History Book Summaries

Time of the Magicians

Wolfram Eilenberger

Time of the Magicians

Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy

Islam

A Short History

Ancient Egypt

A Very Short Introduction

Empire

How Britain Made the Modern World

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

Native America from 1890 to the Present

Humanly Possible

Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope

Alexander the Great

Philip Freeman

Alexander the Great

The Macedonian who conquered the world

The Congo from Leopold to Kabila

A People’s History

A Walk in the Woods

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

In Cold Blood

A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences

Salt

A World History

Hiroshima

The Stories of Six Survivors of the Atomic Bomb

At Home

A Short History of Private Life

Napoleon the Great

How Napoleon Conquered Europe and Changed the World

Destiny Disrupted

A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

From Silk to Silicon

The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

The Light of Days

The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

Palestine

Nur Masalha

Palestine

A Four Thousand Year History

The Art of Rivalry

Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art

The Myth of American Inequality

Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund & John Early

The Myth of American Inequality

How Government Biases Policy Debate

You Never Forget Your First

A Biography of George Washington

Florence Nightingale

1820–1910

This Is Your Brain on Sports

The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn From the T-Shirt Cannon

China In Ten Words

Yu Hua

China In Ten Words

The ten key concepts underlying China’s transformation

The 33 Strategies of War

A Comprehensive Guide to the Subtle Social Game of Everyday Life

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt's landmark work about Europe's anti-Semitic and imperialist roots

The Better Brain

Bonnie J. Kaplan and Julia J. Rucklidge

The Better Brain

Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition

The Rift

A New Africa Breaks Free