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
Our Declaration
A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
History
Politics
American History
The Assault on Truth
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
Politics
History
Dystopia
The Great Wall
China Against the World, 1000 BC - AD 2000
History
China
Asia
Create Your Own Religion
A How-To Book without Instructions
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
Military Inc.
Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
Pakistan
Politics
History
The Shadow of the Great Game
The Untold Story of India's Partition
History
India
Politics
World History 101
From ancient Mesopotamia and the Viking conquests to NATO and WikiLeaks, an essential primer on world history
History
Historical
Reference
My Bondage and My Freedom
History
Biography
Classics
Think like a Stoic
Ancient Wisdom for Today’s World
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
Anthropology
History
Sociology
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? The Positive Impact of Christianity in History
Christian
History
Christianity
The Theological Origins of Modernity
Philosophy
History
Theology
International Relations
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Liftoff
Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
Business
Space
Science
LET IT GO
The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist
Biography
Business
Memoir
The World Atlas of Coffee
From Beans to Brewing — Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed
Food
Cooking
History
Inside Money
Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power
History
Business
Economics
The Alchemists
Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire
Economics
Finance
History
How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
Science
History
Humor
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
History
Politics
Biography
The Divider
Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Politics
History
Biography
Kremlin Rising
Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
Russia
History
Politics
Philosophy in the Islamic World
Philosophy
History
Islam
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Music
Biography
History
House of Trump, House of Putin
The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
Politics
History
Russia
Realpolitik
A History
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Case for Colonialism
History
Politics
Economics
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
History
Politics
Economics
History of English literature
History
Literature
Literary Criticism
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
History
Linguistics
Language
The Billion Dollar Spy
A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
History
Espionage
Russia
Best Evidence
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
Nisei Daughter
Memoir
History
Biography Memoir
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
Politics
Philosophy
History
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
History
Politics
American History
The Big Con
The Story of the Confidence Man
History
Crime
True Crime
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Biography
Politics
History
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
A Memoir of the Holocaust
Holocaust
Memoir
History
One Nation Under Blackmail
The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Social Justice
Collapse
The Fall of the Soviet Union
History
Russia
Politics
The Mother Tongue
English and How It Got That Way
History
Language
Linguistics
The Inevitability of Tragedy
Henry Kissinger and His World
History
Politics
Biography
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
Travel
Nature
History
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
Politics
International Relations
History
In Search of Sisterhood
Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement
History
Feminism
African American
A Little History of the World
History
World History
Historical
The American Spirit
Who We Are and What We Stand For
History
Politics
American History
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
History
Science
War
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
Politics
China
History
