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
Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
Religion
Science
Psychology
Obama
From Promise to Power
Biography
Politics
History
The Art of Action
How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results
Business
Leadership
Management
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Letters
Biography
Memoir
Essays
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
Psychology
Writing
Science
Free to Choose
A Personal Statement
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
Politics
Sociology
Business
A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Science of Yoga
The Risks and the Rewards
Science
Health
Fitness
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
History
Anthropology
Science
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
History
Economics
Anthropology
Decision Points
Biography
Politics
History
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Economics
Business
Politics
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
History
Business
Economics
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
Economics
History
Philosophy
Salt Sugar Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Food
Health
Science
Automate This
How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
Science
Technology
Business
Rules for Radicals
A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
This Time Is Different
Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Economics
History
Finance
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Education
Politics
Teaching
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Adventure
Memoir
Travel
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Why Men Fight (Routledge Classics)
Why Men Fight
Philosophy
Politics
History
Letters from a Stoic
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Fire Next Time
Classics
Essays
Race
Looking for Spinoza
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Zealot
The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
History
Religion
Biography
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
Economics
Business
History
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
Evolution and Human Life [Import] [Hardcover]
Science
History
Anthropology
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Science
Health
Biology
The Body Project
An Intimate History of American Girls
Feminism
History
Sociology
The Dao of Capital
Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
Economics
Finance
Business
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore
Finance
Business
Economics
Babel No More
The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
Bad Samaritans
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
Economics
Politics
History
The Arab Uprising
The Wave of Protest that Toppled the Status Quo and the Struggle for a New Middle East
Politics
History
Unfinished
Occupy
Politics
Philosophy
History
Chaos
Making a New Science
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
Politics
Economics
History
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Who Stole the American Dream?
Politics
Economics
History
The Battle for God
Religion
History
Philosophy
Prophet's Prey
My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
True Crime
Religion
Cults
Great Escape
Health, Wealth and Happiness in an Unequal World, The
Economics
History
Politics
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Liar's Poker
Business
Finance
Economics
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
History
American History
Crime
Cities of God
The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome
History
Religion
Church History