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
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
History
Iran
Politics
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
Humor
Politics
History
Main Currents Of Marxism
The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown
Philosophy
Politics
History
Mindf*ck
Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
Politics
Technology
History
The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World
History
India
Ancient History
The New Vichy Syndrome
Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
Politics
History
Essays
The Nazis
A Warning from History
History
World War II
War
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
Soul Machine
The Invention of the Modern Mind
Philosophy
Psychology
History
Superclass
The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
Politics
Economics
Business
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Film
History
Biography
Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789
History
European History
Academic
Grundrisse
Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
KNOW THE ONLY TRUTH
Mystery
Conspiracy Theories
Spirituality
Paper Soldiers
How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order
Economics
History
Finance
Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
History
Politics
Race
LatinoLand
A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
History
Sociology
Politics
The Best and the Brightest
History
Politics
War
The Wager
A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
History
Historical
Adventure
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
History
Philosophy
Sociology
The Sword and the Shield
The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB
History
Espionage
Russia
Annihilation of Caste
India
History
Politics
The Doctor and the Saint
The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
India
History
Politics
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
History
India
Politics
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
Politics
History
Philosophy
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Indigenous
Politics
Social Justice
Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
History
Historical
War
Networks of New York
An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure
Technology
New York
Architecture
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Call Sign Chaos
Learning to Lead
Leadership
Military Fiction
Biography
Softwar
An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
Biography
Business
Technology
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
Politics
Leadership
History
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
Religion
Psychology
History
Custodians of Wonder
Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
History
Travel
Sociology
The Sing Sing Files
One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
True Crime
Crime
History
Liberalism
The Classical Tradition
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Dongri To Dubai
Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
Crime
India
History
Wild Faith
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
Politics
Religion
History
Women in the Valley of the Kings
The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
History
Egypt
Biography
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
Politics
History
Psychology
Cue the Sun!
The Invention of Reality TV
History
Pop Culture
Tv
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
True Crime
Art
History
Hollywood Babylon
Film
History
Biography
A Walk in the Park
The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Travel
Memoir
Nature
God Is Red
A Native View of Religion
Religion
Native American
History
The Next Civil War
Dispatches from the American Future
Politics
History
American History
What Is to Be Done?
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
Essential Works of Lenin
"What Is to Be Done?" and Other Writings
Politics
Philosophy
History
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
