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India Wins Freedom Summary
India Wins Freedom
The Complete Version
by Abul Kalam Azad 1978 297 pages
4.20
1.1K ratings
History
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The Long Game Summary
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4.02
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Gaza in Crisis Summary
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by Noam Chomsky 2010 240 pages
4.14
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The Future of Freedom Summary
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by Fareed Zakaria 2003 295 pages
4.02
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Bibi Summary
Bibi
My Story
by Benjamin Netanyahu 2022 733 pages
4.46
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Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales Summary
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
by Marie-Louise von Franz 1974 352 pages
4.32
833 ratings
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific Summary
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
by BronisΕ‚aw Malinowski 1922 527 pages
3.76
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Discourses and Selected Writings Summary
Discourses and Selected Writings
by Epictetus 276 pages
4.41
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American Made Summary
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4.31
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Persian Girls Summary
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3.91
3.5K ratings
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Edible Economics Summary
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by Ha-Joon Chang 2022 224 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
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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
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Diana Summary
Diana
Her True Story in Her Own Words
by Andrew Morton 1993 432 pages
3.84
28.3K ratings
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Memoir
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
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The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm
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by George Friedman 2020 256 pages
4.06
2.3K ratings
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Fight Summary
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by Jonathan Allen 2025 352 pages
4.06
1.7K ratings
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh Summary
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
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by Carl Zimmer 2018 657 pages
4.16
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Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 Summary
Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789
by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks 2006 510 pages
3.95
427 ratings
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The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought Summary
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought
by Sun Tzu 2013 760 pages
4.20
1.5K ratings
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Half Broke Horses Summary
Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls 2009 272 pages
4.09
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Black Hawk Down Summary
Black Hawk Down
A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden 1999 386 pages
4.30
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People, Power, and Profits Summary
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Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019 366 pages
3.88
2.0K ratings
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God Is Red Summary
God Is Red
A Native View of Religion
by Vine Deloria Jr. 1972 325 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
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Freedom's Forge Summary
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
by Arthur Herman 2012 432 pages
4.32
2.4K ratings
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The Hero Code Summary
The Hero Code
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by William H. McRaven 2021 176 pages
4.34
4.7K ratings
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The Bill of Obligations Summary
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
by Richard N. Haass 2023 240 pages
4.14
1.4K ratings
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The Billion Dollar Spy Summary
The Billion Dollar Spy
A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
by David E. Hoffman 2015 336 pages
4.23
15.2K ratings
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Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning Summary
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1974 208 pages
4.04
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Flying Blind Summary
Flying Blind
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by Peter Robison 2021 336 pages
4.19
3.9K ratings
Business
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Aviation
Iran Awakening Summary
Iran Awakening
A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
by Shirin Ebadi 2006 232 pages
4.17
5.6K ratings
Iran
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The Contrarian Summary
The Contrarian
Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
by Max Chafkin 2021 400 pages
3.60
2.1K ratings
Business
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The End of Fashion Summary
The End of Fashion
How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever
by Teri Agins 1999 352 pages
3.87
1.1K ratings
Fashion
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History
Aleister Crowley Summary
Aleister Crowley
Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
by Gary Lachman 2014 400 pages
3.42
560 ratings
Biography
Occult
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Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.42
2.3K ratings
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How to Win an Argument Summary
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages
3.66
811 ratings
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Classics
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The Wisdom Of Finance Summary
The Wisdom Of Finance
Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
by Mihir Desai 2017 223 pages
4.01
2.2K ratings
Finance
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Business
Girl on Girl Summary
Girl on Girl
How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
by Sophie Gilbert 2025 352 pages
4.19
318 ratings
Feminism
Pop Culture
History
Muhammad Summary
Muhammad
A Biography of the Prophet
by Karen Armstrong 1991 290 pages
4.19
7.0K ratings
Religion
Islam
History
The Accidental Superpower Summary
The Accidental Superpower
The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
by Peter Zeihan 2014 384 pages
4.33
5.4K ratings
Politics
History
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Less Than Nothing Summary
Less Than Nothing
Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism
by Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek 2012 1056 pages
4.17
609 ratings
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The 1619 Project Summary
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
by Nikole Hannah-Jones 2019 590 pages
4.62
22.0K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language Summary
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
by David W. Anthony 2007 568 pages
3.99
3.7K ratings
History
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Anthropology
Against Our Will Summary
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
by Susan Brownmiller 1975 472 pages
4.05
4.1K ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
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Why We're Polarized Summary
Why We're Polarized
by Ezra Klein 2020 336 pages
4.22
18.0K ratings
Politics
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Psychology
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
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The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by Diane Vaughan 1996 592 pages
4.09
432 ratings
History
Science
Space
The Tycoons Summary
The Tycoons
How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
by Charles R. Morris 2005 400 pages
3.74
2.1K ratings
History
Biography
Business
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
by Neil Postman 1995 209 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Sociology
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 362 pages
3.82
2.4K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Box Summary
The Box
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
by Marc Levinson 2006 392 pages
3.86
6.8K ratings
History
Business
Economics
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