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
Catfish and Mandala
A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Travel
Memoir
Asia
The Nationalist Revival
Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization
Politics
Economics
History
To Catch a Fascist
The Fight to Expose the Radical Right
Politics
History
Journalism
The Great Betrayal
The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East
History
Politics
Middle East
Rewiring Democracy
How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship
Politics
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Age of Betrayal
The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900
History
Economics
American History
Athens on Trial
History
Politics
Heart of Europe
A History of the Holy Roman Empire
History
European History
Germany
Max Weber
An Intellectual Portrait
Sociology
History
Philosophy
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol 2
The Wheels of Commerce
History
Economics
Sociology
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors
An Analysis of Systems Change
History
Politics
Political Science
The Making of the English Working Class
History
Politics
Economics
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
A New History of a Lost World
Science
History
Nature
The Black Hand
The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History
History
True Crime
Crime
If We Can Keep It
How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved
Politics
History
Economics
Dark Emu
History
Australia
Indigenous
DNA
The Secret of Life
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Longest Day
June 6, 1944
History
World War II
War
Republic of Wrath
How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump
Politics
History
American History
The Wisdom of Plagues
Lessons from 25 Years of Covering Pandemics
History
Science
Health
How Global Currencies Work
Past, Present, and Future
Economics
Finance
History
Wealth, War and Wisdom
History
Finance
Business
The Breath of the Gods
The History and Future of the Wind
Science
History
Nature
Peasants Into Frenchmen
The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914
History
France
European History
D-Day, June 6, 1944
The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
History
World War II
War
American Poison
How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise
Race
Politics
History
The Living Stones
Cornwall
Travel
History
Nature
Sins of My Father
Growing Up with America’s Most Dangerous White Supremacist
History
Race
Memoir
Slavery and Politics in the Early American Republic
History
Politics
The Johnstown Flood
History
American History
Historical
The People's Welfare
Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America
History
American History
Law
Heavier Than Heaven
A Biography of Kurt Cobain
Music
Biography
Biography Memoir
Citizens
A Chronicle of the French Revolution
History
France
French Revolution
The Inklings
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
How Architecture Works
A Humanist's Toolkit
Architecture
Art
Design
Around the World in 80 Plants
Nature
Science
History
The Ruling Race
History
American History
Race
The Rise of the Western World
A New Economic History
History
Economics
Political Science
Jefferson's Empire
The Language of American Nationhood
History
The Girls Who Went Away
The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
History
Feminism
Adoption
The Interbellum Constitution
Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms
History
Law
Eisenhower
Soldier and President
Biography
History
Presidents
Nothing Like It in the World
The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
History
American History
Westerns
The Second Vatican Council
An Unwritten Story
Religion
Catholic
History
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
The War Against the Past
Why The West Must Fight For Its History
History
Politics
A True History of the United States
Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism
History
Politics
American History
The Republic of Violence
The Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson's America
History
American History
Erebus
The Story of a Ship
History
Travel
Adventure
Foreign Bodies
Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
History
Science
Medicine
