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
Plutocrats
The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
Economics
Politics
Business
Seven More Men
And the Secret of Their Greatness
Biography
Christian
History
Medieval Iberia
Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources
History
Spain
Islam
The Creedal Imperative
Theology
Church History
History
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
True Crime
Crime
History
New Abnormal
The Rise of the Biomedical Security State
Politics
Health
Medical
Eternity in Their Hearts
Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World
Christian
Theology
Christianity
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
History
American History
Westerns
Don't Know Much About the Bible
Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned
Religion
History
Reference
Kashmir
A Case of Freedom
History
India
Politics
UFOs and the National Security State
The Cover-up Exposed 1973-1991
History
Paranormal
Conspiracy Theories
The Western Illusion of Human Nature
With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and ... Conceptions of the Human Condition
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
World Famous Cults and Fanatics
History
True Crime
Cults
The Christ Conspiracy
The Greatest Story Ever Sold
Religion
History
Christianity
Hammer of the Gods
Music
Biography
History
Goliath
Life and Loathing in Greater Israel
Politics
History
Israel
Microbe Hunters
Science
History
Biology
A History of Islam in 21 Women
Islam
History
Religion
The Christian Imagination
Theology and the Origins of Race
Theology
Race
Religion
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
True Crime
Crime
History
The First Ghosts
Most Ancient of Legacies
History
Paranormal
Mythology
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
A True Crime Story
True Crime
History
Feminism
The New York Times Book of Mathematics
More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers
Mathematics
Science
History
Reading the Constitution
Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
Politics
Law
History
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
History
Politics
Cultural
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
Music
History
Art
Glock
The Rise of America's Gun
History
Business
Military Fiction
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
Music
Biography
History
No Democracy Lasts Forever
How the Constitution Threatens the United States
Politics
History
Law
Like, Literally, Dude
Arguing for the Good in Bad English
Language
Linguistics
Writing
Tupaia
Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator
History
Biography
Travel
Lily Dale
The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead
History
Paranormal
Spiritualism
Incompleteness
The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel
Philosophy
Mathematics
Science
Chasing Ghosts
A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural
Paranormal
History
Horror
Introducing Logic
A Graphic Guide
Philosophy
Logic
Science
Swedenborg
An Introduction to His Life and Ideas
Biography
Religion
Mysticism
Broke
The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure
Politics
History
Economics
The Secret Life of Words
English Words and Their Origins
Language
Linguistics
History
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Travel
History
Adventure
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
How America Kept Its Feet
History
Science
Mathematics
Don't Burn This Country
Surviving and Thriving in Our Woke Dystopia
Politics
History
Cultural
The Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
History
Asia
Politics
Next
The Future Just Happened
Business
Technology
Economics
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
Economics
History
Business
In the Presence of My Enemies
Biography
Christian
Memoir
What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an
Islam
Theology
Religion
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
Economics
Philosophy
History
Monsoon
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
History
Politics
Asia
Easy Money
Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War
Economics
Finance
History
Portrait of a Turkish Family
History
Memoir
Turkish
