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
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
History
Sociology
Pop Culture
China's Great Wall of Debt
Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
China
Economics
Politics
The Devil Never Sleeps
Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters
History
Politics
Business
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Biography
Religion
Philosophy
How to Argue With a Racist
What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
Science
Race
Politics
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
Politics
History
Social Justice
The Hermetica
The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs
Philosophy
History
Spirituality
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
History
Politics
China
LeBron, Inc.
The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete
Sports
Biography
Basketball
The Coming Prince
Theology
Christianity
Christian
The Key Man
The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale
Business
Finance
Economics
Sand Talk
How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Philosophy
Indigenous
Australia
Endless Universe
Beyond the Big Bang
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Ignition!
An informal history of liquid rocket propellants
Science
History
Space
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
Adolf Hitler
My Part in His Downfall
Humor
Biography
History
None Dare Call It Conspiracy
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
The Evolution of Everything
How New Ideas Emerge
Science
History
Philosophy
Investing
The Last Liberal Art
Finance
Business
Economics
User Friendly
How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
Design
Business
Technology
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
History
Technology
Politics
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
Politics
History
Psychology
Andrew Carnegie
Biography
History
Business
China After Mao
The Rise of a Superpower
China
History
Politics
Extra Life
A Short History of Living Longer
Science
History
Health
The Codebreakers
The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
History
Science
Technology
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Education
Politics
Teaching
The Alchemy of Us
How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
Science
History
Technology
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Film
History
Biography
What We Believe But Cannot Prove
Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
History
Biography
Science
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
Politics
Sociology
History
The Disappearing Spoon
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Science
History
Chemistry
Government Gangsters
The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
Politics
History
Government
The Essential Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
Classics
History
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Economics
Politics
International Development
The Blood Telegram
Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
History
Politics
India
Coming of Age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
Anthropology
Psychology
Sociology
The 5000 Year Leap
History
Politics
Philosophy
Undoing Border Imperialism
Politics
Race
Activism
Losing the Signal
The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry
Business
Technology
History
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
Economics
Finance
History
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
History
Biography
World War II
Hegel
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
History
Biography
Capital Ideas
The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street
Finance
Economics
History
The End of Alchemy
Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy
Economics
Finance
Business
Lessons in Stoicism
What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us About How to Live
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Misinformation Age
How False Beliefs Spread
Politics
Philosophy
Psychology
Leadership in War
Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
History
Leadership
Biography
How to Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
Politics
History
Political Science
