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Underground Empire Summary
Underground Empire
How America Weaponized the World Economy
by Henry Farrell 2023 288 pages
4.04
766 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Devil's Bargain Summary
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
by Joshua Green 2017 302 pages
3.80
5.9K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Two Sides of the Moon Summary
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages
4.28
568 ratings
Space
History
Biography
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place Summary
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
by BjΓΈrn Lomborg 2006 206 pages
3.38
153 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Way Out Summary
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
by Peter T. Coleman 2021 296 pages
3.81
135 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Leadership
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
by John Hope Bryant 2014 176 pages
3.98
205 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Sellout Summary
The Sellout
How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
by Charles Gasparino 2009 553 pages
3.88
286 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Green Philosophy Summary
Green Philosophy
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton 2011 464 pages
3.89
428 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Environment
The Campaign Manager Summary
The Campaign Manager
Running and Winning Local Elections
by Catherine M. Shaw 1996 416 pages
3.94
203 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Reference
Compassion (&) Conviction Summary
Compassion (&) Conviction
The AND Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement
by Justin Giboney 2020 147 pages
4.32
2.0K ratings
Politics
Christian
Faith
Liberty for All Summary
Liberty for All
Defending Everyone's Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age
by Andrew T. Walker 2021 272 pages
3.98
125 ratings
Theology
Politics
Cultural
Savarkar Summary
Savarkar
A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
by Vikram Sampath 2021 600 pages
4.70
428 ratings
History
Biography
India
How to Win a Cosmic War Summary
How to Win a Cosmic War
God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
by Reza Aslan 2009 228 pages
3.99
1.7K ratings
Religion
Politics
History
Amexica Summary
Amexica
War Along the Borderline
by Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pages
3.86
630 ratings
History
Crime
Politics
George Washington Summary
George Washington
by James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pages
3.98
1.1K ratings
Biography
History
Presidents
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
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams 1902 88 pages
3.93
164 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
by Christopher F. Rufo 2023 352 pages
4.25
924 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Rage Inside the Machine Summary
Rage Inside the Machine
The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All
by Robert Elliott Smith 2019 344 pages
3.96
141 ratings
Technology
Science
Politics
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Summary
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch 1998 356 pages
4.22
35.7K ratings
History
War
Politics
Sisters in Law Summary
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
by Linda R. Hirshman 2015 390 pages
3.84
5.3K ratings
History
Biography
Feminism
The Spymasters Summary
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage
Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street
by Nomi Prins 2009 296 pages
3.97
190 ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Jews Don't Count Summary
Jews Don't Count
by David Baddiel 2021 144 pages
4.20
12.5K ratings
Politics
Jewish
History
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1.0K ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Can We All Be Feminists? Summary
Can We All Be Feminists?
New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism
by June Eric-Udorie 2018 288 pages
4.26
1.3K ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
A Colony in a Nation Summary
A Colony in a Nation
by Chris Hayes 2017 256 pages
4.18
6.4K ratings
Politics
History
Race
The Muslims are Coming! Summary
The Muslims are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
by Arun Kundnani 2014 327 pages
4.34
583 ratings
Politics
Islam
Religion
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
by Helena Rosenblatt 2018 368 pages
4.01
385 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
by Amy Goodman 2012 342 pages
4.07
248 ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
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
Marcus Aurelius Summary
Marcus Aurelius
The Stoic Emperor
by Donald J. Robertson 2024 248 pages
4.26
693 ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
I, Rigoberta MenchΓΊ Summary
I, Rigoberta MenchΓΊ
An Indian Woman in Guatemala
by Rigoberta MenchΓΊ 1984 252 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Megafire Summary
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
by Michael Kodas 2017 384 pages
4.01
247 ratings
Science
Nature
Climate Change
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
by David J. Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
211 ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
Escaping the Rabbit Hole Summary
Escaping the Rabbit Hole
How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect
by Mick West 2018 304 pages
3.77
847 ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
The Gun Summary
The Gun
by C.J. Chivers 2010 496 pages
3.99
2.2K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Homage to Catalonia Summary
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell 1938 232 pages
4.09
67.2K ratings
History
Politics
Classics
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
Behind the Kitchen Door Summary
Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman 2013 208 pages
3.65
490 ratings
Food
Social Justice
Politics
Black American Refugee Summary
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
by Tiffanie Drayton 2022 304 pages
4.03
312 ratings
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
Let Me Speak! Testimony of Domitila, a Woman of the Bolivian Mines Summary
Let Me Speak! Testimony of Domitila, a Woman of the Bolivian Mines
by Domitila Barrios de Chungara 1977 236 pages
4.25
380 ratings
History
Bolivia
Memoir
Vanishing Frontiers Summary
Vanishing Frontiers
The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together
by Andrew Selee 2018 336 pages
3.90
124 ratings
Politics
Business
History
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire
ExxonMobil and American Power
by Steve Coll 2012 685 pages
3.99
4.1K ratings
Business
History
Politics
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 544 pages
4.02
501 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Forgotten Man Summary
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
by Amity Shlaes 2007 390 pages
3.91
6.2K ratings
History
Economics
Politics
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 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
Libido Dominandi Summary
Libido Dominandi
Sexual Liberation and Political Control
by E. Michael Jones 1999 668 pages
4.30
269 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Creation of Patriarchy Summary
The Creation of Patriarchy
by Gerda Lerner 1986 318 pages
4.37
2.3K ratings
Feminism
History
Womens
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