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
The Handover
How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
Politics
Technology
History
The Lever of Riches
Technological Creativity and Economic Progress
Economics
History
Technology
My Fellow Soldiers
General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
History
Biography
War
House of Trump, House of Putin
The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
Politics
History
Russia
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Five Chimneys
A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
Holocaust
History
World War II
Barnum
An American Life
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Great World Religions
Islam
Religion
History
Islam
Gray Matters
A Biography of Brain Surgery
Science
Medicine
Medical
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
India
Islam
Religion
Escaping the Rabbit Hole
How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect
Science
Psychology
Politics
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
History
Politics
American History
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
History
Philosophy
Politics
Becoming Leonardo
An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Biography
History
Art
Inside Money
Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power
History
Business
Economics
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
Philosophy
Economics
History
Killing Jesus
A History
History
Religion
Biography
The Holocaust Industry
Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
History
Politics
Holocaust
Is Jesus History?
Christian
History
Faith
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
Biography
History
Politics
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
History
Biography
War
Aristotle’s Way
How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
Philosophy
Self Help
History
Move Fast and Break Things
How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
Business
Technology
Politics
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
History
Civil War
American History
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
Chess
History
Games
The Book on the Bookshelf
Books About Books
History
Microhistory
The Lion in the Living Room
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Animals
Science
Cats
The Theory That Would Not Die
How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
Science
History
Mathematics
Homage to Catalonia
History
Politics
Classics
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th Edition
Philosophy
Science
History
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
History
Tudor Period
Biography
Fate Is the Hunter
Aviation
History
Biography
The Meaning of Everything
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
History
Language
Biography
The Shadow of a Great Rock
A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible
Religion
Literary Criticism
History
Behind the Green Mask
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
History
The Science of Murder
The Forensics of Agatha Christie
True Crime
Science
History
The Oligarchs
Wealth and Power in the New Russia
History
Russia
Politics
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
History
Biography
Westerns
Mysteries
Paranormal
Occult
History
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
History
Classics
Biography
The Gun
History
Military Fiction
War
L'arte di essere felici
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
History
American History
Biography
Black Flags, Blue Waters
The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
History
Pirates
American History
Savarkar
A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
History
Biography
India
Davos Man
How the Billionaires Devoured the World
Politics
Economics
Business
The Arabs in History
History
Islam
Religion
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
History
Science
War
