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The Edge of Reason Summary
The Edge of Reason
A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World
by Julian Baggini 2016 272 pages
3.97
137 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Comment tout peut s'effondrer Summary
Comment tout peut s'effondrer
Petit manuel de collapsologie à l'usage des générations présentes
by Pablo Servigne 2015 267 pages
4.17
1.1K ratings
Science
Ecology
Politics
What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't Summary
What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't
A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues
by Jessamyn Conrad 2008 336 pages
3.95
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Unshrinking Summary
Unshrinking
How to Face Fatphobia
by Kate Manne 2024 297 pages
4.18
1.9K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Health
Leadership Summary
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages
4.40
15.3K ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
Success and Luck Summary
Success and Luck
Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
by Robert H. Frank 2016 208 pages
3.70
1.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Psychology
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela 1994 656 pages
4.36
91.5K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
The J Curve Summary
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
by Ian Bremmer 2006 320 pages
3.74
514 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
How to Be Black Summary
How to Be Black
by Baratunde R. Thurston 2012 254 pages
3.90
8.9K ratings
Humor
Memoir
Race
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2001 512 pages
4.25
592 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
588 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Redefining Health Care Summary
Redefining Health Care
Creating Value-Based Competition on Results
by Michael E. Porter 2006 528 pages
3.91
391 ratings
Health Care
Business
Economics
Superclass Summary
Superclass
The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
by David Rothkopf 2008 400 pages
3.58
480 ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Know Your Power Summary
Know Your Power
A Message to America's Daughters
by Nancy Pelosi 2008 192 pages
3.41
539 ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Plunder Summary
Plunder
Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
by Brendan Ballou 2023 368 pages
4.09
1.5K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
New Cold Wars Summary
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
by David E. Sanger 2024 528 pages
4.34
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
China
The Plot Against America Summary
The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth 2004 391 pages
3.81
66.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Alternate History
Literature
Revolutionary Power Summary
Revolutionary Power
An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition
by Shalanda Baker 2021 224 pages
4.19
178 ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Social Justice
The Tiger That Isn't Summary
The Tiger That Isn't
Seeing Through a World of Numbers
by Michael Blastland 2007 184 pages
3.92
649 ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
How to Run a Government Summary
How to Run a Government
So That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy
by Michael Barber 2015 368 pages
3.89
378 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018 248 pages
3.86
3.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Great Transition Summary
The Great Transition
Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
by Lester R. Brown 2014 194 pages
3.69
190 ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
The Invention of Russia Summary
The Invention of Russia
From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
by Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 384 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
1.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
We the Living Summary
We the Living
by Ayn Rand 1936 464 pages
3.96
30.3K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Who Gets What ― and Why Summary
Who Gets What ― and Why
The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
by Alvin E. Roth 2015 260 pages
3.85
3.1K ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Dying Citizen Summary
The Dying Citizen
How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America
by Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 pages
4.37
1.7K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Undocumented Americans Summary
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020 208 pages
4.38
24.4K ratings
Memoir
Politics
Social Justice
Falter Summary
Falter
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
by Bill McKibben 2019 291 pages
4.00
2.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
All Too Human Summary
All Too Human
by George Stephanopoulos 1999 480 pages
3.83
3.7K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
If We Break Summary
If We Break
A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing
by Kathleen Buhle 2022 320 pages
4.20
3.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Flatline Constructs Summary
Flatline Constructs
Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction
by Mark Fisher 2018 212 pages
4.12
272 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
The One World Schoolhouse Summary
The One World Schoolhouse
Education Reimagined
by Salman Khan 2012 272 pages
4.33
4.6K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Teaching
Free Speech And Why It Matters Summary
Free Speech And Why It Matters
by Andrew Doyle 2021 128 pages
4.25
927 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right
by Ed West 2012 312 pages
4.04
223 ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
A Very Short Introduction
by Joseph M. Siracusa 2010 160 pages
3.16
223 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy
by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages
3.91
1.7K ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Stories Are Weapons Summary
Stories Are Weapons
Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
by Annalee Newitz 2024 246 pages
3.96
659 ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
⿻ 數位 Plurality Summary
⿻ 數位 Plurality
The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
by E. Glen Weyl 2024 584 pages
3.60
40 ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
The Red Web Summary
The Red Web
The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
by Andrei Soldatov 2015 384 pages
3.95
675 ratings
Politics
Russia
History
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
The Father of Spin Summary
The Father of Spin
Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations
by Larry Tye 1998 304 pages
3.91
381 ratings
Biography
Psychology
History
The Age of Sustainable Development Summary
The Age of Sustainable Development
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015 544 pages
4.22
840 ratings
Economics
Sustainability
Politics
White Tears/Brown Scars Summary
White Tears/Brown Scars
How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
by Ruby Hamad 2020 284 pages
4.55
11.5K ratings
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes 1986 886 pages
4.40
23.7K ratings
History
Science
Physics
Asking for It Summary
Asking for It
The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It
by Kate Harding 2014 261 pages
4.37
4.2K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Gender Studies
A Generation of Sociopaths Summary
A Generation of Sociopaths
How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
by Bruce Cannon Gibney 2017 430 pages
3.55
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Envoy Summary
The Envoy
From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World
by Zalmay Khalilzad 2016 336 pages
3.68
160 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Against White Feminism Summary
Against White Feminism
Notes on Disruption
by Rafia Zakaria 2021 272 pages
4.31
4.2K ratings
Feminism
Race
Politics
Climate Justice Summary
Climate Justice
by Mary Robinson 2018 176 pages
4.07
2.5K ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
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