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The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.97
5.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Leadership Summary
Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns 1978 546 pages
3.87
487 ratings
Leadership
History
Business
Are Prisons Obsolete? Summary
Are Prisons Obsolete?
by Angela Y. Davis 2003 128 pages
4.52
28.1K ratings
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
38.2K ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
The Demon of Unrest Summary
The Demon of Unrest
A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
by Erik Larson 2024 565 pages
4.19
46.6K ratings
History
Civil War
Politics
I'm Just Saying Summary
I'm Just Saying
A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
by Milan Kordestani 2023 268 pages
4.26
7.6K ratings
Communication
Self Help
Psychology
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer 2006 484 pages
4.09
3.8K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Narrow Corridor Summary
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2019 560 pages
4.22
3.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Rise and Fall of Nations Summary
The Rise and Fall of Nations
Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
by Ruchir Sharma 2016 480 pages
4.14
2.7K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Machiavelli Summary
Machiavelli
A Very Short Introduction
by Quentin Skinner 1981 110 pages
3.84
882 ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Glitch Feminism Summary
Glitch Feminism
A Manifesto
by Legacy Russell 2020 178 pages
3.79
2.5K ratings
Feminism
Theory
Philosophy
Shape Summary
Shape
The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
by Jordan Ellenberg 2021 480 pages
3.73
2.0K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Politics
Obedience to Authority Summary
Obedience to Authority
by Stanley Milgram 1974 256 pages
4.20
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Keynes Hayek Summary
Keynes Hayek
The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
by Nicholas Wapshott 2011 400 pages
3.91
2.6K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition
by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.46
4.4K ratings
History
Graphic Novels
Politics
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
925 ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Capitalism in America Summary
Capitalism in America
An Economic History of the United States
by Alan Greenspan 2018 496 pages
4.07
2.2K ratings
Economics
History
Business
You Talkin' To Me? Summary
You Talkin' To Me?
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
by Sam Leith 2011 256 pages
3.75
1.6K ratings
Writing
Philosophy
Language
The Exponential Age Summary
The Exponential Age
How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society
by Azeem Azhar 2021 403 pages
3.99
1.3K ratings
Technology
Business
Science
Rise of the Robots Summary
Rise of the Robots
Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
by Martin Ford 2015 352 pages
3.97
9.4K ratings
Technology
Economics
Business
The Grand Chessboard Summary
The Grand Chessboard
American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 1997 240 pages
3.97
3.2K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
332.2K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back Summary
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
How to Run-or Ruin-an Economy
by Tim Harford 2013 272 pages
3.93
3.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Oil Curse Summary
The Oil Curse
How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations
by Michael L. Ross 2012 312 pages
3.96
199 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Down with the System Summary
Down with the System
A Memoir
by Serj Tankian 2024 352 pages
4.44
4.5K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Arthashastra Summary
The Arthashastra
by Kautilya 878 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The World for Sale Summary
The World for Sale
Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
by Javier Blas 2021 410 pages
4.33
10.4K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2009 416 pages
4.28
3.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book
The Facts and the Solutions
by Greta Thunberg 2022 464 pages
4.40
2.9K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Tangled Up in Blue Summary
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
by Rosa Brooks 2021 384 pages
4.07
1.7K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
The Jungle Summary
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages
3.78
151.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Summary
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
by Paulo Freire 1968 183 pages
4.30
37.3K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
Without Their Permission Summary
Without Their Permission
How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed
by Alexis Ohanian 2013 272 pages
3.70
2.0K ratings
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Design Justice Summary
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020 360 pages
4.18
506 ratings
Design
Technology
Social Justice
Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
20.8K ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
150.9K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
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
Politics
Asia
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
by Guy Shrubsole 2019 385 pages
4.22
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Environment
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
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ Summary
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Paradox of Modern Iran
by Hooman Majd 2008 272 pages
3.77
2.2K ratings
Iran
History
Politics
Ten Myths About Israel Summary
Ten Myths About Israel
by Ilan Pappé 2017 192 pages
4.40
5.0K ratings
History
Politics
Israel
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
by Joel Best 1998 190 pages
3.74
803 ratings
Politics
Science
Mathematics
What's Our Problem? Summary
What's Our Problem?
A Self-Help Book for Societies
by Tim Urban 2023 746 pages
4.26
5.0K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Summary
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
by David S. Landes 1998 531 pages
3.95
3.8K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
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
The Evolution of Cooperation Summary
The Evolution of Cooperation
by Robert Axelrod 1984 264 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
Economics
Science
Psychology
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser 2001 383 pages
3.75
206.1K ratings
Food
Sociology
Politics
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago
The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
by Michael Rectenwald 2019 216 pages
3.84
119 ratings
Politics
Technology
Cultural
Say Nothing Summary
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 441 pages
4.47
141.7K ratings
History
True Crime
Ireland
Foolproof Summary
Foolproof
Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity
by Sander van der Linden 2023 368 pages
3.99
797 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Science
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