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
Without You, There Is No Us
My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Memoir
History
Politics
On the Warrior's Path
Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
Philosophy
Martial Arts
History
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
Anthropology
Sociology
History
The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
Travel
History
Politics
The Age of American Unreason
Politics
History
Philosophy
Jews Don't Count
Politics
Jewish
History
The Lost City of the Monkey God
History
Adventure
Travel
Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality
Solving the Quantum Mysteries
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Tide of War
The Impact of Weather on Warfare
History
The Ancient Celts
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance
Finance
Economics
Biography
Where White Men Fear to Tread
The Autobiography of Russell Means
Native American
Biography
History
Private Empire
ExxonMobil and American Power
Business
History
Politics
The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Economics
Business
Philosophy
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Politics
History
Biography
We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
History
Biography
British Literature
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?
The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books
Education
Race
Books About Books
Freud and Beyond
A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Philosophy
Winter Is Coming
Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
Politics
Russia
History
Adrift
America in 100 Charts
Politics
History
Business
City of Women
Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
History
American History
Gender
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
A Short History of the World
History
Classics
World History
Making It in America
The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A.
Economics
Business
Politics
The Craft Beer Revolution
How a Band of Microbrewers Is Transforming the World's Favorite Drink
Beer
Business
Brewing
Science Fiction
A Very Short Introduction
Literature
Literary Criticism
History
The Dancing Universe
From Creation Myths to the Big Bang
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Butler
The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland
Politics
History
American History
Den of Spies
Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House: A Provocative History with Deep Political Revelations, ... the High-Stakes Political Games of the 1980s
History
Politics
American History
Judaism
A Very Short Introduction
Religion
Judaism
History
Never Give an Inch
Fighting for the America I Love
Politics
Biography
History
Women in the Valley of the Kings
The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
History
Egypt
Biography
The Last Tycoons
The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
Business
Finance
History
Wisdom Takes Work
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Philosophy
Self Help
Personal Development
The Arabs in History
History
Islam
Religion
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
Science
Environment
Nature
The Return of the Russian Leviathan
Russia
Politics
History
Dark Star Rising
Magick and Power in the Age of Trump
Politics
Occult
History
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
History
True Crime
Politics
Chasing Perfection
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the High-Stakes Game of Creating an NBA Champion
Sports
Basketball
History
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction
Science
History
Evolution
In the Enemy's House
The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies
History
Espionage
Russia
What Evolution Is
Science
Evolution
Biology
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
Africa
Memoir
Biography
Conversations with RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
Biography
Politics
History
The Pirates of Somalia
Inside Their Hidden World
Africa
History
Somalia
The Right Side of History
How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
Politics
History
Philosophy
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
Feminism
History
Womens
Socialism Betrayed
Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union
History
Politics
Russia
