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The New Urban Crisis Summary
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
by Richard Florida 2017 336 pages
3.51
1.3K ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Politics
Go Woke, Go Broke Summary
Go Woke, Go Broke
The Inside Story of the Radicalization of Corporate America
by Charles Gasparino 2024 320 pages
3.79
156 ratings
Business
Politics
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads
The Present and Future of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2018 313 pages
3.58
7.7K ratings
History
Politics
China
Winners Take All Summary
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
by Anand Giridharadas 2018 288 pages
4.13
16.8K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Central America's Forgotten History Summary
Central America's Forgotten History
Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
by Aviva Chomsky 2021 304 pages
4.09
438 ratings
History
Politics
Latin American History
Aftershocks of Disaster Summary
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
by Yarimar Bonilla 2019 384 pages
4.27
119 ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
by George Soros 2008 163 pages
3.41
1.5K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Future of Work Summary
The Future of Work
Robots, AI, and Automation
by Darrell M. West 2018 223 pages
3.49
198 ratings
Business
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
The Biggest Secret Summary
The Biggest Secret
The Book That Will Change the World
by David Icke 1998 517 pages
3.79
1.8K ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
A Fever in the Heartland Summary
A Fever in the Heartland
The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
by Timothy Egan 2023 432 pages
4.36
41.0K ratings
History
True Crime
Book Club
The Way We Eat Summary
The Way We Eat
Why Our Food Choices Matter
by Peter Singer 2006 328 pages
4.09
4.0K ratings
Food
Philosophy
Health
Proof of Conspiracy Summary
Proof of Conspiracy
How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy
by Seth Abramson 2019 592 pages
4.28
457 ratings
Politics
History
True Crime
Hard Choices Summary
Hard Choices
by Hillary Rodham Clinton 2013 788 pages
3.61
14.7K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Good Immigrant Summary
The Good Immigrant
26 Writers Reflect on America
by Nikesh Shukla 2019 336 pages
4.25
2.3K ratings
Essays
Race
Short Stories
Lectures on the Will to Know Summary
Lectures on the Will to Know
Lectures at the Collège de France, 1970-1971, & Oedipal Knowledge
by Michel Foucault 2014 293 pages
4.27
233 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
France
Listen, Little Man! Summary
Listen, Little Man!
by Wilhelm Reich 1946 144 pages
3.97
8.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Mismeasuring Our Lives Summary
Mismeasuring Our Lives
Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 136 pages
3.74
332 ratings
Economics
Politics
Social Science
Unsettled Summary
Unsettled
What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters
by Steven E. Koonin 2021 320 pages
4.25
3.6K ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis
A Warning from History
by Laurence Rees 1997 256 pages
4.29
1.3K ratings
History
World War II
War
We Are Dancing for You Summary
We Are Dancing for You
Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
by Cutcha Risling Baldy 2018 205 pages
4.52
155 ratings
Indigenous
Feminism
History
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again Summary
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
by Katherine Angel 2021 160 pages
4.07
5.6K ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Essays
Sovereignty Summary
Sovereignty
The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Men
by Ryan Michler 2018 268 pages
4.26
1.1K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division Summary
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
by Elif Shafak 2020 96 pages
3.98
7.6K ratings
Essays
Politics
Philosophy
The Light We Carry Summary
The Light We Carry
Overcoming in Uncertain Times
by Michelle Obama 2022 319 pages
4.27
93.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
The Obamas Summary
The Obamas
by Jodi Kantor 2011 368 pages
3.69
2.3K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.15
210 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
Government Gangsters Summary
Government Gangsters
The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
by Kash Patel 2023 320 pages
4.51
1.5K ratings
Politics
History
Government
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappé 2006 320 pages
4.54
9.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
The Origin of Wealth Summary
The Origin of Wealth
Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
by Eric D. Beinhocker 2006 527 pages
4.27
1.7K ratings
Economics
History
Business
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money
by Madeline Pendleton 2024 336 pages
4.54
3.6K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Finance
Growth Summary
Growth
A Reckoning
by Daniel Susskind 2024
3.79
449 ratings
Economics
History
Business
Public Relations Summary
Public Relations
by Edward L. Bernays 1952 374 pages
3.98
171 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand
A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages
4.32
382 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.46
628 ratings
History
Sociology
Pop Culture
The Revolution Betrayed Summary
The Revolution Betrayed
by Leon Trotsky 1937 240 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
World on the Brink Summary
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024 400 pages
4.26
604 ratings
China
Politics
History
A Man Without a Country Summary
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2005 145 pages
4.10
48.4K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman 1969 219 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market Summary
Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market
Government and Economy
by Murray N. Rothbard 1962 1544 pages
4.48
1.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The New Map Summary
The New Map
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
by Daniel Yergin 2020 512 pages
4.19
5.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.41
33.6K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Avoidable War Summary
The Avoidable War
The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
by Kevin Rudd 2022 432 pages
4.25
1.4K ratings
China
Politics
History
Pendulum Summary
Pendulum
How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future: PDF Included
by Roy H. Williams 2012
3.71
396 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Colossus Summary
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
by Niall Ferguson 2004 417 pages
3.58
2.2K ratings
History
Politics
American History
توتالیتاریسم Summary
توتالیتاریسم
by Hannah Arendt 1968 365 pages
4.16
758 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands
Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 512 pages
3.90
11.1K ratings
History
Politics
Science
A Doctor in the House Summary
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
by Mahathir Mohamad 2011 843 pages
4.26
1.1K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Teaching Johnny to Think Summary
Teaching Johnny to Think
A Philosophy of Education Based on the Principles of Ayn Rand's Objectivism
by Leonard Peikoff 2014 104 pages
4.13
156 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Parenting
Enter Ghost Summary
Enter Ghost
by Isabella Hammad 2023 336 pages
4.11
9.1K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
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