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
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
History
Business
Economics
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
History
Race
Social Justice
SPQR
A History of Ancient Rome
History
Ancient History
Historical
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
A Briefer History of Time
Science
Physics
History
Black Edge
Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
Business
Finance
Economics
Reversing Hermon
Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ
Theology
Christian
Biblical Studies
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
History
Biography
World War II
On the Good Life
Philosophy
Classics
History
NeuroTribes
The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
This Is Your Mind on Plants
Science
Psychology
Nature
The Ape that Understood the Universe
How the Mind and Culture Evolve
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln
Business
Self Help
Leadership
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
History
Book Club
World War II
The True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
Feminism
Gender Studies
History
The Spy and the Traitor
The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
History
Espionage
Biography
Amazon Unbound
Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
Business
Biography
Technology
The Contrarian
Peter Thiel and the Rise of the Silicon Valley Oligarchs
Biography
Business
Politics
Grundrisse
Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Stuff Matters
Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Science
History
Chemistry
At the Existentialist Café
Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
Philosophy
History
Biography
Invisible Doctrine
The Secret History of Neoliberalism
Politics
Economics
History
The Art of War
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Phenomena
The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
History
Science
Paranormal
The Crisis of the Modern World
Philosophy
Religion
Politics
Five Families
The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
History
True Crime
Crime
The Koran
A Very Short Introduction
Religion
Islam
History
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
Psychology
History
Sociology
The Art of Happiness
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Indigenous
Politics
History
The World Without Us
Science
Environment
Nature
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
History
Politics
Race
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
History
India
Politics
Fingerprints of the Gods
The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
History
Science
Ancient History
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
History
Business
Science
How Propaganda Works
Politics
Philosophy
History
On Sparta
History
Classics
Ancient History
What Went Wrong with Capitalism
Economics
Politics
History
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Architecture
Urban Planning
History
In Cold Blood
Classics
True Crime
Crime
The Hot Zone
The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Science
History
Medical
The Doctor and the Saint
The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
India
History
Politics
Iran Awakening
A memoir of revolution and hope
Iran
Middle East
Memoir
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
Science
Physics
History
Mama Lola
A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn
Religion
Anthropology
Ethnography
The Meaning of Life
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Religion
Psychology
Open Socrates
The Case for a Philosophical Life
Philosophy
History
Biography
