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 Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
History
Biography
War
The Utopia of Rules
On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
Politics
Anthropology
History
War Dogs
Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love
Animals
History
Dogs
Nonsense on Stilts
How to Tell Science from Bunk
Science
Philosophy
Skepticism
The PayPal Wars
Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Down and Out in Paris and London
Classics
Memoir
Biography
Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Politics
History
War
The Third Chimpanzee
The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
Science
History
Anthropology
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Travel
History
Asia
Kamala's Way
An American Life
Biography
Politics
Womens
Labor of Love
The Invention of Dating
History
Feminism
Sociology
The Perfect Mile
Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Sports
History
Biography
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
Politics
History
Psychology
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
Mathematics
Science
History
The Great Influenza
The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
History
Science
Medicine
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
History
World War II
War
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
Hit Men
Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Music
History
Business
Rome's Last Citizen
The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
History
Biography
Philosophy
McDonald's
Behind The Arches
Business
Biography
History
The Hacker Crackdown
Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
History
Technology
Computers
A House in Gross Disorder
Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
History
17th Century
School
The First Ghosts
Most Ancient of Legacies
History
Paranormal
Mythology
COVID-19
The Great Reset
Politics
Economics
History
Don't Wait For The Next War
Rethinking America's Global Mission
Politics
Military Fiction
History
Smoke Signals
A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific
History
Science
Politics
Bad Gays
A Homosexual History
History
Queer
LGBT
Dreamland
The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
History
True Crime
Politics
In Our Hands
A Plan To Replace The Welfare State
Economics
Politics
Sociology
The Woman All Spies Fear
Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
History
Biography
Historical
Music
A Subversive History
Music
History
Art
Other People's Money
The Real Business of Finance
Economics
Finance
Business
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Economics Rules
The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
Economics
Business
Finance
The Apache Wars
The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
History
American History
Native American
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Science
Biography
Physics
Pastoral Song
A Farmer’s Journey
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Lights Out
Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
Business
History
Economics
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
Politics
Economics
Finance
Lipstick Jihad
A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
Memoir
Iran
Biography Memoir
The Lazarus Heist
From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War
History
True Crime
Politics
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
History
Linguistics
Language
The English
A Portrait of a People
History
British Literature
Politics
The Arab Uprising
The Wave of Protest that Toppled the Status Quo and the Struggle for a New Middle East
Politics
History
Unfinished
The Good Book
A Humanist Bible
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
Longpath
Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism
Philosophy
Self Help
History
What Is Relativity?
An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Outgrowing God
A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
Science
Religion
Philosophy
Lombard Street
A Description of the Money Market
Economics
Finance
History
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
