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 Wars of Gods and Men
History
Mythology
Aliens
A Garden of Marvels
How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
Science
Nature
Gardening
Writings of Abraham Lincoln
History
Biography
Civil War
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
True Crime
Crime
History
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
Science
Nature
Climate Change
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
History
American History
Biography
The End of Oil
On the Edge of a Perilous New World
Politics
Science
Environment
Once a Wolf
The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution
Science
Animals
Dogs
Frenemies
The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business
Business
History
Technology
Leonardo and the Last Supper
History
Art
Biography
Batı'nın İnsan Doğası Yanılsaması
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
In an Uncertain World
Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
Economics
Politics
Business
Black Mass
Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal
True Crime
History
Crime
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America – A Historical of LSD
History
Psychology
Biography
Nawabs, Nudes, Noodles
India through 50 Years of Advertising
India
Business
History
The Republic of Tea
How an Idea Becomes a Business
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
The Perfect Police State
An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
Politics
China
History
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
Science
Nature
Natural History
Lily Dale
The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead
History
Paranormal
Spiritualism
Los señores del narco
History
Politics
Crime
The Way of the Knife
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
History
Politics
Military Fiction
Religion and the Rebel
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
Politics
History
Leadership
The Fort Bragg Cartel
Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
History
True Crime
Crime
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
Science
Technology
Sociology
My Fellow Soldiers
General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
History
Biography
War
Yes We (Still) Can
Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
Politics
Memoir
History
It's Good to Be Queen
Becoming as Bold, Gracious, and Wise as the Queen of Sheba
Christian
Faith
Christian Living
The Meaning of Everything
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
History
Language
Biography
Live Alone and Like It
The Classic Guide for the Single Woman
Self Help
Feminism
Womens
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
History
Technology
Science
Mother American Night
My Life and Crazy Times
Biography
Music
Memoir
Creation
How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
Science
Biology
Evolution
Rommel
Lessons from Yesterday for Today's Leaders
History
Biography
Leadership
The Chemical Age
How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
Science
History
Environment
The Miracle of the Kurds
A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq
History
Politics
Middle East
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Science
History
Genetics
Hammer of the Gods
Music
Biography
History
Incompleteness
The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel
Philosophy
Mathematics
Biography
I Shall Not Hate
A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
Memoir
Middle East
Biography
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End
Biography
History
Historical
100 Million Years of Food
Food
History
Health
Carl Gustav Jung
A Biography
Biography
Psychology
History
Tory Nation
How one party took over
Politics
History
The Catalpa Rescue
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history
History
Australia
Biography
Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
Economics
Business
History
Paroles de Poilus
Lettres et carnets du front 1914-1918
History
France
School
Evolution's Captain
The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
History
Biography
Science
Buckley
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
History
Biography
Politics
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
History
Biography
Tudor Period
