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Empires in World History Summary
Empires in World History
Power and the Politics of Difference
by Jane Burbank 2010 528 pages
3.99
428 ratings
History
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The Everything Philosophy Book Summary
The Everything Philosophy Book
Understanding the Basic Concepts of Great Thinkers-Socrates to Sartre
by James Mannion 2002 304 pages
3.79
48 ratings
Philosophy
The Ethnic Phenomenon Summary
The Ethnic Phenomenon
by Pierre L. van den Berghe 1987 318 pages
4.34
47 ratings
Politics
Anthropology
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A Brief History of Equality Summary
A Brief History of Equality
by Thomas Piketty 2022 288 pages
3.97
3.4K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Nations Summary
Nations
The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
by Azar Gat 2012 447 pages
3.90
103 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Development of the Modern State Summary
The Development of the Modern State
A Sociological Introduction
by Gianfranco Poggi 1978 191 pages
3.47
85 ratings
Sociology
History
Politics
Colonialism Summary
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
by Nigel Biggar 2023 480 pages
3.97
782 ratings
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Economics
The Economics of Inequality Summary
The Economics of Inequality
by Thomas Piketty 2015 160 pages
3.65
1.7K ratings
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Politics
Business
Toward a Meaningful Life Summary
Toward a Meaningful Life
The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson
by Simon Jacobson 2004 352 pages
4.27
558 ratings
Judaism
Jewish
Spirituality
Secular Buddhism Summary
Secular Buddhism
Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World
by Stephen Batchelor 2017 285 pages
3.88
287 ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Religion
The Wolves of Eternity Summary
The Wolves of Eternity
by Karl Ove Knausgård 2023 800 pages
4.06
7.4K ratings
Literary Fiction
Literature
Scandinavian Literature
Federalism Summary
Federalism
A Very Short Introduction
by Mark J. Rozell 2019 160 pages
3.67
63 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Flourish Summary
Flourish
The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment
by Daniel Coyle 2026 208 pages
4.3
275 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Good Society Summary
The Good Society
by Robert N. Bellah 1992 368 pages
3.66
105 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Society
Lions and Scavengers Summary
Lions and Scavengers
The True Story of America
by Ben Shapiro 2025 256 pages
4.18
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
American
Phenomenology Summary
Phenomenology
The Basics
by Dan Zahavi 2018 158 pages
4.14
301 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
The Myth of Nations Summary
The Myth of Nations
The Medieval Origins of Europe
by Patrick J. Geary 2003 216 pages
3.83
408 ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Four Sociological Traditions Summary
Four Sociological Traditions
by Randall Collins 1994 336 pages
3.86
152 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Les vertus de l'échec Summary
Les vertus de l'échec
by Charles Pépin 2016 157 pages
3.89
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
In Search of Being Summary
In Search of Being
The Fourth Way to Consciousness
by G.I. Gurdjieff 2013 288 pages
4.25
268 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' Summary
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'
by G.I. Gurdjieff 1999 192 pages
4.1
731 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Mysticism
Conservatism Summary
Conservatism
A Rediscovery
by Yoram Hazony 2022 256 pages
4.29
300 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Taoism for Dummies Summary
Taoism for Dummies
by Jonathan Herman 2013 384 pages
3.55
118 ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Taoism
The Reality of Being Summary
The Reality of Being
The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
by Jeanne de Salzmann 2010 320 pages
4.35
299 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Mysticism
The Ideological Brain Summary
The Ideological Brain
The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking
by Leor Zmigrod 2025 304 pages
3.66
496 ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Mirrors in the Brain Summary
Mirrors in the Brain
How Our Minds Share Actions and Emotions
by Giacomo Rizzolatti 2008 256 pages
3.87
190 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Materialist Phenomenology Summary
Materialist Phenomenology
A Philosophy of Perception
by Manuel DeLanda 2021 224 pages
4.05
21 ratings
Philosophy
Revolutionary Suicide Summary
Revolutionary Suicide
by Huey P. Newton 1995 332 pages
4.49
7.3K ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Wobblies and Zapatistas Summary
Wobblies and Zapatistas
Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History
by Staughton Lynd 2008 288 pages
3.89
472 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Black Power Summary
Black Power
The Politics of Liberation
by Stokely Carmichael 1992 256 pages
4.37
2.2K ratings
Politics
Race
History
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity Summary
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity
Twelve Lectures
by Jürgen Habermas 1990 450 pages
3.9
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair Summary
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair
by Hilde Lindemann Nelson 2001 228 pages
4.12
50 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
The Big Book of Quotes Summary
The Big Book of Quotes
Funny, Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Life, Love and Much Else
by M. Prefontaine 2015 444 pages
3.94
145 ratings
Philosophy
Rationality Summary
Rationality
From AI to Zombies
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015 1813 pages
4.32
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Life Summary
Life
A User’s Manual: Philosophy for (Almost) Any Eventuality
by Julian Baggini 2020 384 pages
3.80
120 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Summary
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 883 pages
4.27
8.1K ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Philosophy
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