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 Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
Economics
History
Politics
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
History
Science
Medicine
Plagues and Peoples
History
Science
Medicine
The Chemical Muse
Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization
History
Philosophy
Religion
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
Economics
Business
History
Original Sins
The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
History
Education
Race
Reversing Hermon
Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ
Theology
Christian
Religion
Red Notice
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
History
Politics
Russia
No More Tears
The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
History
Business
Politics
1776
History
American History
Historical
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Economics
History
Politics
The New Case for Gold
Economics
Finance
Business
The Art of Intelligence
History
Espionage
Politics
Burn Book
A Tech Love Story
Memoir
Technology
Business
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Status and Culture
How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
Sociology
Psychology
Fashion
The Book of Forbidden Knowledge
Black Magic, Superstition, Charms, and Divination
Occult
Magic
Witchcraft
Area 51
An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
History
Science
Military Fiction
Think
A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy
Academic
Psychology
El Filibusterismo Comics
Graphic Novels
History
Historical
Against Democracy
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
History
Politics
American History
Phenomena
The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
History
Science
Paranormal
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Politics
History
Economics
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
History
Politics
Race
How Spies Think
Ten Lessons in Intelligence
Psychology
Politics
Espionage
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Who Is Government?
The Untold Story of Public Service
Politics
History
Essays
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Feminism
Politics
History
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Tesla
Man Out of Time
Biography
Science
History
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
History
Politics
World History
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
History
Politics
American History
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
History
Politics
War
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
History
Politics
Economics
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Indigenous
Politics
History
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Science
History
Anthropology
Superbloom
How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Technology
Sociology
Psychology
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
Business
Technology
History
Console Wars
Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
History
Business
Video Games
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more
History
Religion
Cults
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
History
India
Politics
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
History
Technology
Business
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
History
Russia
Politics
R. N. Kao
Gentleman Spymaster
Biography
History
India
The Way to Wealth
Finance
Business
History
The Accidental Billionaires
The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
Business
Biography
Technology
The Cathedral & the Bazaar
Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
