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Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age Summary
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
by Peter Paret 1943 950 pages
4.03
1.9K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works
Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
by Marc J. Dunkelman 2025 416 pages
3.89
761 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement Summary
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision
by Barbara Ransby 2003 496 pages
4.33
1.6K ratings
History
Biography
Race
The Right Side of History Summary
The Right Side of History
How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
by Ben Shapiro 2019 277 pages
3.87
8.8K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft Summary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft
A Guide to Getting Out
by Aph Ko 2019 168 pages
4.48
294 ratings
Race
Vegan
Social Justice
Enough Summary
Enough
by Cassidy Hutchinson 2023 379 pages
4.30
17.9K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Practical Anarchism Summary
Practical Anarchism
A Guide for Daily Life
by Shuli Branson 2022 192 pages
4.04
223 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Philosophy
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
India Is Broken Summary
India Is Broken
A People Betrayed, Independence to Today
by Ashoka Mody 2023 528 pages
4.24
241 ratings
India
History
Politics
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money Summary
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
by John Maynard Keynes 1935 423 pages
3.85
5.7K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Taking Back Trump's America Summary
Taking Back Trump's America
Why We Lost the White House and How We'll Win It Back
by Peter Navarro 2022 429 pages
4.52
157 ratings
Politics
Privacy in the Age of Big Data Summary
Privacy in the Age of Big Data
Recognizing Threats, Defending Your Rights, and Protecting Your Family
by Theresa M. Payton 2014 276 pages
3.57
111 ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
Entrepreneurial Nation Summary
Entrepreneurial Nation
Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future
by Ro Khanna 2012 272 pages
3.71
28 ratings
Politics
Business
No Democracy Lasts Forever Summary
No Democracy Lasts Forever
How the Constitution Threatens the United States
by Erwin Chemerinsky 2024 240 pages
3.88
227 ratings
Politics
History
Law
Attack from Within Summary
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade 2024 384 pages
4.14
2.1K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Amexica Summary
Amexica
War Along the Borderline
by Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pages
3.86
630 ratings
History
Crime
Politics
Un-Trumping America Summary
Un-Trumping America
A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again
by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages
4.20
2.7K ratings
Politics
History
American
Without You, There Is No Us Summary
Without You, There Is No Us
My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by Suki Kim 2014 291 pages
3.93
21.9K ratings
Memoir
History
Politics
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve Summary
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
by Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 pages
4.20
123 ratings
Economics
Banking
Finance
Less Than Human Summary
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
by David Livingstone Smith 2011 336 pages
3.87
740 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Butler Summary
Butler
The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland
by Salena Zito 2025 238 pages
4.52
560 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
by Daniel J. Solove 2011 256 pages
3.85
183 ratings
Law
Politics
Technology
The End of Policing Summary
The End of Policing
by Alex S. Vitale 2017 272 pages
4.18
11.9K ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Love Thy Neighbor Summary
Love Thy Neighbor
A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America
by Ayaz Virji 2019 208 pages
4.14
1.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Religion
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
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
Not in God's Name Summary
Not in God's Name
Confronting Religious Violence
by Jonathan Sacks 2015 320 pages
4.36
1.4K ratings
Religion
Theology
Jewish
Adrift Summary
Adrift
America in 100 Charts
by Scott Galloway 2022 320 pages
3.89
2.3K ratings
Politics
History
Business
Freak Kingdom Summary
Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages
4.25
523 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Population 10 Billion Summary
Population 10 Billion
by Danny Dorling 2013 448 pages
3.42
180 ratings
Geography
Science
Politics
Crazy for God Summary
Crazy for God
How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back
by Frank Schaeffer 2007 304 pages
3.68
2.2K ratings
Religion
Memoir
Biography
Blood & Oil Summary
Blood & Oil
A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
by Manucher Farmanfarmaian 1997 515 pages
3.99
154 ratings
Iran
History
Memoir
Lincoln on Leadership for Today Summary
Lincoln on Leadership for Today
Abraham Lincoln’s Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues
by Donald T. Phillips 2017 336 pages
3.84
235 ratings
Leadership
History
Politics
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
A Prescription for Action
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.32
286 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
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
Sons of Wichita Summary
Sons of Wichita
How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
by Daniel Schulman 2014 432 pages
3.85
2.2K ratings
Biography
Politics
Business
The Conversation Summary
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
by Robert Livingston 2021 368 pages
4.37
537 ratings
Race
Business
Social Justice
These Are the Plunderers Summary
These Are the Plunderers
How Private Equity Runsβ€”and Wrecksβ€”America
by Gretchen Morgenson 2023 391 pages
3.73
834 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Age of Entitlement Summary
The Age of Entitlement
America Since the Sixties
by Christopher Caldwell 2020 352 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
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
Europe Summary
Europe
The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present
by Brendan Simms 2013 720 pages
3.95
743 ratings
History
European History
Politics
Freedom and Neurobiology Summary
Freedom and Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
by John R. Searle 2005 113 pages
3.55
244 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Neuroscience
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
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
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
by Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pages
3.64
183 ratings
Politics
Science
Technology
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
We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives Summary
We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives
by Manon Garcia 2018 248 pages
3.91
802 ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Womens
A People's Guide to Capitalism Summary
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
by Hadas Thier 2018 300 pages
4.30
1.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
For the New Intellectual Summary
For the New Intellectual
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Ayn Rand 1961 224 pages
3.70
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
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