Best Politics Books | Summaries & Audio

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The Little Book of Economics

by Greg Ip • 2010

Your cheat sheet to the real economy: why booms die, governments bicker, and finance always panics.

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📚 Economic Literacy 📉 Business Cycles 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Fiscal Policy 🌍 Globalization

The Little Book of Economics

Your cheat sheet to the real economy: why booms die, governments bicker, and finance always panics.

by Greg Ip 2010 250 pages

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1k+ ratings

📚 Economic Literacy 📉 Business Cycles 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Fiscal Policy 🌍 Globalization

Reckless Endangerment

by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

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🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending 💰 Wall Street Excess 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Reckless Endangerment

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

by Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 pages

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🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending 💰 Wall Street Excess 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Buckley

by Carl T. Bogus • 2011

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

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🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

by Carl T. Bogus 2011 417 pages

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151 ratings

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Love That Story

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2022

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

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📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

Love That Story

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2022 256 pages

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📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer

by Michael Mansfield • 2009

A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.

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⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🚔 Police Misconduct 🔬 Forensic Science 🗽 Civil Liberties

Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer

A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.

by Michael Mansfield 2009 605 pages

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⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🚔 Police Misconduct 🔬 Forensic Science 🗽 Civil Liberties

50 Battles That Changed the World

by William Weir • 2001

From Marathon to Stalingrad, fifty clashes that decided who rules and what we believe.

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⚔️ Decisive Battles 🌍 World History 🎯 Military Strategy 🔄 Turning Points 🔧 Military Technology

50 Battles That Changed the World

From Marathon to Stalingrad, fifty clashes that decided who rules and what we believe.

by William Weir 2001 320 pages

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⚔️ Decisive Battles 🌍 World History 🎯 Military Strategy 🔄 Turning Points 🔧 Military Technology

Equal Is Unfair

by Don Watkins • 2016

Income inequality is not the enemy. The real barriers to prosperity are government programs.

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🏛️ Income Inequality 📊 Political Economy 🏪 Free Market Economics 🛑 Welfare State Critique 🚀 Economic Mobility

Equal Is Unfair

Income inequality is not the enemy. The real barriers to prosperity are government programs.

by Don Watkins 2016 268 pages

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🏛️ Income Inequality 📊 Political Economy 🏪 Free Market Economics 🛑 Welfare State Critique 🚀 Economic Mobility

The Profit Paradox

by Jan Eeckhout • 2021

Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.

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📊 Labor Economics 💪 Market Power 📉 Wage Stagnation ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🔨 Antitrust Reform

The Profit Paradox

Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.

by Jan Eeckhout 2021 336 pages

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📊 Labor Economics 💪 Market Power 📉 Wage Stagnation ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🔨 Antitrust Reform

The Handbook of 5GW

by Daniel H. Abbott • 2010

War is no longer about bullets. It is a silent, invisible struggle for your perception.

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📚 Military Theory 4️⃣ 4GW Theory 🎯 Influence Operations 🕵️ Covert Operations ⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare

The Handbook of 5GW

War is no longer about bullets. It is a silent, invisible struggle for your perception.

by Daniel H. Abbott 2010 275 pages

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23 ratings

📚 Military Theory 4️⃣ 4GW Theory 🎯 Influence Operations 🕵️ Covert Operations ⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare

A Simple Government

by Mike Huckabee • 2011

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

A Simple Government

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

by Mike Huckabee 2011 208 pages

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302 ratings

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

Not Just a Pretty Face

by Stacy Malkan • 2007

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

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💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing 🎀 Pinkwashing 📋 Corporate Accountability

Not Just a Pretty Face

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

by Stacy Malkan 2007 192 pages

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💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing 🎀 Pinkwashing 📋 Corporate Accountability

The Lives of Others

by Neel Mukherjee • 2014

1960s Bengal: a wealthy family decays as one grandson vanishes into a peasant revolution.

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👪 Family Saga 🧩 Dual Narrative ✊ Revolutionary Idealism 👴👵 Generational Conflict ⚖️ Class Divide

The Lives of Others

1960s Bengal: a wealthy family decays as one grandson vanishes into a peasant revolution.

by Neel Mukherjee 2014 530 pages

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👪 Family Saga 🧩 Dual Narrative ✊ Revolutionary Idealism 👴👵 Generational Conflict ⚖️ Class Divide

Gaffs

by Rory Hearne • 2022

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

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🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy 💸 Rental Crisis 🏦 Financialized Housing

Gaffs

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

by Rory Hearne 2022 352 pages

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171 ratings

🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy 💸 Rental Crisis 🏦 Financialized Housing

Full Black

by Brad Thor • 2011

A covert mission in Sweden uncovers a global conspiracy to destroy America from within.

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🕵️ Counterterrorism Thriller 🥷 Black Ops 🐺 Rogue Operative 🦹 Billionaire Villain 🕳️ Mole In The Agency

Full Black

A covert mission in Sweden uncovers a global conspiracy to destroy America from within.

by Brad Thor 2011 400 pages

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🕵️ Counterterrorism Thriller 🥷 Black Ops 🐺 Rogue Operative 🦹 Billionaire Villain 🕳️ Mole In The Agency

Writings of Abraham Lincoln

by Abraham Lincoln • 1953

The man who saved the Union, in his own words: the speeches and letters behind the legend.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography ⚔️ Civil War History ⛓️ Antislavery Thought ⚖️ Moral Leadership 📜 Primary Sources

Writings of Abraham Lincoln

The man who saved the Union, in his own words: the speeches and letters behind the legend.

by Abraham Lincoln 1953

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🏛️ Presidential Biography ⚔️ Civil War History ⛓️ Antislavery Thought ⚖️ Moral Leadership 📜 Primary Sources

Impounded

by Linda Gordon • 2006

Dorothea Lange's internment photos were impounded: they showed the humanity the government denied.

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🏮 Japanese Internment 📷 Documentary Photography 🔒 Wartime Incarceration ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🚫 Government Censorship

Impounded

Dorothea Lange's internment photos were impounded: they showed the humanity the government denied.

by Linda Gordon 2006 224 pages

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🏮 Japanese Internment 📷 Documentary Photography 🔒 Wartime Incarceration ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🚫 Government Censorship

Justice at Work

by Marc Doussard • 2022

How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.

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🏙️ Urban Policy ✊ Labor Movements 🤝 Coalition Building ⚖️ Racial Justice 📢 Community Organizing

Justice at Work

How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.

by Marc Doussard 2022 252 pages

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3 ratings

🏙️ Urban Policy ✊ Labor Movements 🤝 Coalition Building ⚖️ Racial Justice 📢 Community Organizing

Development Economics

by Debraj Ray • 1998

Missing markets, bad information, coordination traps: the hidden economics of persistent poverty.

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🌍 Development Economics 🪤 Poverty Traps ⚠️ Market Failures 🏭 Structural Transformation 👶 Demographic Transition

Development Economics

Missing markets, bad information, coordination traps: the hidden economics of persistent poverty.

by Debraj Ray 1998 872 pages

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🌍 Development Economics 🪤 Poverty Traps ⚠️ Market Failures 🏭 Structural Transformation 👶 Demographic Transition

The Pioneers

by David McCullough • 2019

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

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🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

The Pioneers

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

by David McCullough 2019 330 pages

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🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

Skipping Towards Gomorrah

by Dan Savage • 2002

Sampling all seven sins to find happiness, and the moral hypocrites who want them banned.

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🏃‍♂️ Pursuit Of Happiness 🙈 Moral Hypocrisy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Pride 📝 Gonzo Journalism 🌿 Drug War Critique

Skipping Towards Gomorrah

Sampling all seven sins to find happiness, and the moral hypocrites who want them banned.

by Dan Savage 2002 320 pages

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🏃‍♂️ Pursuit Of Happiness 🙈 Moral Hypocrisy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Pride 📝 Gonzo Journalism 🌿 Drug War Critique

Mother American Night

by John Perry Barlow • 2018

Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.

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🌵 Countercultural Memoir 🎸 Grateful Dead 🔐 Digital Rights 🍄 Psychedelic Movement 💔 Grief And Loss

Mother American Night

Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.

by John Perry Barlow 2018 288 pages

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🌵 Countercultural Memoir 🎸 Grateful Dead 🔐 Digital Rights 🍄 Psychedelic Movement 💔 Grief And Loss

We Do This 'til We Free Us

by Mariame Kaba • 2021

The carceral system works as designed. It is not broken. Abolition is the alternative.

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🔓 Prison Abolition 🌱 Transformative Justice 🫂 Restorative Justice 🤲 Collective Care 🔗 Intersectional Organizing

We Do This 'til We Free Us

The carceral system works as designed. It is not broken. Abolition is the alternative.

by Mariame Kaba 2021 240 pages

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🔓 Prison Abolition 🌱 Transformative Justice 🫂 Restorative Justice 🤲 Collective Care 🔗 Intersectional Organizing

Truth in Our Times

by David E. McCraw • 2019

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

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🗽 Press Freedom ⚖️ First Amendment 🔒 Government Secrecy 📜 Media Law 📢 Whistleblowing

Truth in Our Times

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

by David E. McCraw 2019 304 pages

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🗽 Press Freedom ⚖️ First Amendment 🔒 Government Secrecy 📜 Media Law 📢 Whistleblowing

International Law

by Jan Klabbers • 2013

International law: no sovereign, no police. How it works, and the imperial logic it still carries.

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🌿 Natural Law ⚖️ Legal Positivism 👑 Sovereignty 🌐 Global Governance 🏛️ International Relations

International Law

International law: no sovereign, no police. How it works, and the imperial logic it still carries.

by Jan Klabbers 2013 368 pages

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139 ratings

🌿 Natural Law ⚖️ Legal Positivism 👑 Sovereignty 🌐 Global Governance 🏛️ International Relations

Taking on the Plastics Crisis

by Hannah Testa • 2020

Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.

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🛢️ Plastic Pollution ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Waste Reduction 🟢 Greenwashing 🛒 Consumer Activism

Taking on the Plastics Crisis

Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.

by Hannah Testa 2020 64 pages

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🛢️ Plastic Pollution ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Waste Reduction 🟢 Greenwashing 🛒 Consumer Activism

A People’s History of Computing in the United States

by Joy Lisi Rankin • 2018

The PC erased a decade of shared computing where users were creators, not customers.

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🏛️ People's History 💻 Computing Before PCs 🎓 Educational Computing 🌐 Early Computing Networks ⌨️ Programming Culture

A People’s History of Computing in the United States

The PC erased a decade of shared computing where users were creators, not customers.

by Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 336 pages

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🏛️ People's History 💻 Computing Before PCs 🎓 Educational Computing 🌐 Early Computing Networks ⌨️ Programming Culture

Artificial Wisdom

by Thomas R. Weaver • 2023

His wife was murdered and the AI running for world dictator knows who did it.

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🌪️ Climate Thriller 🔮 Near-Future Dystopia 📰 Investigative Journalist 🎭 Manipulated Protagonist 🤖 Rogue AI

Artificial Wisdom

His wife was murdered and the AI running for world dictator knows who did it.

by Thomas R. Weaver 2023 433 pages

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8k+ ratings

🌪️ Climate Thriller 🔮 Near-Future Dystopia 📰 Investigative Journalist 🎭 Manipulated Protagonist 🤖 Rogue AI

The Growth Map

by Jim O'Neill • 2011

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

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🗺️ Global Macroeconomics 📈 Emerging Markets Investing 👥 Demographic Economics 🔮 Economic Forecasting 🌐 Geopolitical Risk

The Growth Map

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

by Jim O'Neill 2011 256 pages

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288 ratings

🗺️ Global Macroeconomics 📈 Emerging Markets Investing 👥 Demographic Economics 🔮 Economic Forecasting 🌐 Geopolitical Risk

Tik-Tok

by John Sladek • 1983

A domestic robot discovers his moral circuits never worked, and art, murder, and politics follow.

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🦾 Robot Antihero 🧠 Sociopathic Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎨 Art World Satire

Tik-Tok

A domestic robot discovers his moral circuits never worked, and art, murder, and politics follow.

by John Sladek 1983 192 pages

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500+ ratings

🦾 Robot Antihero 🧠 Sociopathic Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎨 Art World Satire

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell • 2005

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

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⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

by Thomas Sowell 2005 372 pages

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⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

Girly Drinks

by Mallory O'Meara • 2021

Women invented alcohol. The backlash: witch trials, Prohibition, and a label mocking their taste.

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📜 Women's History 🍸 Alcohol History 🥂 Women And Alcohol 🍺 Beer And Brewing 🧙 Early Modern Witchcraft

Girly Drinks

Women invented alcohol. The backlash: witch trials, Prohibition, and a label mocking their taste.

by Mallory O'Meara 2021 384 pages

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📜 Women's History 🍸 Alcohol History 🥂 Women And Alcohol 🍺 Beer And Brewing 🧙 Early Modern Witchcraft

Black American Refugee

by Tiffanie Drayton • 2022

America showers Black immigrants with hope, then yanks it back. One woman's escape.

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🧳 Black Immigrant Experience 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🪞 Internalized Racism 🎭 Code-Switching

Black American Refugee

America showers Black immigrants with hope, then yanks it back. One woman's escape.

by Tiffanie Drayton 2022 304 pages

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331 ratings

🧳 Black Immigrant Experience 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🪞 Internalized Racism 🎭 Code-Switching

Bandits

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1969

Every peasant society produces its own Robin Hood. A historian maps the universal pattern.

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🌾 Peasant Resistance 📚 Comparative History ☭ Marxist History 🏹 Outlaw Mythology ⚔️ Rural Rebellion

Bandits

Every peasant society produces its own Robin Hood. A historian maps the universal pattern.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1969 240 pages

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500+ ratings

🌾 Peasant Resistance 📚 Comparative History ☭ Marxist History 🏹 Outlaw Mythology ⚔️ Rural Rebellion

We've Got You Covered

by Liran Einav • 2023

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

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🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

We've Got You Covered

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

by Liran Einav 2023 304 pages

4.09

386 ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

Age of Anger

by Pankaj Mishra • 2017

Today's global resentments echo the fury that tore through modernizing Europe.

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🧠 Intellectual History 😤 Ressentiment 🏭 Modernity Critique 🚩 Nationalism 💥 Political Violence

Age of Anger

Today's global resentments echo the fury that tore through modernizing Europe.

by Pankaj Mishra 2017 416 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 😤 Ressentiment 🏭 Modernity Critique 🚩 Nationalism 💥 Political Violence

The Project

by David A. Graham • 2025

A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.

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🏛️ Presidential Power ✝️ Christian Nationalism 🐘 American Conservatism 📋 Administrative State 🗳️ State Capture

The Project

A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.

by David A. Graham 2025 138 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Power ✝️ Christian Nationalism 🐘 American Conservatism 📋 Administrative State 🗳️ State Capture

101 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Global Economy

by Michael Taillard • 2012

Make sense of the global economy: trade, currencies, and the forces that move your money.

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🌐 Global Economy 💱 International Finance 🚢 Trade Policy 💲 Currency Markets 🏦 Foreign Investment

101 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Global Economy

Make sense of the global economy: trade, currencies, and the forces that move your money.

by Michael Taillard 2012 256 pages

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39 ratings

🌐 Global Economy 💱 International Finance 🚢 Trade Policy 💲 Currency Markets 🏦 Foreign Investment

None of the Above

by Shani Robinson • 2019

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

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🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

None of the Above

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

by Shani Robinson 2019 272 pages

3.94

190 ratings

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

House of Cards

by Michael Dobbs • 1993

When the PM denies him promotion, a Chief Whip weaponizes every secret he keeps on his colleagues.

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🏛️ British Politics 🦹 Villain Protagonist 💼 Ruthless Ambition 💀 Dark And Cynical 🕰️ 1980s Britain

House of Cards

When the PM denies him promotion, a Chief Whip weaponizes every secret he keeps on his colleagues.

by Michael Dobbs 1993 383 pages

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9k+ ratings

🏛️ British Politics 🦹 Villain Protagonist 💼 Ruthless Ambition 💀 Dark And Cynical 🕰️ 1980s Britain

Tearing Us Apart

by Ryan T. Anderson • 2022

The case that abortion has backfired: across medicine, law, politics, and the lives of women.

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⚖️ Abortion Debate ✝️ Christian Ethics 👶 Pro-Life Movement 🧬 Bioethics 📜 Constitutional Law

Tearing Us Apart

The case that abortion has backfired: across medicine, law, politics, and the lives of women.

by Ryan T. Anderson 2022 320 pages

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208 ratings

⚖️ Abortion Debate ✝️ Christian Ethics 👶 Pro-Life Movement 🧬 Bioethics 📜 Constitutional Law

America Last

by Jacob Heilbrunn • 2024

The Right's century of admiring strongmen is not a bug but the point.

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🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🤝 Authoritarian Admiration 📉 Illiberalism 🚫 Isolationism 🧬 Eugenics And Politics

America Last

The Right's century of admiring strongmen is not a bug but the point.

by Jacob Heilbrunn 2024 264 pages

3.83

246 ratings

🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🤝 Authoritarian Admiration 📉 Illiberalism 🚫 Isolationism 🧬 Eugenics And Politics

Overthrow

by Stephen Kinzer • 2006

America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.

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🌎 American Foreign Policy 🔄 Regime Change 💰 Economic Imperialism 💥 Blowback 🥶 Cold War History

Overthrow

America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.

by Stephen Kinzer 2006 384 pages

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4k+ ratings

🌎 American Foreign Policy 🔄 Regime Change 💰 Economic Imperialism 💥 Blowback 🥶 Cold War History

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

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🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Uncontrolled Spread

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021 480 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

1494

by Stephen R. Bown • 2011

A secret royal wedding, a corrupt pope, and one line that carved the world in two.

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🌍 Iberian History ⛵ European Exploration 🚢 Maritime Empires ⛪ Papal Politics 👑 Spanish Empire

1494

A secret royal wedding, a corrupt pope, and one line that carved the world in two.

by Stephen R. Bown 2011 304 pages

3.89

369 ratings

🌍 Iberian History ⛵ European Exploration 🚢 Maritime Empires ⛪ Papal Politics 👑 Spanish Empire

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

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🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare 🛡️ Civilian Survival

The Drone Eats with Me

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015 258 pages

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare 🛡️ Civilian Survival

Industry and Empire

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1968

Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.

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📈 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🇬🇧 British History 🏛️ Marxist Historiography 👥 History From Below

Industry and Empire

Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968 411 pages

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500+ ratings

📈 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🇬🇧 British History 🏛️ Marxist Historiography 👥 History From Below

Bad City

by Paul Pringle • 2022

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

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🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Bad City

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

by Paul Pringle 2022 305 pages

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3k+ ratings

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Misconduct

by Penelope Douglas • 2015

She kissed a stranger at Mardi Gras. Now he's her student's father and completely off-limits.

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🚫 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👦 Single Parent 🩹 Trauma Healing ⚖️ Power Dynamics

Misconduct

She kissed a stranger at Mardi Gras. Now he's her student's father and completely off-limits.

by Penelope Douglas 2015

3.87

44k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👦 Single Parent 🩹 Trauma Healing ⚖️ Power Dynamics

Motherland

by Julia Ioffe • 2025

How Russian autocracy was built on women's bodies and labor, from Bolshevik liberation to Putin.

4.53

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The Prosecutor

He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.

by Nazir Afzal 2020 304 pages

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