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
Ubiquity
Why Catastrophes Happen
Science
History
Economics
Men of Mathematics
Mathematics
Science
History
To Pixar and Beyond
My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
Business
Biography
Memoir
True Style
The History and Principles of Classic Menswear
Fashion
History
Design
Power Failure
The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
Business
History
Economics
The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
Science
History
Environment
Why Read Moby-Dick?
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Classics
Sam Walton
Made In America
Business
Biography
Autobiography
Opus
The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church
History
Religion
Politics
The Emergency
A Personal History
India
History
Politics
Bonhoeffer
Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Biography
History
Christian
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
History
Science
Engineering
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
History
Biography
Medieval History
The Golem
What You Should Know about Science
Science
Philosophy
History
Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
Science
History
Chemistry
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
History
Economics
Business
How Music Works
Music
History
Art
The Only Game in Town
Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
Economics
Finance
Business
The First Muslim
The Story of Muhammad
Religion
History
Islam
Chariots of The Gods
History
Science
Aliens
Isaac Newton
Biography
Science
History
Fermat's Enigma
Science
Mathematics
History
Women in White Coats
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
History
Medicine
Science
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
Philosophy
History
Religion
Code of the Samurai
A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
Philosophy
History
Martial Arts
Tulipomania
The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
History
Economics
Microhistory
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Mythology
Philosophy
Psychology
Our Kids
The American Dream in Crisis
Sociology
Education
Politics
Confronting the Presidents
No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
History
Politics
Biography
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Politics
Biography
Memoir
How to Be a Dictator
The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
History
Politics
Psychology
The Language Game
How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
Linguistics
Language
Science
River Kings
A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
History
Archaeology
Medieval
Giants of Enterprise
Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built
Business
History
Leadership
Barbarians to Bureaucrats
Corporate Life Cycle Strategies
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
World History 101
From ancient Mesopotamia and the Viking conquests to NATO and WikiLeaks, an essential primer on world history
History
Historical
Reference
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
Essays
Science
Technology
The Truth About Stories
A Native Narrative
Indigenous
Essays
Canada
The Bhagavad Gita
Royal Science of God-Realization
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
The Story of Philosophy
The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
Philosophy
History
Biography
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
Psychology
Science
History
The Quants
How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
Finance
Business
Economics
Capitalism, Alone
The Future of the System That Rules the World
Economics
Politics
History
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
History
American History
Labor
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Politics
History
Economics
We Are Bellingcat
Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
Politics
Journalism
History
How the Hippies Saved Physics
Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
Science
Physics
History
Bull
A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004
Finance
History
Economics
Celebrity Nation
How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers
History
Pop Culture
