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The End of Reality Summary
The End of Reality
How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto
by Jonathan Taplin 2023 336 pages
3.90
449 ratings
Politics
Technology
Business
Values, Voice and Virtue Summary
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
by Matthew Goodwin 2023
3.73
309 ratings
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History
Economics
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work
America's Invisible Crisis
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016 216 pages
3.42
475 ratings
Economics
Sociology
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A Pelican Introduction Summary
A Pelican Introduction
Social Class in the 21st Century
by Mike Savage 2015 462 pages
4.06
520 ratings
Sociology
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Economics
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019 497 pages
4.46
134 ratings
Philosophy
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Dirty Electricity Summary
Dirty Electricity
Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization
by Samuel Milham 2010 120 pages
4.01
188 ratings
Health
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Technology
Controligarchs Summary
Controligarchs
Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
by Seamus Bruner 2023 384 pages
4.14
248 ratings
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WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US Summary
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US
Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman
by Danielle Crittenden 1999 208 pages
3.70
452 ratings
Feminism
Womens
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Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
by Marvin Harris 1981 224 pages
3.76
254 ratings
Anthropology
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History
The Way Out Summary
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
by Peter T. Coleman 2021 296 pages
3.81
135 ratings
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Leadership
Winter Is Coming Summary
Winter Is Coming
Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
by Garry Kasparov 2015 290 pages
4.04
3.4K ratings
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Russia
History
The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 280 pages
3.68
693 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
You Can't Read This Book Summary
You Can't Read This Book
Censorship in an Age of Freedom
by Nick Cohen 2012 330 pages
4.07
734 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History Summary
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History
by Madison Grant 1916 148 pages
3.29
167 ratings
History
Race
Politics
Non Obvious Megatrends Summary
Non Obvious Megatrends
How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future
by Rohit Bhargava 2020 258 pages
3.55
345 ratings
Business
Technology
Society
The Sorrows of Work Summary
The Sorrows of Work
by The School of Life 2019 104 pages
3.98
403 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.61
279 ratings
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Psychology
History
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen 2017 140 pages
4.24
274 ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages
4.33
770 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 234 pages
4.01
2.9K ratings
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Nawabs, Nudes, Noodles Summary
Nawabs, Nudes, Noodles
India through 50 Years of Advertising
by Ambi Parameswaran 2016 297 pages
3.91
668 ratings
India
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History
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath
by James Rickards 2019 336 pages
4.09
663 ratings
Economics
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Money
How to Fix the Future Summary
How to Fix the Future
by Andrew Keen 2017 288 pages
3.37
270 ratings
Technology
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Society
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract for a Better Society
by Minouche Shafik 2021 256 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
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Philosophy
Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers Summary
Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers
by Joris Luyendijk 2015 208 pages
3.84
7.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Hive Mind Summary
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
by Garett Jones 2015 184 pages
3.56
327 ratings
Economics
Psychology
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Joy at Work Summary
Joy at Work
A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job
by Dennis W. Bakke 2005 314 pages
3.67
452 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The End of College Summary
The End of College
Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere
by Kevin Carey 2015 288 pages
3.77
447 ratings
Education
History
Economics
From Fatwa to Jihad Summary
From Fatwa to Jihad
by Kenan Malik 2009 266 pages
4.03
278 ratings
Politics
Religion
History
The Disappearance of Rituals Summary
The Disappearance of Rituals
A Topology of the Present
by Byung-Chul Han 2020 186 pages
4.01
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
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Psychology
A Good Childhood Summary
A Good Childhood
by Richard Layard 2009 189 pages
3.69
58 ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Society
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love
The Crisis of Care
by Madeleine Bunting 2020 320 pages
4.11
151 ratings
Politics
Memoir
Society
Going Mainstream Summary
Going Mainstream
How extremists are taking over
by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages
3.78
412 ratings
Politics
Society
Psychology
Don't Burn This Country Summary
Don't Burn This Country
Surviving and Thriving in Our Woke Dystopia
by Dave Rubin 2022 237 pages
3.91
484 ratings
Politics
History
Cultural
The Great Acceleration Summary
The Great Acceleration
How the World is Getting Faster, Faster
by Robert Colvile 2016 401 pages
3.56
160 ratings
Technology
Society
Psychology
Is There Anything Good About Men? Summary
Is There Anything Good About Men?
How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men
by Roy F. Baumeister 2010 320 pages
3.73
354 ratings
Psychology
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The Dark Enlightenment Summary
The Dark Enlightenment
by Nick Land 2013 112 pages
3.3
667 ratings
Philosophy
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Theory
The Collapse of Complex Societies Summary
The Collapse of Complex Societies
by Joseph A. Tainter 1990 264 pages
4.15
1.5K ratings
History
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Anthropology
Give Smart Summary
Give Smart
Philanthropy that Gets Results
by Thomas J. Tierney 2011 272 pages
3.60
247 ratings
Business
Economics
Society
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
by Jacob Mchangama 2022 528 pages
4.19
476 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.12
450 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
The Palestinian Delusion Summary
The Palestinian Delusion
The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process
by Robert Spencer 2019 304 pages
4
485 ratings
History
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Israel
The Triumph of Doubt Summary
The Triumph of Doubt
Dark Money and the Science of Deception
by David Michaels 2020 344 pages
4.07
214 ratings
Science
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History
Growth Summary
Growth
From Microorganisms to Megacities
by Vaclav Smil 2019 664 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
How to Lose a Country Summary
How to Lose a Country
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
by Ece Temelkuran 2019 289 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Radical Inclusion Summary
Radical Inclusion
Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World
by David Moinina Sengeh 2023 256 pages
4.01
620 ratings
Social Justice
Self Help
Leadership
All That Is Solid Summary
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
by Danny Dorling 2014
3.54
143 ratings
Politics
Cities
Sociology
No Straight Road Takes You There Summary
No Straight Road Takes You There
Essays for Uneven Terrain
by Rebecca Solnit 2025 176 pages
4.17
801 ratings
Essays
Politics
Feminism
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