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
Code of the Samurai
A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
Philosophy
History
Martial Arts
Make Something Wonderful
Biography
Business
Design
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
The Book of Giants
The Watchers, Nephilim, and The Book of Enoch
History
Mythology
Religion
Iran
A Modern History
History
Iran
Politics
Attention Factory
The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
Business
Technology
China
Manifesting Justice
Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
Politics
History
True Crime
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
History
Politics
Race
Below Stairs
Memoir
History
Biography
The House of Medici
Its Rise and Fall
History
Italy
Biography
How to Grow Old
Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
Philosophy
Classics
History
Blind Ambition
The White House Years
History
Politics
Biography
Two Hundred Years Together
History
Russia
Politics
Superbloom
How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Technology
Sociology
Psychology
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
Science
History
Evolution
Capitalism, Alone
The Future of the System That Rules the World
Economics
Politics
History
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
Science
Evolution
Biology
Think like a Stoic
Ancient Wisdom for Today’s World
Philosophy
History
Psychology
What Evolution Is
Science
Evolution
Biology
The House of Rothschild, Vol 2
The World's Banker 1849-1999
History
Biography
Finance
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
Politics
History
Psychology
Girl on Girl
How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
Feminism
Pop Culture
History
The Conscience of a Liberal
Politics
Economics
History
Arguing with Zombies
Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
Economics
Politics
Business
Parisian Lives
Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me
Biography
Memoir
France
Learning from Leonardo
Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius
Science
History
Art
Forbidden Archeology
The Hidden History of the Human Race
History
Science
Archaeology
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Outside the Box
How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas
Business
Economics
History
The Money Kings
The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
History
Biography
Business
Semicolon
The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Language
Writing
History
The Rules of Contagion
Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
Science
Health
Medicine
English Journey
Travel
History
British Literature
The Heart and the Fist
The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
Military Fiction
Biography
Memoir
Republic, Lost
How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It
Politics
Economics
History
Sam Walton
Made In America
Business
Biography
Autobiography
A Journey
My Political Life
Politics
Biography
History
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
Mathematics
Science
History
Samurai Wisdom
Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture - Five Classic Texts on Bushido
Philosophy
History
Martial Arts
How the Internet Happened
From Netscape to the iPhone
History
Technology
Business
Facing the Lion
Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
History
Memoir
Holocaust
The Art of the Con
The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
Art
True Crime
History
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
Climate Change
Science
Environment
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
Business
Technology
History
The Greatest
My Own Story
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Economics Rules
The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
Economics
Business
Finance
Outgrowing God
A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
Science
Religion
Philosophy
The Contrarian
Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
Business
Biography
Politics
Firefighting
The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
Economics
Finance
Business
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
Politics
Philosophy
History
