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 New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Square and the Tower
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
History
Politics
Economics
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
Economics
Sociology
Politics
How Democracies Die
History
Political Science
Politics
In Search Of Time
Science
Philosophy
Physics
To Pixar and Beyond
My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
Business
Biography
Memoir
The Billionaire's Apprentice
The Rise of The Indian-American Elite and The Fall of The Galleon Hedge Fund
Business
Finance
India
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
History
Philosophy
Religion
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Science
Philosophy
History
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Or, How Capitalism Works — and How It Fails
Economics
Politics
History
Liquid Times
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Choice
Embrace the Possible
Memoir
Psychology
Biography
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Women & Power
A Manifesto
Feminism
History
Essays
China's Great Wall of Debt
Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
China
Economics
Politics
Divided
Politics
History
Geography
Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Science
Psychology
Economics
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Business
History
Politics
The Bitcoin Standard
The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
Economics
Finance
Business
On Grand Strategy
History
Politics
Business
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
Mental Health
Psychology
History
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
Politics
History
International Relations
The Order of Time
Science
Physics
Philosophy
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Science
Biology
History
The Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The World as It Is
A Memoir of the Obama White House
Politics
Memoir
History
Post-Truth (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
Chanakya Neeti
Philosophy
Politics
Self Help
Adaptive Markets
Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought
Economics
Finance
Business
Valley of Genius
The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)
History
Technology
Business
The Ten Types of Human
A New Understanding of Who We Are, and Who We Can Be
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Money
History
Economics
Finance
The Other Side of Israel
My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide
Israel
Politics
Memoir
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Politics
Economics
Business
Nonsense on Stilts
How to Tell Science from Bunk
Science
Philosophy
Skepticism
Moneyland
Politics
Economics
Business
The Invention of Russia
The Rise of Putin and the Age of Fake News
History
Russia
Politics
The Fifth Risk
Undoing Democracy
Politics
History
Economics
Fire and Fury
Inside the Trump White House
Politics
History
Biography
The Accidental Admiral
A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
Military Fiction
Biography
Leadership
The Complete TurtleTrader
How 23 Novice Investors Became Overnight Millionaires
Finance
Business
Money
The Social Leap
The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
Science
Psychology
Evolution
My Life
Biography
Politics
History
Propaganda Blitz
How the Corporate Media Distort Reality
Politics
Journalism
History
The 48 Laws of Power
Psychology
Self Help
Business
What Is Hinduism?
Hinduism
Religion
India
The Ape that Understood the Universe
How the Mind and Culture Evolve
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Anatomy of Motive
The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
True Crime
Psychology
Crime