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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

The Shadow of the Great Game
by Narendra Singh Sarila • 2006
India's partition was engineered by Britain to secure a Cold War foothold, not just communal strife.
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🇮🇳 Partition Of India🇬🇧 British Imperialism🗺️ Great Game📜 Decolonization🌏 South Asian Geopolitics
The Shadow of the Great Game Summary
The Shadow of the Great Game
India's partition was engineered by Britain to secure a Cold War foothold, not just communal strife.
by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006 320 pages
4.16
290 ratings
🇮🇳 Partition Of India🇬🇧 British Imperialism🗺️ Great Game📜 Decolonization🌏 South Asian Geopolitics
Jews Don't Count
by David Baddiel • 2021
When progressives list the oppressed, Jews get left off. A progressive insider asks why.
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🧩 Progressive Blind Spots💬 Anti-Semitism Debate🎬 Jewish Representation💔 Selective Empathy📺 Media Criticism
Jews Don't Count Summary
Jews Don't Count
When progressives list the oppressed, Jews get left off. A progressive insider asks why.
by David Baddiel 2021 144 pages
4.19
13k+ ratings
🧩 Progressive Blind Spots💬 Anti-Semitism Debate🎬 Jewish Representation💔 Selective Empathy📺 Media Criticism
Why Save the Bankers?
by Thomas Piketty • 2016
The bailouts rescued banks, not citizens. An economist's plan to put democracy back in charge.
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1k+
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Economic Inequality💶 Eurozone Crisis🧾 Progressive Taxation🏦 Central Banking🧮 Financial Regulation
Why Save the Bankers? Summary
Why Save the Bankers?
The bailouts rescued banks, not citizens. An economist's plan to put democracy back in charge.
by Thomas Piketty 2016 212 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Economic Inequality💶 Eurozone Crisis🧾 Progressive Taxation🏦 Central Banking🧮 Financial Regulation
The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby • 2008
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
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🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History📺 Media Criticism🔬 Science Denial
The Age of American Unreason Summary
The Age of American Unreason
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
by Susan Jacoby 2008 440 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History📺 Media Criticism🔬 Science Denial
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
by Tom Mangold • 1985
A hand-dug city beneath the jungle survived the heaviest bombing; the fighting went underground.
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2k+
🇻🇳 Vietnam War🕳️ Tunnel Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare⚙️ Military Engineering⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare
The Tunnels of Cu Chi Summary
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
A hand-dug city beneath the jungle survived the heaviest bombing; the fighting went underground.
by Tom Mangold 1985 302 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
🇻🇳 Vietnam War🕳️ Tunnel Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare⚙️ Military Engineering⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare
Ending Parkinson's Disease
by Ray Dorsey • 2020
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
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🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy⚗️ Chemical Regulation📢 Disease Activism
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.31
328 ratings
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy⚗️ Chemical Regulation📢 Disease Activism
America
by Chris Hedges • 2018
Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.
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🛒 Late Capitalism🇺🇸 American Decline💊 Opioid Crisis⚙️ Working Class Erosion📕 Marxist Critique
America Summary
America
Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.
by Chris Hedges 2018 400 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
🛒 Late Capitalism🇺🇸 American Decline💊 Opioid Crisis⚙️ Working Class Erosion📕 Marxist Critique
Transformative Scenario Planning
by Adam Kahane • 2012
Stuck on a big, complex problem? Stop pushing. Start transforming the whole system, together.
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🧭 Scenario Planning🧠 Systems Thinking🤝 Collaborative Strategy💬 Dialogue And Deliberation🧗 Adaptive Leadership
Transformative Scenario Planning Summary
Transformative Scenario Planning
Stuck on a big, complex problem? Stop pushing. Start transforming the whole system, together.
by Adam Kahane 2012 152 pages
4.03
134 ratings
🧭 Scenario Planning🧠 Systems Thinking🤝 Collaborative Strategy💬 Dialogue And Deliberation🧗 Adaptive Leadership
Mine!
by Michael A. Heller • 2021
Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.
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💸 Behavioral Economics🏠 Property Rights🤝 Conflict Resolution🚗 Sharing Economy💻 Digital Rights
Mine! Summary
Mine!
Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.
by Michael A. Heller 2021 310 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
💸 Behavioral Economics🏠 Property Rights🤝 Conflict Resolution🚗 Sharing Economy💻 Digital Rights
Dragnet Nation
by Julia Angwin • 2014
A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.
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🛡️ Digital Surveillance🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Mass Surveillance📰 Investigative Journalism🛠️ Digital Self-Defense
Dragnet Nation Summary
Dragnet Nation
A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.
by Julia Angwin 2014 304 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
🛡️ Digital Surveillance🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Mass Surveillance📰 Investigative Journalism🛠️ Digital Self-Defense
Fire in the Lake
by Frances FitzGerald • 1972
The Vietnam War was lost in the chasm between American optimism and Vietnamese reality.
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🪖 Vietnam War🦅 U.S. Foreign Policy🇻🇳 Vietnamese History📜 Postcolonialism🏗️ Nation Building
Fire in the Lake Summary
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnam War was lost in the chasm between American optimism and Vietnamese reality.
by Frances FitzGerald 1972 500 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
🪖 Vietnam War🦅 U.S. Foreign Policy🇻🇳 Vietnamese History📜 Postcolonialism🏗️ Nation Building
The Social Determinants of Health
by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017
What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?
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🏥 Public Health🏗️ Structural Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🌎 Environmental Health⚖️ Health Disparities
The Social Determinants of Health Summary
The Social Determinants of Health
What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?
by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017 256 pages
4.19
37 ratings
🏥 Public Health🏗️ Structural Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🌎 Environmental Health⚖️ Health Disparities
The Great Prostate Hoax
by Richard J. Ablin • 2014
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
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🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis🔬 Cancer Screening📊 Evidence-Based Medicine⚖️ Medical Ethics💰 Healthcare Industry
The Great Prostate Hoax Summary
The Great Prostate Hoax
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
by Richard J. Ablin 2014 272 pages
4.49
115 ratings
🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis🔬 Cancer Screening📊 Evidence-Based Medicine⚖️ Medical Ethics💰 Healthcare Industry
For Your Own Good
by Alice Miller • 1985
The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.
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🧒 Childhood Trauma🔄 Intergenerational Trauma🎭 Emotional Suppression🔁 Trauma Reenactment💥 Origins Of Violence
For Your Own Good Summary
For Your Own Good
The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.
by Alice Miller 1985 284 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
🧒 Childhood Trauma🔄 Intergenerational Trauma🎭 Emotional Suppression🔁 Trauma Reenactment💥 Origins Of Violence
Pasteur's Quadrant
by Donald E. Stokes • 1997
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
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🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research🏛️ Government Science🧑‍🔬 Scientific Workforce
Pasteur's Quadrant Summary
Pasteur's Quadrant
The report that sold America on funding pure science: the engine of health, security, and growth.
by Donald E. Stokes 1997 199 pages
3.82
150 ratings
🧪 Science Policy💰 Research Funding🧬 Basic Research🏛️ Government Science🧑‍🔬 Scientific Workforce
The Thirst for Annihilation
by Nick Land • 1992
A cosmos built on waste, not production. The sun burns without return; the human animal follows.
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🧠 Continental Philosophy💸 Libidinal Economy💀 Death Drive🕳️ Modern Nihilism📡 Theory-Fiction
The Thirst for Annihilation Summary
The Thirst for Annihilation
A cosmos built on waste, not production. The sun burns without return; the human animal follows.
by Nick Land 1992 248 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
🧠 Continental Philosophy💸 Libidinal Economy💀 Death Drive🕳️ Modern Nihilism📡 Theory-Fiction
Wilmington's Lie
by David Zucchino • 2020
Before Jim Crow there was an 1898 coup that erased a Southern city's black leadership.
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💀 White Supremacy🩸 Racial Violence🏛️ Reconstruction Era📰 Yellow Journalism🗳️ Voter Suppression
Wilmington's Lie Summary
Wilmington's Lie
Before Jim Crow there was an 1898 coup that erased a Southern city's black leadership.
by David Zucchino 2020 426 pages
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4k+ ratings
💀 White Supremacy🩸 Racial Violence🏛️ Reconstruction Era📰 Yellow Journalism🗳️ Voter Suppression
The Audacity to Win
by David Plouffe • 2009
How delegate math, two million small donors, and a custom social network beat the Clinton machine.
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3k+
🎯 Electoral Strategy🌱 Grassroots Organizing📊 Data-Driven Campaigning📋 Campaign Management📣 Political Messaging
The Audacity to Win Summary
The Audacity to Win
How delegate math, two million small donors, and a custom social network beat the Clinton machine.
by David Plouffe 2009 400 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
🎯 Electoral Strategy🌱 Grassroots Organizing📊 Data-Driven Campaigning📋 Campaign Management📣 Political Messaging
Don't Be Evil
by Rana Foroohar • 2019
The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.
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🏢 Big Tech Critique🔒 Data Privacy🧠 Attention Economy⚖️ Tech Monopolies💼 Gig Economy
Don't Be Evil Summary
Don't Be Evil
The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.
by Rana Foroohar 2019 328 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏢 Big Tech Critique🔒 Data Privacy🧠 Attention Economy⚖️ Tech Monopolies💼 Gig Economy
World Without Mind
by Franklin Foer • 2017
A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.
3.63
2k+
🏢 Big Tech Critique🧱 Monopoly Power🤖 Algorithmic Control📱 Attention Economy🏪 Cultural Homogenization
World Without Mind Summary
World Without Mind
A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.
by Franklin Foer 2017 272 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
🏢 Big Tech Critique🧱 Monopoly Power🤖 Algorithmic Control📱 Attention Economy🏪 Cultural Homogenization
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
by John Kay • 2009
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
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🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009 241 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
Radical Curiosity
by Seth Goldenberg • 2022
Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.
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103
🧐 Questioning Culture📚 Critical Pedagogy📱 Attention Economy⚡ Social Polarization🔄 Unlearning
Radical Curiosity Summary
Radical Curiosity
Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.
by Seth Goldenberg 2022 352 pages
3.61
103 ratings
🧐 Questioning Culture📚 Critical Pedagogy📱 Attention Economy⚡ Social Polarization🔄 Unlearning
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff • 2019
The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.
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500+
🏛️ Democratic Socialism🤝 Worker Cooperatives📊 Political Economy🗳️ Economic Democracy🏭 Post-Capitalism
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism
The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.
by Richard D. Wolff 2019 150 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
🏛️ Democratic Socialism🤝 Worker Cooperatives📊 Political Economy🗳️ Economic Democracy🏭 Post-Capitalism
Plan B 3.0
by Lester R. Brown • 2008
Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.
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🌍 Planetary Boundaries⚡ Energy Transition📋 Climate Policy♻️ Circular Economy🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Plan B 3.0 Summary
Plan B 3.0
Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.
by Lester R. Brown 2008 527 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
🌍 Planetary Boundaries⚡ Energy Transition📋 Climate Policy♻️ Circular Economy🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
The Care We Dream Of
by Zena Sharman • 2021
Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.
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🩺 Health Justice⚖️ Transformative Justice🤝 Mutual Aid♿ Disability Justice✊ Body Liberation
The Care We Dream Of Summary
The Care We Dream Of
Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.
by Zena Sharman 2021 272 pages
4.37
211 ratings
🩺 Health Justice⚖️ Transformative Justice🤝 Mutual Aid♿ Disability Justice✊ Body Liberation
These Are the Plunderers
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2023
They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.
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500+
💼 Private Equity🔍 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Economic Inequality🏛️ Regulatory Capture🏥 Healthcare Privatization
These Are the Plunderers Summary
These Are the Plunderers
They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2023 391 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
💼 Private Equity🔍 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Economic Inequality🏛️ Regulatory Capture🏥 Healthcare Privatization
Energy and Civilization
by Vaclav Smil • 2017
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
4.09
4k+
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🛢️ Fossil Fuels🌍 Big History
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🛢️ Fossil Fuels🌍 Big History
Less Than Human
by David Livingstone Smith • 2011
Your brain can reclassify a human group as a nonhuman species. That shift makes genocide possible.
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500+
🐀 Dehumanization💀 Genocide Studies🧠 Moral Psychology🐺 Tribalism👤 Othering
Less Than Human Summary
Less Than Human
Your brain can reclassify a human group as a nonhuman species. That shift makes genocide possible.
by David Livingstone Smith 2011 336 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
🐀 Dehumanization💀 Genocide Studies🧠 Moral Psychology🐺 Tribalism👤 Othering
A History of the Philippines
by Luis H. Francia • 2010
How Spanish friars, American teachers, and Japanese occupiers accidentally created a nation.
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500+
📜 Philippine History🌏 Southeast Asian History🏴 Imperialism🇵🇭 National Identity✊ Nonviolent Revolution
A History of the Philippines Summary
A History of the Philippines
How Spanish friars, American teachers, and Japanese occupiers accidentally created a nation.
by Luis H. Francia 2010 352 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
📜 Philippine History🌏 Southeast Asian History🏴 Imperialism🇵🇭 National Identity✊ Nonviolent Revolution
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
by Anya von Bremzen • 2013
Three generations, one collapsing empire, and the dishes that defined them: a Soviet family memoir.
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4k+
🍽️ Food Memoir🥟 Soviet Cuisine📖 Culinary History🧳 Diaspora Identity🏛️ Food And Politics
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking Summary
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
Three generations, one collapsing empire, and the dishes that defined them: a Soviet family memoir.
by Anya von Bremzen 2013 339 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Memoir🥟 Soviet Cuisine📖 Culinary History🧳 Diaspora Identity🏛️ Food And Politics
The Bengalis
by Sudeep Chakravarti • 2017
Language bound them; religion and borders broke them: a portrait of 250 million Bengalis.
3.90
215
🐅 Bengali Identity🗺️ South Asian History✂️ Partition Of India🔍 Cultural Ethnography🗣️ Language Politics
The Bengalis Summary
The Bengalis
Language bound them; religion and borders broke them: a portrait of 250 million Bengalis.
by Sudeep Chakravarti 2017 496 pages
3.90
215 ratings
🐅 Bengali Identity🗺️ South Asian History✂️ Partition Of India🔍 Cultural Ethnography🗣️ Language Politics
The Cannabis Manifesto
by Steve DeAngelo • 2015
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
4.10
367
🏛️ Drug Policy Reform🌿 Cannabis Wellness⚖️ Racial Justice✊ Civil Rights🛡️ Harm Reduction
The Cannabis Manifesto Summary
The Cannabis Manifesto
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
by Steve DeAngelo 2015 230 pages
4.10
367 ratings
🏛️ Drug Policy Reform🌿 Cannabis Wellness⚖️ Racial Justice✊ Civil Rights🛡️ Harm Reduction
The Investigator
by John Sandford • 2022
A Senate staffer chasing stolen oil discovers a militia funding a massacre.
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🎯 Domestic Terrorism🏛️ Political Thriller👩‍💼 Female Investigator🛢️ Oil Field Crime🏚️ Small Town Siege
The Investigator Summary
The Investigator
A Senate staffer chasing stolen oil discovers a militia funding a massacre.
by John Sandford 2022 400 pages
4.27
34k+ ratings
🎯 Domestic Terrorism🏛️ Political Thriller👩‍💼 Female Investigator🛢️ Oil Field Crime🏚️ Small Town Siege
Glass House
by Brian Alexander • 2017
Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.
3.91
1k+
🏭 Deindustrialization💰 Private Equity💊 Opioid Epidemic🏚️ Rust Belt📰 Narrative Journalism
Glass House Summary
Glass House
Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.
by Brian Alexander 2017 336 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
🏭 Deindustrialization💰 Private Equity💊 Opioid Epidemic🏚️ Rust Belt📰 Narrative Journalism
Rise of the New World Order
by J. Micha-el Thomas Hays • 2013
From ancient Babylon to the Federal Reserve, one plan connects every war, crash, and stolen freedom.
4.39
500+
🌐 Globalist Conspiracy🏦 Central Banking🚩 False Flags👁️ Esoteric Symbolism📺 Media Manipulation
Rise of the New World Order Summary
Rise of the New World Order
From ancient Babylon to the Federal Reserve, one plan connects every war, crash, and stolen freedom.
by J. Micha-el Thomas Hays 2013 843 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
🌐 Globalist Conspiracy🏦 Central Banking🚩 False Flags👁️ Esoteric Symbolism📺 Media Manipulation
The Truth About Trump
by Michael D'Antonio • 2015
A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.
3.54
500+
🏛️ Political Biographies💼 Business Moguls👨‍👦 Family Dynasties🗳️ Populist Politics📺 Media Manipulation
The Truth About Trump Summary
The Truth About Trump
A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.
by Michael D'Antonio 2015 550 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
🏛️ Political Biographies💼 Business Moguls👨‍👦 Family Dynasties🗳️ Populist Politics📺 Media Manipulation
بی‌حجاب
by Yasmine Mohammed • 2019
Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.
4.36
2k+
🕌 Leaving Islam💍 Forced Marriage⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism💔 Religious Trauma🧠 New Atheism
بی‌حجاب Summary
بی‌حجاب
Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.
by Yasmine Mohammed 2019 366 pages
4.36
2k+ ratings
🕌 Leaving Islam💍 Forced Marriage⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism💔 Religious Trauma🧠 New Atheism
The Other Side of Israel
by Susan Nathan • 2005
A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.
4.08
274
🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict🔎 Post-Zionism💡 Political Awakening🚧 Occupation Realities🗝️ Nakba And Memory
The Other Side of Israel Summary
The Other Side of Israel
A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.
by Susan Nathan 2005 336 pages
4.08
274 ratings
🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict🔎 Post-Zionism💡 Political Awakening🚧 Occupation Realities🗝️ Nakba And Memory
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
by Nelson Mandela • 2003
Twenty-seven years in prison. Then he became president of the country that put him there.
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500+
🏴 Apartheid Resistance🔗 Political Imprisonment🇿🇦 South African History✍️ Prison Memoirs🌍 Anti-Colonial Struggle
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2 Summary
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
Twenty-seven years in prison. Then he became president of the country that put him there.
by Nelson Mandela 2003 450 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
🏴 Apartheid Resistance🔗 Political Imprisonment🇿🇦 South African History✍️ Prison Memoirs🌍 Anti-Colonial Struggle
We Two
by Gillian Gill • 2009
Victoria wore the crown. Albert wielded the power. Their tense partnership rebuilt the monarchy.
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8k+
👑 Royal Biography🇬🇧 British Monarchy🎩 Victorian Era💍 Marriage And Power📖 Dual Biography
We Two Summary
We Two
Victoria wore the crown. Albert wielded the power. Their tense partnership rebuilt the monarchy.
by Gillian Gill 2009 460 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
👑 Royal Biography🇬🇧 British Monarchy🎩 Victorian Era💍 Marriage And Power📖 Dual Biography
The New Vichy Syndrome
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2010
Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.
3.89
238
🏚️ European Decline⛪ Secularization🌐 Cultural Relativism📉 Demographic Decline🏛️ Cultural Conservatism
The New Vichy Syndrome Summary
The New Vichy Syndrome
Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 160 pages
3.89
238 ratings
🏚️ European Decline⛪ Secularization🌐 Cultural Relativism📉 Demographic Decline🏛️ Cultural Conservatism
We've Been Too Patient
by L.D. Green • 2019
Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.
4.15
202
🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry🏳️ Mad Pride📚 Mad Studies🤝 Peer Support🫂 Mutual Aid
We've Been Too Patient Summary
We've Been Too Patient
Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.
by L.D. Green 2019 264 pages
4.15
202 ratings
🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry🏳️ Mad Pride📚 Mad Studies🤝 Peer Support🫂 Mutual Aid
India Is Broken
by Ashoka Mody • 2023
India chose steel over schools, charisma over accountability: the sixty-year unmaking of a nation.
4.25
282
🇮🇳 Indian Political Economy📉 Economic Inequality🗳️ Democratic Backsliding🕉️ Hindu Nationalism🏭 State-Led Development
India Is Broken Summary
India Is Broken
India chose steel over schools, charisma over accountability: the sixty-year unmaking of a nation.
by Ashoka Mody 2023 528 pages
4.25
282 ratings
🇮🇳 Indian Political Economy📉 Economic Inequality🗳️ Democratic Backsliding🕉️ Hindu Nationalism🏭 State-Led Development
Kurdish Women's Stories
by Houzan Mahmoud • 2021
Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.
4.40
194
🗺️ Kurdish History⚔️ Women In Conflict🗣️ Oral History🌍 Transnational Feminism✊ Revolutionary Politics
Kurdish Women's Stories Summary
Kurdish Women's Stories
Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.
by Houzan Mahmoud 2021 224 pages
4.40
194 ratings
🗺️ Kurdish History⚔️ Women In Conflict🗣️ Oral History🌍 Transnational Feminism✊ Revolutionary Politics
Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs
by Ulysses S. Grant • 1885
Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.
4.14
9k+
🏛️ Civil War Campaigns🎖️ Military Memoir🗺️ Strategic Command🚂 Military Logistics💡 Military Realism
Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Summary
Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs
Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.
by Ulysses S. Grant 1885
4.14
9k+ ratings
🏛️ Civil War Campaigns🎖️ Military Memoir🗺️ Strategic Command🚂 Military Logistics💡 Military Realism
California Burning
by Katherine Blunt • 2022
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
4.26
1k+
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation🔥 Wildfire Crisis🛠️ Aging Infrastructure
California Burning Summary
California Burning
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
by Katherine Blunt 2022 350 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation🔥 Wildfire Crisis🛠️ Aging Infrastructure
City of Women
by Christine Stansell • 1986
In early New York, working-class women built a hidden city of mutual aid and sexual exchange.
3.89
500+
👩 Working-Class Women👷 Labor History🏚️ Urban Poverty👥 Sex And Class🏠 Cult Of Domesticity
City of Women Summary
City of Women
In early New York, working-class women built a hidden city of mutual aid and sexual exchange.
by Christine Stansell 1986 320 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
👩 Working-Class Women👷 Labor History🏚️ Urban Poverty👥 Sex And Class🏠 Cult Of Domesticity
Private Empire
by Steve Coll • 2012
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
4.00
4k+
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
by Steve Coll 2012 685 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
The 9.9 Percent
by Matthew Stewart • 2021
The one percent took the wealth. The class beneath them supplied the alibis.
3.67
413
🏦 Wealth Inequality🇺🇸 American Class System🎭 Meritocracy Critique🏛️ Elite Complicity🏘️ Housing Segregation
The 9.9 Percent Summary
The 9.9 Percent
The one percent took the wealth. The class beneath them supplied the alibis.
by Matthew Stewart 2021 352 pages
3.67
413 ratings
🏦 Wealth Inequality🇺🇸 American Class System🎭 Meritocracy Critique🏛️ Elite Complicity🏘️ Housing Segregation
Introduction to Documentary
by Bill Nichols • 2001
Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.
3.77
484
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking📖 Film Theory📜 Documentary History📝 Nonfiction Storytelling💬 Visual Rhetoric
Introduction to Documentary Summary
Introduction to Documentary
Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.
by Bill Nichols 2001 223 pages
3.77
484 ratings
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking📖 Film Theory📜 Documentary History📝 Nonfiction Storytelling💬 Visual Rhetoric
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