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
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Philosophy
Economics
Self Help
Lincoln on Leadership
Executive Strategies for Tough Times
Leadership
Business
History
What Went Wrong with Capitalism
Economics
Politics
History
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
The Wisdom Of Finance
Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
Finance
Economics
Business
The Post-American World
Politics
History
Economics
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
History
Politics
World History
The Battle for God
Religion
History
Philosophy
Dissolving Illusions
Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History
Health
History
Science
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
History
War
World War II
Going Infinite
The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Business
Biography
Finance
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Biography
Politics
History
The History of Sexuality, Volume 2
The Use of Pleasure
Philosophy
History
Sexuality
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
History
War
World War II
Women & Power
A Manifesto
Feminism
History
Essays
Consilience
The Unity of Knowledge
Science
Philosophy
Biology
Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Business
Leadership
Science
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography
History
Autobiography
Amazon Unbound
Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
Business
Biography
Technology
The Symposium
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Science
Health
Biology
How Economics Explains the World
A Short History of Humanity
Economics
History
Finance
The World Is Flat
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
History
Business
Economics
The Song of the Cell
An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Science
Biology
Medicine
Shroom
A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom
History
Science
Food
Cooked
A Natural History of Transformation
Food
Cooking
Science
The Meaning of Life
Philosophy
Religion
Psychology
Skunk Works
A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
History
Biography
Military Fiction
The Bond King
How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
Finance
Business
Biography
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Cult of the Dead Cow
How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
Technology
History
Hackers
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
History
Biography
Politics
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
History
Politics
War
The Code Book
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Science
History
Mathematics
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
Food
Science
Health
The Art of Happiness
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Philosophy
History
Spirituality
The Medici Effect
What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation
Business
Science
Psychology
The Cry for Myth
Psychology
Philosophy
Mythology
New Ideas from Dead Economists
An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
Economics
History
Business
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Economics
Politics
History
The Essential Confucius
Philosophy
Religion
History
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln
21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
Iran
History
Politics
On Grand Strategy
History
Politics
Business
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
History
Biography
American History
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
