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A Planet to Win Summary
A Planet to Win
Why We Need a Green New Deal
by Kate Aronoff 2019 208 pages
4.08
677 ratings
Politics
Environment
Climate Change
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
by Vaclav Smil 2013 263 pages
3.77
475 ratings
Economics
Business
History
Thank You for Being Late Summary
Thank You for Being Late
An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
by Thomas L. Friedman 2016 486 pages
3.88
11.4K ratings
Business
Politics
Economics
Dreamland Summary
Dreamland
The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
by Sam Quinones 2015 384 pages
4.23
31.4K ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Summary
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
by William L. Shirer 1961 188 pages
4.08
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
War
Streetfight Summary
Streetfight
Handbook for an Urban Revolution
by Janette Sadik-Khan 2016 368 pages
4.26
2.1K ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Smart on Crime Summary
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
by Kamala Harris 2009 205 pages
3.74
320 ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
The Ministry of Truth Summary
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
by Dorian Lynskey 2019 368 pages
4.13
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
by Mark Engler 2016 368 pages
4.20
1.2K ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Punishment Without Crime Summary
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
by Alexandra Natapoff 2018 352 pages
4.16
424 ratings
Law
Politics
Social Justice
Other People's Money Summary
Other People's Money
The Real Business of Finance
by John Kay 2015 336 pages
3.92
1.4K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman 2007 296 pages
3.97
6.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands
A Plan To Replace The Welfare State
by Charles Murray 2006 214 pages
3.74
289 ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Shattered Nation Summary
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State
by Danny Dorling 2023 288 pages
4.04
94 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Behind the Screen Summary
Behind the Screen
Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
by Sarah T. Roberts 2019 280 pages
3.66
151 ratings
Technology
Internet
Sociology
The Age of Turbulence Summary
The Age of Turbulence
by Alan Greenspan 2007 575 pages
3.65
7.2K ratings
Economics
Biography
Business
Truth Over Tribe Summary
Truth Over Tribe
Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant
by Patrick Keith Miller 2022 224 pages
4.27
510 ratings
Christian
Politics
Faith
In My Time Summary
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
by Dick Cheney 2011 576 pages
3.79
2.9K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Kant Summary
Kant
A Very Short Introduction
by Roger Scruton 1983 141 pages
3.77
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
How to Win an Election Summary
How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
by Quintus Tullius Cicero 128 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Outraged Summary
Outraged
Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
by Kurt Gray 2025 368 pages
4.09
230 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Self Help
The Lazarus Heist Summary
The Lazarus Heist
From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War
by Geoff White 2022 304 pages
4.15
1.4K ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
The Origins of Woke Summary
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
by Richard Hanania 2023 270 pages
3.77
247 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Rome's Last Citizen Summary
Rome's Last Citizen
The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
by Rob Goodman 2012 384 pages
4.16
1.2K ratings
History
Biography
Philosophy
The Battle for Paradise Summary
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
by Naomi Klein 2018 88 pages
4.23
2.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The New Penguin History of Canada Summary
The New Penguin History of Canada
by Robert Bothwell 2006 500 pages
3.58
376 ratings
History
Canada
Politics
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles Ferguson 2012 368 pages
4.11
489 ratings
Politics
Economics
Finance
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Summary
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009 368 pages
3.90
3.2K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Arab Uprising Summary
The Arab Uprising
The Wave of Protest that Toppled the Status Quo and the Struggle for a New Middle East
by Marc Lynch 2012 288 pages
3.66
243 ratings
Politics
History
Unfinished
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
by Paul Hawken 2007 352 pages
3.94
1.8K ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
The Velvet Rope Economy Summary
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
by Nelson D. Schwartz 2020 352 pages
4.09
1.0K ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
The English Summary
The English
A Portrait of a People
by Jeremy Paxman 1998 309 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
Don't Wait For The Next War Summary
Don't Wait For The Next War
Rethinking America's Global Mission
by Wesley K. Clark 2014 272 pages
3.66
91 ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
History
Smoke Signals Summary
Smoke Signals
A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific
by Martin A. Lee 2012 528 pages
4.29
530 ratings
History
Science
Politics
Kamala's Way Summary
Kamala's Way
An American Life
by Dan Morain 2021 288 pages
3.33
1.1K ratings
Biography
Politics
Womens
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 260 pages
3.96
1.1K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Essays
The Sirens' Call Summary
The Sirens' Call
How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
by Christopher L. Hayes 2025 336 pages
4.05
3.1K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Technology
Anti-Tech Revolution Summary
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016 268 pages
3.92
585 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
American Kompromat Summary
American Kompromat
How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery
by Craig Unger 2021 368 pages
3.91
932 ratings
Politics
History
Espionage
Drawdown Summary
Drawdown
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
by Paul Hawken 2017 240 pages
4.40
4.3K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The End of the Myth Summary
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
by Greg Grandin 2019 369 pages
4.28
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Color of Money Summary
The Color of Money
Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2017 371 pages
4.47
2.3K ratings
History
Race
Economics
The Empowered Manager Summary
The Empowered Manager
Positive Political Skills at Work
by Peter Block 1991 252 pages
3.83
139 ratings
Leadership
Management
Business
Sugar Summary
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
by James Walvin 2017 352 pages
3.44
552 ratings
History
Food
Science
How the Other Half Banks Summary
How the Other Half Banks
Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015 336 pages
4.11
611 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter D. Schiff 2010 256 pages
4.15
5.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Delay, Deny, Defend Summary
Delay, Deny, Defend
Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
by Jay M. Feinman 2010 256 pages
4.06
577 ratings
Politics
Business
History
The Edifice Complex Summary
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
by Deyan Sudjic 2005 403 pages
3.78
345 ratings
Architecture
Politics
Urban Studies
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell 1920 122 pages
3.98
371 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
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