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
Japan Story
History
Japan
Asia
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
Politics
History
American History
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
Art
True Crime
History
House of Trump, House of Putin
The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
Politics
History
Russia
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
Technology
Science
Sociology
Democracy Rules
Politics
Political Science
History
The Melting Point
High Command and War in the 21st Century
Military Fiction
History
Memoir
Dear Madam President
An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World
Politics
Feminism
Memoir
When Broken Glass Floats
Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
History
Memoir
Asia
Booster Shots
The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health
Science
Medical
Health
The Ultimate Evil
True Crime
Crime
History
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
Politics
History
Sociology
Old Rage
Memoir
Autobiography
Book Club
Yes We (Still) Can
Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
Politics
Memoir
History
Becoming Leonardo
An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Biography
History
Art
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End
Biography
History
Historical
Blackbeard
The Birth of America
History
Pirates
Amazon
Bourbon
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an American Whiskey
History
Food
Food and Drink
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
History
Civil War
American History
Shipwrecked!
Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor
History
Middle Grade
Science
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
History
War
Politics
The Collapse of Complex Societies
History
Politics
Anthropology
The Way of the Knife
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
History
Politics
Military Fiction
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President—and Why It Failed
History
Politics
Biography
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
History
War
Military Fiction
The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things
Science
Mathematics
Reference
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Contesting Democracy
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Accidental Admiral
A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
Military Fiction
Biography
Leadership
The Annals/The Histories
History
Classics
Ancient History
Lost Scriptures
Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
Religion
History
Christianity
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
India
Islam
Religion
How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius
What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth
Sports
Basketball
History
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
History
Politics
Philosophy
Allow Me to Retort
A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
Politics
History
Law
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
True Crime
Crime
Biography
September 11
An Oral History
History
American History
Terrorism
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
A True Crime Story
True Crime
History
Feminism
The Great Boer War
History
Africa
War
Tory Nation
How one party took over
Politics
History
The Cartiers
The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
History
Biography
Fashion
Humanly Possible
Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
Philosophy
History
Biography
Evolution's Captain
The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
History
Biography
Science
The Creedal Imperative
Theology
Church History
History
A Brilliant Life
My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust
Holocaust
Biography
History
From Miniskirt to Hijab
A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
Iran
Memoir
Biography
Black Mass
True Crime
History
Crime
I Shall Not Hate
A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
Memoir
Biography
History
Revolusi
Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld
History
Asia
Politics
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Science
History
Genetics
