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
Erebus
The Story of a Ship
History
Travel
Adventure
All Our Relations
Native Struggles for Land and Life
Indigenous
History
Environment
Our Dear Friends in Moscow
The Inside Story of a Broken Generation
Russia
History
Politics
The Bitter End
The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy
Politics
History
Political Science
North from Mexico
The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States
History
American Prison
A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
History
Politics
Sociology
A Failure of Capitalism
The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression
Economics
History
Politics
The Return of the Gods
Christian
Faith
History
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
Politics
Economics
History
Ancestors
Identity and DNA in the Levant
Science
History
Anthropology
Mariner
A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poetry
Biography
Literature
The Forum and the Tower
How Scholars and Politicians Have Imagined the World, from Plato to Eleanor Roosevelt
Philosophy
History
Law
The Pursuit of Loneliness
American Culture at the Breaking Point
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
American Taxation, American Slavery
History
Economics
American History
The African Origin of Civilization
Myth or Reality
History
Africa
Race
A New World Begins
The History of the French Revolution
History
France
French Revolution
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's
Sociology
Politics
Political Science
Hitler
Ascent 1889-1939
History
Biography
Politics
Building a New American State
The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities 1877-1920
History
Political Science
Politics
Gods, Voices, and the Bicameral Mind
The Theories of Julian Jaynes
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista
Politics
History
Philosophy
Organizing America
Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism
History
Sociology
Business
La défaite de l'Occident
Politics
History
France
Decolonizing Palestine
The Land, The People, The Bible
Religion
History
Politics
The Untold Story of Books
A Writer's History of Publishing
History
Books About Books
Writing
Capitalism and Its Critics
A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI
Economics
History
Politics
Deeply Divided
Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America
Politics
History
Race
America's Three Regimes
A New Political History
History
Politics
American History
Demosclerosis
The Silent Killer of American Government
Politics
History
These United States
A Nation in the Making, 1890 to the Present
History
Politics
American History
The Unquenchable Flame
Discovering the Heart of the Reformation
History
Church History
Christian
A Little History of Literature
History
Literature
Books About Books
Change They Can't Believe In
The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America
Politics
American History
Political Science
Remaking the World
How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West
History
Christian
Cultural
Big Money
2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp-on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics
Politics
History
Silence and Beauty
Hidden Faith Born of Suffering
Christian
Theology
History
In the Hurricane's Eye
The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
History
American Revolution
American History
Under a Flaming Sky
The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
History
American History
Book Club
Kings or People
Power and the Mandate to Rule
History
Sociology
Political Science
The Global Police State
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
The Original Compromise
What the Constitution's Framers Were Really Thinking
History
Politics
The Twilight of Common Dreams
Why America Is Wracked by Culture Wars
Politics
History
Cultural
Radical Hope
Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Philosophy
History
Anthropology
Spurgeon on the Christian Life
Alive in Christ
Biography
Theology
Christian
Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
Hobbes and Republican Liberty
Philosophy
History
Politics
Children of Mars
The Origins of Rome's Empire
History
Ancient History
The Transformation of Corporate Control
History
Economics
Past and Present
History
Philosophy
Politics
