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
Overbooked
The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism
Travel
Economics
Business
Politics Is for Power
How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
A Natural History of Human Thinking
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Napoleon's Buttons
How 17 Molecules Changed History
Science
History
Chemistry
Treasure Islands
Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
Economics
Finance
Politics
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Philosophy
Humor
Comedy
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
Politics
Psychology
International Relations
After Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science
Science
Technology
History
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
Psychology
Cults
Politics
Discover Canada
The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
Canada
History
50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know
Economics
Business
Reference
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
History
Politics
Science
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Social Justice
A Childhood
The Biography of a Place
Memoir
Biography
Southern
The Afrikaners
Biography of a People
History
Africa
South Africa
Forecast
What Physics, Meteorology, and the Natural Sciences Can Teach Us About Economics
Economics
Science
Finance
Chokepoint Capitalism
How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
Politics
Economics
Business
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
Education
Parenting
Politics
In Defense of Witches
The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
Feminism
History
Witches
The Uses and Abuses of History
History
Politics
Philosophy
Personal History
A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
History
Central America's Forgotten History
Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
History
Politics
Latin American History
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
China
Politics
History
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Race
Social Justice
Genghis Khan
Life, Death, and Resurrection
History
Biography
China
A Human History of Emotion
How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know
History
Psychology
Science
Spy Catcher
The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer
History
Espionage
Biography
Sociology
A Very Short Introduction
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
Benjamin Graham
The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street
Finance
Biography
Business
The Politics Industry
How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
Politics
Business
Economics
Jung the Mystic
The Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung's Life & Teachings
Psychology
Biography
Spirituality
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Sociology
My Bondage and My Freedom
History
Biography
Classics
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
History
Science
Technology
Quantum
Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
Science
Physics
History
Hidden Figures
History
Science
Biography
How the Irish Saved Civilization
The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
History
Ireland
Irish Literature
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
Politics
Feminism
Religion
All the Shah's Men
An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
History
Politics
Iran
10 Judgements That Changed India
India
Law
History
The End of the World As We Know It
Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
Economics
History
Business
The Nazis
A Warning from History
History
World War II
War
The Republic of Pirates
Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
History
Pirates
Historical
Working
Researching, Interviewing, Writing
Writing
Memoir
Biography
Proof of Conspiracy
How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy
Politics
History
True Crime
Why Liberalism Failed
Politics
Philosophy
History
