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Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
by Malcolm Harris 2017 261 pages
3.78
2.3K ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Antimatter Summary
Antimatter
by Frank Close 2009 176 pages
4.03
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
588 ratings
Language
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History
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
British Literature
Perversion of Justice Summary
Perversion of Justice
The Jeffrey Epstein Story
by Julie K. Brown 2021 463 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Nelson Mandela Summary
Nelson Mandela
A Biography
by Martin Meredith 1997 596 pages
4.16
336 ratings
Biography
Africa
History
The Marwaris Summary
The Marwaris
From Jagat Seth to the Birlas
by Thomas A Timberg 2014 184 pages
3.01
227 ratings
Business
History
India
Rogue State Summary
Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
by William Blum 2000 393 pages
3.97
905 ratings
Politics
History
War
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved Summary
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
by Mario Livio 2005 368 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart
How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015 261 pages
4.10
1.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1710 224 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
Friday Night Lights Summary
Friday Night Lights
by H.G. Bissinger 1988 416 pages
4.15
64.3K ratings
Sports
Football
History
Who Speaks for Islam? Summary
Who Speaks for Islam?
What a Billion Muslims Really Think
by Dalia Mogahed 2008 204 pages
4.05
1.1K ratings
Islam
Religion
Politics
Alex's Adventures in Numberland Summary
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
by Alex Bellos 2010 449 pages
4.11
5.5K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The First Family Detail Summary
The First Family Detail
Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
by Ronald Kessler 2014 272 pages
3.36
3.6K ratings
History
Politics
Presidents
Lessons from the Titans Summary
Lessons from the Titans
What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success
by Scott Davis 2020 352 pages
4.26
563 ratings
Business
Management
Finance
The Book of Humans Summary
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us
by Adam Rutherford 2016 273 pages
3.83
2.6K ratings
Science
History
Biology
Heaven Is a Place on Earth Summary
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
by Adrian Shirk 2022 352 pages
3.97
200 ratings
Memoir
History
Essays
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out
Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
by Thomas Gryta 2020 368 pages
3.92
4.7K ratings
Business
History
Economics
Capitalism, Alone Summary
Capitalism, Alone
The Future of the System That Rules the World
by Branko Milanović 2019 304 pages
4.11
1.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Money Summary
Money
A Story of Humanity
by David McWilliams 2024 413 pages
4.23
867 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
3.0K ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Boundless Summary
Boundless
The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn
by Nick Kostov 2022 320 pages
4.40
811 ratings
Business
Biography
History
An Empire of Wealth Summary
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
by John Steele Gordon 2004 460 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
History
Economics
Business
Realpolitik Summary
Realpolitik
A History
by John Bew 2015 408 pages
3.90
147 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Emperor Wears No Clothes Summary
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana
by Jack Herer 1992 291 pages
4.47
896 ratings
History
Politics
Science
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands
A Plan To Replace The Welfare State
by Charles Murray 2006 214 pages
3.74
289 ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Discover Canada Summary
Discover Canada
The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
by Citizenship and Immigration Canada 2012
3.56
163 ratings
Canada
History
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It Summary
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
by Jonathan L. Zittrain 2008 342 pages
3.86
1.4K ratings
Technology
Internet
Business
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
by Thomas Sowell 1998 516 pages
4.43
896 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
We Are the Change We Seek Summary
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
by Joy-Ann Reid 2017 368 pages
4.34
550 ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Outwitting History Summary
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
by Aaron Lansky 2004 328 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
History
Jewish
Memoir
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman 2007 296 pages
3.97
6.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Code of the Samurai Summary
Code of the Samurai
A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
by Daidōji Yūzan 1943 128 pages
4.03
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Martial Arts
Scandals of Classic Hollywood Summary
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
by Anne Helen Petersen 2014 289 pages
3.48
2.5K ratings
History
Film
Biography
Kant Summary
Kant
A Very Short Introduction
by Roger Scruton 1983 141 pages
3.77
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Good Book Summary
The Good Book
A Humanist Bible
by A.C. Grayling 2011 597 pages
3.72
892 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 128 pages
3.63
847 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners
Biography of a People
by Hermann Giliomee 2003 720 pages
4.17
130 ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5.2K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
DIY Summary
DIY
The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation
by Eric Sprankle 2024 240 pages
4.36
193 ratings
Sexuality
History
Science
Longpath Summary
Longpath
Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism
by Ari Wallach 2022 212 pages
3.73
302 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
History
The Mobile Wave Summary
The Mobile Wave
How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything
by Michael Saylor 2012 281 pages
3.68
319 ratings
Business
Technology
History
Poorly Made in China Summary
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
by Paul Midler 2009 241 pages
4.09
2.4K ratings
China
Business
Economics
Nonsense on Stilts Summary
Nonsense on Stilts
How to Tell Science from Bunk
by Massimo Pigliucci 2008 338 pages
3.90
1.2K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Skepticism
The Map and the Territory Summary
The Map and the Territory
Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting
by Alan Greenspan 2013 400 pages
3.27
462 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The 10000 Year Explosion Summary
The 10000 Year Explosion
How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
by Gregory Cochran 2009 304 pages
3.94
1.8K ratings
Science
History
Evolution
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 269 pages
3.92
26.0K ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown Summary
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
Verses for a Despotic Age
by John Lithgow 2020 104 pages
4.22
1.5K ratings
Poetry
Humor
Politics
Facing the Lion Summary
Facing the Lion
Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000 418 pages
4.71
1.7K ratings
History
Memoir
Holocaust
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