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
Children of the Days
A Calendar of Human History
History
Literature
Politics
Adversarial Legalism
The American Way of Law
Law
Politics
History
The Puzzler
One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
Humor
Memoir
Puzzles
Magicians of the Gods
The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
History
Science
Ancient History
We Have Not a Government
The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution
History
Politics
American History
The Populist Persuasion
An American History
History
Politics
American History
Crisis of Confidence
Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity
Theology
Christian
Cultural
The Ideological Origins of American Federalism
History
Law
Politics
The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse
The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters
History
Biography
Royalty
Wobblies and Zapatistas
Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History
History
Politics
Philosophy
Indians and English
Facing Off in Early America
History
American History
Native American History
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine
From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
History
Politics
Middle East
The Good Virus
The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Thirty Years War
Europe's Tragedy
History
European History
Military History
The Demagogue's Playbook
The Battle for American Democracy from the Founders to Trump
History
Politics
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
Business
Biography
Leadership
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion
Reassessing the History of an Idea
History
American History
Religion
Pathogenesis
A History of the World in Eight Plagues
History
Science
Medicine
Religion in Human Evolution
From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
Religion
History
Anthropology
Malcolm Gladwell
Collected
Business
History
Psychology
A Little History of Economics
Economics
History
Business
The End of Power
From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
Business
Politics
History
The Left Behind
Decline and Rage in Rural America
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
Empires in World History
Power and the Politics of Difference
History
World History
Politics
Eureka!
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask
History
Ancient History
Greece
Mornings on Horseback
History
Biography
Presidents
War Without Rules
China's Playbook for Global Domination
China
Politics
Military Fiction
Audience of One
Television, Donald Trump, and the Fracturing of America
Politics
History
Pop Culture
The Age of Choice
A History of Freedom in Modern Life
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900
History
Politics
American History
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
History
Politics
American History
Very Bad People
The Inside Story of Our Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption
Politics
Crime
True Crime
Ghost Wars
The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
History
Politics
War
Necropolitics
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
War and Change in World Politics
International Relations
Politics
War
The Rise and Fall of Rational Control
The History of Modern Political Philosophy
Politics
Philosophy
History
Socializing Capital
History
Sociology
Economics
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
Including the 1831 "Confessions"
History
Race
American History
The Heart of the Declaration
The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government
History
American History
The Federalist Society
How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals
Politics
Law
History
How Jesus Became Christian by Barrie Wilson
Christianity
History
Religion
Majapahit
Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia's Greatest Empire
History
Politics
World History
In the Shadow of the Sword
The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
History
Religion
Islam
The Day Wall Street Exploded
A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror
History
American History
True Crime
Unrestricted Warfare
China's Master Plan to Destroy America
China
Politics
Military Fiction
Conservatism
The Fight for a Tradition
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Horn of Africa
State Formation and Decay
Africa
History
Ethiopia
When Money Dies
The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyper-inflation
History
Economics
Finance
The True and Only Heaven
Progress and Its Critics
Philosophy
Politics
History
African American Herbalism
A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditions
History
African American
Health
