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How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.60
2k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Money
Capital Summary
Capital
A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
by Karl Marx 1887 1152 pages
4.30
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages
4.29
200k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Silencing the Past Summary
Silencing the Past
Power and the Production of History
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot 1995 216 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Rebel Summary
The Rebel
by Albert Camus 1951 320 pages
4.13
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Way of Men Summary
The Way of Men
by Jack Donovan 2012 170 pages
3.80
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
A History of Modern Iran Summary
A History of Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Middle East
Manias, Panics, and Crashes Summary
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
A History of Financial Crises
by Charles P. Kindleberger 1978 304 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
History
The Grand Chessboard Summary
The Grand Chessboard
American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 1997 240 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Humankind Summary
Humankind
by Rutger Bregman 2019 480 pages
4.32
81k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Man, the State, and War Summary
Man, the State, and War
A Theoretical Analysis
by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
by Paul Kennedy 1987 677 pages
4.14
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Currency Wars Summary
Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crisis
by James Rickards 2011 318 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.58
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
End Times Summary
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin 2023 368 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Signal and the Noise Summary
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
by Nate Silver 2012 545 pages
3.97
52k+ ratings
Science
Business
Economics
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowellm 2000 786 pages
4.37
14k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Revenge of Geography Summary
The Revenge of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 448 pages
3.79
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Mutual Aid Summary
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1891 138 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
by Timothy Snyder 2017 126 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Discipline and Punish Summary
Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
by Michel Foucault 1975 333 pages
4.24
37k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.52
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011 426 pages
4.25
11k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Making of Asian America Summary
The Making of Asian America
A History
by Erika Lee 2015 528 pages
4.32
2k+ ratings
History
Race
Asian American
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads
A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2015 656 pages
4.17
49k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
8k+ ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
The Small and the Mighty Summary
The Small and the Mighty
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
by Sharon McMahon 2024 307 pages
4.37
40k+ ratings
History
Book Club
Biography
Undercover Economist Summary
Undercover Economist
Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!
by Tim Harford 2005 304 pages
3.81
29k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Leadership Summary
Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns 2010 544 pages
3.85
498 ratings
Leadership
History
Business
Spheres of Justice Summary
Spheres of Justice
A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
by Michael Walzer 1983 364 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Why Civil Resistance Works Summary
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
by Erica Chenoweth 2011 320 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Activism
The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander 2010 314 pages
4.52
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Emergent Strategy Summary
Emergent Strategy
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
by Adrienne Maree Brown 2017 280 pages
4.25
10k+ ratings
Social Justice
Politics
Activism
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
61k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Biography
History
American History
The Franklin Scandal Summary
The Franklin Scandal
A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal
by Nick Bryant 2008 650 pages
4.30
500+ ratings
History
True Crime
Conspiracy Theories
The Great Divergence Summary
The Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
by Kenneth Pomeranz 2000 392 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
History
Economics
China
A Thousand Plateaus Summary
A Thousand Plateaus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1980 632 pages
4.33
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
The End of History and the Last Man Summary
The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama 1992 464 pages
3.61
7k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
by Niall Ferguson 2007 496 pages
3.90
31k+ ratings
History
Economics
Finance
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
83k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1968 120 pages
4.05
20k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Utilitarianism Summary
Utilitarianism
by John Stuart Mill 1861 71 pages
3.68
25k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
The Arthashastra Summary
The Arthashastra
by Kautilya 878 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
by Stephanie Kelton 2020 327 pages
4.02
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
AI Snake Oil Summary
AI Snake Oil
What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
by Arvind Narayanan 2024 360 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
The Entrepreneurial State Summary
The Entrepreneurial State
Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
by Mariana Mazzucato 2011 266 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Strategy Summary
Strategy
A History
by Lawrence Freedman 2013 768 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
History
Business
Politics
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