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 Big Sort
Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
Politics
Sociology
History
The Big Sort
Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
Politics
Sociology
History
Tacitus' Annals
History
Tacitus' Annals
History
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
History
Politics
Philosophy
Enemigos de Esparta
History
Historical
Enemigos de Esparta
History
Historical
Prime Obsession
Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
Mathematics
Science
History
Prime Obsession
Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
Mathematics
Science
History
Five Points
Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace
Theology
Christian
Christianity
Five Points
Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace
Theology
Christian
Christianity
Life After Cars
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Urbanism
Politics
Urban Planning
Life After Cars
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Urbanism
Politics
Urban Planning
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
Biography
History
Politics
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
Biography
History
Politics
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
History
Sociology
Politics
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
History
Sociology
Politics
The Secret Life of the Universe
An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
Science
Astronomy
Space
The Secret Life of the Universe
An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
Science
Astronomy
Space
The Fifth Domain
Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
Technology
Politics
History
The Fifth Domain
Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
Technology
Politics
History
Off the Edge
Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
History
Politics
Psychology
Off the Edge
Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
History
Politics
Psychology
The Hunt for Vulcan
...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
Science
History
Physics
The Hunt for Vulcan
...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
Science
History
Physics
The South Was Right!
History
Civil War
American History
The South Was Right!
History
Civil War
American History
Magellan
History
Biography
Travel
Magellan
History
Biography
Travel
Babylon
Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
History
Ancient History
Middle East
Babylon
Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
History
Ancient History
Middle East
Dementia Reimagined
Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
Health
Medicine
Psychology
Dementia Reimagined
Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
Health
Medicine
Psychology
Women's Work
The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
History
Feminism
Womens
Women's Work
The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
History
Feminism
Womens
Unworthy Republic
The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
History
American History
Politics
Unworthy Republic
The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
History
American History
Politics
The Money Hackers
How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever
Business
Finance
Technology
The Money Hackers
How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever
Business
Finance
Technology
A Black Women's History of the United States
History
Feminism
Race
A Black Women's History of the United States
History
Feminism
Race
Miracles and Wonder
The Historical Mystery of Jesus
Religion
History
Christianity
Miracles and Wonder
The Historical Mystery of Jesus
Religion
History
Christianity
Elite Capture
How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics
Politics
Philosophy
Race
Elite Capture
How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics
Politics
Philosophy
Race
Arguably
Selected Essays
Essays
Politics
Philosophy
Arguably
Selected Essays
Essays
Politics
Philosophy
There Will Be Fire
Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
History
Ireland
Politics
There Will Be Fire
Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
History
Ireland
Politics
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
Philosophy
Economics
History
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
Philosophy
Economics
History
Escape from Rome
The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
History
Economics
Ancient History
Escape from Rome
The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
History
Economics
Ancient History
The Social Conquest of Earth
Science
History
Biology
The Social Conquest of Earth
Science
History
Biology
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I
History
Classics
Ancient History
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I
History
Classics
Ancient History
Smoke and Ashes
A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories
History
China
India
Smoke and Ashes
A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories
History
China
India
There is a River
The Story of Edgar Cayce
Biography
Spirituality
Paranormal
There is a River
The Story of Edgar Cayce
Biography
Spirituality
Paranormal
Science of Coercion
Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960
History
Psychology
Politics
Science of Coercion
Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960
History
Psychology
Politics
Killing Lincoln
The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
History
Biography
Historical
Killing Lincoln
The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
History
Biography
Historical
Dark Tide
The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
History
American History
Book Club
Dark Tide
The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
History
American History
Book Club
Studies in the Development of Capitalism
Economics
History
Sociology
Studies in the Development of Capitalism
Economics
History
Sociology
The Fight in the Fields
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
History
Politics
Labor
The Fight in the Fields
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
History
Politics
Labor
The Souls of Black Folks
History
Classics
Race
The Souls of Black Folks
History
Classics
Race
Copaganda
How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
Politics
Social Justice
History
Copaganda
How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Big Myth
How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
Economics
Politics
History
The Big Myth
How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
Economics
Politics
History
After 1177 B.C.
The Survival of Civilizations
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
After 1177 B.C.
The Survival of Civilizations
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
The Wages of Whiteness
Race and the Making of the American Working Class
History
Race
Politics
The Wages of Whiteness
Race and the Making of the American Working Class
History
Race
Politics
The Butchering Art
Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
History
Science
Medicine
The Butchering Art
Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
History
Science
Medicine
The Gallic War
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Gallic War
History
Classics
Ancient History
All Consuming
Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
Food
History
Essays
All Consuming
Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
Food
History
Essays
Freezing Order
A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
Politics
History
Russia
Freezing Order
A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
Politics
History
Russia
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
The Last Stand
Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
History
American History
Biography
The Last Stand
Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
History
American History
Biography
Russian History
A Very Short Introduction
History
Russia
Russian History
Russian History
A Very Short Introduction
History
Russia
Russian History
In a Flight of Starlings
The Wonder of Complex Systems
Science
Physics
Essays
In a Flight of Starlings
The Wonder of Complex Systems
Science
Physics
Essays
The Truth About Muhammad
Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion
Religion
Islam
History
The Truth About Muhammad
Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion
Religion
Islam
History
