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
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
History
Political Science
Politics
In Search of Time
Journeys Along a Curious Dimension
Science
Philosophy
Physics
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
History
Race
Politics
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
History
Philosophy
Religion
A Natural History of Human Thinking
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
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
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Meditations
An Emperor's Guide to Mastery
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Fooling some of the People all of the time
A long short story
Finance
Business
Economics
The Choice
Escape Your Past and 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
Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
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
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
History
Censored
Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
China
Politics
History
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
Cyrus the Great
The Arts of Leadership and War
History
Philosophy
Biography
The World As It Is
A Memoir of the Obama White House
Politics
Memoir
History
Post-Truth
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
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
Everything for Everyone
The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy
Economics
Politics
Business
Moneyland
Why Thieves And Crooks Now Rule The World And How To Take It Back
Politics
Economics
Business
How to Be Less Stupid about Race
On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
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