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
Caffeinated
How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us
Science
Health
Food
Don't Burn This Country
Surviving and Thriving in Our Woke Dystopia
Politics
History
Cultural
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
Politics
History
Biography
Ghosts
A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof
History
Paranormal
Ghosts
The Hidden Pleasures of Life
A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Is Jesus History?
Christian
History
Faith
How We Got the Bible
Religion
History
Christian
Renegade
The Making of a President
Politics
Biography
History
The Invisible Woman
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
True Crime
Crime
History
Josephine Baker
The Hungry Heart
Biography
History
Music
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Great World Religions
Islam
Religion
History
Islam
Mile Marker Zero
The Moveable Feast of Key West
Travel
History
It's All About Muhammad
A Biography of the World's Most Notorious Prophet
Biography
Religion
History
The Lost Men
The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
History
Adventure
Survival
10 Books That Screwed Up the World
And 5 Others That Didn't Help
History
Philosophy
Politics
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
History
Science
Politics
Good Book
The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
Religion
Humor
History
Sound Within Sound
Opening Our Ears to the Twentieth Century
Music
History
Cultural
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
History
Psychology
Sociology
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
Economics
History
Business
V13
True Crime
France
History
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th Edition
Philosophy
Science
History
An American Sickness
How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
Health Care
Health
Medicine
LET IT GO
The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist
Biography
Business
Memoir
Renegade
Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
Politics
Memoir
History
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
History
Politics
True Crime
Enemigos de Esparta
History
Historical
A Patriot's History of the United States
From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
History
American History
Politics
Can Ireland Be One?
History
Ireland
World Famous Cults and Fanatics
History
True Crime
Cults
The New York Times Book of Mathematics
More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers
Mathematics
Science
History
Aion
Psychology
Philosophy
Religion
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution
History
Economics
The Zorg
A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
History
Africa
Crime
Shopping for Bombs
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
Politics
History
Asia
Surrender or Starve
Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
Africa
History
Travel
The Message
Politics
Essays
History
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
Memoir
Africa
Biography
The Shortest History of Economics
Economics
History
Business
Crossroads
The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
Music
Biography
History
Bloody Nasty People
The Rise of Britain's Far Right
Politics
History
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
History
Politics
Cultural
Easy Money
Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War
Economics
Finance
History
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
Philosophy
Economics
History
Imperial Hubris
Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
Politics
History
Terrorism
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
Music
Biography
History
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
History
Science
War
Days of Rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
History
Politics
American History
