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 Socrates Express
In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
Philosophy
Travel
Self Help
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
The Visionaries
Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
Philosophy
History
Biography
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
Iran
Memoir
Politics
Freefall
America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
Economics
Politics
Finance
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Philosophy
Economics
Self Help
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
Marx
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Politics
History
القرآن الكريم
Classics
Philosophy
Religion
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
Biography
History
Middle Grade
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
History
Biography
Historical
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
Education
Teaching
Sociology
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
History
Business
Science
Capitalism and Freedom
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Pakistan
A Hard Country
Pakistan
History
Politics
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Economics
History
Politics
Dark Alliance
The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
History
Politics
True Crime
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
Fortune's Formula
The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
Finance
Business
Economics
The Essential Confucius
Philosophy
Religion
History
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
Biography
History
Politics
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Adventure
India
History
The Post-American World
Politics
History
Economics
On Sparta
History
Classics
Ancient History
Devil Take the Hindmost
A History of Financial Speculation
Finance
History
Economics
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
Economics
Food
Politics
The Bond King
How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
Finance
Business
Biography
Bibi
My Story
Biography
History
Politics
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World
Politics
History
Sociology
How the World Really Works
A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
Science
History
Economics
Big History
The Big Bang, Life On Earth, And The Rise Of Humanity
History
Science
Evolution
Against Intellectual Monopoly
Economics
Law
Politics
Women & Power
A Manifesto
Feminism
History
Essays
Counsels and Maxims
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Social Justice Fallacies
Politics
Economics
History
Cult of the Dead Cow
How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
Technology
History
Hackers
Economic Facts and Fallacies
Economics
Politics
Business
Tower of Basel
The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World
Economics
History
Finance
Mindf*ck
Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
Politics
Technology
History
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Divide
A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions
Economics
Politics
History
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
History
Biography
Politics
At the Existentialist Café
Philosophy
History
Biography
The House of Rothschild, Vol 1
Money's Prophets, 1798-1848
History
Biography
Finance
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
Politics
Memoir
Biography
This Time Is Different
Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Economics
History
Finance
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Science
Health
Biology
Life and Death in Shanghai
China
History
Memoir
