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
Meditations
Philosophy
History
Self Help
The Bond King
How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
Finance
Business
Biography
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Memoir
History
Essays
Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
Business
Biography
Technology
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Politics
Sociology
Society
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Race
Social Justice
The Vaccine
Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
Science
History
Medicine
Digital Gold
Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
Business
Economics
Finance
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World
Politics
History
Sociology
The Next Africa
An Emerging Continent Becomes a Global Powerhouse
Africa
Economics
Business
How the World Really Works
A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
Science
History
Economics
You Can't Read This Book
Censorship in an Age of Freedom
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Man Who Broke Capitalism
How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy
Business
Economics
Biography
Moveable Feasts
From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat
Food
History
Food History
All The Young Men
Memoir
LGBT
History
50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know
Economics
Business
Reference
The Inner Citadel
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Man's Search for Meaning
A Young Adult Edition
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Capital Returns
Investing Through the Capital Cycle: A Money Manager’s Reports 2002-15
Finance
Business
Economics
The Constitution of Liberty
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
Biography
History
American History
An Anatomy of Pain
How the Body and the Mind Experience and Endure Physical Suffering
Science
Health
Medicine
Longpath
Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism
Philosophy
Self Help
History
Boundless
The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn
Business
Biography
History
Nation of Victims
Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
Politics
History
Philosophy
Status and Culture
How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
Sociology
Fashion
Psychology
Off With Her Head
Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
History
Feminism
Politics
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
Business
Technology
History
Lady Sapiens. Enquête sur la femme au temps de la Préhistoire
History
Feminism
Science
The Clash of the Cultures
Investment vs. Speculation
Finance
Business
Economics
What We Owe the Future
Philosophy
Science
History
The Human Story
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
Saving Freud
The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom
History
Biography
Psychoanalysis
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
Biography
History
Middle Grade
Manifesting Justice
Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
Politics
History
True Crime
Let Me Tell You a Story
A Lifetime in the Game
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Hitler's Cross
The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ was Used as a symbol of the Nazi Agenda
History
Christian
World War II
Charles Dickens in Love
Biography
British Literature
Literature
The Faithful Preacher
Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors
Biography
Theology
History
Strange New World
How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
Philosophy
History
Christian
Elizabeth I CEO
Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire
History
Business
Biography
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Memoir
Race
Essays
Mile Marker Zero
The Moveable Feast of Key West
Travel
History
Iran Awakening
A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
Iran
Memoir
History
Adam Smith's The "Wealth of Nations"
A Modern-day Interpretation of an Economic Classic
Economics
Finance
History
The Quest for Character
What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
Science
Nature
Natural History
Old Rage
Memoir
Autobiography
Biography
American Marxism
Politics
History
Philosophy