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
Plunder
Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
Economics
Business
Finance
The Obamas
Biography
Politics
History
The Utopia of Rules
On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
Politics
Anthropology
History
Wisdom Takes Work
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Philosophy
Self Help
Personal Development
In Plain Sight
Paranormal
Science
History
Ninety Percent of Everything
Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
Business
Economics
History
Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
Science
History
Chemistry
Why Read Moby-Dick?
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Classics
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Politics
Feminism
Race
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science
Science
Technology
History
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Politics
History
Economics
The Essential Talmud
Judaism
Religion
Jewish
A Walk in the Park
The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Travel
Memoir
Nature
The Father of Spin
Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations
Biography
Psychology
History
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
Biography
Business
Finance
The Books of Enoch
Religion
Theology
Christian
The Passion of the Western Mind
Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
Philosophy
History
Psychology
The Language Game
How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
Language
Linguistics
Science
Why?
What Makes Us Curious
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
All or Nothing
How Trump Recaptured America
Politics
History
Presidents
Under the Black Flag
The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
History
Pirates
Historical
To Pixar and Beyond
My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
Business
Biography
Memoir
The People’s Republic of Walmart
How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
Economics
Politics
History
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
History
American History
Labor
Chaos Monkeys
Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Business
Technology
Biography
The Nones
Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going
Religion
Sociology
Politics
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Education
Politics
Teaching
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
History
Politics
Sociology
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
A Memoir of the Holocaust
Holocaust
Memoir
History
1000 Years of Annoying the French
History
Humor
France
The Golem (Canto Classics)
What You Should Know About Science
Science
Philosophy
History Of Science
The Dope
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
History
True Crime
Crime
A History of the World in 21 Women
A Personal Selection
History
Feminism
Biography
Anne Frank
The Biography
Biography
History
Holocaust
Fake Heroes
Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History
History
Biography
Politics
The Unsettling of America
Culture and Agriculture
Agriculture
History
Food
The Fire Next Time
Classics
Essays
Race
The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
History
Philosophy
Science
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
Politics
History
Political Science
Fooling some of the People all of the time
A long short story
Finance
Business
Economics
The Geography of Genius
Lessons from the World's Most Creative Places
History
Travel
Science
Essential Works of Lenin
"What Is to Be Done?" and Other Writings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Antimatter
Science
Physics
Popular Science
A History of the Jews
History
Religion
Judaism
Fermat's Last Theorem
Science
Mathematics
History
Lessons in Stoicism
What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Wireless Wars
China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back
China
Technology
Politics
The Evolution of Useful Things
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
History
Science
Design
Prometheus and Atlas
Philosophy
Religion
History
