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
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Art
Economics
Business
Martin Luther
The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
Biography
History
Christian
The Square and the Tower
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
History
Politics
Economics
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
Philosophy
History
Reference
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
History
Biography
Historical
The Book of Charlie
Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
Biography
Memoir
History
The Origin of Wealth
Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
Economics
History
Business
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
Politics
Law
History
Civil Rights
Rhetoric or Reality?
Politics
History
Economics
Mandela's Way
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
Biography
History
Self Help
Revolutionary Characters
What Made the Founders Different
History
American History
Biography
The Human Past
World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies
History
Archaeology
Anthropology
El pez en el agua
Memoir
Biography
Nobel Prize
Occupy
Politics
Philosophy
History
Witness to Surrender
History
Pakistan
Politics
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
Politics
History
Sociology
The Founders
The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
Business
Biography
Technology
Waste Land
A World in Permanent Crisis
Politics
History
International Relations
How to Save the West
Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
Music
Business
History
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
History
Military Fiction
War
For Love of Country
Why I Left the Democratic Party
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Killing Kennedy
The End of Camelot
History
Biography
Politics
Architectural Digest at 100
A Century of Style
Architecture
Design
Art
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
Stone Age Economics
Anthropology
Economics
History
Did America Have a Christian Founding?
Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth
History
American History
Politics
A History of the Crusades, Vol. III
The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
History
Medieval History
Medieval
The Return of Marco Polo's World
War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
History
Politics
International Relations
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Biography
History
Classics
How Innovation Works
Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time
Business
Economics
Science
What Is to Be Done?
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
Barbarians at the Gate
The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Business
Finance
History
Collapse
The Fall of the Soviet Union
History
Russia
Politics
50 People Every Christian Should Know
Learning from Spiritual Giants of the Faith
Biography
Christian
History
The American Spirit
Who We Are and What We Stand For
History
Politics
American History
Seven Women
And the Secret of Their Greatness
Biography
Christian
History
Architects of Intelligence
The truth about AI from the people building it
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
Humor
Politics
History
The Populist Delusion
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
The House of Medici
Its Rise and Fall
History
Italy
Biography
Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
History
Politics
Race
We Are Dancing for You
Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
Indigenous
Feminism
History
Trillions
How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever
Finance
Economics
Business
Socialism
Utopian and Scientific
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Closing of the American Mind
Philosophy
Education
Politics
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
Food
Science
Health
Markets Never Forget (But People Do)
How Your Memory Is Costing You Money—and Why This Time Isn’t Different
Finance
Psychology
Economics
Politics Is for Power
How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
