History

How did society arrive at where it stands today? To learn about the politicians, scientists, innovators, leaders and rulers whose actions shaped the present, peruse these summaries.

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Summaries

9 Book

Women & Power
A Manifesto
Mary Beard
Profile Books, 2018
9 Book

Lincoln's Mentors
The Education of a Leader
Michael Gerhardt
Custom House, 2021
9 Book

Quirky
The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
Melissa Schilling
Public Affairs, 2018
9 Book

On the Judgment of History
(Ruth Benedict Book Series)
Joan Wallach Scott
Columbia UP, 2020
9 Book

Leadership in Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Simon & Schuster, 2018
9 Book

Thinking in Time
The Uses of History for Decision Makers
Ernest R. May and Richard E. Neustadt
Free Press, 1988
10 Book

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
John Maynard Keynes
Prometheus Books, 1997
9 Book

The Hero Code
Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived
Admiral William H. McRaven
Grand Central, 2021
9 Book

IBM
The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon (History of Computing)
James W. Cortada
MIT Press, 2019
8 Book

The World
A Brief Introduction
Richard Haass
Penguin Press, 2020