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Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare Summary
Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare
by Michael A. Hoffman II 1992 215 pages
4.11
339 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
Lords of Finance Summary
Lords of Finance
The Bankers Who Broke the World
by Liaquat Ahamed 2009 564 pages
4.03
16.1K ratings
History
Economics
Finance
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Summary
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein 1966 288 pages
4.15
136.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
by Srdja Popovic 2015 304 pages
4.31
1.9K ratings
Politics
Activism
History
Anarchy, State, and Utopia Summary
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
by Robert Nozick 1974 367 pages
3.75
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
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Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Law
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution Summary
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
by Klaus Schwab 2016 198 pages
3.58
4.7K ratings
Business
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Technology
Behold a Pale Horse Summary
Behold a Pale Horse
by Milton William Cooper 1991 534 pages
3.85
5.6K ratings
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
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Obedience to Authority Summary
Obedience to Authority
by Stanley Milgram 1974 256 pages
4.20
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Teaching to Transgress Summary
Teaching to Transgress
Education as the Practice of Freedom
by bell hooks 1994 216 pages
4.45
12.1K ratings
Teaching
Feminism
Social Justice
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.15
25.2K ratings
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Philosophy
Doughnut Economics Summary
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
by Kate Raworth 2017 384 pages
4.18
14.8K ratings
Economics
Business
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.35
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Summary
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by Max Weber 1904 320 pages
3.91
14.6K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
3.0K ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
by Ernesto Laclau 1985 198 pages
3.84
1.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer 1960 1147 pages
4.22
142.8K ratings
History
War
World War II
Imperialism Summary
Imperialism
The Highest Stage of Capitalism
by Vladimir Lenin 1917 192 pages
4.25
9.2K ratings
Politics
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The Next 100 Years Summary
The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
by George Friedman 2008 272 pages
3.67
10.9K ratings
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New Ideas from Dead Economists Summary
New Ideas from Dead Economists
An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
by Todd G. Buchholz 1989 352 pages
3.84
2.4K ratings
Economics
History
Business
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 pages
4.27
24.6K ratings
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Business
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein 2007 558 pages
4.28
51.1K ratings
Politics
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History
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
429 ratings
Business
Society
Management
The Jakarta Method Summary
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
by Vincent Bevins 2020 320 pages
4.61
13.8K ratings
History
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Asia
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2009 416 pages
4.28
3.9K ratings
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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Summary
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2010 286 pages
3.96
12.2K ratings
Economics
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Business
The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 523 pages
4.02
9.7K ratings
Politics
Sociology
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Dark Alliance Summary
Dark Alliance
The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
by Gary Webb 1998 601 pages
4.29
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
by Jacques Ellul 1962 352 pages
4.27
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
After the Prophet Summary
After the Prophet
The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
by Lesley Hazleton 2009 256 pages
4.09
9.3K ratings
History
Religion
Islam
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises Summary
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises
by Ray Dalio 2018 456 pages
4.36
2.9K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States
1492 - Present
by Howard Zinn 1980 729 pages
4.08
257.1K ratings
History
Politics
American History
How to Lie with Statistics Summary
How to Lie with Statistics
by Darrell Huff 1954 142 pages
3.84
17.4K ratings
Science
Business
Mathematics
Hood Feminism Summary
Hood Feminism
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
by Mikki Kendall 2020 267 pages
4.36
59.5K ratings
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
by Hannah Ritchie 2024 352 pages
4.24
5.5K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Chanakya Neeti Summary
Chanakya Neeti
by Ashwini Parashar 2009 128 pages
3.94
636 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Self Help
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Dan Davies 2024 304 pages
3.92
617 ratings
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Business
Calling Bullshit Summary
Calling Bullshit
The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
by Carl T. Bergstrom 2020 336 pages
4.11
4.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Business
This Time Is Different Summary
This Time Is Different
Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009 512 pages
3.76
7.5K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1978 368 pages
3.97
4.1K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Message to the Blackman in America Summary
Message to the Blackman in America
by Elijah Muhammad 1965 386 pages
4.45
897 ratings
Religion
Race
Islam
Imminent Summary
Imminent
Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
by Luis Elizondo 2024 275 pages
4.02
6.4K ratings
History
Science
Politics
Postwar Summary
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt 2005 933 pages
4.38
13.2K ratings
History
Politics
European History
The Globalization Paradox Summary
The Globalization Paradox
Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
by Dani Rodrik 2010 368 pages
4.00
1.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Trust Me, I'm Lying Summary
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
by Ryan Holiday 2012 259 pages
3.86
12.0K ratings
Business
Psychology
Politics
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent
A Modern Manual to Getting Marvelously, Obscenely Rich
by Sam Wilkin 2015 432 pages
3.69
349 ratings
Business
Finance
Money
Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies
An Introduction
by Andrew Heywood 1992 382 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
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