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 Shortest History Of China
History
China
Historical
The Fourth Turning Is Here
History
Politics
Economics
The Visionaries
Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
Philosophy
History
Biography
Grant
History
Biography
Civil War
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
History
Technology
Computer Science
Aquarian Conspiracy
Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980's
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
Philosophy
Economics
History
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
History
The Alchemy of Us
How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another (The MIT Press)
Science
History
Technology
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War
History
China
Military Fiction
George Washington
The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797
Biography
History
Presidents
Notes on Resistance
Politics
History
Social Justice
God's Hotel
A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
Six Days of Impossible
Navy SEAL Hell Week - A Doctor Looks Back
Military Fiction
War
Military History
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
A Childhood
The Biography of a Place (Penguin Classics)
Memoir
Biography
Southern
St. Thomas Aquinas
Biography
Religion
Philosophy
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Biography
History
Mystery
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
Politics
History
Biography
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Why Empires Fall
History
Politics
Economics
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
Science
History
Engineering
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
Business
Sociology
Cultural
The Snowball
Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Biography
Business
Finance
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
Economics
Finance
Money
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
Economics
Finance
Money
Social Justice Fallacies
Politics
Economics
History
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
American History
Your Face Belongs to Us
A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
Technology
Business
Politics
Seldom Disappointed
A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
History
Politics
Psychology
Walk the Blue Line
No right, no left—just cops telling their true stories to James Patterson.
True Crime
Biography
Crime
English Journey
‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’
Travel
History
British Literature
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Biography
Business
Technology
How Not to Be a Politician
A Memoir
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Same as Ever
A Guide to What Never Changes
Psychology
Business
Finance
The Genius of Israel
The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
Israel
History
Jewish
Controligarchs
Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
Politics
Society
Economics
Mao's America
Politics
History
China
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
Politics
Religion
History
Women, Race, & Class
Feminism
Race
History
Philosophy As a Way of Life
Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Philosophy
History
Spirituality
Vienna
History
Politics
Travel
Liberalism And Its Discontents
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar. . .
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Philosophy
Humor
Comedy
Ramayana Unravelled
History
Mythology
Religion
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
People vs. Donald Trump
An Inside Account
Politics
History
Crime
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
Science
Environment
History
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Politics
History
Business