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
Celebrity Nation
How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers
History
Pop Culture
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Economics
History
Politics
The Path to Power
Biography
History
Politics
The Giant Killer
The Unbelievable True Story of the Smallest Special Forces Soldier to Ever Serve Who Became a War Hero; Whose Life and Death are Shrouded in Mystery
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
History
Politics
Race
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
History
Science
Biography
The Book of Charlie
Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
Biography
Memoir
History
The Road to Unfreedom
Russia, Europe, America
History
Politics
Russia
Recoding America
Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
Politics
Technology
Government
Silent Coup
How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
Politics
History
Economics
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Politics
History
American
The Capitalist Manifesto
Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World
Economics
Politics
Business
The Laws of Human Nature
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
To Risk It All
Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
History
Military Fiction
Leadership
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
History
Science
Technology
Internet
Technology
Finnish Literature
Business
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
Politics
History
Economics
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
History
Technology
Computer Science
Never Enough
Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success
Biography
Politics
Business
The Country of the Blind
A Memoir at the End of Sight
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
The Shortest History of China
History
China
Asia
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
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
History
Africa
Books About Books
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!
Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture
LGBT
History
Queer
The Aquarian Conspiracy
Personal and Social Transformation in Our Time
Psychology
Philosophy
History
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
Science
History
Technology
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
History
China
Military Fiction
George Washington
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
Quantum Man
Richard Feynman's Life in Science
Science
Biography
Physics
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
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
Africa
Memoir
Biography
A Childhood
The Biography of a Place
Memoir
Biography
Southern
Saint 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
The Father of Spin
Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations
Biography
Psychology
History
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
History
Politics
Economics
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
History
Science
Engineering
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
Sociology
Business
History
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
