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Third Wave Summary
Third Wave
by Alvin Toffler 1980 544 pages
3.96
2.9K ratings
Sociology
History
Philosophy
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 pages
3.85
8.4K ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
The Polyester Prince Summary
The Polyester Prince
The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani
by Hamish McDonald 1998 296 pages
3.88
1.5K ratings
Biography
Business
India
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
by Edward L. Bernays 1928 168 pages
3.75
8.4K ratings
Politics
Psychology
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The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe 2023
3.95
2.3K ratings
History
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Economics
From Third World to First Summary
From Third World to First
The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 pages
4.46
4.6K ratings
History
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Biography
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
29.3K ratings
Politics
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Political Science
Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism
Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher 2009 81 pages
4.21
35.8K ratings
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Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
by Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 pages
3.86
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
by William Strauss 1996 400 pages
3.88
7.0K ratings
History
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Philosophy
The Society of the Spectacle Summary
The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord 1967 154 pages
4.03
22.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Parasitic Mind Summary
Parasitic Mind
How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
by Gad Saad 2020 264 pages
3.95
8.1K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
5.6K ratings
Politics
History
War
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm 1941 301 pages
4.27
15.3K ratings
Psychology
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Politics
The Will to Power Summary
The Will to Power
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 575 pages
4.06
10.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
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The Small and the Mighty Summary
The Small and the Mighty
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
by Sharon McMahon 2024 320 pages
4.44
27.6K ratings
History
Book Club
Biography
Telling Lies Summary
Telling Lies
Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage
by Paul Ekman 1985 390 pages
3.85
3.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Anatomy of Fascism Summary
The Anatomy of Fascism
by Robert O. Paxton 2004 336 pages
4.22
4.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger 1994 912 pages
4.25
9.0K ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
217.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages
4.28
194.6K ratings
History
Biography
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We Should All Be Feminists Summary
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2012 52 pages
4.40
316.8K ratings
Feminism
Essays
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The Creature from Jekyll Island Summary
The Creature from Jekyll Island
A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
by G. Edward Griffin 1994 608 pages
4.29
6.5K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Social Acceleration Summary
Social Acceleration
A New Theory of Modernity
by Hartmut Rosa 2005 470 pages
4.35
309 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
History
The Sublime Object of Ideology Summary
The Sublime Object of Ideology
by Slavoj Žižek 1989 256 pages
4.07
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Conspirators' Hierarchy Summary
Conspirators' Hierarchy
The Story of the Committee of 300
by John Coleman 2010 302 pages
3.76
636 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Summary
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
by Paulo Freire 1968 183 pages
4.30
37.3K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
The Making of Asian America Summary
The Making of Asian America
A History
by Erika Lee 2015 528 pages
4.33
2.6K ratings
History
Race
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The Coddling of the American Mind Summary
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
by Jonathan Haidt 2018 352 pages
4.23
51.8K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Technofeudalism Summary
Technofeudalism
What Killed Capitalism
by Yanis Varoufakis 2023 224 pages
4.03
5.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Anti-Oedipus Summary
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1972 400 pages
4.17
8.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
A History of Modern Iran Summary
A History of Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages
3.89
1.6K ratings
History
Iran
Politics
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
12.7K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Mutual Aid Summary
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1891 234 pages
4.23
3.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Science
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche Summary
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
by Erich Fromm 1976 182 pages
4.18
12.8K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.64
2.0K ratings
Finance
Economics
Money
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Why Civil Resistance Works Summary
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
by Erica Chenoweth 2011 320 pages
4.02
574 ratings
Politics
History
Activism
Death by China Summary
Death by China
Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
by Peter Navarro 2011 303 pages
3.49
522 ratings
China
Politics
Economics
The Big Short Summary
The Big Short
Inside the Doomsday Machine
by Michael Lewis 2010 291 pages
4.30
167.0K ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
Emergent Strategy Summary
Emergent Strategy
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
by Adrienne Maree Brown 2017 280 pages
4.26
9.5K ratings
Social Justice
Politics
Activism
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
by Paul Kennedy 1987 677 pages
4.14
6.1K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Way of Men Summary
The Way of Men
by Jack Donovan 2012 170 pages
3.80
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
End Times Summary
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin 2023 368 pages
4.06
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Four Pivots Summary
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
by Shawn A. Ginwright 2022 272 pages
4.37
866 ratings
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.78
786 ratings
Business
Sociology
Leadership
Man, the State, and War Summary
Man, the State, and War
A Theoretical Analysis
by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages
3.97
2.0K ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
by Stephanie Kelton 2020 327 pages
4.03
9.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
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