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The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone Summary
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone
Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
by Shashi Tharoor 2007 512 pages
3.59
1.2K ratings
India
Politics
History
Our Kids Summary
Our Kids
The American Dream in Crisis
by Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 pages
4.04
4.3K ratings
Sociology
Education
Politics
The Future of the Professions Summary
The Future of the Professions
How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
by Richard Susskind 2015 368 pages
3.64
1.0K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Trust Kids! Summary
Trust Kids!
Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy
by carla joy bergman 2022 240 pages
4.15
268 ratings
Parenting
Politics
Psychology
Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
by Nick Srnicek 2015 245 pages
3.98
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead Summary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1995
4.10
5.0K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Understanding Iran Summary
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
by William R. Polk 2009 272 pages
3.87
359 ratings
History
Iran
Politics
The Next Decade Summary
The Next Decade
Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
by George Friedman 2011 243 pages
3.84
2.5K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Price of Everything Summary
The Price of Everything
A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity
by Russell Roberts 2008 224 pages
3.70
679 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Age of Propaganda Summary
Age of Propaganda
The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
by Anthony R. Pratkanis 1991 432 pages
4.03
874 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Business
Our Malady Summary
Our Malady
Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
by Timothy Snyder 2020 179 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
Medicine
Why We Can't Wait Summary
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964 223 pages
4.54
8.9K ratings
History
Politics
Race
God's Bankers Summary
God's Bankers
A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
by Gerald Posner 2015 752 pages
3.98
1.5K ratings
History
Religion
Politics
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 pages
4.28
23.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Against the Grain Summary
Against the Grain
A Deep History of the Earliest States
by James C. Scott 2017 312 pages
4.13
4.5K ratings
History
Anthropology
Politics
The People’s Republic of Walmart Summary
The People’s Republic of Walmart
How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
by Leigh Phillips 2019 257 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn 1994 214 pages
4.35
3.6K ratings
History
Politics
Memoir
Good Thinking Summary
Good Thinking
Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
by David Robert Grimes 2021 400 pages
4.32
279 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
How to stand Up to a Dictator Summary
How to stand Up to a Dictator
by Maria Ressa 2022 288 pages
4.35
4.7K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy Summary
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1846 584 pages
4.13
5.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Off With Her Head Summary
Off With Her Head
Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
by Eleanor Herman 2022 384 pages
3.85
2.1K ratings
History
Feminism
Politics
The Big Truck that Went By Summary
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
by Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 pages
4.12
1.8K ratings
History
Politics
International Development
Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions Summary
Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions
by Rupal Patel 2022 304 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
by Thomas Sowell 1998 516 pages
4.43
896 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Drift Summary
Drift
by Rachel Maddow 2012 288 pages
4.07
20.8K ratings
Politics
History
War
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man Summary
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
by Emmanuel Acho 2020 256 pages
4.38
28.3K ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Strange New World Summary
Strange New World
How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
by Carl R. Trueman 2022 204 pages
4.48
4.2K ratings
Philosophy
History
Christian
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare
Theory and Practice
by David Galula 1964 128 pages
4.02
1.2K ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
Survive Like a Spy Summary
Survive Like a Spy
Real CIA Operatives Reveal How They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and How You Can Too
by Jason Hanson 2018 256 pages
3.36
526 ratings
Psychology
Espionage
Survival
Chasing Chaos Summary
Chasing Chaos
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
by Jessica Alexander 2013 400 pages
4.09
3.0K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Africa
Dumbing Us Down Summary
Dumbing Us Down
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2002 142 pages
4.14
11.5K ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
The Green New Deal Summary
The Green New Deal
Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
by Jeremy Rifkin 2019 304 pages
3.68
783 ratings
Politics
Environment
Economics
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
by Xi Van Fleet 2023 320 pages
4.45
473 ratings
Politics
History
China
An Empire of Wealth Summary
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
by John Steele Gordon 2004 460 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
History
Economics
Business
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.88
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
History
Character Is Destiny Summary
Character Is Destiny
Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember
by John McCain 2005 336 pages
3.95
550 ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Battle For Syria Summary
The Battle For Syria
International Rivalry In The New Middle East
by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages
4.16
277 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Makers and Takers Summary
Makers and Takers
The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
by Rana Foroohar 2016 400 pages
3.97
1.6K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
2030 Summary
2030
How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
by Mauro F. Guillén 2020 288 pages
3.69
2.4K ratings
Business
Economics
Politics
The Plus Summary
The Plus
Self-Help for People Who Hate Self-Help
by Greg Gutfeld 2020 222 pages
3.99
1.1K ratings
Self Help
Humor
Politics
Ruined by Design Summary
Ruined by Design
How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It
by Mike Monteiro 2019 251 pages
4.11
2.1K ratings
Design
Business
Technology
Knowledge and Power Summary
Knowledge and Power
The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World
by George Gilder 2013 400 pages
3.93
417 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Civil Rights Summary
Civil Rights
Rhetoric or Reality?
by Thomas Sowell 1984 164 pages
4.40
941 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Audacity of Hope Summary
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama 2006 375 pages
3.83
167.9K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Indoctrinated Brain Summary
The Indoctrinated Brain
How to Successfully Fend Off the Global Attack on Your Mental Freedom
by Michael Nehls 2023 290 pages
4.15
244 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Science
A Higher Loyalty Summary
A Higher Loyalty
Truth, Lies, and Leadership
by James B. Comey 2018 290 pages
4.10
48.9K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners
Biography of a People
by Hermann Giliomee 2003 720 pages
4.17
130 ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
Race Marxism Summary
Race Marxism
The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis
by James Lindsay 2022 357 pages
4.23
343 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Cult Classics
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.07
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
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