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Blueprint Summary
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
by Nicholas A. Christakis 2019 544 pages
3.96
2.4K ratings
Science
Psychology
History
The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time Summary
The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time
How Apple, Ford, IBM, Zappos, and others made radical choices that changed the course of business.
by Fortune Magazine 2012 209 pages
3.88
587 ratings
Business
Management
History
The Jews Summary
The Jews
by Hilaire Belloc 1922 120 pages
3.81
128 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Spymasters Summary
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
Deception Summary
Deception
The Great Covid Cover-Up
by Rand Paul 2023 540 pages
4.52
466 ratings
Politics
History
Science
A Secret History of Consciousness Summary
A Secret History of Consciousness
by Gary Lachman 2003 352 pages
4.29
236 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
History
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
by Ahmed Rashid 2012 256 pages
3.78
901 ratings
Politics
Pakistan
History
The Man Who Knew Summary
The Man Who Knew
The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
by Sebastian Mallaby 2016 800 pages
4.32
1.2K ratings
Biography
Economics
Finance
Agincourt Summary
Agincourt
Henry V and the Battle that Made England
by Juliet Barker 2005 445 pages
4.13
2.0K ratings
History
Military History
Medieval
Two Sides of the Moon Summary
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages
4.28
568 ratings
Space
History
Biography
The Myth of the Strong Leader Summary
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
by Archie Brown 2014 480 pages
3.65
783 ratings
Politics
Leadership
History
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.61
279 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Plutocrats Summary
Plutocrats
The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
by Chrystia Freeland 2012 352 pages
3.62
3.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds Summary
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds
How William James Can Save Your Life
by John Kaag 2020 210 pages
3.66
800 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.95
690 ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Summary
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
by Robert C. Allen 2009 342 pages
4
257 ratings
History
Economics
European History
The Best New True Crime Stories Summary
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages
3.32
290 ratings
True Crime
Crime
Horror
How to Win a Cosmic War Summary
How to Win a Cosmic War
God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
by Reza Aslan 2009 228 pages
3.99
1.7K ratings
Religion
Politics
History
Vanishing Frontiers Summary
Vanishing Frontiers
The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together
by Andrew Selee 2018 336 pages
3.90
124 ratings
Politics
Business
History
The Devil's Playbook Summary
The Devil's Playbook
Big Tobacco, Juul, and the Addiction of a New Generation
by Lauren Etter 2021 495 pages
4.15
516 ratings
Business
Health
Science
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages
4.33
770 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
by Sheila Bair 2012 432 pages
3.91
487 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
George Washington Summary
George Washington
by James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pages
3.98
1.1K ratings
Biography
History
Presidents
Crisis and Command Summary
Crisis and Command
A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush
by John Yoo 2010 544 pages
3.62
129 ratings
History
Politics
Presidents
Industrial Society and Its Future Summary
Industrial Society and Its Future
by Theodore John Kaczynski 1995 149 pages
3.85
12.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Dirt on Clean Summary
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
by Katherine Ashenburg 2007 368 pages
3.72
2.5K ratings
History
Science
Microhistory
100 Million Years of Food Summary
100 Million Years of Food
by Stephen Le 2016 320 pages
3.62
592 ratings
Food
History
Health
Eastward to Tartary Summary
Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Robert D. Kaplan 2000 384 pages
4.04
1.7K ratings
Travel
History
Politics
A Dark Muse Summary
A Dark Muse
A History of the Occult
by Gary Lachman 2003 384 pages
3.74
227 ratings
Occult
History
Esoterica
A People’s History of Computing in the United States Summary
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
by Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 336 pages
3.48
181 ratings
History
Technology
Computer Science
Heroes And Villains Summary
Heroes And Villains
The True Story Of The Beach Boys
by Steven Gaines 1986 416 pages
3.86
718 ratings
Music
Biography
History
Ghost Hunters Summary
Ghost Hunters
William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death
by Deborah Blum 2006 371 pages
3.69
1.2K ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
L'arte di essere felici Summary
L'arte di essere felici
by Seneca 128 pages
3.84
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Human Devolution Summary
Human Devolution
A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory
by Michael A. Cremo 2003 554 pages
4.12
156 ratings
History
Biology
Science
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
by William C. Rempel 2018 432 pages
4.36
1.3K ratings
Biography
Business
History
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.77
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
Attack and Die Summary
Attack and Die
Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage
by Grady McWhiney 1982 232 pages
3.57
154 ratings
Civil War
History
American Civil War
The Muslims are Coming! Summary
The Muslims are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
by Arun Kundnani 2014 327 pages
4.34
583 ratings
Politics
Islam
Religion
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
by William J. Barber II 2024 270 pages
4.31
504 ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
It's Good to Be Queen Summary
It's Good to Be Queen
Becoming as Bold, Gracious, and Wise as the Queen of Sheba
by Liz Curtis Higgs 2015 224 pages
4.17
518 ratings
Christian
Faith
Christian Non Fiction
The Plane That Wasn't There Summary
The Plane That Wasn't There
Why We Haven't Found Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
by Jeff Wise 2015 95 pages
3.56
1.6K ratings
History
True Crime
Aviation
Zoned in the USA Summary
Zoned in the USA
The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation
by Sonia A. Hirt 2014 256 pages
4.02
121 ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
History
Troy Summary
Troy
by Stephen Fry 2020 414 pages
4.35
40.1K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
We Are Free to Change the World Summary
We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
by Lyndsey Stonebridge 2024 368 pages
4.12
315 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Politics
Prophet's Prey Summary
Prophet's Prey
My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
by Sam Brower 2011 336 pages
3.98
6.9K ratings
True Crime
Religion
Cults
Cynicism Summary
Cynicism
by Ansgar Allen 2014 280 pages
3.79
122 ratings
Philosophy
History
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Summary
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
by Daniel Hernandez 2011 288 pages
3.62
627 ratings
Travel
History
Memoir
Obama Summary
Obama
From Promise to Power
by David Mendell 2007 416 pages
4.17
2.7K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 234 pages
4.01
2.9K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Exploring Happiness Summary
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
by Sissela Bok 2010 224 pages
3.68
196 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
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