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
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Women & Power
A Manifesto
Feminism
History
Essays
China's Great Wall of Debt
Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
China
Economics
Politics
Divided
Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
Politics
History
Geography
Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Science
Psychology
Economics
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Business
History
Politics
The Bitcoin Standard
The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
Economics
Finance
Business
On Grand Strategy
History
Politics
Business
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
Psychology
Mental Health
History
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
Politics
History
War
The Order of Time
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
History
Censored
Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
China
Politics
History
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Science
Biology
History
Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Education of Cyrus
History
Philosophy
Biography
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
Politics
Memoir
History
Post-Truth
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
Adaptive Markets
Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought
Economics
Finance
Business
Valley of Genius
The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley
History
Technology
Business
The Speech
A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
Politics
History
Economics
Money
History
Economics
Finance
The Other Side of Israel
My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide
Israel
Politics
Memoir
Nonsense on Stilts
How to Tell Science from Bunk
Science
Philosophy
Skepticism
Everything for Everyone
The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy
Economics
Politics
Business
Moneyland
Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How To Take It Back
Politics
Economics
Business
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
The Invention of Russia
From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
History
Russia
Politics
The Fifth Risk
Politics
History
Economics
Fire and Fury
Inside the Trump White House
Politics
History
Biography
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison*
Inside Oracle Corporation; *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
Business
Biography
Management
The Accidental Admiral
A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
Military Fiction
Biography
Leadership
Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
Biography
History
Politics
The Complete TurtleTrader
The Legend, the Lessons, the Results
Finance
Business
Money
The Social Leap
The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
Science
Psychology
Evolution
My Life
Biography
Politics
History
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
Space
History
Biography
Propaganda Blitz
How the Corporate Media Distort Reality
Politics
Journalism
History
The 48 Laws of Power
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Google It
A History of Google
Business
History
Technology
What is Hinduism?
A Guide for the Global Mind
Hinduism
Religion
India
The Ape that Understood the Universe
How the Mind and Culture Evolve
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Models of My Life
Biography
Science
Philosophy
The Anatomy of Motive
The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
True Crime
Psychology
Crime
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
Politics
History
British Literature
The Radium Girls
The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
History
Science
Historical
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
Feminism
Politics
History
Third Wave
Sociology
History
Economics