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4.22
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Area 51 Summary
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Red Notice Summary
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4.19
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3.91
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3.90
525 ratings
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Why Empires Fall Summary
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3.60
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Against Democracy Summary
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Original Sins Summary
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4.60
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Moral Ambition Summary
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3.74
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Slow Down Summary
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3.94
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Capitalism Summary
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3.89
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3.81
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Power and Progress Summary
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The Bill of Obligations Summary
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by Richard N. Haass 2023 240 pages
4.14
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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
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by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
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3.69
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The Great Escape Summary
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by Angus Deaton 2013 362 pages
3.82
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The New Case for Gold Summary
The New Case for Gold
by James Rickards 2016 192 pages
3.99
1.2K ratings
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The Authority Gap Summary
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by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages
4.34
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When the Clock Broke Summary
When the Clock Broke
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by John Ganz 2024 432 pages
4.09
3.1K ratings
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You Talkin' To Me? Summary
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by Sam Leith 2011 256 pages
3.75
1.6K ratings
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A History of Bangladesh Summary
A History of Bangladesh
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4.21
234 ratings
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Our Dollar, Your Problem Summary
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4.20
290 ratings
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The Great Indian Novel Summary
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by Shashi Tharoor 1989 423 pages
3.89
6.7K ratings
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Historical Fiction
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary
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by Rashid Khalidi 2020 336 pages
4.49
27.5K ratings
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Who Is Government? Summary
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The Untold Story of Public Service
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4.26
2.6K ratings
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Essays
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain
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by Drew Westen 2007 457 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
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Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks
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by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014 256 pages
4.48
867 ratings
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How Spies Think Summary
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Ten Lessons in Intelligence
by David Omand 2020 344 pages
3.64
739 ratings
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Curse of the High IQ Summary
Curse of the High IQ
by Aaron Clarey 2016 154 pages
3.52
789 ratings
Psychology
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The Spirit Level Summary
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by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
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The Privileged Poor Summary
The Privileged Poor
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by Anthony Abraham Jack 2019 288 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
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The End of Faith Summary
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by Sam Harris 2004 348 pages
3.90
42.7K ratings
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Modern Times Summary
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by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2.9K ratings
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Free Summary
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by Lea Ypi 2021 288 pages
4.30
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Lady Justice Summary
Lady Justice
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by Dahlia Lithwick 2022 368 pages
4.39
2.9K ratings
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Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago
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by Michael Rectenwald 2019 216 pages
3.84
119 ratings
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21st Century Monetary Policy Summary
21st Century Monetary Policy
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by Ben S. Bernanke 2022 512 pages
4.20
923 ratings
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Love Your Enemies Summary
Love Your Enemies
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by Arthur C. Brooks 2019 256 pages
4.29
3.4K ratings
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Without Their Permission Summary
Without Their Permission
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by Alexis Ohanian 2013 272 pages
3.70
2.0K ratings
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Glimpses of World History Summary
Glimpses of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934 1193 pages
4.32
2.1K ratings
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Against Intellectual Monopoly Summary
Against Intellectual Monopoly
by Michele Boldrin 2008 312 pages
4.03
364 ratings
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