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The Science Delusion Summary
The Science Delusion
Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
by Rupert Sheldrake 2012 392 pages
4.08
1.9K ratings
Science
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Story of Civilization Summary
Story of Civilization
by Will Durant 1975 14777 pages
4.43
1.8K ratings
History
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Ten Drugs Summary
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
by Thomas Hager 2019 304 pages
4.18
5.0K ratings
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The great controversy between Christ and Satan; Summary
The great controversy between Christ and Satan;
The conflict of the ages in the Christian dispensation
by Ellen Gould White 1888 719 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
Religion
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Dark Money Summary
Dark Money
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer 2016 464 pages
4.31
26.5K ratings
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Command and Control Summary
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages
4.27
14.0K ratings
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Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts Summary
Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts
by Santosh Nair 2016 395 pages
4.32
1.7K ratings
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Hardball Summary
Hardball
How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game
by Chris Matthews 1988 240 pages
3.50
1.8K ratings
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Reentry Summary
Reentry
SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age
by Eric Berger 2024 450 pages
4.53
975 ratings
Space
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How to Be a Friend Summary
How to Be a Friend
An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 188 pages
3.87
3.2K ratings
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LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand
A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages
4.32
382 ratings
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War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.18
854 ratings
History
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War
The Mother Tongue Summary
The Mother Tongue
English and How It Got That Way
by Bill Bryson 1990 270 pages
3.91
43.2K ratings
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Colossus Summary
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
by Niall Ferguson 2004 417 pages
3.58
2.2K ratings
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"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
598 ratings
Politics
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Mandela's Way Summary
Mandela's Way
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
by Richard Stengel 2009 243 pages
4.11
3.1K ratings
Biography
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Self Help
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages
3.89
1.0K ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The Greater Journey Summary
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
by David McCullough 2011 558 pages
3.94
20.3K ratings
History
France
Biography
Brilliant Blunders Summary
Brilliant Blunders
From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
by Mario Livio 2013 342 pages
3.57
2.4K ratings
Science
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Physics
Natural Goodness Summary
Natural Goodness
by Philippa Foot 2001 125 pages
3.92
396 ratings
Philosophy
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The Next Civil War Summary
The Next Civil War
Dispatches from the American Future
by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages
3.67
1.8K ratings
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American History
Main Currents Of Marxism Summary
Main Currents Of Marxism
The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown
by Leszek Kołakowski 1976 1284 pages
4.26
438 ratings
Philosophy
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History
Saving Capitalism Summary
Saving Capitalism
For the Many, Not the Few
by Robert B. Reich 2004 219 pages
4.19
5.2K ratings
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Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics
A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
by Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 pages
3.84
2.8K ratings
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The Rise of Modern Philosophy Summary
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2006 356 pages
3.82
263 ratings
Philosophy
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Reference
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
by Rory Stewart 2023 436 pages
4.33
14.5K ratings
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Founding Brothers Summary
Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis 2000 288 pages
3.95
46.7K ratings
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Biography
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015 191 pages
4.09
137 ratings
Science
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El pez en el agua Summary
El pez en el agua
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1993 618 pages
4.02
1.4K ratings
Memoir
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Nobel Prize
Best Evidence Summary
Best Evidence
by David S. Lifton 1980 920 pages
4.00
622 ratings
History
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Triumph of the City Summary
Triumph of the City
How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
by Edward L. Glaeser 2011 352 pages
3.92
6.2K ratings
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Urban Planning
Urbanism
Exo-Vaticana Summary
Exo-Vaticana
Petrus Romanus, Project Lucifer, and the Vatican's Astonishing Exo-Theological Plan for the Arrival of an Alien Savior
by Cris Putnam 2013
4.08
449 ratings
Religion
Conspiracy Theories
Paranormal
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
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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark Summary
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
by Don Thompson 2008 272 pages
3.87
5.9K ratings
Art
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Business
1971 Summary
1971
A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
by Anam Zakaria 2019 402 pages
4.13
174 ratings
History
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India
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.60
2.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Melania Summary
Melania
by Melania Trump 2024 338 pages
3.83
12.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
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War Summary
War
How Conflict Shaped Us
by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages
3.58
3.7K ratings
History
War
Politics
A Doctor in the House Summary
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
by Mahathir Mohamad 2011 843 pages
4.26
1.1K ratings
Biography
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History
A Short History of Myth Summary
A Short History of Myth
by Karen Armstrong 2005 159 pages
3.69
6.3K ratings
History
Mythology
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Revolutionary Characters Summary
Revolutionary Characters
What Made the Founders Different
by Gordon S. Wood 2006 336 pages
3.97
4.0K ratings
History
American History
Biography
The Origin of Wealth Summary
The Origin of Wealth
Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
by Eric D. Beinhocker 2006 527 pages
4.27
1.7K ratings
Economics
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Business
How to Save the West Summary
How to Save the West
Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
by Spencer Klavan 2023 256 pages
4.29
424 ratings
Philosophy
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History
On Boxing Summary
On Boxing
by Joyce Carol Oates 1987 304 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Sports
Essays
Martial Arts
The Art Thief Summary
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages
3.95
68.0K ratings
True Crime
Art
History
For Love of Country Summary
For Love of Country
Why I Left the Democratic Party
by Tulsi Gabbard 2024 242 pages
4.38
2.4K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
BluOne Ink Hindus in Hindu Rashtra Summary
BluOne Ink Hindus in Hindu Rashtra
by Anand Ranganathan 2023 152 pages
4.46
774 ratings
Politics
History
India
Waste Land Summary
Waste Land
A World in Permanent Crisis
by Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 pages
3.74
307 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1 Summary
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1
The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
by Steven Runciman 1951 394 pages
4.28
1.8K ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower
Will America Survive to 2025?
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages
4.02
757 ratings
Politics
History
Cult Classics
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