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 Scam
Business
Finance
Economics
Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
Science
History
Chemistry
The Only Game in Town
Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
Economics
Finance
Business
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
History
Africa
Nigeria
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
Psychology
Cults
Politics
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Art
Economics
Business
Transforming Leadership
Leadership
History
Business
Martin Luther
The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
Biography
History
Christian
Virtual Society
The Metaverse and the New Frontiers of Human Experience
Technology
Sociology
Science
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
Music
Business
History
Hiroshima
History
War
Classics
We Are Bellingcat
Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
Politics
Journalism
History
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
Economics
Finance
Business
The Spotify Play
How Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance
Business
Music
Biography
Fermat's Enigma
Science
Mathematics
History
Automate This
How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
Science
Technology
Business
The Google Story
Inside the Hottest Business, Media and Technology Success of Our Time
Business
Technology
Biography
Overbooked
The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism
Travel
Economics
Business
In Search of Sisterhood
Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement
History
Feminism
African American
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
History
Politics
International Development
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
Politics
History
International Relations
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
A Fever in the Heartland
The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
History
True Crime
Book Club
The Big Three in Economics
Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes
Economics
History
Politics
Nobody Knows My Name
Essays
Race
Classics
The Mystery of Capital
Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
Economics
Politics
History
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
Feminism
Gender Studies
History
The Founders
The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
Business
Biography
Technology
Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Biography
History
Business
The Pattern Seekers
How Autism Drives Human Invention
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
In Defense of a Liberal Education
Education
Philosophy
Politics
The Shia Revival
How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
History
Religion
Islam
Steve Jobs
Biography
Business
Technology
A Brief History of Thought
A Philosophical Guide to Living
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Factory Man
How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
Business
History
Biography
On Boxing
Sports
Essays
Martial Arts
Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
Politics
History
Journalism
Homo Sacer
Sovereign Power and Bare Life
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Natural Born Heroes
How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
History
Sports
Health
Istanbul
Memories and the City
Travel
Memoir
Biography
Original Sin
President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Politics
History
Biography
Zealot
The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
History
Religion
Biography
The Firm
The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business
Business
History
Economics
Extremely Hardcore
Inside Elon Musk's Twitter
Business
Technology
History
Benjamin Graham
The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street
Finance
Biography
Business
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
Hidden Figures
History
Science
Biography
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Indigenous
Politics
History
The Fund
Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
Business
Finance
Biography
The Clash of the Cultures
Investment vs. Speculation
Finance
Business
Economics
