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Private Empire Summary
Private Empire
ExxonMobil and American Power
by Steve Coll 2012 685 pages
3.99
4.1K ratings
Business
History
Politics
The First Circle Summary
The First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 580 pages
4.24
8.2K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken
The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
by Henry Petroski 2016 322 pages
3.45
519 ratings
History
Engineering
Economics
Dark Star Rising Summary
Dark Star Rising
Magick and Power in the Age of Trump
by Gary Lachman 2018 214 pages
3.84
483 ratings
Politics
Occult
History
Socialism Betrayed Summary
Socialism Betrayed
Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union
by Roger Keeran 2004 230 pages
4.39
455 ratings
History
Politics
Russia
Smart People Should Build Things Summary
Smart People Should Build Things
How to Restore Our Culture of Achievement, Build a Path for Entrepreneurs, and Create New Jobs in America
by Andrew Yang 2014 272 pages
3.81
1.4K ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Politics
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1.0K ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Den of Spies Summary
Den of Spies
Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House: A Provocative History with Deep Political Revelations, ... the High-Stakes Political Games of the 1980s
by Craig Unger 2024 368 pages
3.73
158 ratings
History
Politics
American History
When More Is Not Better Summary
When More Is Not Better
Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency
by Roger L. Martin 2020 243 pages
3.83
277 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Chronicles Summary
Chronicles
On Our Troubled Times
by Thomas Piketty 2016 320 pages
3.62
964 ratings
Economics
Politics
Essays
Modern Misogyny Summary
Modern Misogyny
Anti-Feminism in a Post-Feminist Era
by Kristin J. Anderson 2014 208 pages
4.12
86 ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
Never Give an Inch Summary
Never Give an Inch
Fighting for the America I Love
by Mike Pompeo 2022 455 pages
4.32
1.6K ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Broken Words Summary
Broken Words
The Abuse of Science and Faith in American Politics
by Jonathan Dudley 2011 208 pages
4.26
133 ratings
Religion
Science
Politics
A Criminal History of Mankind Summary
A Criminal History of Mankind
by Colin Wilson 1985 815 pages
3.90
763 ratings
History
Psychology
True Crime
The Human Scale Summary
The Human Scale
by Lawrence Wright 2025 448 pages
4.37
1.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Politics
The Other Side of Prospect Summary
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022 464 pages
4.43
415 ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
Adam and Eve After the Pill Summary
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 pages
3.98
498 ratings
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
Becoming Kim Jong Un Summary
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
by Jung H. Pak 2020 336 pages
3.77
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
by Karl Marx 2005 224 pages
3.63
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Transformative Scenario Planning Summary
Transformative Scenario Planning
Working Together to Change the Future
by Adam Kahane 2012 152 pages
4.04
130 ratings
Business
Leadership
Politics
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History Summary
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History
by Madison Grant 1916 148 pages
3.29
167 ratings
History
Race
Politics
Industrial Society and Its Future Summary
Industrial Society and Its Future
by Theodore John Kaczynski 1995 149 pages
3.85
12.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Good State Summary
The Good State
On the Principles of Democracy
by A.C. Grayling 2020 256 pages
3.84
116 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
The Arabs in History Summary
The Arabs in History
by Bernard Lewis 1950 256 pages
3.73
432 ratings
History
Islam
Religion
Making It in America Summary
Making It in America
The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A.
by Rachel Slade 2024 352 pages
3.66
241 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
In the Enemy's House Summary
In the Enemy's House
The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies
by Howard Blum 2018 352 pages
4.14
2.0K ratings
History
Espionage
Russia
Kill Chain Summary
Kill Chain
Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
by Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 pages
3.82
771 ratings
History
Politics
War
Kurdish Women's Stories Summary
Kurdish Women's Stories
by Houzan Mahmoud 2021 224 pages
4.46
169 ratings
Feminism
Short Stories
Memoir
The Spirit of Our Politics Summary
The Spirit of Our Politics
Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life
by Michael Wear 2024 256 pages
4.21
250 ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
Revolutionary Witchcraft Summary
Revolutionary Witchcraft
A Guide to Magical Activism
by Sarah Lyons 2019 168 pages
3.90
517 ratings
Witchcraft
Spirituality
Politics
Persuasive Pro Life Summary
Persuasive Pro Life
How to Talk about Our Culture's Toughest Issue
by Trent Horn 2014 208 pages
4.60
388 ratings
Catholic
Religion
Politics
The Jews Summary
The Jews
by Hilaire Belloc 1922 120 pages
3.81
128 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
National Security Cinema Summary
National Security Cinema
The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood
by Matthew Alford 2017 265 pages
3.92
106 ratings
Politics
Film
History
The Smear Summary
The Smear
How the Secret Art of Character Assassination Controls What You Think, What You Read, and How You Vote
by Sharyl Attkisson 2017 288 pages
4.22
1.5K ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
International Law Summary
International Law
by Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 pages
4.20
418 ratings
Law
International Relations
Textbooks
The Chancellor Summary
The Chancellor
The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
by Kati Marton 2021 368 pages
4.32
7.3K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Pirates of Somalia Summary
The Pirates of Somalia
Inside Their Hidden World
by Jay Bahadur 2011 300 pages
3.55
1.4K ratings
Africa
History
Somalia
Thinking like an Economist Summary
Thinking like an Economist
How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy
by Elizabeth Popp Berman 2022 344 pages
3.94
201 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Return of the Russian Leviathan Summary
The Return of the Russian Leviathan
by Sergei Medvedev 2017 250 pages
4.06
325 ratings
Russia
Politics
History
Enough Summary
Enough
by Cassidy Hutchinson 2023 379 pages
4.30
17.9K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Conversations with RBG Summary
Conversations with RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
by Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 pages
4.15
4.0K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Why The Truth Matters More Than You Think Summary
How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Why The Truth Matters More Than You Think
by Andy Andrews 2011 83 pages
4.06
4.0K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
I'm Right and You're an Idiot Summary
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages
3.72
225 ratings
Politics
Canada
Sociology
Doesn't Hurt to Ask Summary
Doesn't Hurt to Ask
Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade
by Trey Gowdy 2020 263 pages
4.17
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Business
Communication
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Butler to the World Summary
Butler to the World
How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
by Oliver Bullough 2022 288 pages
3.99
2.7K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff 2019 150 pages
4.01
573 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
الذرة الاجتماعية Summary
الذرة الاجتماعية
لماذا يزداد الأثرياء ثراءً والفقراء فقرًا؟
by Mark Buchanan 2007 333 pages
3.70
538 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club
How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
by Tina Rosenberg 2011 432 pages
3.49
338 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
The End of Race Politics Summary
The End of Race Politics
Arguments for a Colorblind America
by Coleman Hughes 2024 256 pages
4.40
2.1K ratings
Politics
Race
History
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