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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
Lady Justice Summary
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
by Dahlia Lithwick 2022 368 pages
4.39
2.9K ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
India Wins Freedom Summary
India Wins Freedom
The Complete Version
by Abul Kalam Azad 1978 297 pages
4.20
1.1K ratings
History
India
Politics
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
Crystallizing Public Opinion Summary
Crystallizing Public Opinion
by Edward L. Bernays 1923 218 pages
3.80
871 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
7.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Africa Is Not a Country Summary
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
by Dipo Faloyin 2022 385 pages
4.41
8.2K ratings
History
Africa
Politics
Red Notice Summary
Red Notice
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder 2015 380 pages
4.44
102.6K ratings
History
Politics
Russia
Less Than Nothing Summary
Less Than Nothing
Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism
by Slavoj Žižek 2012 1056 pages
4.17
609 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Doppelganger Summary
Doppelganger
A Trip into the Mirror World
by Naomi Klein 2023 416 pages
4.21
28.8K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Robert Paarlberg 2010 240 pages
3.50
339 ratings
Food
Politics
Agriculture
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
by Rashid Khalidi 2020 336 pages
4.49
27.5K ratings
History
Politics
War
Against Our Will Summary
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
by Susan Brownmiller 1975 472 pages
4.05
4.1K ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
History
Hitler's American Model Summary
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
by James Q. Whitman 2017 208 pages
3.91
1.6K ratings
History
Politics
Race
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
Team Human Summary
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019 256 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
How Spies Think Summary
How Spies Think
Ten Lessons in Intelligence
by David Omand 2020 344 pages
3.64
739 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Espionage
Khomeinism Summary
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
by Ervand Abrahamian 1993 200 pages
3.85
161 ratings
Iran
History
Politics
The Accidental Superpower Summary
The Accidental Superpower
The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
by Peter Zeihan 2014 384 pages
4.33
5.4K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell 1971 160 pages
3.50
2.5K ratings
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
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
The Art of Intelligence Summary
The Art of Intelligence
by Henry A. Crumpton 2012 11 pages
3.84
3.1K ratings
History
Espionage
Politics
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death
by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974 352 pages
3.59
149 ratings
Feminism
Politics
France
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
The Situation Room Summary
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
by George Stephanopoulos 2024 368 pages
4.36
9.0K ratings
History
Politics
American History
How Asia Works Summary
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
by Joe Studwell 2013 320 pages
4.26
4.8K ratings
Economics
Business
History
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014 256 pages
4.48
867 ratings
Indigenous
Politics
History
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
by James Fulcher 2001 160 pages
3.56
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Great Indian Novel Summary
The Great Indian Novel
by Shashi Tharoor 1989 423 pages
3.89
6.7K ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
The Contrarian Summary
The Contrarian
Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
by Max Chafkin 2021 400 pages
3.60
2.1K ratings
Business
Biography
Politics
Who Is Government? Summary
Who Is Government?
The Untold Story of Public Service
by Michael Lewis 2025 272 pages
4.26
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Essays
Against Democracy Summary
Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan 2016 304 pages
3.67
1.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
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
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Hundred-Year Marathon Summary
The Hundred-Year Marathon
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
by Michael Pillsbury 2014 336 pages
4.20
4.6K ratings
China
Politics
History
Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A Manifesto
by Aaron Bastani 2018 278 pages
3.69
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Girl on Girl Summary
Girl on Girl
How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
by Sophie Gilbert 2025 352 pages
4.19
318 ratings
Feminism
Pop Culture
History
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
by Drew Westen 2007 457 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
Small Is Beautiful Summary
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973 352 pages
4.09
6.8K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Palaces for the People Summary
Palaces for the People
How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
by Eric Klinenberg 2018 288 pages
3.96
5.1K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Urban Planning
Glimpses of World History Summary
Glimpses of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934 1193 pages
4.32
2.1K ratings
History
India
World History
Dying for a Paycheck Summary
Dying for a Paycheck
How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2018 266 pages
3.73
577 ratings
Business
Economics
Leadership
Phenomena Summary
Phenomena
The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
by Annie Jacobsen 2017 544 pages
3.94
1.9K ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
Area 51 Summary
Area 51
An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
by Annie Jacobsen 2011 540 pages
3.85
10.3K ratings
History
Science
Military Fiction
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell 1932 160 pages
4.00
204 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert 2022 336 pages
3.38
348 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
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
Once Upon a Time in Russia Summary
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
by Ben Mezrich 2015 288 pages
3.85
4.8K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
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
Existentialism Summary
Existentialism
A Very Short Introduction
by Thomas R. Flynn 2006 160 pages
3.48
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
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