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 Last Shah
America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
History
Iran
Politics
I, Rigoberta Menchú
An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Memoir
History
Biography
Tramp for the Lord
Christian
Biography
History
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem
History
Humor
Indigenous
Churchill
The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches
History
Biography
Politics
The Company
The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire
History
Canada
Business
The Bone Woman
A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
Anthropology
History
Africa
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
History
Military Fiction
World War II
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries
Paranormal
Mystery
History
All the Presidents' Bankers
The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
History
Economics
Politics
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
Philosophy
History
Literary Criticism
Under a White Sky
The Nature of the Future
Science
Environment
Nature
Parisian Lives
Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me
Biography
Memoir
France
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
Psychology
Science
Sociology
My Friend Anne Frank
The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
History
Memoir
Biography
Ship of Fools
How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
Politics
Ireland
History
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Memoir
History
Essays
Hidden History
Lost Civilizations, Secret Knowledge, and Ancient Mysteries
History
Historical
Ancient History
Barbarians Led by Bill Gates
Business
History
Computers
Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus
How a Jewish Perspective Can Transform Your Understanding
Christian
Theology
Religion
Black Like Me
History
Memoir
Classics
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts
Technology
Economics
Business
Decision Points
Biography
Politics
History
The Master of Disguise
My Secret Life in the CIA
History
Biography
Espionage
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
History
Classics
Biography
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
China
Business
Economics
The Yank
The True Story of a Former US Marine in the Irish Republican Army
Ireland
War
Biography
Holding It Together
How Women Became America's Safety Net
Feminism
Politics
History
The Age of Entitlement
America Since the Sixties
History
Politics
Cultural
Monsoon
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
History
Politics
Asia
Cooking for Kings
The Life of Antonin Carême, the First Celebrity Chef
Biography
Food
History
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Music
Biography
History
The Frontiersmen
History
American History
Historical
World Without Mind
The Existential Threat of Big Tech
Technology
Science
Business
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
Never Enough
Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success
Biography
Politics
Business
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
History
Politics
Race
The Golden Passport
Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite
Business
History
Education
Papa Hemingway
Biography
History
Memoir
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
History
Military Fiction
War
America
The Farewell Tour
Politics
History
Sociology
The Spider Network
The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
Business
Finance
History
The Gutenberg Parenthesis
The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet
History
Politics
Cultural
Henry V
The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
History
Biography
Medieval
Without You, There Is No Us
My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Memoir
History
Politics
The Theory That Would Not Die
How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
Science
History
Mathematics
The Road Taken
The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
History
Engineering
Economics
The Celts
Search for a Civilization
History
Archaeology
Ancient History
Dealing with China
An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
China
Economics
Politics
The First Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
History
American History
Biography
