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
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
Business
Biography
Apple
The Tin Ring
How I Cheated Death
History
Holocaust
War
END OF OIL
Politics
Science
Environment
Butler to the World
How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
Politics
History
Economics
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
History
Politics
Philosophy
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
History
Art
Sociology
The Great Initiates
A Study of the Secret History of Religions
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Republic of Lies
American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
Politics
History
Sociology
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
Science
Nature
Climate Change
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
Politics
History
Sociology
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Business
History
Economics
The Burger King
Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire
Business
Biography
Food
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Science
History
Anthropology
The Book of Spice
From Anise to Zedoary
Food
Cooking
History
Girls Who Rocked The World
Heroines From Anne Frank to Natalie Portman
Biography
History
Feminism
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
History
Politics
War
The New Penguin History of Canada
History
Canada
Politics
Create Your Own Religion
A How-To Book without Instructions
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
Black Mass
True Crime
History
Crime
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
Personal Memoirs
History
Biography
Civil War
What Is Populism?
Politics
Philosophy
History
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes
Life Lessons from the Master Detective
Mystery
Self Help
History
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
Politics
Leadership
History
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
History
Politics
Espionage
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
1962 - 1994
Biography
History
Africa
Jerusalem
The Biography
History
Religion
Biography
America
The Farewell Tour
Politics
History
Sociology
Kill Chain
Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
History
Politics
War
All The Young Men
Memoir
LGBT
History
The Catalyst
RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Dancing Universe
From Creation Myths to the Big Bang
Science
Physics
Astronomy
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
Politics
History
Biography
Walt Whitman
A Life
Biography
Poetry
History
The Gambler
How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
Biography
Business
History
All the Presidents' Bankers
The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
History
Economics
Politics
A World Undone
The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
History
World War I
War
Pipe Dreams
The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
Science
History
Technology
The Race between Education and Technology
Economics
Education
History
Women in the Valley of the Kings
The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
History
Egypt
Biography
The Outsider
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Case Against Sugar
Health
Science
Food
Excellent Daughters
The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
Feminism
Politics
History
Mark of a Giant
Seven People Who Changed the World
History
Biography
Historical
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
History
Biography
American History
Meme Wars
The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America
Politics
Technology
History
Amexica
War Along the Borderline
History
Crime
Politics
The Afghanistan Papers
A Secret History of the War
History
Politics
War
The Mammoth Book of the West
The Making of the American West
History
Westerns
American History
