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
Big History
The Big Bang, Life On Earth, And The Rise Of Humanity
History
Science
Evolution
The Coming Prince
Theology
Christianity
Christian
The Battle For Syria
International Rivalry In The New Middle East
History
Politics
International Relations
Existentialism
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
History
Reference
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th Edition
Philosophy
Science
History
What Is Life?
Five Great Ideas in Biology
Science
Biology
History
The Voice of Human Justice
Religion
Biography
History
Philosophy
The Basics
Philosophy
Reference
History
Philosophy
The Classics
Philosophy
History
Reference
What Is This Thing Called Science?
Philosophy
Science
History
The Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
History
Economics
China
The Race between Education and Technology
Economics
Education
History
The Eye of the Master
A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
History
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Legionnaire
Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Quantum Computing
The transformative technology of the Qubit Revolution
Science
Physics
Technology
In the Enemy's House
The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies
History
Espionage
Russia
The Woman All Spies Fear
Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
History
Biography
Historical
A Line in the Sand
Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East
History
Politics
War
G.I. Gurdjieff
The War Against Sleep
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Kill Chain
Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
History
Politics
War
Engineers of Dreams
Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America
History
Engineering
Science
Defenders of the West
The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam
History
Christianity
Christian
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Economics
Finance
Business
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
Biography
Politics
History
Collusion
How Central Bankers Rigged the World
Economics
Finance
History
Sons of Wichita
How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
Biography
Politics
Business
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
History
Politics
World War II
Crash Course
The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster
Business
History
Economics
Bad Gays
A Homosexual History
History
Queer
LGBT
The Sellout
How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
Finance
Business
Economics
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
History
Economics
Business
The Firm
The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business
Business
History
Management
Maestro
Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
Economics
Biography
Politics
The Age of Turbulence
Economics
Biography
Business
Bagehot
The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
Biography
Economics
History
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History
Economics
History
Finance
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
Science
History
Politics
The Facebook Effect
The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World
Business
Technology
Biography
The Last Tycoons
The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
Business
Finance
History
Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
Business
Biography
Apple
Lombard Street
A Description of the Money Market
Economics
Finance
History
The Great Influenza
The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
History
Science
Medicine
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
Economics
Banking
Finance
Tulipomania
The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
History
Economics
Microhistory
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance
Finance
Economics
Biography
Capital Ideas Evolving
Finance
Economics
Business
The Robber Barons
History
Business
American History
The End of Wall Street
Finance
Economics
Business
Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
Economics
Business
Finance