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
Salt
A World History
History
Food
Science
Permanent Record
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Natural Goodness
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Paul
A Biography
Biography
Religion
Theology
Softwar
An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
Biography
Business
Technology
Mossad
The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
History
Israel
Espionage
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Film
Biography
Media Tie In
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...
Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Liberalism
The Classical Tradition
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Beyond The Story
10-Year Record of BTS
Biography
Memoir
Music
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Biography
Politics
History
A Fever in the Heartland
The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
History
True Crime
Book Club
Identity
The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Shortest History of China
History
China
Asia
The Race of My Life
An Autobiography
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Existentialism
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
History
Reference
The Oil Kings
How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
History
Politics
Middle East
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Economics
Politics
History
Breakfast with Seneca
A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
History
Book Club
Historical
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Eye of the Master
A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
History
Technology
The Persian Expedition
History
Classics
Ancient History
Triumph of the City
How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Economics
Urbanism
Urban Planning
The China Model
Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
China
Politics
History
The People vs. Democracy
Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
Politics
History
Political Science
Cinema Speculation
Film
Media Tie In
History
Stoicism
Philosophy
History
Personal Development
Start-up Nation
The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
Business
Economics
Israel
Misquoting Jesus
The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Religion
History
Christianity
Cult of the Dead Cow
How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
Technology
History
Hackers
Under Siege
My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects
Health
Nutrition
Food
Empire of the Summer Moon
Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
History
American History
Biography
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
History
Psychology
Military Fiction
The Populist Delusion
Politics
Philosophy
History
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers & Heroes of a Hurricane
Biography
History
Politics
Going Infinite
The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Business
Biography
Finance
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Paradox of Modern Iran
Iran
Middle East
History
The Fish That Ate the Whale
The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Biography
History
Business
Framed
Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
True Crime
Crime
History
Barbarians at the Gate
The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Business
Finance
History
Stone Age Economics
Anthropology
Economics
History
Viking Age Iceland
History
Medieval
Mythology
The Room Where It Happened
A White House Memoir
Politics
History
Memoir
Bonk
The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Science
Humor
Sexuality
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
History
Memoir
School
What We Owe The Future
A Million-Year View
Philosophy
Science
History
Ibn Khaldun
An Intellectual Biography
History
Biography
Philosophy
