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
Machines of Loving Grace
The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
Blood and Thunder
An Epic of the American West
History
American History
Biography
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Sociology
Reference
Science
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
History
Film
Biography
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
Science
History
Evolution
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
History
Philosophy
World History
How the Other Half Banks
Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
Economics
History
Politics
The Case Against Sugar
Health
Science
Food
The New Penguin History of Canada
History
Canada
Politics
The Catalyst
RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
Science
Biology
Medicine
In Sorcery's Shadow
A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger
Anthropology
Africa
Niger
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
Hành Trình Về Phương Đông
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
City of Gold
Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism
History
Middle East
Politics
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us
Science
History
Biology
Travels With Myself and Another
Travel
Memoir
Biography
The Lever of Riches
Technological Creativity and Economic Progress
Economics
History
Technology
Washington's Spies
The Story of America's First Spy Ring
History
American History
American Revolution
On Palestine
Politics
History
Middle East
American Kompromat
How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery
Politics
History
Espionage
The Color of Money
Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
History
Race
Economics
The Economics Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Economics
Business
Reference
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
History
Race
Politics
Delay, Deny, Defend
Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
Politics
Business
History
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
History
American History
Politics
Kant
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Biography
History
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
History
Food
Science
Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
Religion
Science
Psychology
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
History
Politics
American History
How to Educate a Citizen
The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation
Education
Politics
History
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Half Lion
How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
History
India
Politics
Semicolon
The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Language
Writing
History
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Religion
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
History
China
War
Cassandra Speaks
When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
Feminism
History
Essays
God
An Anatomy
History
Religion
Theology
The Age of Turbulence
Economics
Biography
Business
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
History
Biography
Politics
The Rise of the Outsiders
How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way
Politics
21st Century
History
Fate Is the Hunter
Aviation
History
Biography
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
History
Archaeology
Cities
The Patient Ferment of the Early Church
The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire
History
Christian
Church History
WTF?
What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
Business
Technology
Economics
How to Read the Bible
A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
Religion
History
Theology
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
Legionnaire
Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
Military Fiction
History
Biography
