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Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Summary
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2008 544 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
World War II
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
by Gary A. Haugen 2013 368 pages
4.32
1.5K ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
The Art of War/The Prince Summary
The Art of War/The Prince
by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli 1521 312 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
A Hacker's Mind Summary
A Hacker's Mind
How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
by Bruce Schneier 2023 304 pages
3.70
1.1K ratings
Technology
Politics
Business
An Era of Darkness Summary
An Era of Darkness
The British Empire in India
by Shashi Tharoor 2016 360 pages
4.17
12.2K ratings
History
India
Politics
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences Summary
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences
by Alexander L. George 2005 331 pages
3.80
172 ratings
Political Science
Politics
Social Science
Identity and Violence Summary
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
by Amartya Sen 2006 240 pages
3.84
2.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
India that is Bharat Summary
India that is Bharat
Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
by J. Sai Deepak 2021 472 pages
4.42
1.5K ratings
History
India
Politics
21st Century Monetary Policy Summary
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
by Ben S. Bernanke 2022 512 pages
4.20
923 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Doctor and the Saint Summary
The Doctor and the Saint
The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
by Arundhati Roy 2017 184 pages
4.32
2.5K ratings
India
History
Politics
Capitalism without Capital Summary
Capitalism without Capital
The Rise of the Intangible Economy
by Jonathan Haskel 2017 288 pages
3.78
2.4K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof 2008 248 pages
3.78
5.1K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Finance
The Privileged Poor Summary
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
by Anthony Abraham Jack 2019 288 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
Education
Sociology
Social Justice
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 362 pages
3.82
2.4K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
by Jacques Ellul 1962 352 pages
4.27
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Multicultural Citizenship Summary
Multicultural Citizenship
A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights
by Will Kymlicka 1995 290 pages
3.70
277 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Leadership Summary
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages
4.40
15.3K ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
A Peace to End All Peace Summary
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin 1989 635 pages
4.22
9.4K ratings
Politics
War
World History
Why Vegan? Summary
Why Vegan?
by Peter Singer 2020 87 pages
4.04
806 ratings
Philosophy
Vegan
Food
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.42
2.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
America's Original Sin Summary
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
by Jim Wallis 2016 238 pages
4.08
1.7K ratings
Race
History
Anti Racist
Censored Summary
Censored
Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
by Margaret E. Roberts 2018 281 pages
4.17
117 ratings
China
Politics
History
The Winner-Take-All Society Summary
The Winner-Take-All Society
Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us
by Robert H. Frank 1995 288 pages
3.70
254 ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
The Authority Gap Summary
The Authority Gap
Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages
4.34
3.0K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Business
The Oil Kings Summary
The Oil Kings
How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
by Andrew Scott Cooper 2011 546 pages
4.11
797 ratings
History
Politics
Iran
Learning from the Germans Summary
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
by Susan Neiman 2019 434 pages
4.21
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death
by FranΓ§oise d'Eaubonne 1974 352 pages
3.59
149 ratings
Feminism
Politics
France
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
by Gaia Vince 2022 288 pages
3.85
1.4K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The World As It Is Summary
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
by Ben Rhodes 2018 480 pages
4.30
12.3K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Six Questions of Socrates Summary
Six Questions of Socrates
A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy
by Christopher Phillips 2004 334 pages
3.70
383 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Religion
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 325 pages
4.09
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
The End of Faith Summary
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris 2004 348 pages
3.90
42.7K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Narconomics Summary
Narconomics
How to Run a Drug Cartel
by Tom Wainwright 2016 288 pages
4.15
11.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Crime
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986 400 pages
4.34
23.6K ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
Destiny of the Republic Summary
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard 2011 339 pages
4.22
80.2K ratings
History
Biography
American History
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages
4.09
25.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
by George Friedman 2020 256 pages
4.06
2.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The New Case for Gold Summary
The New Case for Gold
by James Rickards 2016 192 pages
3.99
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
1984 and Philosophy Summary
1984 and Philosophy
Is Resistance Futile?
by Ezio Di Nucci 2018 256 pages
4.26
39 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil
Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
by Vandana Shiva 2008 144 pages
4.09
523 ratings
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
People, Power, and Profits Summary
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019 366 pages
3.88
2.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
by Naomi Oreskes 2010 274 pages
4.17
7.7K ratings
Science
Politics
History
Grundrisse Summary
Grundrisse
Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1857 904 pages
4.28
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 242 pages
4.12
17.4K ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The Constitution of Knowledge Summary
The Constitution of Knowledge
A Defense of Truth
by Jonathan Rauch 2021 318 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956 326 pages
4.22
874 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ Summary
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Paradox of Modern Iran
by Hooman Majd 2008 272 pages
3.77
2.2K ratings
Iran
History
Politics
How Spies Think Summary
How Spies Think
Ten Lessons in Intelligence
by David Omand 2020 344 pages
3.64
739 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Espionage
The Human Condition Summary
The Human Condition
by Hannah Arendt 1958 349 pages
4.20
9.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
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