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
Labor of Love
The Invention of Dating
History
Feminism
Sociology
Makers and Takers
The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
Economics
Business
Finance
The Rise and Fall of Nations
Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
Economics
Politics
History
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Business
History
Economics
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
Psychology
Science
History
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
Politics
History
Military Fiction
You Talkin' To Me?
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
Writing
Philosophy
Language
100 Million Years of Food
What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today
Food
History
Health
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't
A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues
Politics
History
Political Science
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
Economics
History
Politics
The Attention Merchants
The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Psychology
Business
Technology
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Politics
Sociology
History
The Undoing Project
A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Psychology
Biography
Science
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Economics
Politics
History
Nation of Rebels
Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
The Price of Admission
How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges — and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
Education
Politics
Sociology
How to Listen to Jazz
Music
Jazz
History
A Man for All Markets
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
Finance
Biography
Business
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
Feminism
History
Womens
Nobody Knows My Name
Essays
Race
Classics
The Case Against Sugar
Health
Science
Food
The Airbnb Story
How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
Science
History
Biology
Glass House
The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
Politics
History
Economics
Grinding It Out
The Making of McDonald's
Business
Biography
Autobiography
The Geography of Genius
A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
History
Travel
Science
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
The Wisdom Of Finance
Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
Finance
Economics
Business
Requiem for the American Dream
The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Politics
Economics
History
Rome's Last Citizen
The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
History
Biography
Philosophy
Giants of Enterprise
Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built
Business
History
Leadership
The Rise of the Outsiders
How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way
Politics
21st Century
History
The Art of Living
The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Selfie
How the West Became Self-Obsessed
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
Politics
History
Economics
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Business
Economics
Technology
How to Be a Stoic
Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Son of Hamas
A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Biography
History
Memoir
Private Government
How Employers Rule Our Lives
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Lead Yourself First
Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Churchill
The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches
History
Biography
Politics
On the Shoulders of Giants
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
History
Sports
Biography
An Alchemy of Mind
The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Facing the Lion
Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
Memoir
History
Holocaust
How the Other Half Banks
Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
Economics
History
Politics
Not for Sale
The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It
Social Justice
Politics
History
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
History
Biography
World War II
Free Market Revolution
How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government
Economics
Politics
Philosophy