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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9 Book

Burning the Books
A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
Richard Ovenden
Belknap Press, 2020
Book

Fight Like Hell
The Untold History of American Labor
Kim Kelly
One Signal Publishers, 2022
9 Book

The BBC
A People's History
David Hendy
Profile Books, 2022
9 Book

For Profit
A History of Corporations
William Magnuson
Basic Books, 2022
9 Book

Hangry
A Startup Journey
Mike Evans
Legacy Lit, 2022
8 Book

Tokens
The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform
Rachel O'Dwyer
Verso Books, 2023
8 Article

RIP Goldman Sachs
When I started out at Goldman, it was the most feared firm on Wall Street. Those days are gone for good.
Bethany McLean
Business Insider UK, 2023
8 Book

Still Broke
Walmart's Remarkable Transformation and the Limits of Socially Conscious Capitalism
Rick Wartzman
Public Affairs, 2022
Book

Working Backwards
Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
St. Martin’s Press, 2021
9 Book

Emotion By Design
Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike
Greg Hoffman
Twelve, 2022
Book

All That She Carried
The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
Random House, 2021
Book

And There Was Light:
Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham
Random House, 2022