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
These Are the Plunderers
How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
Economics
Business
Finance
Models of My Life
Biography
Science
Philosophy
An Ugly Truth
Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
Business
Technology
Politics
The Dancing Universe
From Creation Myths to the Big Bang
Science
Physics
Astronomy
El fútbol a sol y sombra
Sports
Football
Soccer
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
Philosophy
Psychology
Occult
The Secret History of Dreaming
Psychology
History
Spirituality
A Short History of the World
History
Classics
World History
Allow Me to Retort
A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
Politics
History
Law
Covert Regime Change
America's Secret Cold War
History
Politics
International Relations
The Chancellor
The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
Biography
Politics
History
Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing
Feminism, Misogyny, and Where We Go From Here
Feminism
Australia
History
Human Devolution
A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory
History
Science
Biology
Global Capitalism
Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century, and Its Stumbles in the Twenty-First
Economics
History
Politics
Bronze Age Mindset
Philosophy
Politics
History
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going – A Witty Study of Humanity by a Noted Anthropologist
Anthropology
Science
History
Why Fish Don’t Exist
A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Science
Memoir
History
God's Hotel
A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
The Long Slide
Thirty Years in American Journalism
Politics
History
Biography
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Economics
Politics
History
King David
The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel
Religion
History
Biography
Private Empire
ExxonMobil and American Power
Business
History
Politics
خون و نفت خاطرات یک شاهزاده ایرانی
Iran
History
Memoir
The JFK Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why it Failed
History
Politics
Biography
The Case for Trump
Politics
History
Biography
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
A Cold Case Investigation
History
True Crime
Holocaust
Thinking like an Economist
How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy
Economics
Politics
History
In Search of Time
Journeys Along a Curious Dimension
Science
Philosophy
Physics
A Criminal History of Mankind
History
Psychology
True Crime
Capital Ideas Evolving
Finance
Economics
Business
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
History
Jewish
Memoir
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Economics
Politics
Sociology
The Intellectual Devotional
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
History
Reference
Philosophy
How Do You Kill 11 Million People?
Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think
History
Politics
Philosophy
Parisian Lives
Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
France
Obama
From Promise to Power
Biography
Politics
History
Networks of New York
An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure
Technology
Architecture
New York
Concrete Economics
The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy
Economics
History
Politics
Enough
Politics
Memoir
History
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
Politics
History
Economics
The Reality Bubble
How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World
Science
Psychology
History
The Last Tycoons
The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
Business
Finance
History
Taking the Quantum Leap
The New Physics for Nonscientists – From the Greeks to Einstein and the Nature of Reality
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Against the Machine
On the Unmaking of Humanity
Philosophy
Technology
Politics
Five Days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
History
Medicine
Medical
Kicking Away the Ladder
Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
Economics
History
Politics
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
History
Military Fiction
World War II
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
The Real West
History
Westerns
Biography
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
Africa
Memoir
Sudan
