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I'd Rather We Got Casinos Summary
I'd Rather We Got Casinos
And Other Black Thoughts
by Larry Wilmore 2009 224 pages
3.32
1.5K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Race
The Machiavelli Covenant Summary
The Machiavelli Covenant
by Allan Folsom 2006 554 pages
3.61
1.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Broke Summary
Broke
The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure
by Glenn Beck 2010 406 pages
4.01
2.4K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Holding It Together Summary
Holding It Together
How Women Became America's Safety Net
by Jessica Calarco 2024 336 pages
4.17
848 ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
California Burning Summary
California Burning
The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
by Katherine Blunt 2022 350 pages
4.28
1.4K ratings
History
Business
Politics
Los señores del narco Summary
Los señores del narco
by Anabel Hernández 2010 592 pages
4.04
2.1K ratings
History
Politics
Crime
One Palestine, Complete Summary
One Palestine, Complete
Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
by Tom Segev 1999 640 pages
4.02
714 ratings
History
Middle East
Israel
Bankrupting the Third World Summary
Bankrupting the Third World
by James Morcan 2015 102 pages
4.38
91 ratings
Spanish Literature
Poverty
Africa
What the Eyes Don't See Summary
What the Eyes Don't See
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
by Mona Hanna-Attisha 2018 384 pages
4.33
8.8K ratings
Memoir
Science
Book Club
Glock Summary
Glock
The Rise of America's Gun
by Paul M. Barrett 2012 291 pages
3.87
2.5K ratings
History
Business
Military Fiction
The Great Acceleration Summary
The Great Acceleration
How the World is Getting Faster, Faster
by Robert Colvile 2016 401 pages
3.56
160 ratings
Technology
Society
Psychology
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
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
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
by Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 pages
3.70
296 ratings
Economics
History
Business
Trump’s Triumph Summary
Trump’s Triumph
by Newt Gingrich 2025 295 pages
4.15
97 ratings
Politics
Order out of Chaos Summary
Order out of Chaos
Win Every Negotiation, Thrive in Adversity, and Become a World-Class Communicator
by Scott Walker 2023 256 pages
3.59
159 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy Summary
The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy
by Warren Mosler 2010 117 pages
3.86
214 ratings
Economics
Politics
Naming the Powers Summary
Naming the Powers
The Language of Power in the New Testament
by Walter Wink 1983 181 pages
4.22
272 ratings
Theology
Religion
Christianity
Globalismo Summary
Globalismo
Ingeniería social y control total en el siglo XXI
by Agustín Laje 2024 591 pages
4.52
97 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
The Art of Political Murder Summary
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman 2007 396 pages
4.15
1.0K ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Age of Anger Summary
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
by Pankaj Mishra 2017 416 pages
3.64
2.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
Surrender or Starve Summary
Surrender or Starve
Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
by Robert D. Kaplan 1988 222 pages
3.66
463 ratings
Africa
History
Travel
Liberty and Tyranny Summary
Liberty and Tyranny
A Conservative Manifesto
by Mark R. Levin 2004 245 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict Summary
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
by Ilan Pappé 2024 160 pages
4.38
3.3K ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish
Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry
by Helaine Olen 2012 292 pages
3.68
1.9K ratings
Finance
Economics
Personal Finance
Shopping for Bombs Summary
Shopping for Bombs
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
by Gordon Corera 2006 304 pages
3.80
117 ratings
Politics
History
Asia
Prey Summary
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021 352 pages
4.12
1.2K ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2003 224 pages
4.11
407 ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care
A Citizen's Guide
by Sally C. Pipes 2008 182 pages
3.58
24 ratings
Politics
How to Reform Capitalism Summary
How to Reform Capitalism
by The School of Life 2019 112 pages
3.17
273 ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Money
Weathering Summary
Weathering
The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
by Arline T. Geronimus 2023 368 pages
4.20
565 ratings
Race
Health
Science
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
by William K. Black 1995 352 pages
4.09
170 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Cloudmoney Summary
Cloudmoney
Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets
by Brett Scott 2022 304 pages
3.68
464 ratings
Economics
Finance
Technology
The 9.9 Percent Summary
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
by Matthew Stewart 2021 352 pages
3.69
398 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
A Class of Their Own Summary
A Class of Their Own
Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich
by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022
3.62
345 ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Fight for Liberty Summary
Fight for Liberty
Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump
by Mark Lasswell 2018 320 pages
3.88
49 ratings
Politics
History
Per la pace perpetua Summary
Per la pace perpetua
by Immanuel Kant 1795 142 pages
3.58
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
Imperial Hubris Summary
Imperial Hubris
Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
by Michael Scheuer 2004 352 pages
3.81
1.5K ratings
Politics
History
Terrorism
Beyond Money Summary
Beyond Money
A Postcapitalist Strategy
by Anitra Nelson 2022 232 pages
2.96
25 ratings
Economics
Politics
The Human Scale Summary
The Human Scale
by Lawrence Wright 2025 448 pages
4.37
1.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Politics
There Was and There Was Not Summary
There Was and There Was Not
A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
by Meline Toumani 2014 304 pages
4.07
575 ratings
History
Memoir
Travel
Battlefield Cyber Summary
Battlefield Cyber
How China and Russia are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security
by William J. Holstein 2023 304 pages
4.03
86 ratings
China
Politics
History
Coming Apart Summary
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
by Charles Murray 2012 416 pages
3.81
5.7K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Fascism Summary
Fascism
A Warning
by Madeleine K. Albright 2018 320 pages
4.25
20.7K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Demopolis Summary
Demopolis
Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice
by Josiah Ober 2019 222 pages
3.39
23 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Treating People Well Summary
Treating People Well
The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
by Lea Berman 2018 256 pages
3.71
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Business
Politics
How to Win an Information War Summary
How to Win an Information War
The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
by Peter Pomerantsev 2024 304 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
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