Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
History
Politics
Economics
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
Ship of Fools
How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
Politics
Ireland
History
Free Your Mind
The New World of Manipulation and How to Resist It
Psychology
Self Help
Politics
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
History
Biography
War
The First Family Detail
Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
History
Politics
Presidents
The Map and the Territory
Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting
Economics
Business
Finance
Keeping the Republic
Saving America by Trusting Americans
Politics
Biography
Government
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
Politics
History
Psychology
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
History
Politics
Travel
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
History
Biography
Politics
The Wal-Mart Effect
How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy
Business
Economics
History
The World's Banker
A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Economics
Finance
Biography
Finance and the Good Society
Economics
Finance
Business
ایران بین دو انقلاب
History
Iran
Politics
The Hungry Spirit
Purpose in the Modern World
Business
Philosophy
Self Help
The Return of the Russian Leviathan
Russia
Politics
History
Sex Matters
How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense
Feminism
Sociology
Politics
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
Verses for a Despotic Age
Poetry
Humor
Politics
Thomas Jefferson
The Art of Power
History
Biography
Presidents
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
And Other Rules to Live By
Comedy
Humor
Politics
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
China
Business
Economics
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Travel
History
Asia
LeaderShift
A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead
Leadership
Business
History
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
Economics
Business
Sociology
Arguing with Zombies
Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
Economics
Politics
Business
Crouching Tiger
What China's Militarism Means for the World
China
Politics
History
The Dope
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
History
True Crime
Crime
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
Politics
History
International Relations
Delay, Deny, Defend
Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
Politics
Business
History
Our Angry Earth
Science
Politics
Ecology
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
How the Other Half Banks
Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
Economics
History
Politics
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Race
Politics
History
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
Biography
Politics
History
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
An Introduction to the Policy Process
Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making
Politics
Academic
Textbooks
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Philosophy
Politics
History
Firefighting
The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
Economics
Finance
Business
The Audacity to Win
The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
Politics
History
Biography
Environmental Economics
A Very Short Introduction
Economics
Environment
Science
Yemen
Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
History
Politics
Cultural
Ravenous
How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
Food
Health
Science
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The New Penguin History of Canada
History
Canada
Politics
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
Politics
History
Biography
Political Ecology
A Critical Introduction
Environment
Politics
Anthropology
The Real Anthony Fauci
Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
Politics
Health
History
In Defense of Open Society
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Churchill
The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches
History
Biography
Politics
