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History

The past comes alive through the pivotal moments, groundbreaking ideas, and remarkable individuals that have shaped our world. Here you'll find compelling accounts of everything from ancient philosophy to modern economics, from social movements to technological transformation, all carefully examined through the lens of time.

History Book Summaries

Broken Government
by John W. Dean • 2007
Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.
4.06
331
🏛️ Separation Of Powers⚠️ Executive Overreach🔒 Partisan Gridlock⚖️ Judicial Politics📜 Constitutional Erosion
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.
by John W. Dean 2007 364 pages
4.06
331 ratings
🏛️ Separation Of Powers⚠️ Executive Overreach🔒 Partisan Gridlock⚖️ Judicial Politics📜 Constitutional Erosion
Lost Scriptures
by Bart D. Ehrman • 2003
These are the scriptures early Christians debated, revered, and ultimately excluded from the Bible.
4.00
2k+
⛪ Early Christianity🐍 Gnosticism📜 Apocryphal Writings📖 Biblical Canon📚 Non-Canonical Texts
Lost Scriptures Summary
Lost Scriptures
These are the scriptures early Christians debated, revered, and ultimately excluded from the Bible.
by Bart D. Ehrman 2003 352 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
⛪ Early Christianity🐍 Gnosticism📜 Apocryphal Writings📖 Biblical Canon📚 Non-Canonical Texts
I Used to Be Charming
by Eve Babitz • 2019
Eve Babitz captured 1960s LA. These late essays show what happened when the charm wore off.
4.13
1k+
🌴 Los Angeles History✌️ American Counterculture📝 New Journalism🎸 Rock Music Scene🤩 Celebrity Culture
I Used to Be Charming Summary
I Used to Be Charming
Eve Babitz captured 1960s LA. These late essays show what happened when the charm wore off.
by Eve Babitz 2019 360 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
🌴 Los Angeles History✌️ American Counterculture📝 New Journalism🎸 Rock Music Scene🤩 Celebrity Culture
Coffee
by Kenneth Davids • 1976
Fresh grinding beats expensive gear. Then: roast science, origin flavors, the perfect shot.
3.98
130
☕ Coffee Culture🫘 Specialty Coffee🏠 Home Barista🌍 Single Origin📖 Coffee History
Coffee Summary
Coffee
Fresh grinding beats expensive gear. Then: roast science, origin flavors, the perfect shot.
by Kenneth Davids 1976 288 pages
3.98
130 ratings
☕ Coffee Culture🫘 Specialty Coffee🏠 Home Barista🌍 Single Origin📖 Coffee History
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness
by Gary Cox • 2011
You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.
4.12
121
🌍 Continental Philosophy🚶 Existentialism🔍 Phenomenology🌀 Absurdism✨ Meaning Making
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness Summary
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness
You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.
by Gary Cox 2011 192 pages
4.12
121 ratings
🌍 Continental Philosophy🚶 Existentialism🔍 Phenomenology🌀 Absurdism✨ Meaning Making
Math and the Mona Lisa
by Bülent Atalay • 2004
Before Newton, before Einstein, Leonardo knew the universe is mathematical. He proved it in paint.
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500+
🎨 Math In Art🧠 Polymathy📐 Golden Ratio🌿 Patterns In Nature✨ Mathematical Beauty
Math and the Mona Lisa Summary
Math and the Mona Lisa
Before Newton, before Einstein, Leonardo knew the universe is mathematical. He proved it in paint.
by Bülent Atalay 2004 314 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
🎨 Math In Art🧠 Polymathy📐 Golden Ratio🌿 Patterns In Nature✨ Mathematical Beauty
Swedenborg
by Gary Lachman • 2012
A scientist catalogued heaven and hell like a naturalist. Then Kant took him seriously.
3.90
118
🕯️ Western Esotericism✝️ Christian Mysticism🧠 Altered States👻 Afterlife Studies🔣 Sacred Symbolism
Swedenborg Summary
Swedenborg
A scientist catalogued heaven and hell like a naturalist. Then Kant took him seriously.
by Gary Lachman 2012 208 pages
3.90
118 ratings
🕯️ Western Esotericism✝️ Christian Mysticism🧠 Altered States👻 Afterlife Studies🔣 Sacred Symbolism
The Chemical Age
by Frank von Hippel • 2020
Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.
4.17
184
🧪 Environmental Chemistry📜 Chemical History🦟 Pesticide History☣️ Chemical Warfare🏭 Industrial Disasters
The Chemical Age Summary
The Chemical Age
Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.
by Frank von Hippel 2020 368 pages
4.17
184 ratings
🧪 Environmental Chemistry📜 Chemical History🦟 Pesticide History☣️ Chemical Warfare🏭 Industrial Disasters
Aristotle
by John Sellars • 2023
An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.
3.95
232
🏛️ Greek Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Logic And Reasoning🌌 Metaphysics🗳️ Political Philosophy
Aristotle Summary
Aristotle
An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.
by John Sellars 2023 123 pages
3.95
232 ratings
🏛️ Greek Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Logic And Reasoning🌌 Metaphysics🗳️ Political Philosophy
Bull by the Horns
by Sheila Bair • 2012
She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.
3.91
494
🏦 Financial Regulation🎭 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail⚠️ Moral Hazard🛡️ Predatory Lending
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns
She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.
by Sheila Bair 2012 432 pages
3.91
494 ratings
🏦 Financial Regulation🎭 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail⚠️ Moral Hazard🛡️ Predatory Lending
Trump’s Triumph
by Newt Gingrich • 2025
Why Trump won bigger than ever, and the policy blitz his allies have waiting.
4.15
162
🎯 Campaign Strategy🇺🇸 American Conservatism🏛️ Government Reform🛂 Immigration Policy💼 Economic Nationalism
Trump’s Triumph Summary
Trump’s Triumph
Why Trump won bigger than ever, and the policy blitz his allies have waiting.
by Newt Gingrich 2025 295 pages
4.15
162 ratings
🎯 Campaign Strategy🇺🇸 American Conservatism🏛️ Government Reform🛂 Immigration Policy💼 Economic Nationalism
The Latehomecomer
by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008
A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.
4.18
8k+
🏞️ Hmong Diaspora🌏 Refugee Narratives🕰️ Intergenerational Memory📜 Cultural Preservation🧭 Immigrant Identity
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer
A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.
by Kao Kalia Yang 2008 277 pages
4.18
8k+ ratings
🏞️ Hmong Diaspora🌏 Refugee Narratives🕰️ Intergenerational Memory📜 Cultural Preservation🧭 Immigrant Identity
The Givers
by David Callahan • 2017
When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.
3.73
485
🏛️ Money In Politics💰 Wealth And Democracy🕶️ Dark Money💼 Venture Philanthropy💸 Billionaire Influence
The Givers Summary
The Givers
When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.
by David Callahan 2017 352 pages
3.73
485 ratings
🏛️ Money In Politics💰 Wealth And Democracy🕶️ Dark Money💼 Venture Philanthropy💸 Billionaire Influence
The Best New True Crime Stories
by Mitzi Szereto • 2020
A German village, a cannibal forum, and the volunteer who agreed to be eaten.
3.29
340
🏘️ Small Town Crime🧠 Criminal Psychology🌐 Internet Subcultures🍖 Cannibalism📚 True Crime Anthology
The Best New True Crime Stories Summary
The Best New True Crime Stories
A German village, a cannibal forum, and the volunteer who agreed to be eaten.
by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages
3.29
340 ratings
🏘️ Small Town Crime🧠 Criminal Psychology🌐 Internet Subcultures🍖 Cannibalism📚 True Crime Anthology
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen • 2017
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
4.22
281
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money📈 Post-Keynesian Economics🏠 Household Debt
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
by Steve Keen 2017 140 pages
4.22
281 ratings
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money📈 Post-Keynesian Economics🏠 Household Debt
This View of Life
by David Sloan Wilson • 2019
Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.
3.96
372
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution👥 Group Selection⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch🔄 Systems Thinking
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life
Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.
by David Sloan Wilson 2019 288 pages
3.96
372 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution👥 Group Selection⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch🔄 Systems Thinking
Einstein of Money
by Joe Carlen • 2012
A life full of loss taught Graham the only thing worth trusting: a deep discount.
3.88
261
📊 Value Investing👤 Financial Biography🔬 Fundamental Analysis🧠 Behavioral Finance🛡️ Risk Management
Einstein of Money Summary
Einstein of Money
A life full of loss taught Graham the only thing worth trusting: a deep discount.
by Joe Carlen 2012 368 pages
3.88
261 ratings
📊 Value Investing👤 Financial Biography🔬 Fundamental Analysis🧠 Behavioral Finance🛡️ Risk Management
Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know
by Candace Rose Rardon • 2020
A pocket guide to tea: six families, five millennia of ritual, and getting every cup right.
4.04
274
🍵 Tea Culture📜 Food History🫖 Brewing Guides👃 Sensory Tasting🏛️ Cultural Rituals
Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know Summary
Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know
A pocket guide to tea: six families, five millennia of ritual, and getting every cup right.
by Candace Rose Rardon 2020 144 pages
4.04
274 ratings
🍵 Tea Culture📜 Food History🫖 Brewing Guides👃 Sensory Tasting🏛️ Cultural Rituals
Self-Portrait in Black and White
by Thomas Chatterton Williams • 2019
What if ending racism means giving up race itself? One Black thinker's case for walking away.
4.03
1k+
🧱 Social Construction Of Race✊ Racial Abolitionism👁️ Colorblindness Debate🤝 Interracial Identity🎨 Colorism
Self-Portrait in Black and White Summary
Self-Portrait in Black and White
What if ending racism means giving up race itself? One Black thinker's case for walking away.
by Thomas Chatterton Williams 2019 185 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
🧱 Social Construction Of Race✊ Racial Abolitionism👁️ Colorblindness Debate🤝 Interracial Identity🎨 Colorism
The Invisible History of the Human Race
by Christine Kenneally • 2014
Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.
3.81
1k+
🧬 Human Genetics🗺️ Genetic Ancestry📜 Genealogy Studies🌐 Cultural Inheritance💊 Personalized Medicine
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race
Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.
by Christine Kenneally 2014 370 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
🧬 Human Genetics🗺️ Genetic Ancestry📜 Genealogy Studies🌐 Cultural Inheritance💊 Personalized Medicine
International Relations
by Joshua S. Goldstein • 1993
War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.
3.81
441
🌐 International Relations🏛️ Political Realism🕊️ Liberal Internationalism🧱 Constructivism🤝 Collective Action
International Relations Summary
International Relations
War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.
by Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pages
3.81
441 ratings
🌐 International Relations🏛️ Political Realism🕊️ Liberal Internationalism🧱 Constructivism🤝 Collective Action
Exploring Happiness
by Sissela Bok • 2010
Too complex for one discipline: what philosophy and brain science find when they meet on happiness.
3.66
199
🧠 Philosophy Of Happiness📜 History Of Ideas⚖️ Moral Philosophy🔬 Multidisciplinary Inquiry😊 Positive Psychology
Exploring Happiness Summary
Exploring Happiness
Too complex for one discipline: what philosophy and brain science find when they meet on happiness.
by Sissela Bok 2010 224 pages
3.66
199 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Happiness📜 History Of Ideas⚖️ Moral Philosophy🔬 Multidisciplinary Inquiry😊 Positive Psychology
Miss May Does Not Exist
by Carrie Courogen • 2024
Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.
3.83
500+
🎬 Hollywood History🎭 Comedy History🎥 Women Directors🎪 Improvisation🤝 Creative Partnerships
Miss May Does Not Exist Summary
Miss May Does Not Exist
Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.
by Carrie Courogen 2024 400 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood History🎭 Comedy History🎥 Women Directors🎪 Improvisation🤝 Creative Partnerships
The Lost Keys of Freemasonry
by Manly P. Hall • 2006
Freemasonry is a school of the soul. Its rites guard a method for awakening the divine within.
4.16
500+
🧱 Esoteric Freemasonry🏛️ Mystery Schools📜 Western Esotericism⚗️ Spiritual Alchemy🔣 Sacred Symbolism
The Lost Keys of Freemasonry Summary
The Lost Keys of Freemasonry
Freemasonry is a school of the soul. Its rites guard a method for awakening the divine within.
by Manly P. Hall 2006 352 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
🧱 Esoteric Freemasonry🏛️ Mystery Schools📜 Western Esotericism⚗️ Spiritual Alchemy🔣 Sacred Symbolism
William Faulkner
by André Bleikasten • 2017
His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.
4.23
13
📖 Literary Biography🌳 Southern Literature🌀 Stream Of Consciousness🔧 Narrative Technique🦇 Southern Gothic
William Faulkner Summary
William Faulkner
His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.
by André Bleikasten 2017 552 pages
4.23
13 ratings
📖 Literary Biography🌳 Southern Literature🌀 Stream Of Consciousness🔧 Narrative Technique🦇 Southern Gothic
Most Dangerous
by Steve Sheinkin • 2015
After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.
4.20
6k+
🕵️ Whistleblowing🔒 Government Secrecy🇻🇳 Vietnam War🏛️ Watergate Era⚔️ Cold War
Most Dangerous Summary
Most Dangerous
After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.
by Steve Sheinkin 2015 370 pages
4.20
6k+ ratings
🕵️ Whistleblowing🔒 Government Secrecy🇻🇳 Vietnam War🏛️ Watergate Era⚔️ Cold War
Once a Wolf
by Bryan Sykes • 2019
The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.
3.48
328
🐺 Canine Domestication🧬 Ancient Dna❤️ Human-Animal Bond🐕 Canine Genetics🐑 Animal Cloning
Once a Wolf Summary
Once a Wolf
The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.
by Bryan Sykes 2019 304 pages
3.48
328 ratings
🐺 Canine Domestication🧬 Ancient Dna❤️ Human-Animal Bond🐕 Canine Genetics🐑 Animal Cloning
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
by John Bemelmans Marciano • 2013
A tale of revolutions, divine measures, and why a global standard stopped at America's shores.
3.62
321
🔬 History Of Science📏 History Of Measurement🛡️ Cultural Resistance🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism💡 Enlightenment Rationalism
Whatever Happened to the Metric System? Summary
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
A tale of revolutions, divine measures, and why a global standard stopped at America's shores.
by John Bemelmans Marciano 2013 320 pages
3.62
321 ratings
🔬 History Of Science📏 History Of Measurement🛡️ Cultural Resistance🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism💡 Enlightenment Rationalism
When Broken Glass Floats
by Chanrithy Him • 2000
Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.
4.18
5k+
🏴 Khmer Rouge👧 Child Survivor🗣️ Survivor Testimony🧳 Forced Displacement💛 Family Bonds
When Broken Glass Floats Summary
When Broken Glass Floats
Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.
by Chanrithy Him 2000 336 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
🏴 Khmer Rouge👧 Child Survivor🗣️ Survivor Testimony🧳 Forced Displacement💛 Family Bonds
Portugal - Culture Smart!
by Sandy Pinto Basto • 2005
The Portuguese customs most visitors miss: warmth, hierarchy, and why there are 365 cod recipes.
4.09
142
🧭 Cultural Etiquette🗣️ Cross-Cultural Communication🇵🇹 Portuguese Culture🏛️ Iberian Culture🌞 Southern Europe
Portugal - Culture Smart! Summary
Portugal - Culture Smart!
The Portuguese customs most visitors miss: warmth, hierarchy, and why there are 365 cod recipes.
by Sandy Pinto Basto 2005 201 pages
4.09
142 ratings
🧭 Cultural Etiquette🗣️ Cross-Cultural Communication🇵🇹 Portuguese Culture🏛️ Iberian Culture🌞 Southern Europe
In an Uncertain World
by Robert E. Rubin • 2003
Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.
3.70
500+
🏛️ Economic Policy📉 Financial Crises🎲 Uncertainty Navigation🌐 Globalization🏦 Wall Street Memoirs
In an Uncertain World Summary
In an Uncertain World
Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.
by Robert E. Rubin 2003 448 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
🏛️ Economic Policy📉 Financial Crises🎲 Uncertainty Navigation🌐 Globalization🏦 Wall Street Memoirs
The Translator's Invisibility
by Lawrence Venuti • 1994
The smoother a translation reads, the more it erases the foreign culture and the translator's labor.
3.79
272
🧠 Translation Studies📚 Literary Theory⚖️ Translation Ethics🗣️ Language Politics✊ Cultural Resistance
The Translator's Invisibility Summary
The Translator's Invisibility
The smoother a translation reads, the more it erases the foreign culture and the translator's labor.
by Lawrence Venuti 1994 368 pages
3.79
272 ratings
🧠 Translation Studies📚 Literary Theory⚖️ Translation Ethics🗣️ Language Politics✊ Cultural Resistance
Midnight in Mexico
by Alfredo Corchado • 2013
A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.
3.78
1k+
🧭 Mexican Drug War🌎 Border Politics🎤 Investigative Journalism💰 State Corruption🪪 Bicultural Identity
Midnight in Mexico Summary
Midnight in Mexico
A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.
by Alfredo Corchado 2013 304 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
🧭 Mexican Drug War🌎 Border Politics🎤 Investigative Journalism💰 State Corruption🪪 Bicultural Identity
Eye of the Beholder
by Laura J. Snyder • 2015
Vermeer and Leeuwenhoek lived blocks apart, using lenses to show the world what it had never seen.
3.93
398
🧀 Dutch Golden Age🖼️ Dutch Painting🎨 Art And Science👁️ Optics And Vision📷 Camera Obscura
Eye of the Beholder Summary
Eye of the Beholder
Vermeer and Leeuwenhoek lived blocks apart, using lenses to show the world what it had never seen.
by Laura J. Snyder 2015 448 pages
3.93
398 ratings
🧀 Dutch Golden Age🖼️ Dutch Painting🎨 Art And Science👁️ Optics And Vision📷 Camera Obscura
The Lincoln Conspiracy
by Brad Meltzer • 2020
Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.
4.31
6k+
🤫 Foiled Conspiracy⚔️ Civil War Era🕵️ Pinkerton Agency🕯️ Secret Societies🛤️ Underground Railroad
The Lincoln Conspiracy Summary
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.
by Brad Meltzer 2020 448 pages
4.31
6k+ ratings
🤫 Foiled Conspiracy⚔️ Civil War Era🕵️ Pinkerton Agency🕯️ Secret Societies🛤️ Underground Railroad
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1987
How the world's first globalization, built on empire and mass politics, made a world war inevitable.
4.27
4k+
🕰️ Belle éPoque🔨 Marxist History🗺️ Imperialism Studies📊 Economic History🏴 Nationalism Studies
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 Summary
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
How the world's first globalization, built on empire and mass politics, made a world war inevitable.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1987 405 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Belle éPoque🔨 Marxist History🗺️ Imperialism Studies📊 Economic History🏴 Nationalism Studies
Home in the World
by Amartya Sen • 2021
What shaped a Nobel economist: Tagore's open-air school, a Kolkata coffee house, and a cancer ward.
4.15
500+
💰 Economic Inequality🇮🇳 Indian History✊🏽 Anti-Colonial Thought🌍 Multicultural Identity🔗 Polymathic Thinking
Home in the World Summary
Home in the World
What shaped a Nobel economist: Tagore's open-air school, a Kolkata coffee house, and a cancer ward.
by Amartya Sen 2021
4.15
500+ ratings
💰 Economic Inequality🇮🇳 Indian History✊🏽 Anti-Colonial Thought🌍 Multicultural Identity🔗 Polymathic Thinking
White Rage
by Carol Anderson • 2016
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
4.46
14k+
🌍 African American History🔥 Racial Backlash🏗️ Reconstruction🚫 Jim Crow🗳️ Voter Suppression
White Rage Summary
White Rage
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
by Carol Anderson 2016 246 pages
4.46
14k+ ratings
🌍 African American History🔥 Racial Backlash🏗️ Reconstruction🚫 Jim Crow🗳️ Voter Suppression
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
by Jim Marrs • 2010
A century-long campaign to crash the economy, sicken the people, and lock down the state.
3.91
500+
👤 Shadow Government💸 Financial Conspiracy📹 Mass Surveillance📺 Media Manipulation💊 Big Pharma
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy Summary
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
A century-long campaign to crash the economy, sicken the people, and lock down the state.
by Jim Marrs 2010 496 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
👤 Shadow Government💸 Financial Conspiracy📹 Mass Surveillance📺 Media Manipulation💊 Big Pharma
When We Cease to Understand the World
by Benjamín Labatut • 2020
From the trenches of WWI to the edge of mathematics, genius opens doors it cannot close.
4.09
65k+
🖋️ Fictionalized Biography🔬 Philosophy Of Science🧠 Tortured Genius⚗️ Scientific Hubris💀 Cost Of Discovery
When We Cease to Understand the World Summary
When We Cease to Understand the World
From the trenches of WWI to the edge of mathematics, genius opens doors it cannot close.
by Benjamín Labatut 2020 193 pages
4.09
65k+ ratings
🖋️ Fictionalized Biography🔬 Philosophy Of Science🧠 Tortured Genius⚗️ Scientific Hubris💀 Cost Of Discovery
This is esports (and How to Spell it) – LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2020
by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner • 2020
Esports started in 1980, runs on modder-built games, and won't push pros out at 25.
4.10
158
🎮 Esports Industry🕹️ Gaming Culture🔧 Modding Communities👩 Women In Gaming📺 Sports Media
This is esports (and How to Spell it) – LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2020 Summary
This is esports (and How to Spell it) – LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2020
Esports started in 1980, runs on modder-built games, and won't push pros out at 25.
by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner 2020 265 pages
4.10
158 ratings
🎮 Esports Industry🕹️ Gaming Culture🔧 Modding Communities👩 Women In Gaming📺 Sports Media
Numbers Don't Lie
by Vaclav Smil • 2020
Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.
3.82
10k+
🔋 Energy Transitions👴 Demographic Shifts🌽 Food Systems🌍 Global Development⚙️ History Of Technology
Numbers Don't Lie Summary
Numbers Don't Lie
Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.
by Vaclav Smil 2020 384 pages
3.82
10k+ ratings
🔋 Energy Transitions👴 Demographic Shifts🌽 Food Systems🌍 Global Development⚙️ History Of Technology
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
by Caitlin Doughty • 2019
A mortician answers kids' blunt questions: from eyeball-eating cats to freeze-dried space corpses.
4.12
48k+
🧬 Mortuary Science💀 Death Positivity🦠 Decomposition⚰️ Funeral Practices🤪 Quirky Science
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death Summary
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
A mortician answers kids' blunt questions: from eyeball-eating cats to freeze-dried space corpses.
by Caitlin Doughty 2019 200 pages
4.12
48k+ ratings
🧬 Mortuary Science💀 Death Positivity🦠 Decomposition⚰️ Funeral Practices🤪 Quirky Science
Alasdair Macintyre
by Peter McMylor • 1991
Our moral arguments never end because we threw out the framework that made them work.
2.90
10
🧭 Virtue Ethics🏘️ Communitarianism🏙️ Critique Of Modernity💡 Enlightenment Critique📋 Managerialism
Alasdair Macintyre Summary
Alasdair Macintyre
Our moral arguments never end because we threw out the framework that made them work.
by Peter McMylor 1991 236 pages
2.90
10 ratings
🧭 Virtue Ethics🏘️ Communitarianism🏙️ Critique Of Modernity💡 Enlightenment Critique📋 Managerialism
Cooper's Creek
by Alan Moorehead • 1963
A starving party staggered into base, only to find their companions had left nine hours earlier.
3.83
500+
🇦🇺 Australian Exploration🏜️ Outback Australia💀 Expedition Disasters🏛️ Colonial Ambition🧭 Victorian Exploration
Cooper's Creek Summary
Cooper's Creek
A starving party staggered into base, only to find their companions had left nine hours earlier.
by Alan Moorehead 1963
3.83
500+ ratings
🇦🇺 Australian Exploration🏜️ Outback Australia💀 Expedition Disasters🏛️ Colonial Ambition🧭 Victorian Exploration
Yes We (Still) Can
by Dan Pfeiffer • 2018
Obama pioneered a new political playbook. Then Fox News, Twitter, and Trump shredded it. Now what?
4.16
7k+
🗣️ Political Communication🗳️ Election Campaigns🌐 Internet Politics🔊 Media Echo Chambers🚫 Misinformation Warfare
Yes We (Still) Can Summary
Yes We (Still) Can
Obama pioneered a new political playbook. Then Fox News, Twitter, and Trump shredded it. Now what?
by Dan Pfeiffer 2018 304 pages
4.16
7k+ ratings
🗣️ Political Communication🗳️ Election Campaigns🌐 Internet Politics🔊 Media Echo Chambers🚫 Misinformation Warfare
The Poker Face of Wall Street
by Aaron Brown • 2006
Finance is a poker game. The rules are probability, psychology, and the well-timed bluff.
3.54
208
🛡️ Risk Management🧠 Trading Psychology♠️ Poker And Trading📉 Behavioral Economics♟️ Game Theory
The Poker Face of Wall Street Summary
The Poker Face of Wall Street
Finance is a poker game. The rules are probability, psychology, and the well-timed bluff.
by Aaron Brown 2006 368 pages
3.54
208 ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🧠 Trading Psychology♠️ Poker And Trading📉 Behavioral Economics♟️ Game Theory
This Land Is Our Land
by Ken Ilgunas • 2018
America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.
4.01
330
🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam🏡 Land Ownership🏞 Public Lands🥾 Walking🌍 Commons
This Land Is Our Land Summary
This Land Is Our Land
America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.
by Ken Ilgunas 2018 288 pages
4.01
330 ratings
🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam🏡 Land Ownership🏞 Public Lands🥾 Walking🌍 Commons
A Great Place To Have A War
by Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017
Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.
3.90
500+
🔍 Cia History🕵️ Covert Operations🧊 Cold War History🎭 Proxy Warfare🏛️ American Foreign Policy
A Great Place To Have A War Summary
A Great Place To Have A War
Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.
by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
🔍 Cia History🕵️ Covert Operations🧊 Cold War History🎭 Proxy Warfare🏛️ American Foreign Policy
Pakistan on the Brink
by Ahmed Rashid • 2012
The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.
3.78
500+
🏔️ Afghanistan War🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics🪖 Counterinsurgency🏛️ State-Sponsored Extremism💣 War On Terror
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.
by Ahmed Rashid 2012 257 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
🏔️ Afghanistan War🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics🪖 Counterinsurgency🏛️ State-Sponsored Extremism💣 War On Terror
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