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
Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
Economics
Business
Finance
These Are the Plunderers
How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
Economics
Business
Finance
The Coming China Wars
Where They Will Be Fought And How They Can Be Won
China
Politics
History
In Trump Time
A Journal of America's Plague Year
Politics
History
Political Science
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
Science
Nature
Climate Change
Jainism
An Introduction
Religion
Philosophy
India
Global Capitalism
Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century
Economics
History
Politics
That First Season
How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory
Sports
Football
Biography
Geopolitics
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
Geography
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
Leadership
Business
History
The Last Shah
America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
History
Iran
Politics
The Age of Addiction
How Bad Habits Became Big Business
Psychology
History
Economics
When Prophecy Fails
A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
National Identity
History
Politics
Sociology
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
History
Politics
War
Humans are not from Earth
A scientific evaluation of the evidence
Science
Evolution
History
Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Politics
History
War
The Big Three in Economics
Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes
Economics
History
Politics
Devil Take the Hindmost
A History of Financial Speculation
Finance
History
Economics
Bull
A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004
Finance
Economics
History
The Volatility Machine
Emerging Economies and the Threat of Financial Collapse
Economics
Finance
Business
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
History
Politics
Race
Transforming Mission
Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission
Theology
Christian
Christianity
1000 Years of Annoying the French
History
Humor
France
Cleopatra
The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
History
Biography
Egypt
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
Economics
Finance
History
An Era of Darkness
The British Empire in India
History
India
Politics
The House of Medici
Its Rise and Fall
History
Italy
Biography
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
History
American History
Economics
Andrew Carnegie
Biography
History
Business
The Tycoons
How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
History
Biography
Business
Justice and Remembrance
Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
Killing the Witches
The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
History
Historical
Witches
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
History
Politics
France
It Doesn't Take a Hero
The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Biography
Military Fiction
History
War as I Knew It
History
Biography
Military Fiction
The Founders
The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
Business
Biography
Technology
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
Leadership
Business
Biography
It Worked for Me
In Life and Leadership
Leadership
Biography
Memoir
The Sea and Civilization
A Maritime History of the World
History
Maritime
World History
Is Jesus History?
Christian
History
Faith
Essays on the Great Depression
Economics
History
Finance
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
Greek Mythology
The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who's Who in Greek Mythology
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
Phenomenology of Spirit
Philosophy
Classics
Theory
The Book of Forbidden Knowledge
Black Magic, Superstition, Charms, and Divination
Occult
Magic
Witchcraft
Spy Catcher
The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer
History
Espionage
Biography
Yoga Body
The Origins of Modern Posture Practice
History
Health
Spirituality
Breakfast with Seneca
A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
