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
In the Land of Pain
Memoir
France
Autobiography
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
History
Economics
Politics
Off the Edge
Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
History
Politics
Psychology
Scatterlings
Mythology
Psychology
Spirituality
Intellectual Property
A Very Short Introduction
Law
Economics
Politics
The Frontiers of Knowledge
What We Know about Science, History and the Mind
Science
Philosophy
History
Five Points
Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace
Theology
Christian
Christianity
The Ten Books on Architecture
Architecture
Art
History
Jesus and the Last Supper
Catholic
Religion
Theology
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
Crime
Politics
History
The Art Spy
The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
History
Art
Biography
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
History
Indigenous
Social Justice
Goldman Sachs
The Culture of Success
Business
Finance
Economics
Fight Oligarchy
Politics
History
Economics
The Fort Bragg Cartel
Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
History
True Crime
Crime
The Lost Realms
History
Aliens
Ancient History
From Babylon to Timbuktu
History
Religion
Africa
A Little History of Psychology
Psychology
History
Science
The Comanche Empire
History
Native American
American History
White Lies
The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
History
Biography
Race
Freezing Order
Politics
History
Russia
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
Politics
Cities
Sociology
The Stairway to Heaven
History
Mythology
Aliens
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
History
Race
Politics
Anatomy of a Lynching
The Killing of Claude Neal
History
True Crime
Crime
Why David Sometimes Wins
Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
History
Labor
Politics
Vanishing Treasures
A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Nature
Science
Animals
Men and Rubber
The Story of Business 1926
Business
Biography
History
Arsenals of Folly
The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
History
Science
Politics
What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
Science
Philosophy
Biology
Born in Blood
The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry
History
Occult
Religion
Uncommon Wealth
Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
History
Politics
Economics
Reveille for Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
History
Che Guevara Reader
Writings on Politics & Revolution
Politics
History
Philosophy
Manufacturing Consent
Noam Chomsky and the Media
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
Memoir
Book Club
History
Spectacle
The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
History
Biography
Race
Magic Medicine
A Trip Through the Intoxicating History and Modern-Day Use of Psychedelic Plants and Substances
History
Science
Psychology
Motherland
A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
History
Russia
Feminism
Asperger's Children
The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
History
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Magellan
History
Biography
Travel
Crusade for Justice
The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
History
Biography
Memoir
A Man Called White
The Autobiography of Walter White
Biography
History
Politics
Epistles 1-65
Philosophy
Classics
History
Epistles 1-65
Philosophy
Classics
History
The History of the Church
From Christ to Constantine
History
Religion
Church History
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
History
Race
African American
The South Was Right!
History
Civil War
American History
Ayahuasca in My Blood
25 Years of Medicine Dreaming
Spirituality
Drugs
Science
A Protest History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
