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
Melania and Me
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
Politics
Economics
History
The Firm
The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business
Business
History
Economics
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
History
Biography
World War II
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Politics
Ignorance
How it drives science
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
Politics
Feminism
Religion
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
History
Science
Physics
Libido Dominandi
Sexual Liberation and Political Control
History
Politics
Philosophy
Mao's America
A Survivor's Warning
Politics
History
China
Confronting the Presidents
No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
History
Politics
Biography
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
Politics
Philosophy
Society
10 Judgements That Changed India
India
Law
History
River Kings
A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
History
Archaeology
Medieval
Capital Ideas
The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street
Finance
Economics
History
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
History
Science
Engineering
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
History
Sociology
Pop Culture
Opus
dark money, a secretive cult, and its mission to remake our world
History
Religion
Politics
The Clash of the Cultures
Investment vs. Speculation
Finance
Business
Economics
The House of Rothschild, Vol 2
The World's Banker 1849-1999
History
Biography
Finance
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
Psychology
Science
Politics
Chokepoint Capitalism
How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win T hem Back
Politics
Economics
Technology
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
History
Politics
Philosophy
7 Men
And the Secret of Their Greatness
Biography
History
Christian
Isaac Newton
Biography
Science
History
It Doesn't Take a Hero
The Autobiography: General H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Biography
Military Fiction
History
The Turning Point
Science, Society, and the Rising Culture
Science
Philosophy
Sociology
The Book of Basketball
The NBA According to The Sports Guy
Sports
Basketball
History
The Big Con
The Story of the Confidence Man
History
Crime
True Crime
How Tyrants Fall
And How Nations Survive
Politics
History
War
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
History
Economics
Business
Heroes
Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
Science
History
Environment
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
History
Iran
Middle East
Bonhoeffer
Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Biography
History
Christian
Leadership in War
Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
History
Leadership
Biography
Men of Mathematics
Mathematics
Science
History
Capitalism, Alone
The Future of the System That Rules the World
Economics
Politics
History
Google It
A History of Google
Business
History
Technology
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
History
Science
Anthropology
The Quants
How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
Finance
Business
Economics
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Beyond Measure
The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
Science
History
Technology
Giants of Enterprise
Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built
Business
History
Leadership
White Tears/Brown Scars
How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
The Devil at His Elbow
Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
True Crime
Crime
History
You Are What You Speak
Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
Language
Linguistics
Politics
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
Science
History
Biology
The Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Books About Books
Russia
Memoir
The Anti-capitalistic Mentality
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
