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 Genius of Israel
The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
Israel
History
Jewish
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
Economics
Politics
History
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
History
Biography
American History
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
Politics
History
Philosophy
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Politics
The World Atlas of Coffee
From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed
Food
Cooking
History
Who Owns England?
Politics
History
Environment
The Hero Code
Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived
Leadership
Self Help
Military Fiction
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Science
History
Biology
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
History
Feminism
Womens
Original Sins
The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
History
Education
Race
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
Economics
Politics
Business
Aleister Crowley
Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
Biography
Occult
History
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
Economics
Food
Politics
Down with the System
A Memoir
Music
Memoir
Biography
Flying Blind
The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
Business
History
Aviation
Discourses and Selected Writings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Art of Intelligence
History
Espionage
Politics
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
History
Science
Medicine
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
History
War
World War II
Hiroshima
History
War
Japan
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Shape
The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
Science
Mathematics
Politics
Food of the Gods
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
Philosophy
History
Science
Infantry Attacks
History
Military Fiction
War
How to Live
Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Philosophy
Biography
History
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
History
Politics
France
SEAL Team Six
Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service
Politics
History
Essays
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
History
Technology
Business
Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea.
Anthropology
Ethnography
History
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy
A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
Art
Art History
History
Fight
Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
Politics
History
American History
Glimpses of World History
History
India
World History
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
R. N. Kao
Gentleman Spymaster
Biography
History
Espionage
Hard Drive
Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
Biography
Business
Technology
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Science
History
Humor
The Innovators
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
History
Biography
Business
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
Politics
History
Philosophy
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Science
Biology
History
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
History
Biography
Asia
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
Iran
History
Politics
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Economics
History
Politics
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
Psychology
Mythology
Philosophy
The New Map
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Politics
Economics
History
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
History
Politics
World History
