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
Yankee Leviathan
The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877
History
American History
Politics
The Return of Ulysses
A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
History
Classics
Greece
Everybody Loses
The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling
Sports
Politics
History
Slaying Goliath
The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools
Education
Politics
History
Powers and Thrones
A New History of the Middle Ages
History
Medieval
European History
Across the Board
How Games Make Us Human
History
Games
Psychology
How the West Grew Rich
The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World
Economics
History
Politics
The Passions and the Interests
Political Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph
Economics
History
Politics
A Handful of Hard Men
The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
History
Military Fiction
Africa
It Didn't Happen Here
Why Socialism Failed in the United States
History
Politics
American History
The Red and the Blue
The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
Politics
History
American History
The Great Math War
How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics
History
Mathematics
Science
The Apocrypha
Religion
Theology
Christianity
White Collar
The American Middle Classes
Sociology
History
Economics
The Quiet Before
On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
History
Politics
Sociology
Resistance
The Essence of the Islamist Revolution
Politics
History
Islam
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean
History
Race
Politics
Progressivism
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
Ebooks
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Evidence for Evolution
Science
Evolution
Biology
Inviting Disaster
Lessons From the Edge of Technology
Science
Engineering
History
If Russia Wins
A Scenario
Politics
Russia
History
Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America
Politics
Political Science
History
Daughter of Persia
A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution
Iran
History
Middle East
Kashmir
The Vajpayee Years
History
India
Politics
The Populist Vision
History
American History
Politics
The Law
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
White Supremacy
A Comparative Study of American and South African History
History
Race
American History
The Privatization of Everything
How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back
Politics
Economics
History
The Death of Reconstruction
Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901
History
American History
Politics
Four Sociological Traditions
Sociology
Philosophy
History
On Her Game
Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports
Sports
Biography
Basketball
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
History
American History
Politics
1812
The War That Forged a Nation
History
American History
War
A History of Ancient Greece
History
Ancient History
Historical
Shamrock and Sword
The Saint Patrick's Battalion in the U.S.-Mexican War
History
Ireland
American History
The Illusion of Us
The Suppression and Evolution of Human Consciousness
History
The Evangelicals
The Struggle to Shape America
History
Religion
Politics
The Dark Side of Democracy
Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
History
Politics
Sociology
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society
Sociology
Politics
History
Working Toward Whiteness
How America's Immigrants Became White: the Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
History
Race
Sociology
Conservatism
A Rediscovery
Politics
Philosophy
History
Beyond Outrage
What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it
Politics
Economics
History
Royal Witches
Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
History
Witches
Biography
The Great Alignment
Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
Politics
Political Science
History
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
The Padre
The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money
History
Ireland
Biography
Pontifex Maximus
A Short History of the Popes
History
Religion
Christianity
We Keep the Dead Close
A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
True Crime
Mystery
Crime
Killing Thatcher
The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown
History
Politics
Ireland
Bad Faith
Race and the Rise of the Religious Right
Politics
History
Religion
