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 Project
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
Politics
History
Sociology
The Origin of Language
How We Learned to Speak and Why
Science
Language
History
Deep Undercover
My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America
History
Biography
Espionage
Easy Money
Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War
Economics
Finance
History
The Brothers
John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War
History
Biography
Politics
The Ages of Globalization
Geography, Technology, and Institutions
Economics
History
Politics
Why Trust Matters
An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us
Economics
Business
History
Ben & Jerry's
The Inside Scoop: How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor
Business
Food
Biography
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th Edition
Philosophy
Science
History
The Art Spy
The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
History
Art
World War II
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
Politics
History
Economics
The Violent Take It by Force
The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy
Politics
Religion
History
The Third Reich in Power
History
World War II
Germany
Nine Pints
A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Science
History
Medicine
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1
1913-1951
Economics
History
Finance
The Unthinkable
Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why
Psychology
Science
Survival
The Acid Queen
The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
Biography
History
Feminism
The Five
The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
History
True Crime
Biography
I Think, Therefore I Am
All the Philosophy You Need to Know
Philosophy
History
Reference
Bailout Nation
How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
Economics
Finance
Business
The Lost Realms
History
Aliens
Ancient History
States and Social Revolutions
A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China
History
Politics
Sociology
Giving Up Is Unforgivable
A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
Politics
History
Government
Why I am a Hindu
Religion
India
Philosophy
Enemigos de Esparta
History
Historical
Medicine River
A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
History
Indigenous
Memoir
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
History
Race
African American
Science Under Siege
How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World
Science
Politics
Climate Change
Bitter Blood
A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Deadliest Enemy
Our War Against Killer Germs
Science
Health
Medicine
The Translator's Invisibility
A History of Translation
Language
History
Linguistics
The Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
History
Economics
Politics
After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
Politics
History
Memoir
Dementia Reimagined
Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
Health
Medicine
Psychology
The Gnostic Religion
The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity
Religion
Philosophy
Gnosticism
The Money Hackers
How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever
Business
Finance
Technology
Cash
Music
Biography
Memoir
Anesthesia
The Gift of Oblivion and The Mystery of Consciousness
Science
Medical
Medicine
The Spartacus War
History
Ancient History
War
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
Biography
History
Politics
Patient Zero
A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
Science
History
Medical
Authoritarian Nightmare
Trump and His Followers
Politics
Psychology
History
Conversations of Socrates
Philosophy
Classics
History
Longitude
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
History
Science
Biography
Rebellion
How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart – Again
Politics
History
American History
Spin Dictators
The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
Politics
History
Political Science
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings
Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
History
Space
Science
Play Nice
The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment
Video Games
Business
History
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
Politics
History
Essays
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
Philosophy
Economics
History
