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
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Indigenous
History
Canada
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
History
Politics
Asia
Ten Myths About Israel
History
Politics
Israel
Dark Alliance
The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
History
Politics
True Crime
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
History
True Crime
Ireland
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
History
Politics
European History
Democracy
The God That Failed
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Economics
Politics
International Development
Beyond Order
12 More Rules For Life
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Intellectuals and Society
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
On Language
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Food
Sociology
Politics
Requiem for the American Dream
The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Politics
Economics
History
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Science
Philosophy
History
The World Is Flat
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
History
Business
Economics
The Road to Unfreedom
Russia, Europe, America
History
Politics
Russia
The Rise and Fall of Nations
Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
Economics
Politics
History
Imminent
Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
History
Science
Politics
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
A Promised Land
Biography
Memoir
Politics
Black Wave
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
History
Politics
Iran
Animal Farm / 1984
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
A Theology of Liberation
Theology
Religion
Christianity
The Irrational Ape
Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
From Dictatorship to Democracy
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Demon of Unrest
A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
History
Civil War
Politics
Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
How the World Ran Out of Everything
Inside the Global Supply Chain
Economics
Business
History
How to Be an Antiracist
Race
Social Justice
Politics
Living a Feminist Life
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
Oil!
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
History
Politics
Political Science
Wealth, Poverty and Politics
An International Perspective
Economics
Politics
History
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Pornland
How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
A World Without Work
Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
Economics
Business
Technology
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Race
Technology
Politics
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
Food
Agriculture
Politics
Geopolitics
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
Geography
How to Kill a City
Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
Urban Planning
Politics
Urbanism
The Power Paradox
How We Gain and Lose Influence
Psychology
Business
Leadership
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Divide
A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions
Economics
Politics
History
The End of Poverty
Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Economics
Politics
Poverty
The Prosperity Paradox
How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty
Economics
Business
Politics
From Plassey to Partition
A History of Modern India
History
India
Academics
