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
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
History
Politics
China
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Biography
Religion
Philosophy
The Road to Mecca
Islam
Religion
Biography
The End of Wall Street
Finance
Economics
Business
Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
Politics
Economics
History
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
China
Economics
Politics
Confronting the Presidents
No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
History
Politics
Biography
Red Scarf Girl
History
Memoir
China
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
Science
History
Biology
Saved
A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home
Memoir
Biography
War
Faster
The Acceleration of Just About Everything
Science
Technology
Psychology
Groupthink
Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes
Psychology
Politics
History
Collapse
The Fall of the Soviet Union
History
Russia
Politics
Nation of Victims
Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
Politics
History
Philosophy
Decoding the Heavens
A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
History
Science
Technology
Shakespeare
The Invention of the Human
Literary Criticism
Criticism
Literature
The Giant Killer
The shocking true story of a homeless war hero, hidden spy and his eterrnal vow to the woman he loved.
Military Fiction
History
Biography
My Bondage and My Freedom
History
Biography
Classics
The Physics of Wall Street
A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable
Economics
Finance
Science
The Constitution of Liberty
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
A History of the Jews
History
Religion
Judaism
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
History
World War II
Germany
How to Do the Right Thing
An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly
Philosophy
History
Classics
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
Biography
Business
Finance
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
Feminism
Politics
History
The Art of Intelligence
History
Espionage
Politics
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
Economics
Politics
History
The Manual
A Philosopher's Guide to Life
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
BluOne Ink Hindus in Hindu Rashtra
Politics
History
India
The Founding Fathers on Leadership
Classic Teamwork in Changing Times
Leadership
History
Business
The Strange Death of Europe
Immigration, Identity, Islam
Politics
History
Religion
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
History
Essays
Self Help
To Explain the World
The Discovery of Modern Science
Science
History
Physics
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
History
Politics
Asia
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
Biography
Anne Frank
The Biography
Biography
History
Holocaust
Exo-Vaticana
Petrus Romanus, Project Lucifer, and the Vatican's Astonishing Exo-Theological Plan for the Arrival of an Alien Savior
Religion
Conspiracy Theories
Paranormal
Quantum
Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
Science
Physics
History
The Problem of Political Authority
An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
History
Politics
American History
The Stonewall Riots
Coming Out in the Streets
LGBT
History
Middle Grade
The Universe Within
Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
Science
Biology
Evolution
صحيح البخاري
Islam
Religion
Philosophy
The Fire Next Time
Classics
Essays
Race
Gomorrah
Crime
Italy
True Crime
White Feminism
From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind
Feminism
History
Race
Kamala's Way
An American Life
Biography
Politics
Womens
No More Tears
The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
History
Business
Politics
The Color of Law
A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
History
Race
Politics
