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Enemy of All Mankind Summary
Enemy of All Mankind
A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
by Steven Johnson 2020 286 pages
3.89
4k+ ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
History
European History
World History
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 Summary
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1994 627 pages
4.29
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Klondike Fever Summary
The Klondike Fever
The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
by Pierre Berton 1958 494 pages
4.11
462 ratings
History
Canada
American History
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 Summary
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975 354 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Fifth Sun Summary
Fifth Sun
A New History of the Aztecs
by Camilla Townsend 2019 336 pages
4.08
5k+ ratings
History
Historical
World History
Conquistador Summary
Conquistador
Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
by Buddy Levy 2008 448 pages
4.31
5k+ ratings
History
Biography
War
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 Summary
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1987 405 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Scramble for Africa Summary
The Scramble for Africa
The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
by Thomas Pakenham 1991 800 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
History
Africa
World History
Bandits Summary
Bandits
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1969 240 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Crime
Industry and Empire Summary
Industry and Empire
The Birth of the Industrial Revolution
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968 411 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
History
Economics
European History
Smoke and Ashes Summary
Smoke and Ashes
A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories
by Amitav Ghosh 2024 417 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
History
China
India
Babylon Summary
Babylon
Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
by Paul Kriwaczek 2010 310 pages
3.89
3k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Middle East
After 1177 B.C. Summary
After 1177 B.C.
The Survival of Civilizations
by Eric H. Cline 2024 352 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
The Ottomans Summary
The Ottomans
Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
by Marc David Baer 2021 560 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
History
Middle East
European History
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens Summary
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens
A History of Ancient Greece
by Robin Waterfield 2018 511 pages
3.92
436 ratings
History
Greece
Ancient History
Escape from Rome Summary
Escape from Rome
The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
by Walter Scheidel 2019 670 pages
4.05
482 ratings
History
Economics
Ancient History
Cuba Summary
Cuba
An American History
by Ada Ferrer 2021 560 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders Summary
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders
Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
by Jonn Elledge 2024 368 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
History
Geography
Politics
A History of the World in 100 Objects Summary
A History of the World in 100 Objects
by Neil MacGregor 2010 707 pages
4.19
9k+ ratings
History
Art
World History
Why the West Rules—for Now Summary
Why the West Rules—for Now
The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
by Ian Morris 2010 1162 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Worth Dying For Summary
Worth Dying For
The Power and Politics of Flags
by Tim Marshall 2016 266 pages
3.65
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust Summary
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism
by John Henrik Clarke 1992 131 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
History
Africa
Race
The Sources of Social Power Summary
The Sources of Social Power
Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
by Michael Mann 1986 560 pages
4.32
158 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
McNamara at War Summary
McNamara at War
A New History
by Philip Taubman 2025 512 pages
4.19
465 ratings
History
Military Fiction
Politics
America, América Summary
America, América
A New History of the New World
by Greg Grandin 2025 768 pages
4.49
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Why Did Europe Conquer the World? Summary
Why Did Europe Conquer the World?
by Philip T. Hoffman 2015 282 pages
3.42
257 ratings
History
Economics
European History
The Pursuit of Power Summary
The Pursuit of Power
Europe 1815 - 1914
by Richard J. Evans 2016 848 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
History
European History
Politics
Day of Empire Summary
Day of Empire
How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall
by Amy Chua 2007 432 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
King Leopold's Ghost Summary
King Leopold's Ghost
A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by Adam Hochschild 1998 442 pages
4.19
70k+ ratings
History
Africa
Biography
The Wide Wide Sea Summary
The Wide Wide Sea
Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
by Hampton Sides 2024 408 pages
4.46
22k+ ratings
History
Biography
Adventure
Paris, 1919 Summary
Paris, 1919
Six Months that Changed the World
by Margaret MacMillan 2001 624 pages
4.13
15k+ ratings
History
Politics
World War I
A History of Histories Summary
A History of Histories
Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century
by J.W. Burrow 2007 544 pages
3.78
456 ratings
History
World History
Ancient History
Civilization on Trial Summary
Civilization on Trial
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1948
3.83
152 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
A Study of History, abridged Summary
A Study of History, abridged
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1957 576 pages
4.10
224 ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
Mexico Summary
Mexico
A 500-Year History
by Paul Gillingham 2025 752 pages
4.07
162 ratings
History
World History
Latin American
On History Summary
On History
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1997 416 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Essays
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
Tales of Marx and Marxism
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011 470 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Against the World Summary
Against the World
Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
by Tara Zahra 2023 384 pages
3.96
254 ratings
History
Politics
World History
Heretics and Heroes Summary
Heretics and Heroes
How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World
by Thomas Cahill 2013 368 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
History
Religion
Art
Empire of Cotton Summary
Empire of Cotton
A New History of Global Capitalism
by Sven Beckert 2014 640 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
History
Economics
World History
Year Zero Summary
Year Zero
A History of 1945
by Ian Buruma 2013 384 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
History
World War II
War
Mortal Republic Summary
Mortal Republic
How Rome Fell into Tyranny
by Edward J. Watts 2018 336 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Ancient History
Ancient Worlds Summary
Ancient Worlds
An Epic History of East and West
by Michael Scott 2016 402 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Classics
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy Summary
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy
by Daniel Ziblatt 2017 439 pages
4.00
88 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
From Rebel to Ruler Summary
From Rebel to Ruler
One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party
by Tony Saich 2021 560 pages
3.83
119 ratings
China
History
Politics
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Summary
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean
by Gerald Horne 2018 280 pages
4.26
189 ratings
History
Race
Politics
Birth of the Leviathan Summary
Birth of the Leviathan
by Ertman 1997 380 pages
3.78
49 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
How the West Grew Rich Summary
How the West Grew Rich
The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World
by Nathan Rosenberg 1985 368 pages
3.67
131 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
The Life of an Idea
by Edmund Fawcett 2014 488 pages
3.90
277 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
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