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
Building a Better Teacher
How Teaching Works
Education
Teaching
Parenting
The Economics of Innocent Fraud
Truth for Our Time
Economics
Politics
Business
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
History
American History
Biography
Mutants
On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
Science
Biology
Medicine
Like, Literally, Dude
Arguing for the Good in Bad English
Language
Linguistics
Writing
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
History
Politics
International Relations
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Science
Humor
Death
How to Think Like a Woman
Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
Philosophy
Feminism
History
Whole Earth
The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
Biography
Science
History
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
History
Historical
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
How the New World Order, Man-Made Diseases, and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
History
American History
Economics
Truth in Our Times
Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
Politics
Journalism
Memoir
Scotland
A Very Short Introduction
History
Scotland
British Literature
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
Music
History
Art
Portrait of a Turkish Family
History
Memoir
Turkish
Swedenborg
An Introduction to His Life and Ideas
Biography
Religion
Mysticism
How Britain Ends
English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations
Politics
History
Scotland
Creation
How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
Science
Biology
Evolution
How Infrastructure Works
Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
Science
Technology
History
Newton's Football
The Science Behind America's Game
Sports
Science
Football
The Miracle of the Kurds
A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq
History
Politics
Biography
None of the Above
The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators
Education
History
Crime
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
History
Psychology
Biography
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
How America Kept Its Feet
History
Science
Mathematics
Elizabeth I CEO
Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire
History
Business
Biography
In an Uncertain World
Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
Economics
Politics
Business
Live Alone and Like It
Self Help
Feminism
Womens
The Perfectionists
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
History
Science
Engineering
Bad Ideas?
An Arresting History of Our Inventions
Science
History
Lily Dale
The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead
History
Paranormal
Spiritualism
Economic Policy
Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Occasional Human Sacrifice
Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No
Science
History
Medical
Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
Economics
Business
Finance
The End of College
Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere
Education
History
Economics
A Simple Government
Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington
Politics
History
Government
Magnificent Rebels
The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
History
Philosophy
Biography
Voodoo Histories
The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
My Fellow Soldiers
General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
History
Biography
War
The Little Locksmith
Memoir
Classics
Biography
Eye of the Beholder
Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
History
Science
Art
Midnight in Mexico
A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
True Crime
Crime
History
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
Politics
Religion
History
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
History
Politics
Science
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
Science
History
Sociology
The Drone Eats with Me
A Gaza Diary
Memoir
War
Biography
California Burning
The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
History
Business
Politics
Default
The Landmark Court Battle Over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
Economics
Finance
Law
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
Biography
History
Politics
Cooper's Creek
History
Australia
Travel
