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The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads
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The System Summary
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by Robert B. Reich 2020 224 pages
4.28
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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.98
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappé 2006 320 pages
4.54
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Four Hundred Souls Summary
Four Hundred Souls
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by Ibram X. Kendi 2021 504 pages
4.56
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The Pattern Seekers Summary
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How Autism Drives Human Invention
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2020 272 pages
3.50
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A Fever in the Heartland Summary
A Fever in the Heartland
The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
by Timothy Egan 2023 432 pages
4.36
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Churchill Summary
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts 2018 1105 pages
4.37
10.5K ratings
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Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy
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by Julia Annas 2001 133 pages
3.64
783 ratings
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The Heat Will Kill You First Summary
The Heat Will Kill You First
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by Jeff Goodell 2023 400 pages
4.30
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Money Summary
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A Story of Humanity
by David McWilliams 2024 413 pages
4.23
867 ratings
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Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare
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by David Galula 1964 128 pages
4.02
1.2K ratings
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The Premonition Summary
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by Michael Lewis 2021 304 pages
4.33
41.8K ratings
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The China Model Summary
The China Model
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by Daniel A. Bell 2015 336 pages
3.63
271 ratings
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Identity Summary
Identity
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by Francis Fukuyama 2018 240 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
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Mossad Summary
Mossad
The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010 388 pages
4.19
15.0K ratings
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Great Thinkers Summary
Great Thinkers
Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
by The School of Life 2016
4.36
1.7K ratings
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The Fifth Risk Summary
The Fifth Risk
by Michael Lewis 2018 221 pages
4.09
46.8K ratings
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Killing the Witches Summary
Killing the Witches
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by Bill O'Reilly 2023 291 pages
3.64
14.2K ratings
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Metaphysics of War Summary
Metaphysics of War
by Julius Evola 1996 154 pages
4.04
824 ratings
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The Invention of the Jewish People Summary
The Invention of the Jewish People
by Shlomo Sand 2008 332 pages
4.13
1.7K ratings
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Call Sign Chaos Summary
Call Sign Chaos
Learning to Lead
by Jim Mattis 2019 320 pages
4.30
13.2K ratings
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The Great Debate Summary
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
by Yuval Levin 2013 296 pages
3.87
1.4K ratings
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Easy Money Summary
Easy Money
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by Ben McKenzie 2023 304 pages
3.97
3.3K ratings
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Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set Summary
Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set
by Yuval Noah Harari 2019
4.54
766 ratings
History
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Evolution
The Wise Men Summary
The Wise Men
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by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages
4.10
4.2K ratings
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Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.79
1.2K ratings
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International Relations
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages
4.19
854 ratings
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The Ancestor's Tale Summary
The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2004 688 pages
4.15
28.3K ratings
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Evolution
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Trade Wars Are Class Wars Summary
Trade Wars Are Class Wars
How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
by Matthew C. Klein 2020 288 pages
4.15
1.7K ratings
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Revolutionary Wealth Summary
Revolutionary Wealth
How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives
by Alvin Toffler 2006 512 pages
3.89
661 ratings
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Looking for Spinoza Summary
Looking for Spinoza
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by António Damásio 2001 368 pages
3.95
2.2K ratings
Philosophy
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The Great War for Civilisation Summary
The Great War for Civilisation
The Conquest of the Middle East
by Robert Fisk 2005 1111 pages
4.41
5.5K ratings
History
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War
Lawless Summary
Lawless
How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
by Leah Litman 2025 320 pages
4.32
186 ratings
Politics
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Law
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson 1956 320 pages
4.03
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
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Brick by Brick Summary
Brick by Brick
How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
by David C. Robertson 2013 320 pages
3.85
2.2K ratings
Business
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Shroom Summary
Shroom
A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom
by Andy Letcher 2006 384 pages
3.86
360 ratings
History
Science
Food
How to Think Like Socrates Summary
How to Think Like Socrates
Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World
by Donald J. Robertson 2024 342 pages
4.17
490 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
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Original Sin Summary
Original Sin
President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
by Jake Tapper 2025 352 pages
3.77
3.5K ratings
Politics
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George Washington's Secret Six Summary
George Washington's Secret Six
The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
by Brian Kilmeade 2013 235 pages
3.85
20.4K ratings
History
American History
American Revolution
Food of the Gods Summary
Food of the Gods
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
by Terence McKenna 1992 311 pages
4.13
12.6K ratings
Philosophy
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The Federalist Papers Summary
The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton 1788 688 pages
4.10
41.3K ratings
History
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Classics
Freedom from Fear Summary
Freedom from Fear
The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
by David M. Kennedy 1999 936 pages
4.20
5.3K ratings
History
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Your Inner Fish Summary
Your Inner Fish
a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by Neil Shubin 2008 229 pages
4.04
27.8K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages
4.40
3.3K ratings
Politics
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Political Science
The Education of Cyrus Summary
The Education of Cyrus
by Xenophon 320 pages
4.13
1.8K ratings
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1929 Summary
1929
Inside the Greatest Crash in History--and How It Shattered a Nation
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2025 577 pages
4.49
271 ratings
History
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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
by Martin Wolf 2023 496 pages
3.93
899 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
What Happened to Goldman Sachs Summary
What Happened to Goldman Sachs
An Insider's Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences
by Steven G. Mandis 2013 400 pages
3.61
201 ratings
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The Problems of Philosophy Summary
The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1912 116 pages
3.90
17.9K ratings
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