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
How Countries Go Broke
The Big Cycle
Economics
Finance
Business
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State
Why Americans Vote the Way They Do
Politics
Political Science
History
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going
Anthropology
Science
History
Home in the World
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Economics
The Truth About Markets
Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor
Economics
Business
Finance
Inside the Apple
A Streetwise History of New York City
History
New York
Travel
Islam and Democracy
Fear of the Modern World
Islam
Politics
Religion
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
Biography
Business
Finance
A Piece of Blue Sky
Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed
Religion
Cults
History
You Belong to the Universe
Buckminster Fuller and the Future
Biography
Science
Architecture
The Einstein of Money
The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham
Biography
Finance
Business
Brilliant Moon
The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
Buddhism
Spirituality
Biography
Pipe Dreams
The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
Science
History
Technology
Six Days of Impossible
Navy SEAL Hell Week - A Doctor Looks Back
Military Fiction
War
Military History
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
Climate Change
Science
Environment
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
Biography
Africa
Memoir
Engineers of Dreams
Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America
History
Engineering
Science
When the Sky Fell
In Search of Atlantis
History
Ancient History
Mystery
India Is Broken
A People Betrayed, Independence to Today
India
History
Politics
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
History
Science
Technology
The Tin Ring
How I Cheated Death
History
Holocaust
War
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
No Democracy Lasts Forever
How the Constitution Threatens the United States
Politics
History
Law
Venice
Travel
Italy
History
Blood & Oil
A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
Iran
History
Memoir
Neutrino
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Quantum Computing
The transformative technology of the Qubit Revolution
Science
Physics
Technology
Math and the Mona Lisa
Science
History
Mathematics
The End of Policing
Politics
Social Justice
History
King David
The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel
Religion
History
Biography
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
History
Politics
Philosophy
Taking the Quantum Leap
The New Physics for Nonscientists
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
Philosophy
History
Theory
COUNSELOR
A Life at the Edge of History
History
Biography
Politics
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
On the Shoulders of Giants
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
History
Sports
Biography
The Jews
History
Politics
Sociology
Industrial Society and Its Future
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
These Are the Plunderers
How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
Economics
Business
Finance
Killing Jesus
A History
History
Religion
Biography
The Story of a Life
Holocaust
Memoir
Jewish
The Bengalis
A Portrait of a Community
History
India
Bangladesh
Mover Of Men and Mountains
Biography
Christian
Business
Eating to Extinction
The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
Food
Science
History
Perfecting Sound Forever
An Aural History of Recorded Music
Music
History
Technology
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Economics
Politics
History
Human Devolution
A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory
History
Biology
Science
Thinking like an Economist
How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy
Economics
Politics
History
Amexica
War Along the Borderline
History
Crime
Politics
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Science
Psychology
History
