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
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
After the Fall
The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made
Politics
History
American
The Flight Of The Eagle
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
12 Commandments
For Extraordinary People To Master Ordinary Life
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Infidel
Memoir
Biography
Religion
Uncommon Wealth
Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
History
Politics
Economics
Paper Promises
Debt, Money, and the New World Order
Economics
Finance
History
House of Cards
Thriller
Politics
Mystery
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
Politics
Cities
Sociology
L'empathie est politique
Comment les normes sociales façonnent la biologie des sentiments
Politics
Psychology
Feminism
1494
How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
History
Spain
Politics
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
Crime
Politics
History
Reveille for Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Protest History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
Democracy
Eleven writers and leaders on what it is – and why it matters
Politics
Philosophy
History
After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
Politics
History
Memoir
No Straight Road Takes You There
Essays for Uneven Terrain
Essays
Politics
Feminism
Off the Edge
Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
History
Politics
Psychology
You Can’t Be Serious
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Scramble for Africa
The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
History
Africa
World History
Tits Up
What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
Feminism
History
Science
The Strategy of Denial
American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
Politics
China
History
Fight Oligarchy
Politics
History
Economics
Che Guevara Reader
Writings on Politics & Revolution
Politics
History
Philosophy
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Politics
White Lies
The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
History
Biography
Race
Southern Horrors and Other Writings
The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900
History
Race
Essays
The Deadline
Essays
History
Politics
Slow Burn
The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
Environment
Economics
Science
Freezing Order
Politics
History
Russia
The Price of Greatness
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy
History
Politics
American History
A Man Called White
The Autobiography of Walter White
Biography
History
Politics
Why David Sometimes Wins
Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
History
Labor
Politics
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
History
Indigenous
Social Justice
Arsenals of Folly
The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
History
Science
Politics
At the Hands of Persons Unknown
The Lynching of Black America
History
Race
American History
The Unquiet Frontier
Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
Politics
Military Fiction
International Relations
American Oligarchs
The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
Politics
History
Biography
Modern Money Theory
A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems
Economics
Finance
Money
The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
History
Economics
Business
Understanding Public Policy
Politics
Unsettling Truths
The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
History
Race
Theology
The Picnic
A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
History
Politics
European History
The New Rulers of the World
Politics
History
Journalism
