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
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
Politics
History
Biography
The Fall of the House of Bush
The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future
Politics
History
American History
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
In an Uncertain World
Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
Economics
Politics
Business
God's Bankers
A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
History
Religion
Politics
Are Numbers Real?
The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Slanted
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Uncle Tungsten
Science
Memoir
Biography
Pharma
Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
Business
Science
History
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
History
American History
True Crime
The Handover
How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
Politics
Technology
History
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
Biography
History
Politics
Unexplained
Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast'
Paranormal
Horror
Mystery
Beyond the Occult
Occult
Paranormal
Philosophy
Good Reasonable People
The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
Politics
Psychology
History
Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
History
Biography
Travel
The World's Banker
A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Economics
Finance
Biography
The Last Warlord
The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime
History
Military History
Military Fiction
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
Politics
History
American History
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
History
Biography
War
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
The Real West
History
Westerns
Biography
Hero
The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Front Row at the Trump Show
Politics
History
Journalism
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
History
European History
World History
A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal
Spirituality
History
Paranormal
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
Philosophy
Psychology
Occult
Hauptmann's Ladder
A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
True Crime
History
Crime
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
True Crime
Crime
History
The Earth Is Weeping
The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
History
American History
Native American
Empire of the Summer Moon
History
Biography
American History
Blood and Thunder
An Epic of the American West
History
American History
Biography
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
History
American History
Biography
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
History
American History
Westerns
Wyatt Earp
The Life Behind the Legend
History
Biography
Westerns
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
History
Biography
Westerns
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
History
True Crime
Crime
The Ultimate Evil
True Crime
Crime
History
Five Families
The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
History
True Crime
Crime
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
Philosophy
Politics
History
Blackbeard
The Birth of America
History
Pirates
Amazon
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
Politics
History
China
Secondhand Time
The Last of the Soviets
History
Russia
Politics
The White Darkness
History
Biography
Adventure
Freedom from Fear
The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
History
American History
Politics
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going
Anthropology
Science
History
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
Anthropology
Sociology
History
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History
History
Race
Politics
True Style
The History and Principles of Classic Menswear
Fashion
History
Design
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
History
India
Politics
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior
The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
History
Biography
Italy
