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 Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
History
Science
Linguistics
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
History
Biography
World War II
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
Politics
History
Current Affairs
From Darwin to Derrida
Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
Leadership
Business
History
Transforming Leadership
Leadership
History
Business
No Is Not Enough
Defeating the New Shock Politics
Politics
History
Economics
The Age of Turbulence
Economics
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Biography
Philosophy
History
Free and Equal
What Would a Fair Society Look Like?
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Tomatoland
How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
Food
Science
History
The Hand
How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture
Science
Psychology
Design
Moonshot
What Landing a Man on the Moon Teaches Us about Collaboration, Creativity, and the Mind-Set for Success
Space
History
Self Help
The Master of Disguise
My Secret Life in the CIA – The First CIA-Authorized Memoir of International Espionage Operations
History
Biography
Espionage
Outside the Box
How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas
Economics
Business
History
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Science
Biography
Physics
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea – From Darwin's Natural Selection to Modern Genetics: A Compelling Science Guide
Science
Evolution
Biology
Blood and Thunder
An Epic of the American West
History
American History
Biography
Daughters of the Sun
Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
History
India
Historical
When It All Burns
Fighting Fire in a Transformed World
Nature
Memoir
Science
The Social Leap
The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy – Why Humans Lie, Exaggerate, and Feel Jealous
Psychology
Science
Evolution
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
A Journey
My Political Life
Politics
Biography
Autobiography
In Our Hands
A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
Economics
Politics
Public Policy
The White Darkness
History
Biography
Adventure
Samurai Wisdom
Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture
Philosophy
History
Martial Arts
The Path of Freemasonry
The Craft as a Spiritual Practice
Self Help
History
Esoterica
War Room
The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team
Sports
Football
Biography
Lights Out
Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
Business
History
Economics
50 Politics Classics
Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books
Politics
Philosophy
History
All Too Human
A Political Education
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Apple in China
The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
Business
China
Technology
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
History
Art
Sociology
Discover Your Genius
How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds
Self Help
History
Psychology
Kant
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Biography
History
Economics Explained
Economics
Finance
Business
Greek Mythology
The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who's Who in Greek Mythology
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
Under a White Sky
The Nature of the Future
Science
Environment
Nature
Maestro
Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
Economics
Biography
Politics
A Higher Loyalty
Truth, Lies, and Leadership
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Uncertainty
Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
Science
Physics
History
Hit Men
Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Music
History
Business
Griftopia
Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Politics
Economics
History
The New Breed
What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
America's Bank
The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve
History
Economics
Finance
The Social Sex
A History of Female Friendship
History
Feminism
Womens
Two Cheers for Anarchism
Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play
Politics
Philosophy
History
Spook
Science Tackles the Afterlife
Science
Humor
Paranormal
How We Eat
The Brave New World of Food and Drink
Food
Business
History
