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The Bridge Summary
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by David Remnick 2010 656 pages
4.10
4.6K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Man Who Knew Infinity Summary
The Man Who Knew Infinity
A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigel 1991 438 pages
4.03
8.8K ratings
Biography
Mathematics
Science
The Wise Men Summary
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages
4.10
4.2K ratings
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Biography
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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Summary
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
by Nancy Forbes 2014 328 pages
4.27
1.7K ratings
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Samsung Rising Summary
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
by Geoffrey Cain 2020 416 pages
3.64
1.6K ratings
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Dongri To Dubai Summary
Dongri To Dubai
Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012 378 pages
3.95
10.5K ratings
Crime
India
History
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell Summary
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
by Oren Harari 2002 288 pages
4.05
628 ratings
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Warriors Don't Cry Summary
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
by Melba Pattillo Beals 1994 312 pages
4.18
16.1K ratings
History
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School
بیست و سه سال Summary
بیست و سه سال
۲۳ سال
by Ali Dashti 1973 400 pages
4.01
1.0K ratings
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Islam
How the World Works (Real Story Summary
How the World Works (Real Story
by Noam Chomsky 2011 416 pages
4.13
5.0K ratings
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Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 272 pages
4.26
606 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Future of Freedom Summary
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria 2003 295 pages
4.02
3.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Shroom Summary
Shroom
A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom
by Andy Letcher 2006 384 pages
3.86
360 ratings
History
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Food
G.I. Gurdjieff Summary
G.I. Gurdjieff
The War Against Sleep
by Colin Wilson 1980 136 pages
3.85
239 ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
The Worldly Philosophers Summary
The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L. Heilbroner 1953 368 pages
4.16
8.7K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
History
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.22
1.8K ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 242 pages
4.12
17.4K ratings
Politics
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How Spies Think Summary
How Spies Think
Ten Lessons in Intelligence
by David Omand 2020 344 pages
3.64
739 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Espionage
Khomeinism Summary
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
by Ervand Abrahamian 1993 200 pages
3.85
161 ratings
Iran
History
Politics
The Orthodox Church Summary
The Orthodox Church
by Timothy Ware 1963 359 pages
4.28
3.6K ratings
Religion
History
Theology
Chaos Kings Summary
Chaos Kings
How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
by Scott Patterson 2023 335 pages
3.76
1.0K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals
A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky 1971 196 pages
3.74
8.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 461 pages
4.21
6.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
by Neil Postman 1995 209 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Sociology
Notes on Nursing Summary
Notes on Nursing
What It Is, and What It Is Not
by Florence Nightingale 1858 160 pages
3.80
1.6K ratings
Nursing
History
Classics
The Doctor and the Saint Summary
The Doctor and the Saint
The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
by Arundhati Roy 2017 184 pages
4.32
2.5K ratings
India
History
Politics
A Little History of Science Summary
A Little History of Science
by William Bynum 2012 263 pages
3.81
1.9K ratings
Science
History
History Of Science
The Battle for God Summary
The Battle for God
by Karen Armstrong 2000 480 pages
3.95
6.6K ratings
Religion
History
Philosophy
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
From Poor Law to Welfare State Summary
From Poor Law to Welfare State
A History of Social Welfare in America
by Walter I. Trattner 1974 464 pages
3.71
308 ratings
Social Work
History
Politics
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto 2014 272 pages
4.00
4.4K ratings
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
Going Infinite Summary
Going Infinite
The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
by Michael Lewis 2023 272 pages
3.82
32.7K ratings
Business
Biography
Finance
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Summary
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
by Adam Smith 1759 368 pages
4.07
4.5K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Classics
The Cry for Myth Summary
The Cry for Myth
by Rollo May 1991 320 pages
4.05
421 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Mythology
The Return of Great Powers Summary
The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
by Jim Sciutto 2024 368 pages
3.91
1.0K ratings
Politics
History
China
On War Summary
On War
by Carl von Clausewitz 1832 732 pages
3.96
14.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
War
Jesus, Interrupted Summary
Jesus, Interrupted
Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
by Bart D. Ehrman 2009 304 pages
3.99
10.6K ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
How to Live Summary
How to Live
A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell 2010 387 pages
4.02
10.5K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
In Cold Blood Summary
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote 1966 343 pages
4.09
703.3K ratings
Classics
True Crime
Crime
50 People Every Christian Should Know Summary
50 People Every Christian Should Know
Learning from Spiritual Giants of the Faith
by Warren W. Wiersbe 2009 398 pages
4.06
1.3K ratings
Biography
Christian
History
Stranger in the Shogun's City Summary
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
by Amy Stanley 2020 352 pages
3.77
2.3K ratings
History
Japan
Biography
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Summary
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
by Paul Craig Roberts 2000 256 pages
4.04
127 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Blood and Oil Summary
Blood and Oil
Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
by Bradley Hope 2020 368 pages
4.25
9.3K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Business adventures Summary
Business adventures
by John Brooks 1969 408 pages
3.81
24.2K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
War on Peace Summary
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
by Ronan Farrow 2018 392 pages
4.15
8.4K ratings
Politics
History
War
Lead Yourself First Summary
Lead Yourself First
Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude
by Raymond M. Kethledge 2017 240 pages
3.75
1.2K ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 320 pages
4.08
256 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
The System Summary
The System
Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
by Robert B. Reich 2020 224 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
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