History Book Summaries

Shipwrecked! Summary
Shipwrecked!
Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor
by Martin W. Sandler 2023 138 pages
3.91
188 ratings
History
Middle Grade
Science
The Black Hand Summary
The Black Hand
The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer
by Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Invaders and Infidels Summary
Invaders and Infidels
From Sindh to Delhi: The 500-Year Journey of Islamic Invasions
by Sandeep Balakrishna 2020 224 pages
4.39
268 ratings
History
India
Religion
Argonauts of the Western Pacific Summary
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
by BronisΕ‚aw Malinowski 1922 527 pages
3.76
1.4K ratings
Anthropology
Ethnography
History
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Summary
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
by Allison Hoover Bartlett 2009 274 pages
3.44
13.6K ratings
Books About Books
True Crime
Biography
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1.0K ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Forensics Summary
Forensics
What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
by Val McDermid 2014 310 pages
4.09
12.0K ratings
Science
True Crime
Crime
Blackbeard Summary
Blackbeard
The Birth of America
by Samuel Marquis 2018 382 pages
4.12
932 ratings
History
Pirates
Amazon
The Forgotten Man Summary
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
by Amity Shlaes 2007 390 pages
3.91
6.2K ratings
History
Economics
Politics
The Yank Summary
The Yank
The True Story of a Former US Marine in the Irish Republican Army
by John Crawley 2022 279 pages
4.03
173 ratings
Ireland
War
Biography
How to Think Like a Woman Summary
How to Think Like a Woman
Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
by Regan Penaluna 2023 320 pages
3.96
1.5K ratings
Philosophy
Feminism
History
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State Summary
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State
Why Americans Vote the Way They Do
by Andrew Gelman 2008 240 pages
3.64
371 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
593 ratings
History
European History
World History
This Land Is Our Land Summary
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
by Ken Ilgunas 2018 288 pages
4.00
315 ratings
Travel
Nature
History
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation Summary
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom
by John F. Baker Jr. 2009 432 pages
4.24
128 ratings
History
Biography
Brunelleschi's Dome Summary
Brunelleschi's Dome
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King 1999 192 pages
3.91
27.7K ratings
History
Art
Architecture
Billion-Dollar Ball Summary
Billion-Dollar Ball
A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
by Gilbert M. Gaul 2015 264 pages
3.87
630 ratings
Sports
Football
Education
The Golden Age of Piracy Summary
The Golden Age of Piracy
The Truth Behind Pirate Myths
by Benerson Little 2016 388 pages
3.38
358 ratings
History
Pirates
Research
Collusion Summary
Collusion
How Central Bankers Rigged the World
by Nomi Prins 2018 384 pages
3.69
319 ratings
Economics
Finance
History
The Man Who Ran Washington Summary
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
by Peter Baker 2020 688 pages
4.44
2.8K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
India's Wars Summary
India's Wars
A Military History 1947-1971
by Arjun Subramaniam 2016 576 pages
4.18
488 ratings
History
India
War
How to Keep Your Cool Summary
How to Keep Your Cool
An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
by Seneca 2019 240 pages
3.86
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Classics
None of the Above Summary
None of the Above
The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators
by Shani Robinson 2019 272 pages
3.92
178 ratings
Education
History
Crime
Natural Goodness Summary
Natural Goodness
by Philippa Foot 2001 125 pages
3.92
396 ratings
Philosophy
History
School
In Plain Sight Summary
In Plain Sight
by Ross Coulthart 2021 471 pages
4.30
2.0K ratings
Science
Paranormal
Aliens
Whole Earth Summary
Whole Earth
The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
by John Markoff 2022 416 pages
3.91
231 ratings
Biography
Science
History
India Summary
India
A History
by John Keay 2000 578 pages
3.93
3.9K ratings
History
India
Asia
Underground Empire Summary
Underground Empire
How America Weaponized the World Economy
by Henry Farrell 2023 288 pages
4.04
766 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Lincoln Conspiracy Summary
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President⁠—and Why It Failed
by Brad Meltzer 2020 448 pages
4.32
6.4K ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Eastward to Tartary Summary
Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Robert D. Kaplan 2000 384 pages
4.04
1.7K ratings
Travel
History
Politics
9 Lessons in Brexit Summary
9 Lessons in Brexit
by Ivan Rogers 2019 46 pages
4.07
538 ratings
Politics
Economics
British Literature
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
by Gary Lachman 2017 145 pages
4.25
230 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Occult
The Road to Little Dribbling Summary
The Road to Little Dribbling
Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson 2015 380 pages
3.72
37.8K ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages
4.12
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Subtle Body Summary
The Subtle Body
The Story of Yoga in America
by Stefanie Syman 2010 400 pages
3.27
263 ratings
Spirituality
History
Four Shots in the Night Summary
Four Shots in the Night
A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
by Henry Hemming 2024 368 pages
4.28
947 ratings
History
Ireland
True Crime
Hidden History Summary
Hidden History
Lost Civilizations, Secret Knowledge, and Ancient Mysteries
by Brian Haughton 2007 272 pages
3.70
228 ratings
History
Historical
Ancient History
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Devil's Playbook Summary
The Devil's Playbook
Big Tobacco, Juul, and the Addiction of a New Generation
by Lauren Etter 2021 495 pages
4.15
516 ratings
Business
Health
Science
The Ballot and the Bible Summary
The Ballot and the Bible
How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
by Kaitlyn Schiess 2023 224 pages
4.23
1.4K ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
The Biggest Secret Summary
The Biggest Secret
The Book That Will Change the World
by David Icke 1998 517 pages
3.79
1.8K ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
Boeing Versus Airbus Summary
Boeing Versus Airbus
The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business
by John Newhouse 2007 272 pages
3.63
453 ratings
Aviation
Business
Economics
Tall Order Summary
Tall Order
The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1
by Shing Huei Peh 2018 305 pages
4.22
640 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Bagehot Summary
Bagehot
The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
by James Grant 2019 368 pages
3.68
154 ratings
Biography
Economics
History
Stolen Pride Summary
Stolen Pride
Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 400 pages
4.07
904 ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane 2011 575 pages
4.15
422 ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Liberal Tradition in America Summary
The Liberal Tradition in America
by Louis Hartz 1955 348 pages
3.59
153 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Winter Is Coming Summary
Winter Is Coming
Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
by Garry Kasparov 2015 290 pages
4.04
3.4K ratings
Politics
Russia
History
In an Uncertain World Summary
In an Uncertain World
Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
by Robert E. Rubin 2003 448 pages
3.70
654 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? The Positive Impact of Christianity in History Summary
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? The Positive Impact of Christianity in History
by D. James Kennedy 1994 288 pages
4.00
427 ratings
Christian
History
Christianity
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