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
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
Politics
History
Economics
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Why Americans Hate Politics
Politics
Political Science
American
How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Why The Truth Matters More Than You Think
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Last Tycoons
The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
Business
Finance
History
India Is Broken
A People Betrayed, Independence to Today
India
History
Politics
Empire of the Summer Moon
History
Biography
American History
Mover Of Men and Mountains
Biography
Christian
Business
Concrete Planet
The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
History
Science
Engineering
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
History
Politics
Economics
Science and Religion
A Very Short Introduction
Religion
Science
Philosophy
Prisoner
My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
Memoir
Iran
Biography
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
History
Race
Politics
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
Politics
History
International Relations
International Relations
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Faking It
The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
Music
History
Journalism
The Long Walk
The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
History
Adventure
Biography
WTF?
What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
Business
Technology
Economics
Charles Dickens in Love
Biography
British Literature
Literature
Let Me Tell You a Story
A Lifetime in the Game
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance
Finance
Economics
Biography
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Politics
My Autobiography
Biography
Film
Autobiography
When the Money Runs Out
The End of Western Affluence
Economics
Business
Finance
We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
History
Biography
British Literature
Den of Spies
Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House: A Provocative History with Deep Political Revelations, ... the High-Stakes Political Games of the 1980s
History
Politics
American History
Churchill
The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches
History
Biography
Politics
Freedom Farmers
Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
History
Food
Race
Hatred of Democracy
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Book of Murder
A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Never Enough
Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success
Biography
Politics
Business
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
True Crime
Crime
Horror
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
History
Politics
Biography
Gladys Aylward
The Little Woman
Biography
Christian
China
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
Africa
Memoir
Biography
Sasanian Persia
The Rise and Fall of an Empire
History
Iran
Ancient History
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
History
Military Fiction
World War II
Essays on the Great Depression
Economics
History
Finance
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
A Warning to the Global Middle Class
Politics
Economics
History
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
Barbarians Led by Bill Gates
Business
History
Computers
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
History
True Crime
Politics
Legionnaire
Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
Military Fiction
History
Biography
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Science
History
Genetics
Yes We (Still) Can
Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
Politics
Memoir
History
Good Reasonable People
The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
Politics
Psychology
History
Never Give an Inch
Fighting for the America I Love
Politics
Biography
History
Unhumans
The Secret History of Communist Revolutions
History
Politics
Sociology
