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 Last American President
A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink
Politics
History
Presidents
The Longest Line on the Map
The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas
History
Travel
Politics
A Brief History of Equality
Economics
History
Politics
The Wrath to Come
Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells
History
Politics
American History
Can We Talk About Israel?
A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted
History
Politics
Israel
Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.
Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps
Geography
History
Childrens
Why Cities Lose
The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
Politics
History
Political Science
The Road to Jonestown
Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
True Crime
History
Biography
The Counter-Revolution of 1776
Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
History
American History
Race
A Study of History, abridged
History
Classics
Philosophy
Born to Rebel
Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives
Psychology
Science
Parenting
The Atomic Human
Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
The Case for Jesus
The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ
Religion
Catholic
Theology
How to Hide an Empire
A History of the Greater United States
History
Politics
American History
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
A New History of the Ancient Near East
History
Ancient History
Middle East
Emperor of Rome
Ruling the Ancient Roman World
History
Ancient History
Roman History
In Search of the Dark Ages
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Londonistan
Politics
Islam
Religion
Stamped from the Beginning
The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
History
Race
Social Justice
On Democracy
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Democracy in Chains
The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Politics
History
Economics
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
History
Politics
Economics
The Unquiet Frontier
Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
Politics
Military Fiction
International Relations
Why We Kneel, How We Rise
Sports
History
Politics
The Treaty of Versailles
A Captivating Guide to the Peace Treaty That Ended World War 1 and Its Impact on Germany and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
History
World War I
War
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
Politics
Political Science
History
Aesthetics of Excess
The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment
Race
Latinx
Theory
Debunking Economics
The Naked Emperor Dethroned?
Economics
Politics
Finance
The Framers' Coup
The Making of the United States Constitution
History
Politics
American History
Astor
The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
History
Biography
Biography Memoir
Albert Camus
A Life
Biography
Philosophy
France
Curse of The Narrows
The Halifax Disaster of 1917
History
Canada
World War I
Alex Haley
And the Books That Changed a Nation
Biography
History
African American
Highly Confident
The Crime and Punishment of Michael Milken
History
Business
Finance
Forty Autumns
A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
History
Memoir
Book Club
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 3
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Business of America is Lobbying
How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate
Politics
Political Science
History
Bolívar
American Liberator
History
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Flag and the Cross
White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
Politics
Religion
History
The Politics of Resentment
Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Lorraine Hansberry
The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
Biography
History
Drama
American Reckoning
Inside Trump's Trial―and My Own
Politics
History
Memoir
Saint Pius V
Biography
Catholic
History
American Oligarchs
The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
Politics
History
Biography
It's All a Game
The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan
History
Games
Pop Culture
On Power
Politics
History
Biography
Destined for War
Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
Politics
History
China
The Law of Blood
Thinking and Acting as a Nazi
History
Politics
World War II
Stony the Road
Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
History
Race
Politics
Trail of Tears
A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations
History
American History
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