History Book Summaries

Future Stories

David Christian

Future Stories

What's Next?

Zero

Charles Seife

Zero

The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Future proof yourself against the 21st Century

Upheaval

Jared Diamond

Upheaval

Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

Killing the Mob

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Killing the Mob

The Fight Against Organized Crime in America

Powers and Thrones

Dan Jones

Powers and Thrones

A New History of the Middle Ages

Time of the Magicians

Wolfram Eilenberger

Time of the Magicians

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

Islam

Karen Armstrong

Islam

A Short History

Ancient Egypt

Ian Shaw

Ancient Egypt

A Very Short Introduction

Empire

Niall Ferguson

Empire

How Britain Made the Modern World

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

David Treuer

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

Native America from 1890 to the Present

Humanly Possible

Sarah Bakewell

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

Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

The Congo from Leopold to Kabila

A People’s History

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences

Salt

Mark Kurlansky

Salt

A World History

Hiroshima

John Hersey

Hiroshima

The Stories of Six Survivors of the Atomic Bomb

At Home

Bill Bryson

At Home

A Short History of Private Life

Napoleon the Great

Andrew Roberts

Napoleon the Great

How Napoleon Conquered Europe and Changed the World

Destiny Disrupted

Tamim Ansary

Destiny Disrupted

A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

From Silk to Silicon

Jeffrey E. Garten

From Silk to Silicon

The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

The Light of Days

Judy Batalion

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

Sebastian Smee

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

Alexis Coe

You Never Forget Your First

A Biography of George Washington

Florence Nightingale

Cecil Woodham-Smith

Florence Nightingale

1820–1910