History Book Summaries - Page 2

Florence Nightingale

Cecil Woodham-Smith

Florence Nightingale

1820–1910

This Is Your Brain on Sports

L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers

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

Robert Greene

The 33 Strategies of War

A Comprehensive Guide to the Subtle Social Game of Everyday Life

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

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

Alex Perry

The Rift

A New Africa Breaks Free

The Future Is History

Masha Gessen

The Future Is History

How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

Broad Band

Claire L. Evans

Broad Band

The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

Putin's People

Catherine Belton

Putin's People

How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West

When Women Ruled the World

Kara Cooney

When Women Ruled the World

Six Queens of Egypt

The Plantagenets

Dan Jones

The Plantagenets

The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

The Peloponnesian War

Donald Kagan

The Peloponnesian War

Get a primer on the epic Peloponnesian War

Agent Sonya

Ben Macintyre

Agent Sonya

Moscow’s Most Daring Wartime Spy

Black and British

David Olusoga

Black and British

A Forgotten History

The Spy and the Traitor

Ben Macintyre

The Spy and the Traitor

The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

1491

Charles C. Mann

1491

New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A masterpiece of feminist philosophy

Myanmar's Enemy Within

Francis Wade

Myanmar's Enemy Within

Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim “Other”

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Western Conceptions of the Orient

Mythos

Stephen Fry

Mythos

A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece

Beyond Culture

Edward Hall

Beyond Culture

A Journey of self-discovery

Empire of Pain

Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

The Dying Citizen

Victor Davis Hanson

The Dying Citizen

How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America

Forget the Alamo

Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford

Forget the Alamo

The Rise and Fall of an American Myth

Arabs

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Arabs

A 3,000 Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires

Four Hundred Souls

Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

Four Hundred Souls

A COMMUNITY HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICA, 1619–2019

Picasso's War

Hugh Eakin

Picasso's War

How Modern Art Came to America