History
Politics
At the Hands of Persons Unknown
The Lynching of Black America
History
Race
American History
In the Land of Pain
Memoir
France
Autobiography
Arguably
Selected Essays
Essays
Politics
Philosophy
Volume Control
Hearing in a Deafening World
Science
Health
Medicine
Ayahuasca in My Blood
25 Years of Medicine Dreaming
Spirituality
Drugs
Science
Tacitus' Annals
History
Nightmare Obscura
A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind
Science
Psychology
Self Help
The South Was Right!
History
Civil War
American History
The Unquiet Frontier
Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
Politics
Military Fiction
International Relations
The Apocrypha
Religion
Theology
Christianity
Who Rules the World?
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Conquest of Gaul
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Fight in the Fields
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
History
Politics
Labor
America's Social Arsonist
Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century
Labor
History
Politics
From Babylon to Timbuktu
History
Religion
Africa
The Genesis 6 Conspiracy
How Secret Societies and the Descendants of Giants Plan to Enslave Humankind
Christian
Religion
History
The 12th Planet
History
Mythology
Aliens
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
History
Race
African American
The Lost Realms
History
Aliens
Ancient History
Children of the Matrix
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
The Stairway to Heaven
History
Mythology
Aliens
The Wars of Gods and Men
History
Mythology
Aliens
The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
History
Economics
Business
