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Politics Book Summaries

1984
by George Orwell
A clerk in a surveillance state keeps a diary. Then a girl slips him a note.
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1984
A clerk in a surveillance state keeps a diary. Then a girl slips him a note.
by George Orwell 1948 368 pages
4.20
5.5M+ ratings
The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene • 1999
The rules of power are unwritten, ancient, and amoral. This book writes them down.
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The 48 Laws of Power
The rules of power are unwritten, ancient, and amoral. This book writes them down.
by Robert Greene 1999 452 pages
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The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene • 1999
Power does not ask if you want to play. It only asks whether you know the rules.
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The 48 Laws of Power Summary
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The 48 Laws of Power
Power does not ask if you want to play. It only asks whether you know the rules.
by Robert Greene 1999 480 pages
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200k+ ratings
The Second Machine Age
by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014
Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.
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The Second Machine Age
Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.
by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014 320 pages
3.91
12k+ ratings
Empire of AI
by Karen Hao • 2025
The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.
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Empire of AI
The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.
by Karen Hao 2025 501 pages
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The Technological Republic
by Alexander C. Karp • 2025
The West won the digital revolution, then stopped building weapons. Now software is the battlefield.
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The Technological Republic
The West won the digital revolution, then stopped building weapons. Now software is the battlefield.
by Alexander C. Karp 2025 320 pages
3.54
3k+ ratings
The Power of Geography
by Tim Marshall • 2021
From the Sahel to low Earth orbit, ten regions where geography is shaping the next flashpoints.
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The Power of Geography
From the Sahel to low Earth orbit, ten regions where geography is shaping the next flashpoints.
by Tim Marshall 2021 304 pages
4.19
25k+ ratings
The Art of War Landmark Edition
by Sun Tzu • 2021
Strike only where the opponent is empty: a 2,500-year-old strategy that still beats brute force.
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The Art of War Landmark Edition
Strike only where the opponent is empty: a 2,500-year-old strategy that still beats brute force.
by Sun Tzu 2021 161 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Values
by Mark Carney • 2021
What markets can't price, they destroy. A central banker's plan to fix capitalism before it breaks.
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Values
What markets can't price, they destroy. A central banker's plan to fix capitalism before it breaks.
by Mark Carney 2021 584 pages
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
A revolution banishes the farmer, but the pigs who take charge prove hungrier than any man.
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Animal Farm
A revolution banishes the farmer, but the pigs who take charge prove hungrier than any man.
by George Orwell 1945 141 pages
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Manufacturing Consent
by Edward S. Herman • 1988
You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.
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Manufacturing Consent
You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.
by Edward S. Herman 1988 543 pages
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Bloodlines of the Illuminati
by Fritz Springmeier • 2002
Thirteen families sit behind every government, bank, and war; follow the trusts to find them.
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Bloodlines of the Illuminati
Thirteen families sit behind every government, bank, and war; follow the trusts to find them.
by Fritz Springmeier 2002 623 pages
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285 ratings
Material World
by Ed Conway • 2023
Six buried materials hold up modern life. The clean energy shift means digging more, not less.
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Material World
Six buried materials hold up modern life. The clean energy shift means digging more, not less.
by Ed Conway 2023 512 pages
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The Lords of Easy Money
by Christopher Leonard • 2022
The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.
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The Lords of Easy Money Summary
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The Lords of Easy Money
The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.
by Christopher Leonard 2022 362 pages
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El Filibusterismo
by José Rizal
A disguised jeweler plots to bomb Manila's colonial rulers and reclaim his lost love.
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El Filibusterismo Summary
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El Filibusterismo
A disguised jeweler plots to bomb Manila's colonial rulers and reclaim his lost love.
by José Rizal 1891 360 pages
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The Art of Seduction
by Robert Greene • 2001
Stop pursuing. Find their void, step back, and let absence speak louder than any advance.
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The Art of Seduction Summary
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The Art of Seduction
Stop pursuing. Find their void, step back, and let absence speak louder than any advance.
by Robert Greene 2001 466 pages
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The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene • 1999
The power game is not optional. Pretending it does not exist is the opening move.
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The 48 Laws of Power Summary
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The 48 Laws of Power
The power game is not optional. Pretending it does not exist is the opening move.
by Robert Greene 1999 452 pages
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Third Wave
by Alvin Toffler • 1980
The factory, the nuclear family, and the nation-state share a hidden logic. That logic is dying.
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Third Wave
The factory, the nuclear family, and the nation-state share a hidden logic. That logic is dying.
by Alvin Toffler 1980 544 pages
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Conspirators' Hierarchy
by John Coleman • 2010
Behind every president, every war, and every economic collapse sit the same 300 families.
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Conspirators' Hierarchy
Behind every president, every war, and every economic collapse sit the same 300 families.
by John Coleman 2010 302 pages
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Superintelligence
by Nick Bostrom • 2014
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
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Superintelligence
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
by Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages
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Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
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Antifragile
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 493 pages
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The Lion Women of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali
A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.
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The Lion Women of Tehran Summary
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The Lion Women of Tehran
A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.
by Marjan Kamali 2024 327 pages
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Superforecasting
by Philip E. Tetlock • 2015
30% more accurate than CIA analysts: the trainable habits that predict the future.
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Superforecasting Summary
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Superforecasting
30% more accurate than CIA analysts: the trainable habits that predict the future.
by Philip E. Tetlock 2015 352 pages
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The Creature from Jekyll Island
by G. Edward Griffin • 1994
A private cartel creates every dollar as debt, then destroys 90 percent of its value.
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The Creature from Jekyll Island
A private cartel creates every dollar as debt, then destroys 90 percent of its value.
by G. Edward Griffin 1994 608 pages
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True Believer
by Jack Carr
A dying former SEAL on the run is offered a pardon to stop a terror plot.
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True Believer Summary
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True Believer
A dying former SEAL on the run is offered a pardon to stop a terror plot.
by Jack Carr 2019 485 pages
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KNOW THE ONLY TRUTH
by Sebastián Santisteban • 2022
Your senses catch 0.0035% of reality. Every other thing you believe was chosen, not discovered.
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KNOW THE ONLY TRUTH
Your senses catch 0.0035% of reality. Every other thing you believe was chosen, not discovered.
by Sebastián Santisteban 2022 138 pages
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425 ratings
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli • 1532
How to keep power when being good would cost you everything. The advice that horrified Europe.
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The Prince
How to keep power when being good would cost you everything. The advice that horrified Europe.
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1532 144 pages
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The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe • 2023
An 80-year cycle pushes America toward a 2030 crisis. The last two ended in total war.
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The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
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The Fourth Turning Is Here
An 80-year cycle pushes America toward a 2030 crisis. The last two ended in total war.
by Neil Howe 2023 592 pages
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
by Jared Diamond • 2005
Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.
by Jared Diamond 2005 498 pages
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Broken Money
by Lyn Alden • 2023
Gold was too slow for the telegraph. That speed gap created fiat money; Bitcoin closes it.
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Broken Money Summary
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Broken Money
Gold was too slow for the telegraph. That speed gap created fiat money; Bitcoin closes it.
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
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Prisoners of Geography
by Tim Marshall • 2015
Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.
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Prisoners of Geography Summary
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Prisoners of Geography
Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.
by Tim Marshall 2015 319 pages
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Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
by Kirsten Miller
Banned books disguised in a Georgia town's little library find the readers who need them most.
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Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
Banned books disguised in a Georgia town's little library find the readers who need them most.
by Kirsten Miller 2024 298 pages
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Technofeudalism
by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023
Capitalism died. Now platforms are private fiefdoms, and your everyday activity is unpaid labor.
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Technofeudalism
Capitalism died. Now platforms are private fiefdoms, and your everyday activity is unpaid labor.
by Yanis Varoufakis 2023 224 pages
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The Lucifer Effect
by Philip G. Zimbardo • 2007
Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.
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The Lucifer Effect Summary
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The Lucifer Effect
Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 pages
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Damascus Station
by David McCloskey
In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.
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Damascus Station
In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.
by David McCloskey 2021 432 pages
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Psychopolitics
by Byung-Chul Han • 2014
Freedom is now the most efficient prison, and you volunteered to be locked in.
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Psychopolitics Summary
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Psychopolitics
Freedom is now the most efficient prison, and you volunteered to be locked in.
by Byung-Chul Han 2014 96 pages
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Why Women Deserve Less
by Myron Gaines • 2023
Women's romantic interest is eight percent of men's. The dating playbook needs a rewrite.
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Why Women Deserve Less
Women's romantic interest is eight percent of men's. The dating playbook needs a rewrite.
by Myron Gaines 2023 86 pages
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The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel • 1978
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
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The Power of the Powerless
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
by Václav Havel 1978 146 pages
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The Concise 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene • 2013
Power moves are ancient and predictable. The person who cannot read them is already a target.
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The Concise 48 Laws of Power
Power moves are ancient and predictable. The person who cannot read them is already a target.
by Robert Greene 2013 195 pages
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Justice
by Michael J. Sandel • 2007
Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.
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Justice
Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.
by Michael J. Sandel 2007 322 pages
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Soft Power
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. • 2004
Attraction is the neglected half of power. Ignoring it costs any superpower blood and credibility.
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Soft Power
Attraction is the neglected half of power. Ignoring it costs any superpower blood and credibility.
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 2004 191 pages
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The Sword of Kaigen
by M.L. Wang
A mother buried her sword to raise sons. Then an unnatural tornado climbed the mountain.
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The Sword of Kaigen Summary
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The Sword of Kaigen
A mother buried her sword to raise sons. Then an unnatural tornado climbed the mountain.
by M.L. Wang 2019 651 pages
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The Big Short
by Michael Lewis • 2010
Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.
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The Big Short
Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.
by Michael Lewis 2010 287 pages
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Ride the Tiger
by Julius Evola • 1961
Civilizations die. The real move: stop defending ruins and anchor in something death can't touch.
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Ride the Tiger Summary
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Ride the Tiger
Civilizations die. The real move: stop defending ruins and anchor in something death can't touch.
by Julius Evola 1961 242 pages
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
His house betrayed, a young duke flees to a desert world where warriors name him messiah.
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Dune Summary
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Dune
His house betrayed, a young duke flees to a desert world where warriors name him messiah.
by Frank Herbert 1965 658 pages
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Talking to Strangers
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2019
The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.
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Talking to Strangers Summary
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Talking to Strangers
The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2019 675 pages
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018
How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages
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Basic Economics
by Thomas Sowellm • 2000
Prices coordinate strangers. Ignore their signal and good intentions breed shortages and decay.
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Basic Economics
Prices coordinate strangers. Ignore their signal and good intentions breed shortages and decay.
by Thomas Sowellm 2000 786 pages
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By Way of Deception
by Victor Ostrovsky • 1990
A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.
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By Way of Deception Summary
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By Way of Deception
A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.
by Victor Ostrovsky 1990 372 pages
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The Biggest Secret
by David Icke • 1998
The people running the planet are not human, and their greatest weapon is your fear.
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The Biggest Secret Summary
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The Biggest Secret
The people running the planet are not human, and their greatest weapon is your fear.
by David Icke 1998 517 pages
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1k+ ratings
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