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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Summary
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The Social Instinct Summary
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3.93
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The Third Revolution Summary
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Arguing with Zombies Summary
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Losing the Signal Summary
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Black Flags Summary
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4.32
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Confidence Man Summary
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How to Keep Your Cool Summary
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4.24
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Homage to Catalonia Summary
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The Upstairs Wife Summary
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by Rafia Zakaria 2015 264 pages
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Everything for Everyone Summary
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3.95
133 ratings
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The Two Cultures Summary
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The Viking Spirit Summary
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by Daniel McCoy 2016 317 pages
4.16
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Science and Religion Summary
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3.67
485 ratings
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Going to Church in Medieval England Summary
Going to Church in Medieval England
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4.20
258 ratings
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The Forgotten Man Summary
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3.91
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Concrete Economics Summary
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The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy
by Stephen S. Cohen 2015 223 pages
3.87
275 ratings
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The Earth Is Weeping Summary
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by Peter Cozzens 2016 544 pages
4.29
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GDP Summary
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by Diane Coyle 2014 168 pages
3.65
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The Mobile Wave Summary
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by Michael Saylor 2012 281 pages
3.68
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The Underground Girls of Kabul Summary
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by Jenny Nordberg 2014 350 pages
4.11
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Greek to Me Summary
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by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages
3.63
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Transgender History Summary
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4.22
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A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World
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3.85
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How Data Happened Summary
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3.57
381 ratings
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Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett 2012 440 pages
3.93
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Billion-Dollar Ball Summary
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by Gilbert M. Gaul 2015 264 pages
3.87
630 ratings
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The Book of Spice Summary
The Book of Spice
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3.65
249 ratings
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Up from Slavery Summary
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Thomas Jefferson Summary
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The Art of Power
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4.04
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The First Family Detail Summary
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by Ronald Kessler 2014 272 pages
3.36
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Internet Summary
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4.10
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The Future of Violence Summary
The Future of Violence
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by Benjamin Wittes 2014 336 pages
3.40
309 ratings
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Philosophy Summary
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by Edward Craig 2002 132 pages
3.7
2.4K ratings
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Firefighting Summary
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The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
by Ben S. Bernanke 2019 240 pages
3.85
923 ratings
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The Great Wall Summary
The Great Wall
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by Julia Lovell 1981 432 pages
3.47
326 ratings
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Some People Need Killing Summary
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by Patricia Evangelista 2023 428 pages
4.19
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Flawless Summary
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4.07
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Blowout Summary
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4.34
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How Sondheim Can Change Your Life Summary
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4.02
328 ratings
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From Here to Equality Summary
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4.39
585 ratings
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The Alchemists Summary
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by Neil Irwin 2013 448 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
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Create Your Own Religion Summary
Create Your Own Religion
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by Daniele Bolelli 2011 352 pages
3.86
436 ratings
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Gray Matters Summary
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4.39
815 ratings
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The Secret History of Dreaming Summary
The Secret History of Dreaming
by Robert Moss 2008 352 pages
3.98
255 ratings
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The Great Agnostic Summary
The Great Agnostic
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by Susan Jacoby 2013 256 pages
4.04
711 ratings
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