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
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
History
Technology
Computer Science
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
History
Africa
Books About Books
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!
Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture
LGBT
History
Queer
The Aquarian Conspiracy
Personal and Social Transformation in Our Time
Psychology
Philosophy
History
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
Philosophy
Economics
History
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
History
The Alchemy of Us
How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
Science
History
Technology
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
History
China
Military Fiction
George Washington
Biography
History
Presidents
Notes on Resistance
Politics
History
Social Justice
God's Hotel
A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
Quantum Man
Richard Feynman's Life in Science
Science
Biography
Physics
Six Days of Impossible
Navy SEAL Hell Week - A Doctor Looks Back
Military Fiction
War
Military History
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
Africa
Memoir
Biography
A Childhood
The Biography of a Place
Memoir
Biography
Southern
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Biography
Religion
Philosophy
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Biography
History
Mystery
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
Politics
History
Biography
The Father of Spin
Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations
Biography
Psychology
History
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
History
Politics
Economics
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
History
Science
Engineering
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
Sociology
Business
History
The Snowball
Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Biography
Business
Finance
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
Economics
Finance
Money
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
Economics
Finance
Money
The Ballot and the Bible
How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
Politics
Theology
Christian
Social Justice Fallacies
Politics
Economics
History
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
Political Science
Seldom Disappointed
A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
History
Politics
Psychology
Mind Hunter
Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
Political Science
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
True Crime
Biography
Crime
English Journey
Travel
History
British Literature
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Biography
Business
Technology
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Same as Ever
A Guide to What Never Changes
Psychology
Business
Finance
The Genius of Israel
The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
Israel
History
Jewish
Controligarchs
Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
Politics
History
Economics
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
Politics
History
China
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
Politics
Religion
History
Women, Race & Class
Feminism
Politics
Race
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
Essays
Science
Technology
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Philosophy
History
Spirituality
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
History
Politics
Travel
Liberalism and Its Discontents
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Politics
History
American History