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
The Anatomy of Motive
The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
True Crime
Psychology
Crime
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
Politics
History
British Literature
The Radium Girls
The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
History
Science
Historical
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
Feminism
Politics
History
Third Wave
Sociology
History
Economics
Architects of Intelligence
The truth about AI from the people building it
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
The Practicing Stoic
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Misinformation Age
How False Beliefs Spread
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
Biography
Business
Finance
The Future Is Asian
Politics
China
Economics
Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts
Finance
Business
India
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
Politics
Psychology
History
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
History
Food
Science
The Power of the Powerless
Politics
Philosophy
History
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
Science
History
Medicine
The People’s Republic of Walmart
How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
Economics
Politics
History
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
History
Jewish
Memoir
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
Philosophy
Politics
History
Truth in Our Times
Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
Politics
Journalism
Memoir
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Politics
Economics
History
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
History
Feminism
Womens
Forgiveness
Memoir
Canada
Biography
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
Travel
Memoir
Greece
Homo Ludens
A Study of the Play Element in Culture
Philosophy
History
Game Design
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
History
Race
Social Justice
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
Science
History
Biology
Republic of Lies
American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
Politics
History
Sociology
Mosquito
A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
Science
History
Biology
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
Economics
Politics
Business
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
History
Psychology
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Non-Violent Conflict
History
Politics
Sociology
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
Economics
Politics
History
Tide of War
The Impact of Weather on Warfare
History
Viking Age Iceland
History
Medieval
Historical
The Technology Trap
Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
Economics
History
Technology
The Entrepreneurial State
Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
Economics
Politics
Business
You Belong to the Universe
Buckminster Fuller and the Future
Biography
Architecture
Science
The Art of War/The Art of Warfare
Classics
Philosophy
History
How to Be an Antiracist
Race
Social Justice
Politics
Rosa Parks
My Story
Biography
History
Memoir
Meditations
Philosophy
History
Self Help
National Security Cinema
The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood
Politics
Film
History
Firefighting
The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
Economics
Finance
Business
Proof of Conspiracy
How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy
Politics
History
True Crime
The Pianist from Syria
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Music
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us
Science
History
Biology
The Greatest
My Own Story
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
History
Biography
World War II
Confidence Game
How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street's Bluff
Finance
Business
Economics
