Politică

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Politică Rezumate de cărți

Twilight of American Sanity

de Allen Frances • 2016

Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.

3.60

287

🧠 Political Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌍 Climate Denial 🌱 Sustainability

Twilight of American Sanity

Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.

de Allen Frances 2016 336 pagini

3.60

287 evaluări

🧠 Political Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌍 Climate Denial 🌱 Sustainability

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

de Pagan Kennedy • 2025

Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.

3.89

10.000+

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔬 Forensic Science 🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy 📜 Inventor Erasure 🚔 Police Corruption

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.

de Pagan Kennedy 2025 237 pagini

3.89

10.000+ evaluări

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔬 Forensic Science 🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy 📜 Inventor Erasure 🚔 Police Corruption

Contesting Democracy

de Jan-Werner Müller • 2006

It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.

4.00

159

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Thought 🛑 Totalitarianism 🚩 State Socialism 👊 Fascist Ideology

Contesting Democracy

It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.

de Jan-Werner Müller 2006 304 pagini

4.00

159 evaluări

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Thought 🛑 Totalitarianism 🚩 State Socialism 👊 Fascist Ideology

The Catalpa Rescue

de Peter FitzSimons • 2019

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

4.30

500+

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Catalpa Rescue

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

de Peter FitzSimons 2019 559 pagini

4.30

500+ evaluări

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991

de Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1994

1914 to 1991: a single age shaped by total war, ideological faith, and capitalism's serial failures.

4.29

7.000+

🌍 Global History 📖 Marxist History 💰 Economic History ⚔️ Total War 🥶 Cold War

The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991

1914 to 1991: a single age shaped by total war, ideological faith, and capitalism's serial failures.

de Eric J. Hobsbawm 1994 627 pagini

4.29

7.000+ evaluări

🌍 Global History 📖 Marxist History 💰 Economic History ⚔️ Total War 🥶 Cold War

1177 B.C.

de Eric H. Cline • 2014

The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.

3.74

13.000+

🏛️ Ancient Mediterranean 🗿 Bronze Age 💥 Systems Collapse 🌡️ Climate History ⚓ Ancient Trade

1177 B.C.

The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.

de Eric H. Cline 2014 264 pagini

3.74

13.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Ancient Mediterranean 🗿 Bronze Age 💥 Systems Collapse 🌡️ Climate History ⚓ Ancient Trade

The Age of Dignity

de Ai-jen Poo • 2015

Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.

3.88

413

🧓 Elder Care 🥪 Sandwich Generation 📜 Aging Policy 💰 Care Economy 👪 Family Caregiving

The Age of Dignity

Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.

de Ai-jen Poo 2015 176 pagini

3.88

413 evaluări

🧓 Elder Care 🥪 Sandwich Generation 📜 Aging Policy 💰 Care Economy 👪 Family Caregiving

The Lies of the Land

de Steven Conn • 2023

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

3.98

148

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics 🏘️ Suburban Expansion 🏚️ Deindustrialization

The Lies of the Land

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

de Steven Conn 2023 320 pagini

3.98

148 evaluări

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics 🏘️ Suburban Expansion 🏚️ Deindustrialization

Your Life in My Hands

de Rachel Clarke • 2017

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

3.78

4.000+

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

Your Life in My Hands

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

de Rachel Clarke 2017 278 pagini

3.78

4.000+ evaluări

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

Ravenous

de Henry Dimbleby • 2023

The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.

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1.000+

🏭 Food Systems 🧃 Ultra-Processed Food 🔬 Nutrition Science 🏥 Public Health Crisis ⚖️ Food Inequality

Ravenous

The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.

de Henry Dimbleby 2023 332 pagini

4.35

1.000+ evaluări

🏭 Food Systems 🧃 Ultra-Processed Food 🔬 Nutrition Science 🏥 Public Health Crisis ⚖️ Food Inequality

Freedom and Neurobiology

de John Rogers Searle • 2005

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

3.56

246

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will 🧩 Consciousness 🗣️ Speech Act Theory

Freedom and Neurobiology

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

de John Rogers Searle 2005 113 pagini

3.56

246 evaluări

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will 🧩 Consciousness 🗣️ Speech Act Theory

Propaganda and the Public Mind

de Noam Chomsky • 1998

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

4.06

1.000+

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Propaganda and the Public Mind

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

de Noam Chomsky 1998 256 pagini

4.06

1.000+ evaluări

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

The Way Out

de Peter T. Coleman • 2021

Winning arguments deepens polarization. The real way out: redesign the hidden systems that fuel it.

3.81

145

🏛️ Conflict Resolution 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌉 Bridge Building 🔗 Social Psychology

The Way Out

Winning arguments deepens polarization. The real way out: redesign the hidden systems that fuel it.

de Peter T. Coleman 2021 296 pagini

3.81

145 evaluări

🏛️ Conflict Resolution 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌉 Bridge Building 🔗 Social Psychology

Where the Water Goes

de David Owen • 2017

The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.

3.93

3.000+

🏜️ American West 💧 Water Scarcity ⚖️ Water Rights 🚿 Irrigation 🌡️ Climate Adaptation

Where the Water Goes

The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.

de David Owen 2017 288 pagini

3.93

3.000+ evaluări

🏜️ American West 💧 Water Scarcity ⚖️ Water Rights 🚿 Irrigation 🌡️ Climate Adaptation

The Rejected Stone

de Al Sharpton • 2013

What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.

4.18

148

✊🏾 Activist Memoir 🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership ✊ Modern Civil Rights ⛪ Black Church Tradition 🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline

The Rejected Stone

What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.

de Al Sharpton 2013 272 pagini

4.18

148 evaluări

✊🏾 Activist Memoir 🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership ✊ Modern Civil Rights ⛪ Black Church Tradition 🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline

The Way of the Knife

de Mark Mazzetti • 2013

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

3.85

4.000+

📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations 🎯 Counterterrorism 💰 Privatization Of War

The Way of the Knife

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

de Mark Mazzetti 2013 381 pagini

3.85

4.000+ evaluări

📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations 🎯 Counterterrorism 💰 Privatization Of War

Amexica

de Ed Vulliamy • 2010

Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.

3.86

500+

🕴️ Organized Crime ⚔️ Drug War 💀 Narco Culture 💰 Cartel Economics 🏜️ Migrant Journeys

Amexica

Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.

de Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pagini

3.86

500+ evaluări

🕴️ Organized Crime ⚔️ Drug War 💀 Narco Culture 💰 Cartel Economics 🏜️ Migrant Journeys

The Next America

de Paul Taylor • 2014

By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.

3.67

500+

🏛️ Generational Conflict 📊 Demographic Change 🏥 Social Safety Net 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Economic Mobility

The Next America

By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.

de Paul Taylor 2014 280 pagini

3.67

500+ evaluări

🏛️ Generational Conflict 📊 Demographic Change 🏥 Social Safety Net 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Economic Mobility

The Information Diet

de Clay A. Johnson • 2011

Information overload is a myth. Affirmation outsells truth, and your attention is the product.

3.50

2.000+

📚 Information Literacy 👁️ Attention Economy 🌿 Digital Wellness 📰 Media Literacy 🌐 Media Ecology

The Information Diet

Information overload is a myth. Affirmation outsells truth, and your attention is the product.

de Clay A. Johnson 2011 150 pagini

3.50

2.000+ evaluări

📚 Information Literacy 👁️ Attention Economy 🌿 Digital Wellness 📰 Media Literacy 🌐 Media Ecology

Boeing Versus Airbus

de John Newhouse • 2007

Two radically different bets on the future of flight: the superjumbo vs. the long-range midsize.

3.61

478

✈️ Aerospace Industry 🏭 Industrial Competition 💰 Subsidy Wars 🧩 Product Strategy 🏢 Corporate Culture

Boeing Versus Airbus

Two radically different bets on the future of flight: the superjumbo vs. the long-range midsize.

de John Newhouse 2007 272 pagini

3.61

478 evaluări

✈️ Aerospace Industry 🏭 Industrial Competition 💰 Subsidy Wars 🧩 Product Strategy 🏢 Corporate Culture

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

de Ben S. Bernanke • 2013

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

4.16

451

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

de Ben S. Bernanke 2013 144 pagini

4.16

451 evaluări

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

Humour

de Terry Eagleton • 2019

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

3.19

500+

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory 🤝 Humor And Society 🗳️ Humor And Politics

Humour

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

de Terry Eagleton 2019 224 pagini

3.19

500+ evaluări

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory 🤝 Humor And Society 🗳️ Humor And Politics

Lincoln on Leadership for Today

de Donald T. Phillips • 2017

How Lincoln held a fractured nation together: leadership tactics that still work in the boardroom.

3.87

258

🏛️ Presidential Leadership 📜 Applied History 🚨 Crisis Management 🧭 Character Leadership ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Lincoln on Leadership for Today

How Lincoln held a fractured nation together: leadership tactics that still work in the boardroom.

de Donald T. Phillips 2017 324 pagini

3.87

258 evaluări

🏛️ Presidential Leadership 📜 Applied History 🚨 Crisis Management 🧭 Character Leadership ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Cynicism

de Ansgar Allen • 2014

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

3.71

146

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy 💬 Social Critique 🔄 Value Subversion

Cynicism

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

de Ansgar Allen 2014 280 pagini

3.71

146 evaluări

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy 💬 Social Critique 🔄 Value Subversion

Flamefall

de Rosaria Munda • 2021

Her revolution is starving. The old regime is coming back. And they're bringing dragons.

4.22

18.000+

🐉 Dragon Riding 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🔥 Revolution Fantasy 🤝 Enemies To Allies 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Flamefall

Her revolution is starving. The old regime is coming back. And they're bringing dragons.

de Rosaria Munda 2021 496 pagini

4.22

18.000+ evaluări

🐉 Dragon Riding 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🔥 Revolution Fantasy 🤝 Enemies To Allies 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Man Who Knew

de Sebastian Mallaby • 2016

The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.

4.32

1.000+

🏦 Central Banking 💹 Monetary Policy 📜 Economic History 🛡️ Financial Regulation 🕊️ Free-Market Thought

The Man Who Knew

The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.

de Sebastian Mallaby 2016 800 pagini

4.32

1.000+ evaluări

🏦 Central Banking 💹 Monetary Policy 📜 Economic History 🛡️ Financial Regulation 🕊️ Free-Market Thought

Kingdoms in Conflict

de Charles W. Colson • 1987

Two rival kingdoms shape every society. Push one aside, and the other becomes a tyrant.

4.08

317

🏛️ Church And State 📖 Political Theology 🌍 Christian Social Ethics ⚖️ Moral Relativism 🏚️ Secularism Critique

Kingdoms in Conflict

Two rival kingdoms shape every society. Push one aside, and the other becomes a tyrant.

de Charles W. Colson 1987 448 pagini

4.08

317 evaluări

🏛️ Church And State 📖 Political Theology 🌍 Christian Social Ethics ⚖️ Moral Relativism 🏚️ Secularism Critique

UFOs for the 21st Century Mind

de Richard M. Dolan • 2014

Government lies, crash retrievals, and hidden science: why the UFO truth is about to break.

4.26

437

🛸 Modern Ufology 🤫 Ufo Cover-Ups 👽 Ancient Astronauts 👾 Ufo Abductions 🧘 Contactee Movement

UFOs for the 21st Century Mind

Government lies, crash retrievals, and hidden science: why the UFO truth is about to break.

de Richard M. Dolan 2014 506 pagini

4.26

437 evaluări

🛸 Modern Ufology 🤫 Ufo Cover-Ups 👽 Ancient Astronauts 👾 Ufo Abductions 🧘 Contactee Movement

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

de Andrew P. Napolitano • 2011

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

4.26

261

🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

de Andrew P. Napolitano 2011 320 pagini

4.26

261 evaluări

🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

Who's Your City?

de Richard Florida • 2008

Forty regions hold two-thirds of the world's wealth. Your zip code now outweighs your resume.

3.46

1.000+

🗺️ Economic Geography 🔗 Clustering Effects 😊 Place And Happiness 🧠 Knowledge Economy 🌐 Global Cities

Who's Your City?

Forty regions hold two-thirds of the world's wealth. Your zip code now outweighs your resume.

de Richard Florida 2008 352 pagini

3.46

1.000+ evaluări

🗺️ Economic Geography 🔗 Clustering Effects 😊 Place And Happiness 🧠 Knowledge Economy 🌐 Global Cities

The Shattered Kingdom

de Invi Wright • 2025

A human must clear her friend of regicide, but fate binds her to two princes.

4.03

2.000+

🖤 Fated Mates 🏰 Faerie Court 🌍 Human In Fae World 👥 Reverse Harem ⚖️ Political Intrigue

The Shattered Kingdom

A human must clear her friend of regicide, but fate binds her to two princes.

de Invi Wright 2025

4.03

2.000+ evaluări

🖤 Fated Mates 🏰 Faerie Court 🌍 Human In Fae World 👥 Reverse Harem ⚖️ Political Intrigue

The Waste-Free World

de Ron Gonen • 2021

Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.

4.11

174

🔄 Circular Economy ♻️ Sustainable Business 🎭 Greenwashing 🕰️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Right To Repair

The Waste-Free World

Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.

de Ron Gonen 2021 288 pagini

4.11

174 evaluări

🔄 Circular Economy ♻️ Sustainable Business 🎭 Greenwashing 🕰️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Right To Repair

The Devil's Playbook

de Lauren Etter • 2021

How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.

4.14

500+

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🚑 Public Health Crises 🚬 Tobacco Industry 💥 Disruption Gone Wrong 🧠 Addiction Science

The Devil's Playbook

How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.

de Lauren Etter 2021 495 pagini

4.14

500+ evaluări

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🚑 Public Health Crises 🚬 Tobacco Industry 💥 Disruption Gone Wrong 🧠 Addiction Science

Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings

de Thomas Paine • 1776

Rights aren't gifts from kings. Government works for you, and when it fails, you replace it.

4.02

500+

🗽 Natural Rights Theory 📜 Social Contract 🏛️ Republicanism 🔓 Classical Liberalism 👑 Anti-Monarchism

Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings

Rights aren't gifts from kings. Government works for you, and when it fails, you replace it.

de Thomas Paine 1776 504 pagini

4.02

500+ evaluări

🗽 Natural Rights Theory 📜 Social Contract 🏛️ Republicanism 🔓 Classical Liberalism 👑 Anti-Monarchism

Smart People Should Build Things

de Andrew Yang • 2014

Elite recruiting funnels top grads into finance and law, not startups. The cost, and the fix.

3.79

1.000+

🧑‍💼 Human Capital 🌱 Startup Ecosystems 🔗 Talent Pipelines 😬 Risk Aversion 🤝 Social Entrepreneurship

Smart People Should Build Things

Elite recruiting funnels top grads into finance and law, not startups. The cost, and the fix.

de Andrew Yang 2014 272 pagini

3.79

1.000+ evaluări

🧑‍💼 Human Capital 🌱 Startup Ecosystems 🔗 Talent Pipelines 😬 Risk Aversion 🤝 Social Entrepreneurship

Is There Anything Good About Men?

de Roy F. Baumeister • 2016

The gender gap isn't about privilege. It's about who culture found more useful to sacrifice.

3.74

356

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Male Psychology 💘 Sexual Selection 🏋️ Masculinity Studies 🏆 Status Competition

Is There Anything Good About Men?

The gender gap isn't about privilege. It's about who culture found more useful to sacrifice.

de Roy F. Baumeister 2016 320 pagini

3.74

356 evaluări

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Male Psychology 💘 Sexual Selection 🏋️ Masculinity Studies 🏆 Status Competition

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

de Andrew Gelman • 2008

Wealthy states lean left; within them, wealth predicts right. The data that reconciles the split.

3.64

376

🗺️ Electoral Geography 🗳️ Voting Behavior 💰 Income And Voting ↔️ Political Polarization 🔵🔴 Cultural Divides

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

Wealthy states lean left; within them, wealth predicts right. The data that reconciles the split.

de Andrew Gelman 2008 240 pagini

3.64

376 evaluări

🗺️ Electoral Geography 🗳️ Voting Behavior 💰 Income And Voting ↔️ Political Polarization 🔵🔴 Cultural Divides

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys

de Simon Reeve • 2018

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

4.34

6.000+

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel 🌍 Geopolitics Travel 💪 Resilience Narratives

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

de Simon Reeve 2018 352 pagini

4.34

6.000+ evaluări

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel 🌍 Geopolitics Travel 💪 Resilience Narratives

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

de Anupreeta Das • 2024

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

3.01

441

💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🔎 Investigative Biography 🏢 Corporate Power

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

de Anupreeta Das 2024 330 pagini

3.01

441 evaluări

💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🔎 Investigative Biography 🏢 Corporate Power

Full Frontal Feminism

de Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

3.86

8.000+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

de Jessica Valenti 2007 289 pagini

3.86

8.000+ evaluări

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Why We Love Pirates

de Rebecca Simon • 2020

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

3.67

340

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🖨️ Print Culture ⚰️ Execution Spectacle

Why We Love Pirates

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

de Rebecca Simon 2020 256 pagini

3.67

340 evaluări

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🖨️ Print Culture ⚰️ Execution Spectacle

Conversations with RBG

de Jeffrey Rosen • 2019

She built gender equality case by case, often representing men. The legal mind behind Notorious RBG.

4.15

4.000+

⚖️ Constitutional Law 👩‍⚖️ Women And The Law 🏛️ Judicial Restraint 📜 Strategic Litigation 🩺 Reproductive Rights

Conversations with RBG

She built gender equality case by case, often representing men. The legal mind behind Notorious RBG.

de Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 pagini

4.15

4.000+ evaluări

⚖️ Constitutional Law 👩‍⚖️ Women And The Law 🏛️ Judicial Restraint 📜 Strategic Litigation 🩺 Reproductive Rights

Doesn't Hurt to Ask

de Trey Gowdy • 2020

Stop making statements. Start asking questions: a prosecutor's toolkit for winning any argument.

4.16

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🎯 Persuasion Techniques ❓ Questioning Strategies 🗣️ Rhetorical Strategy 🏛️ Credibility Building ⚖️ Legal Reasoning

Doesn't Hurt to Ask

Stop making statements. Start asking questions: a prosecutor's toolkit for winning any argument.

de Trey Gowdy 2020 263 pagini

4.16

1.000+ evaluări

🎯 Persuasion Techniques ❓ Questioning Strategies 🗣️ Rhetorical Strategy 🏛️ Credibility Building ⚖️ Legal Reasoning

The Annals/The Histories

de Tacitus • 2003

Four emperors in one year, a city in flames, and a historian who watched it all.

4.03

375

🏛️ Ancient Rome 🦅 Imperial Politics 🗳️ Political Corruption 🐍 Dynastic Intrigue ⚔️ Civil War

The Annals/The Histories

Four emperors in one year, a city in flames, and a historian who watched it all.

de Tacitus 2003 640 pagini

4.03

375 evaluări

🏛️ Ancient Rome 🦅 Imperial Politics 🗳️ Political Corruption 🐍 Dynastic Intrigue ⚔️ Civil War

The Silenced Majority

de Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

251

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

de Amy Goodman 2012 380 pagini

4.06

251 evaluări

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Swarm

de Orson Scott Card • 2016

Living ships swarm toward Earth, but military corruption may doom humanity before the aliens arrive.

4.14

7.000+

🚀 Military Science Fiction 👽 Alien Invasion 🧠 Hive Mind 🧬 Bioengineered Aliens 🎖️ Child Soldiers

The Swarm

Living ships swarm toward Earth, but military corruption may doom humanity before the aliens arrive.

de Orson Scott Card 2016 464 pagini

4.14

7.000+ evaluări

🚀 Military Science Fiction 👽 Alien Invasion 🧠 Hive Mind 🧬 Bioengineered Aliens 🎖️ Child Soldiers

The Shortest History of Economics

de Andrew Leigh • 2024

Doomsayers predict collapse. Innovators prove them wrong. Ten thousand years of that economic cycle.

3.91

2.000+

🏛️ Economic History 🌍 Big History 💭 Economic Thought 📜 Political Economy ⚙️ Technological Change

The Shortest History of Economics

Doomsayers predict collapse. Innovators prove them wrong. Ten thousand years of that economic cycle.

de Andrew Leigh 2024 241 pagini

3.91

2.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Economic History 🌍 Big History 💭 Economic Thought 📜 Political Economy ⚙️ Technological Change

The Sellout

de Charles Gasparino • 2009

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

3.92

302

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

The Sellout

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

de Charles Gasparino 2009 553 pagini

3.92

302 evaluări

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

Seeing through the Smoke

de Peter Grinspoon • 2023

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

4.03

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Seeing through the Smoke

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

de Peter Grinspoon 2023 427 pagini

4.03

87 evaluări

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Sinatra's Century

de David Lehman • 2015

A hundred glimpses of a singer who mapped an American century: mob, movies, music.

3.97

169

🎵 Great American Songbook 🌟 Cultural Icons 🎲 Rat Pack 🕰️ Mid-Century America 🎬 Hollywood History

Sinatra's Century

A hundred glimpses of a singer who mapped an American century: mob, movies, music.

de David Lehman 2015 224 pagini

3.97

169 evaluări

🎵 Great American Songbook 🌟 Cultural Icons 🎲 Rat Pack 🕰️ Mid-Century America 🎬 Hollywood History

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