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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

Days of Rage
by Bryan Burrough • 2015
Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.
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2k+
💣 Domestic Terrorism🕵️ Fbi History✊🏿 Black Power Movement☮️ New Left🏙️ Urban Guerrilla Warfare
Days of Rage Summary
Days of Rage
Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.
by Bryan Burrough 2015 608 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
💣 Domestic Terrorism🕵️ Fbi History✊🏿 Black Power Movement☮️ New Left🏙️ Urban Guerrilla Warfare
The Miracle of the Kurds
by Stephen Mansfield • 2014
After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.
4.09
335
🏔️ Kurdish History🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction🕊️ Genocide And Recovery☪️ Moderate Islam🚩 Kurdish Nationalism
The Miracle of the Kurds Summary
The Miracle of the Kurds
After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.
by Stephen Mansfield 2014 272 pages
4.09
335 ratings
🏔️ Kurdish History🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction🕊️ Genocide And Recovery☪️ Moderate Islam🚩 Kurdish Nationalism
Two Sides of the Moon
by David Randolph Scott • 2004
The space race seen from both cockpits: an astronaut and cosmonaut compare notes.
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🚀 Space Race🥶 Cold War History🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoir🌙 Lunar Exploration⚙️ Technological Rivalry
Two Sides of the Moon Summary
Two Sides of the Moon
The space race seen from both cockpits: an astronaut and cosmonaut compare notes.
by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
🚀 Space Race🥶 Cold War History🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoir🌙 Lunar Exploration⚙️ Technological Rivalry
The Autistic Brain
by Temple Grandin • 2013
The FBI made Whitey Bulger an informant. He turned his handlers into his hit squad.
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11k+
🕵️ Fbi Misconduct🚔 Police Corruption🏙️ Boston History🐀 Informant Culture🤝 Corrupt Alliances
The Autistic Brain Summary
The Autistic Brain
The FBI made Whitey Bulger an informant. He turned his handlers into his hit squad.
by Temple Grandin 2013 240 pages
4.1
11k+ ratings
🕵️ Fbi Misconduct🚔 Police Corruption🏙️ Boston History🐀 Informant Culture🤝 Corrupt Alliances
Assassination Generation
by Dave Grossman • 2016
Your child's favorite game uses the same conditioning that trains soldiers to kill.
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351
🎮 Media Violence📱 Digital Parenting🪖 Military Psychology😡 Aggression Studies📺 Media Criticism
Assassination Generation Summary
Assassination Generation
Your child's favorite game uses the same conditioning that trains soldiers to kill.
by Dave Grossman 2016 224 pages
3.71
351 ratings
🎮 Media Violence📱 Digital Parenting🪖 Military Psychology😡 Aggression Studies📺 Media Criticism
Fifth Sun
by Camilla Townsend • 2019
They saw steel, horses, and smallpox, not gods. The Aztec annals rewrite their own conquest.
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🏺 Mesoamerican History🌎 Colonial Latin America🌞 Aztec Civilization🪶 Indigenous Histories❓ Conquest Revisionism
Fifth Sun Summary
Fifth Sun
They saw steel, horses, and smallpox, not gods. The Aztec annals rewrite their own conquest.
by Camilla Townsend 2019 336 pages
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5k+ ratings
🏺 Mesoamerican History🌎 Colonial Latin America🌞 Aztec Civilization🪶 Indigenous Histories❓ Conquest Revisionism
Psychedelic Medicine
by Richard Louis Miller • 2017
Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.
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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy🩺 Psychiatry Critique⚖️ Drug Policy Reform💔 Trauma Treatment🌌 Mystical Experience
Psychedelic Medicine Summary
Psychedelic Medicine
Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.
by Richard Louis Miller 2017 256 pages
4.01
312 ratings
🍄 Psychedelic Therapy🩺 Psychiatry Critique⚖️ Drug Policy Reform💔 Trauma Treatment🌌 Mystical Experience
Eat People
by Andy Kessler • 2011
Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.
3.63
393
🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship💥 Creative Destruction🏛️ Austrian Economics🖥️ Platform Economics📉 Zero Marginal Cost
Eat People Summary
Eat People
Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.
by Andy Kessler 2011 256 pages
3.63
393 ratings
🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship💥 Creative Destruction🏛️ Austrian Economics🖥️ Platform Economics📉 Zero Marginal Cost
The Spirit of London
by Boris Johnson • 2011
Fire and plague forged London's unbreakable commercial soul: a history told through its survivors.
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🏙️ Urban History🇬🇧 London History👥 Collective Biography🎩 Victorian London💪 Urban Resilience
The Spirit of London Summary
The Spirit of London
Fire and plague forged London's unbreakable commercial soul: a history told through its survivors.
by Boris Johnson 2011 450 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
🏙️ Urban History🇬🇧 London History👥 Collective Biography🎩 Victorian London💪 Urban Resilience
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
by David J. Helfand • 2016
Mental tools from science that let you gut-check any claim yourself, no search engine required.
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🧪 Scientific Literacy🔍 Misinformation Defense🔢 Quantitative Reasoning🎲 Probability Thinking🔬 Scientific Method
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Mental tools from science that let you gut-check any claim yourself, no search engine required.
by David J. Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
220 ratings
🧪 Scientific Literacy🔍 Misinformation Defense🔢 Quantitative Reasoning🎲 Probability Thinking🔬 Scientific Method
The Mammoth Book of the West
by Jon E. Lewis • 1996
Land seized, gold mined, bison slaughtered: how the real West vanished behind the myth.
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137
🏔️ American Frontier🐂 Westward Expansion🛤️ Pioneer Migration💰 Gold Rush California🐄 Cattle Ranching
The Mammoth Book of the West Summary
The Mammoth Book of the West
Land seized, gold mined, bison slaughtered: how the real West vanished behind the myth.
by Jon E. Lewis 1996 544 pages
3.98
137 ratings
🏔️ American Frontier🐂 Westward Expansion🛤️ Pioneer Migration💰 Gold Rush California🐄 Cattle Ranching
Raiders and Rebels
by Frank Sherry • 1986
How brutalized sailors built a floating republic and waged a thirty-year war against global empire.
4.24
282
🏴 Piracy History🌊 Maritime History⛵ Age Of Sail⚓ Mutiny And Defiance⚔️ Naval Warfare
Raiders and Rebels Summary
Raiders and Rebels
How brutalized sailors built a floating republic and waged a thirty-year war against global empire.
by Frank Sherry 1986 399 pages
4.24
282 ratings
🏴 Piracy History🌊 Maritime History⛵ Age Of Sail⚓ Mutiny And Defiance⚔️ Naval Warfare
Old Rage
by Sheila Hancock • 2022
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
4.06
500+
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary🕯️ Quaker Spirituality⚒️ Class Consciousness
Old Rage Summary
Old Rage
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
by Sheila Hancock 2022 238 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary🕯️ Quaker Spirituality⚒️ Class Consciousness
Agonistics
by Chantal Mouffe • 2013
Consensus is the liberal dream. Real democracy thrives on adversaries and a good fight.
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351
🏛️ Democratic Theory✊ Radical Democracy⚔️ Agonistic Politics🧱 Hegemony And Power🌐 Multipolar World Order
Agonistics Summary
Agonistics
Consensus is the liberal dream. Real democracy thrives on adversaries and a good fight.
by Chantal Mouffe 2013 176 pages
3.87
351 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Theory✊ Radical Democracy⚔️ Agonistic Politics🧱 Hegemony And Power🌐 Multipolar World Order
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
by Walter Russell Mead • 2004
America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.
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108
🗽 American Foreign Policy🧭 Grand Strategy💡 Soft Power🛡️ Counterterrorism🕊️ Israel Palestine Peace
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.
by Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 pages
3.67
108 ratings
🗽 American Foreign Policy🧭 Grand Strategy💡 Soft Power🛡️ Counterterrorism🕊️ Israel Palestine Peace
Hard Times
by Charles Dickens • 1854
A father raises his children on cold reason, never guessing the cost until their lives unravel.
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🏭 Industrial Fiction💔 Loveless Marriage🥀 Father-Daughter Rift🥶 Emotional Repression😏 Bleak And Satirical
Hard Times Summary
Hard Times
A father raises his children on cold reason, never guessing the cost until their lives unravel.
by Charles Dickens 1854 384 pages
3.55
75k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Fiction💔 Loveless Marriage🥀 Father-Daughter Rift🥶 Emotional Repression😏 Bleak And Satirical
Broke
by Glenn Beck • 2010
America's real debt tops $64 trillion. Rome and Spain collapsed the same way.
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2k+
💸 National Debt🪙 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📈 Austrian Economics🗽 Federalism
Broke Summary
Broke
America's real debt tops $64 trillion. Rome and Spain collapsed the same way.
by Glenn Beck 2010 406 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
💸 National Debt🪙 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📈 Austrian Economics🗽 Federalism
Promise Me, Dad
by Joe Biden • 2017
A vice president's son is dying of cancer. Foreign crises don't pause for grief.
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🏛️ White House Memoirs🕯️ Parental Grief🎗️ Cancer Memoir👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons⛪ Catholic Faith
Promise Me, Dad Summary
Promise Me, Dad
A vice president's son is dying of cancer. Foreign crises don't pause for grief.
by Joe Biden 2017 272 pages
4.14
24k+ ratings
🏛️ White House Memoirs🕯️ Parental Grief🎗️ Cancer Memoir👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons⛪ Catholic Faith
Hidden Order
by Brad Thor • 2013
Scot Harvath tracks a killer staging Federal Reserve murders as scenes from the American Revolution.
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18k+
🕵️ Espionage Thriller🏛️ Political Conspiracy🕶️ Rogue Intelligence📜 Historical Conspiracy🪶 Historical Murders
Hidden Order Summary
Hidden Order
Scot Harvath tracks a killer staging Federal Reserve murders as scenes from the American Revolution.
by Brad Thor 2013 377 pages
4.17
18k+ ratings
🕵️ Espionage Thriller🏛️ Political Conspiracy🕶️ Rogue Intelligence📜 Historical Conspiracy🪶 Historical Murders
The Scramble for Africa
by Thomas Pakenham • 1991
Livingstone begged to save Africa. Within a generation, it was carved up for rubber and gold.
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2k+
📜 African History👑 European Imperialism🛡️ Anti-Colonial Resistance🌍 Partition Of Africa⛏️ Resource Extraction
The Scramble for Africa Summary
The Scramble for Africa
Livingstone begged to save Africa. Within a generation, it was carved up for rubber and gold.
by Thomas Pakenham 1991 800 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
📜 African History👑 European Imperialism🛡️ Anti-Colonial Resistance🌍 Partition Of Africa⛏️ Resource Extraction
When the Money Runs Out
by Stephen D. King • 2013
Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.
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📉 Economic Stagnation⚖️ Global Imbalances💸 Financial Crises💰 Sovereign Debt🛡️ Financial Regulation
When the Money Runs Out Summary
When the Money Runs Out
Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.
by Stephen D. King 2013 304 pages
3.63
206 ratings
📉 Economic Stagnation⚖️ Global Imbalances💸 Financial Crises💰 Sovereign Debt🛡️ Financial Regulation
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector
by John Seddon • 2008
Why targets, inspections, and outsourcing make government worse, and how to actually fix it.
3.94
102
🏛️ Public Sector Reform🔄 Systems Thinking📋 Government Bureaucracy♻️ Organizational Waste📥 Demand-Driven Design
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector Summary
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector
Why targets, inspections, and outsourcing make government worse, and how to actually fix it.
by John Seddon 2008 224 pages
3.94
102 ratings
🏛️ Public Sector Reform🔄 Systems Thinking📋 Government Bureaucracy♻️ Organizational Waste📥 Demand-Driven Design
The Currents of Space
by Isaac Asimov • 1952
An amnesiac holds the secret to a world's destruction that the galaxy's powers will kill for.
3.85
22k+
🪐 Galactic Empire☄️ Cosmic Threat🤔 Amnesiac Hero🛡️ Devoted Protector🕵️ Political Conspiracy
The Currents of Space Summary
The Currents of Space
An amnesiac holds the secret to a world's destruction that the galaxy's powers will kill for.
by Isaac Asimov 1952 304 pages
3.85
22k+ ratings
🪐 Galactic Empire☄️ Cosmic Threat🤔 Amnesiac Hero🛡️ Devoted Protector🕵️ Political Conspiracy
The Rage of a Privileged Class
by Ellis Cose • 1993
In the corner office, on the partner track, racism did not disappear. It just went subtle.
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🏙️ Black Middle Class💼 Workplace Discrimination🗣️ Racial Microaggressions🧠 Stereotype Threat🔄 Code-Switching
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
In the corner office, on the partner track, racism did not disappear. It just went subtle.
by Ellis Cose 1993 210 pages
3.97
160 ratings
🏙️ Black Middle Class💼 Workplace Discrimination🗣️ Racial Microaggressions🧠 Stereotype Threat🔄 Code-Switching
Bobby Kennedy
by Larry Tye • 2016
McCarthy's protégé became civil rights' champion. How Bobby Kennedy transformed.
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2k+
🏛️ Kennedy Dynasty🔴 Cold War Politics✊ Civil Rights Movement🔄 Political Transformation🏗️ Organized Labor
Bobby Kennedy Summary
Bobby Kennedy
McCarthy's protégé became civil rights' champion. How Bobby Kennedy transformed.
by Larry Tye 2016 608 pages
4.38
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Kennedy Dynasty🔴 Cold War Politics✊ Civil Rights Movement🔄 Political Transformation🏗️ Organized Labor
Tory Nation
by Samuel Earle • 2023
One party has ruled Britain for two-thirds of the last two centuries. This is how.
4.18
65
🏛️ British Politics🔵 Conservatism📰 Media Influence🚩 Nationalism🧠 Cultural Hegemony
Tory Nation Summary
Tory Nation
One party has ruled Britain for two-thirds of the last two centuries. This is how.
by Samuel Earle 2023 304 pages
4.18
65 ratings
🏛️ British Politics🔵 Conservatism📰 Media Influence🚩 Nationalism🧠 Cultural Hegemony
The Third Reich in Power
by Richard J. Evans • 2005
Peacetime Nazi Germany was no monolith. It was a chaos of rival fiefdoms driving toward racial war.
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7k+
🇩🇪 Nazi Germany🕰️ Interwar Europe🚨 State Terror🧬 Racial Hygiene📢 Propaganda States
The Third Reich in Power Summary
The Third Reich in Power
Peacetime Nazi Germany was no monolith. It was a chaos of rival fiefdoms driving toward racial war.
by Richard J. Evans 2005 941 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
🇩🇪 Nazi Germany🕰️ Interwar Europe🚨 State Terror🧬 Racial Hygiene📢 Propaganda States
Rethinking Capitalism
by Michael Jacobs • 2016
The state built the internet, not the invisible hand. A blueprint for a greener, fairer capitalism.
4.01
121
🏛️ Political Economy🌍 Sustainable Capitalism🧬 Evolutionary Economics🏗️ Institutional Economics📈 Market Shaping
Rethinking Capitalism Summary
Rethinking Capitalism
The state built the internet, not the invisible hand. A blueprint for a greener, fairer capitalism.
by Michael Jacobs 2016 224 pages
4.01
121 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🌍 Sustainable Capitalism🧬 Evolutionary Economics🏗️ Institutional Economics📈 Market Shaping
The Myth of the State
by Ernst Cassirer • 1946
The Greeks fought myth with reason. The modern state perfected it as a weapon.
3.90
209
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 History Of Ideas⛓️ Totalitarianism🏰 State And Sovereignty🎭 Myth And Politics
The Myth of the State Summary
The Myth of the State
The Greeks fought myth with reason. The modern state perfected it as a weapon.
by Ernst Cassirer 1946 303 pages
3.90
209 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 History Of Ideas⛓️ Totalitarianism🏰 State And Sovereignty🎭 Myth And Politics
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
by Charlotte Alter • 2020
Shaped by 9/11, debt, and recession, a generation enters power with clashing visions for America.
4.20
500+
🗳️ Generational Politics🇺🇸 American Politics🌱 Political Coming Of Age🎓 Student Debt Crisis📱 Digital Activism
The Ones We've Been Waiting for Summary
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
Shaped by 9/11, debt, and recession, a generation enters power with clashing visions for America.
by Charlotte Alter 2020 368 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
🗳️ Generational Politics🇺🇸 American Politics🌱 Political Coming Of Age🎓 Student Debt Crisis📱 Digital Activism
Lucky
by Jonathan Allen • 2021
How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.
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1k+
🗳️ Presidential Campaigns🏛️ Democratic Party⚔️ Primary Battles🎙️ Campaign Journalism🔄 Political Comebacks
Lucky Summary
Lucky
How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.
by Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
🗳️ Presidential Campaigns🏛️ Democratic Party⚔️ Primary Battles🎙️ Campaign Journalism🔄 Political Comebacks
The Perfect Police State
by Geoffrey Cain • 2021
China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.
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1k+
🛡️ Surveillance States🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes🇨🇳 Chinese Politics🤖 Ai And Ethics👁️ Mass Surveillance
The Perfect Police State Summary
The Perfect Police State
China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.
by Geoffrey Cain 2021 304 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
🛡️ Surveillance States🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes🇨🇳 Chinese Politics🤖 Ai And Ethics👁️ Mass Surveillance
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
by Adam Smith • 1776
Self-interest, not kindness, feeds nations: the hidden mechanism behind all prosperity.
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287
🏛️ Classical Economics🏴 Scottish Enlightenment📈 Free Markets🕸️ Spontaneous Order⚙️ Division Of Labor
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I Summary
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
Self-interest, not kindness, feeds nations: the hidden mechanism behind all prosperity.
by Adam Smith 1776 550 pages
3.92
287 ratings
🏛️ Classical Economics🏴 Scottish Enlightenment📈 Free Markets🕸️ Spontaneous Order⚙️ Division Of Labor
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957
An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.
4.19
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🇺🇸 Presidential Biography🗽 Interwar America🌱 Political Origins🌊 Progressive Era🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages
4.19
455 ratings
🇺🇸 Presidential Biography🗽 Interwar America🌱 Political Origins🌊 Progressive Era🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy
The Green Collar Economy
by Van Jones • 2008
Climate change and inequality are twin crises, and they share a solution.
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500+
🌿 Green Politics✊ Environmental Justice🔄 Sustainable Economy⚡ Clean Energy Transition🏛️ Public Investment
The Green Collar Economy Summary
The Green Collar Economy
Climate change and inequality are twin crises, and they share a solution.
by Van Jones 2008 256 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
🌿 Green Politics✊ Environmental Justice🔄 Sustainable Economy⚡ Clean Energy Transition🏛️ Public Investment
Power to the Public
by Tara Dawson McGuinness • 2021
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
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🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design📈 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Digital Transformation
Power to the Public Summary
Power to the Public
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021 208 pages
3.98
320 ratings
🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design📈 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Digital Transformation
Disaster Nationalism
by Richard Seymour • 2024
The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.
4.06
500+
🏴 Far-Right Politics💻 Digital Extremism🕵️ Conspiracy Culture💼 Neoliberal Critique🔗 Online Radicalization
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
🏴 Far-Right Politics💻 Digital Extremism🕵️ Conspiracy Culture💼 Neoliberal Critique🔗 Online Radicalization
Best American Essays 2018
by Hilton Als • 2018
The essay as weapon and refuge: twenty-seven writers on race, memory, and a nation on edge.
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350
✍️ The Essay Form🖋️ Personal Essays💬 Cultural Criticism🖤 Race In America📰 Literary Journalism
Best American Essays 2018 Summary
Best American Essays 2018
The essay as weapon and refuge: twenty-seven writers on race, memory, and a nation on edge.
by Hilton Als 2018 336 pages
3.53
350 ratings
✍️ The Essay Form🖋️ Personal Essays💬 Cultural Criticism🖤 Race In America📰 Literary Journalism
Black in Blues
by Imani Perry • 2025
Indigo was traded for human life. How blue became the keeper of Black grief, art, and survival.
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3k+
📖 African American History📚 Black Cultural Criticism🔵 Cultural History Of Color🎶 Music And Identity🕯️ Spiritual Folkways
Black in Blues Summary
Black in Blues
Indigo was traded for human life. How blue became the keeper of Black grief, art, and survival.
by Imani Perry 2025 248 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
📖 African American History📚 Black Cultural Criticism🔵 Cultural History Of Color🎶 Music And Identity🕯️ Spiritual Folkways
The Option of Urbanism
by Christopher B. Leinberger • 2007
America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.
3.89
185
🏙️ Urban Planning🏘️ Sprawl🏗️ New Urbanism🚶 Walkable Cities🏚️ Gentrification
The Option of Urbanism Summary
The Option of Urbanism
America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.
by Christopher B. Leinberger 2007 224 pages
3.89
185 ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏘️ Sprawl🏗️ New Urbanism🚶 Walkable Cities🏚️ Gentrification
Benjamin Franklin
by Hourly History • 2016
Ran away at 17 with empty pockets; by 70, he charmed France into bankrolling America.
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500+
📜 Founding Fathers🏛️ Colonial America💡 American Enlightenment🧱 Self Made Lives🏙️ Civic Innovation
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
Ran away at 17 with empty pockets; by 70, he charmed France into bankrolling America.
by Hourly History 2016 43 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
📜 Founding Fathers🏛️ Colonial America💡 American Enlightenment🧱 Self Made Lives🏙️ Civic Innovation
The Origins of Happiness
by Andrew E. Clark • 2018
Money explains just 1% of happiness. What matters more: mental health, relationships, and childhood.
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64
🧮 Happiness Economics📊 Subjective Well-Being🧠 Behavioral Economics👀 Social Comparison🤝 Relationship Science
The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness
Money explains just 1% of happiness. What matters more: mental health, relationships, and childhood.
by Andrew E. Clark 2018 339 pages
3.67
64 ratings
🧮 Happiness Economics📊 Subjective Well-Being🧠 Behavioral Economics👀 Social Comparison🤝 Relationship Science
Front Row at the Trump Show
by Jonathan Karl • 2020
How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.
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🇺🇸 Trump Presidency🎤 White House Press Corps📰 Political Journalism🎭 Media Manipulation🤥 Post-Truth Politics
Front Row at the Trump Show Summary
Front Row at the Trump Show
How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.
by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
🇺🇸 Trump Presidency🎤 White House Press Corps📰 Political Journalism🎭 Media Manipulation🤥 Post-Truth Politics
Rubicon
by Tom Holland • 2003
Before Caesar, competition was Rome's strength. After him, it became the Republic's executioner.
4.23
28k+
🏛️ Roman Republic🏺 Ancient Rome⚡ Political Collapse📖 Narrative History⚔️ Civil War
Rubicon Summary
Rubicon
Before Caesar, competition was Rome's strength. After him, it became the Republic's executioner.
by Tom Holland 2003 408 pages
4.23
28k+ ratings
🏛️ Roman Republic🏺 Ancient Rome⚡ Political Collapse📖 Narrative History⚔️ Civil War
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
by Susan Doran • 2015
To understand Elizabeth I, look at her quarreling inner circle of cousins, favorites, and spies.
3.97
181
👑 Elizabethan Politics⚔️ Dynastic Conflict🎭 Court Intrigue📜 Ministerial Power🕵️ Intelligence Networks
Elizabeth I and Her Circle Summary
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
To understand Elizabeth I, look at her quarreling inner circle of cousins, favorites, and spies.
by Susan Doran 2015 397 pages
3.97
181 ratings
👑 Elizabethan Politics⚔️ Dynastic Conflict🎭 Court Intrigue📜 Ministerial Power🕵️ Intelligence Networks
The Joy of Pain
by Richard H. Smith • 2013
Joy at others' failures is not a character flaw. It is a feature of human nature.
3.45
268
⚖️ Social Comparison🐍 Envy😈 Schadenfreude⚔️ Justice And Revenge👥 Group Dynamics
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain
Joy at others' failures is not a character flaw. It is a feature of human nature.
by Richard H. Smith 2013 238 pages
3.45
268 ratings
⚖️ Social Comparison🐍 Envy😈 Schadenfreude⚔️ Justice And Revenge👥 Group Dynamics
Defeating Big Government Socialism
by Newt Gingrich • 2022
Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.
4.19
288
🗣️ Conservative Polemics📈 Free Market Advocacy🚫 Anti-Socialism🏛️ Limited Government📋 Bureaucratic Bloat
Defeating Big Government Socialism Summary
Defeating Big Government Socialism
Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.
by Newt Gingrich 2022 288 pages
4.19
288 ratings
🗣️ Conservative Polemics📈 Free Market Advocacy🚫 Anti-Socialism🏛️ Limited Government📋 Bureaucratic Bloat
I Shall Not Hate
by Izzeldin Abuelaish • 2010
A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.
4.32
7k+
🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices🏕️ Refugee Memoirs🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict💔 Grief And Forgiveness✌️ Nonviolent Resistance
I Shall Not Hate Summary
I Shall Not Hate
A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.
by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010 237 pages
4.32
7k+ ratings
🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices🏕️ Refugee Memoirs🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict💔 Grief And Forgiveness✌️ Nonviolent Resistance
Speaking Bones
by Ken Liu • 2022
An exiled princess builds bone beasts to end an empire. The harder war comes after victory.
4.53
4k+
🏛️ Political Fantasy🤝 Cultural Synthesis👻 Ancestral Voices👑 Reluctant Ruler🔗 Imperial Bureaucracy
Speaking Bones Summary
Speaking Bones
An exiled princess builds bone beasts to end an empire. The harder war comes after victory.
by Ken Liu 2022 1047 pages
4.53
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Fantasy🤝 Cultural Synthesis👻 Ancestral Voices👑 Reluctant Ruler🔗 Imperial Bureaucracy
Politics
by Nick Clegg • 2016
Coalition with the Tories nearly destroyed his party. His case for why it was still right.
3.72
1k+
🏛️ Coalition Government🇬🇧 British Politics🤝 Political Compromise📢 Rise Of Populism⚖️ Liberal Centrism
Politics Summary
Politics
Coalition with the Tories nearly destroyed his party. His case for why it was still right.
by Nick Clegg 2016 304 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Coalition Government🇬🇧 British Politics🤝 Political Compromise📢 Rise Of Populism⚖️ Liberal Centrism
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