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
Bad Faith
Race and the Rise of the Religious Right
Politics
History
Religion
We Keep the Dead Close
A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
True Crime
Mystery
Crime
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
History
Military History
Military Fiction
Peace Pact
The Lost World of the American Founding
History
American Revolution
American History
Rule and Ruin
The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
Politics
History
American History
Epic Disruptions
11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World
History
Business
The Fierce Urgency of Now
Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
History
Politics
American History
State of the Union
A Century of American Labor
History
Labor
Politics
A Nation by Design
Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America
History
Immigration
Politics
Britain's Gulag
The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya
History
Africa
Kenya
The Court v. The Voters
The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
Law
History
Politics
Trump
The Art of the Comeback
Business
Biography
Memoir
Regulating the Poor
The Functions of Public Welfare
Sociology
Politics
History
Land of Promise
An Economic History of the United States
History
Economics
American History
For the Glory of God
How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
History
Religion
Christianity
How States Think
The Rationality of Foreign Policy
Politics
International Relations
History
From Democrats to Kings
The Brutal Dawn of a New World from the Downfall of Athens to the Rise of Alexander the Great
History
Ancient History
Greece
[Brotherhood of Kings] [By
Podany, Amanda H.] [January, 2012]
History
Ancient History
Middle East
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor
Labor
History
Biography
Plutarch's Lives
Volume I
History
Classics
Biography
Trumpocracy
The Corruption of the American Republic
Politics
History
Philosophy
Liberalism
The Life of an Idea
Politics
History
Philosophy
Racial Realignment
The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
Politics
History
Political Science
World War One
WWI History told from the Trenches, Seas, Skies, and Desert of a War Torn World
History
Public Citizens
The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism
Politics
History
American History
Nations Apart
How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
History
Politics
American History
Negro President
Jefferson and the Slave Power
History
Biography
Politics
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Uses of Greek Mythology
Mythology
Religion
History
Witness to Gettysburg
Civil War
History
War
That Woman
The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Mañana o pasado
El misterio de los mexicanos
History
Cultural
Politics
Operation Hollywood
How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies
Politics
Film
History
The Noodle Narratives
The Global Rise of an Industrial Food into the Twenty-First Century
Food
History
Anthropology
The Age of Federalism
History
American History
Politics
The Clock Mirage
Our Myth of Measured Time
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Broken Branch
How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
Politics
Political Science
History
Taoism for Dummies
Religion
Philosophy
Taoism
Radical American Partisanship
Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy
Politics
American History
Political Science
Slave Nation
How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution
History
American History
United States
Nations
The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
History
Politics
Sociology
The Market Revolution
Jacksonian America, 1815-1846
History
American History
Economics
Kill Switch
The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
Politics
History
American History
The Toronto Book of Love
History
Canada
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Politics
History
Memoir
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
History
Politics
American History
"Mau Mau" detainee
The account by a Kenya African of his experiences in detention camps, 1953-1960
Africa
History
Kenya
Internal Colonialism
The Celtic Fringe in British National Development
History
NATO's Secret Armies
Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
Cross Purposes
Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
Religion
Politics
Christianity
