Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
Politics
Leadership
History
The Mushroom at the End of the World
On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Anthropology
Science
Nature
The Muslims are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Politics
Islam
Religion
Paint Your Town Red
How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too
Politics
Economics
Urbanism
Interventions 2020
Essays
Politics
France
It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong
The Case for Personal Freedom
Politics
Philosophy
Law
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
Science
Nature
Climate Change
Obama
From Promise to Power
Biography
Politics
History
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
Politics
History
Economics
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference
Climate Change
Environment
Sustainability
What Would the Great Economists Do?
How Twelve Brilliant Minds Would Solve Today's Biggest Problems
Economics
History
Business
Steal This Book
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
Groupthink
A Study in Self Delusion
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Under the Influence
Putting Peer Pressure to Work
Psychology
Economics
Sociology
How Judges Think
Law
Politics
Psychology
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
History
World War II
Politics
The Long Slide
Thirty Years in American Journalism
Politics
History
Biography
What the Eyes Don't See
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
Memoir
Science
Book Club
We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
Philosophy
Biography
Politics
Empire of Debt
The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis
Economics
Finance
Politics
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
Economics
Business
Politics
In Service of the Republic
The Art and Science of Economic Policy
Economics
India
Politics
Putinism
Russia and Its Future with the West
Russia
Politics
History
The Inevitability of Tragedy
Henry Kissinger and His World
History
Politics
Biography
Propaganda and the Public Mind
Politics
History
Philosophy
Manifesta
Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Feminism
Gender
Politics
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
History
Biography
American History
When the Money Runs Out
The End of Western Affluence
Economics
Business
Finance
Rage Inside the Machine
The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All
Technology
Science
Politics
Davos Man
How the Billionaires Devoured the World
Politics
Economics
Business
It Takes a Pillage
Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street
Economics
Politics
Finance
Zero Fail
The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
History
Politics
American History
The Economics of Enough
How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters
Economics
Politics
Ecology
Behind the Kitchen Door
Food
Social Justice
Politics
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
Politics
History
Leadership
On Fascism
History
Politics
Race
Writings of Abraham Lincoln
History
Biography
Civil War
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Excellent Daughters
The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
Feminism
Politics
History
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
Democracy at Work
A Cure for Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Full Frontal Feminism
Feminism
Gender Studies
Gender
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Politics
History
American
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
Politics
Sociology
History
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Race
Sociology
Politics
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
History
Economics
European History
Buckley
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
History
Biography
Politics
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
History
Urbanism
Politics
