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
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
History
Art
Sociology
Making Globalization Work
Economics
Politics
Business
The Songlines
Travel
Australia
History
Who Is Government?
The Untold Story of Public Service
Politics
History
Essays
The Emergency
A Personal History
India
History
Politics
Magnificent Rebels
The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
History
Philosophy
Biography
Death by China
Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
China
Politics
Economics
Crouching Tiger
What China's Militarism Means for the World
China
Politics
History
The Devil's Playbook
Big Tobacco, Juul, and the Addiction of a New Generation
Business
Health
Science
Eye of the Beholder
Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
History
Science
Art
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
India’s Railway Man
A Biography of E. Sreedharan
Biography
History
Engineering
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
Renegade
The Making of a President
Politics
Biography
History
Halt Station India
History
India
Travel
Understanding Socialism
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
From Here to Equality
Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
History
Politics
Race
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Travel
History
Russia
Shakespeare
The Invention of the Human
Literary Criticism
Literature
Criticism
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
Economics
History
Finance
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
History
American History
Politics
The Rise
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
Sports
Biography
Basketball
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
History
Urbanism
Politics
The World According to Cunk
An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever
Humor
History
Comedy
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
Politics
History
Sociology
All Souls
A Family Story from Southie
Memoir
History
Biography
Schadenfreude
The Joy of Another's Misfortune
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
A History of India, Vol. 1
From Origins to 1300
History
India
Indian Literature
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
History
Politics
Cultural
Counterinsurgency Warfare
Theory and Practice
Military Fiction
War
History
Comfort Women
Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II
History
Japan
World War II
Letters from Burma
Politics
History
Asia
Long Walk
The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
History
Adventure
Biography
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
History
American History
New York
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
Fight
Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
Politics
History
The United States Of America
Barnum
An American Life
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Island Infernos
The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944
History
World War II
Military History
Deception
The Great Covid Cover-Up
Politics
History
Science
Architectural Digest at 100
A Century of Style
Architecture
Design
Art
Good Book
The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
Religion
Humor
History
My Fellow Soldiers
General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
History
Biography
War
Forgotten Continent
The Battle for Latin America's Soul
History
Politics
Latin American History
To Infinity and Beyond
A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Science
Space
Physics
The Way of the Knife
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
History
Politics
War
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
History
Politics
War
The Unprotected Class
How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
Politics
History
Race
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
Politics
History
Sociology
