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The Power Broker Summary
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 pages
4.51
26.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
A Very Short Introduction
by Joseph M. Siracusa 2010 160 pages
3.16
223 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
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
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 320 pages
4.07
434 ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
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
The Liberal Tradition in America Summary
The Liberal Tradition in America
by Louis Hartz 1955 348 pages
3.59
153 ratings
Politics
History
American History
All or Nothing Summary
All or Nothing
How Trump Recaptured America
by Michael Wolff 2025 400 pages
3.76
577 ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
The Great Taking Summary
The Great Taking
by David Rogers Webb 2023 133 pages
4.12
128 ratings
Finance
Economics
Politics
ایران بین دو انقلاب Summary
ایران بین دو انقلاب
by Ervand Abrahamian 1982 720 pages
4.16
1.5K ratings
History
Iran
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
The Decline and Rise of Democracy Summary
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
by David Stasavage 2020 424 pages
3.83
199 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
4.00
6.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
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
Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy Summary
Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy
An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015 246 pages
3.99
285 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Power Systems Summary
Power Systems
Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire
by Noam Chomsky 2012 224 pages
4.12
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Realpolitik Summary
Realpolitik
A History
by John Bew 2015 408 pages
3.90
147 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
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
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2016 270 pages
4.47
2.3K ratings
Race
Politics
History
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
Exposure Summary
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
by Robert Bilott 2019 400 pages
4.50
2.1K ratings
Science
History
Environment
The New Rules of War Summary
The New Rules of War
Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder
by Sean McFate 2019 336 pages
3.96
1.5K ratings
Military Fiction
Politics
War
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends Summary
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
The Cyberweapons Arms Race
by Nicole Perlroth 2021 528 pages
4.32
10.4K ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
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
Road to Nowhere Summary
Road to Nowhere
What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation
by Paris Marx 2022 240 pages
4.20
584 ratings
Politics
Technology
Urbanism
Capital City Summary
Capital City
Gentrification and the Real Estate State
by Samuel Stein 2019 202 pages
3.93
1.6K ratings
Politics
Urban Planning
Economics
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
50 Politics Classics Summary
50 Politics Classics
Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2015 336 pages
4.00
279 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Prius Or Pickup? Summary
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
by Marc Hetherington 2018 288 pages
3.85
483 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
All Too Human Summary
All Too Human
by George Stephanopoulos 1999 480 pages
3.83
3.7K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Leadership Summary
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages
4.40
15.3K ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
#republic Summary
#republic
Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
by Cass R. Sunstein 2017 328 pages
3.35
319 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Society
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart
How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015 261 pages
4.10
1.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Climate Justice Summary
Climate Justice
by Mary Robinson 2018 176 pages
4.07
2.5K ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
Free and Equal Summary
Free and Equal
A Manifesto for a Just Society
by Daniel Chandler 2024 432 pages
3.94
362 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Gates of Gaza Summary
The Gates of Gaza
A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands
by Amir Tibon 2024 352 pages
4.68
890 ratings
Israel
History
Memoir
Stress Test Summary
Stress Test
Reflections on Financial Crises
by Timothy F. Geithner 2014 592 pages
4.08
5.3K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Sold Out Summary
Sold Out
How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sinkthe Global Economy
by James Rickards 2022 270 pages
3.54
293 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough
Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
by Naomi Klein 2017 273 pages
4.11
10.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
by Rory Stewart 2023 436 pages
4.33
14.5K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Oligarchs Summary
The Oligarchs
Wealth and Power in the New Russia
by David E. Hoffman 2002 575 pages
4.16
1.0K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025 272 pages
4.2
939 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.73
10.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
How Tyrants Fall Summary
How Tyrants Fall
And How Nations Survive
by Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 pages
4.04
288 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
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
Hi Honey, I'm Homo! Summary
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!
Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture
by Matt Baume 2023 272 pages
4.32
1.9K ratings
LGBT
History
Queer
The Quest for Character Summary
The Quest for Character
What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
by Massimo Pigliucci 2022
3.98
210 ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul Summary
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun 2023 249 pages
3.99
726 ratings
Social Justice
Politics
Psychology
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
National Populism Summary
National Populism
The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
by Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pages
3.80
1.3K ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
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