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The Tatas Summary
The Tatas
How a Family Built a Business and a Nation
by Girish Kuber 2015 276 pages
4.36
1.2K ratings
Biography
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Boyd Summary
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
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Military Fiction
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
by Slavoj Žižek 2014 208 pages
3.73
1.4K ratings
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The Reactionary Mind Summary
The Reactionary Mind
Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
by Corey Robin 2011 290 pages
3.94
2.7K ratings
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History
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1971 Summary
1971
A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
by Anam Zakaria 2019 402 pages
4.13
174 ratings
History
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India
The Facebook Effect Summary
The Facebook Effect
The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World
by David Kirkpatrick 2010 384 pages
3.86
11.9K ratings
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BluOne Ink Hindus in Hindu Rashtra Summary
BluOne Ink Hindus in Hindu Rashtra
by Anand Ranganathan 2023 152 pages
4.46
774 ratings
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The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 pages
3.69
118 ratings
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
Natural Born Heroes Summary
Natural Born Heroes
How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
by Christopher McDougall 2013 337 pages
3.84
9.7K ratings
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Sports
Health
Monopoly Capital Summary
Monopoly Capital
An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order
by Paul A. Baran 1966 416 pages
4.20
261 ratings
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Empire of the Summer Moon Summary
Empire of the Summer Moon
by S.C. Gwynne 2010 371 pages
4.24
62.8K ratings
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American History
Until We Are Free Summary
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
by Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 pages
4.27
1.9K ratings
Iran
Memoir
Politics
She Said Summary
She Said
Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
by Jodi Kantor 2019 310 pages
4.34
42.8K ratings
Feminism
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Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower
Will America Survive to 2025?
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages
4.02
757 ratings
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History
Cult Classics
بیست و سه سال Summary
بیست و سه سال
۲۳ سال
by Ali Dashti 1973 400 pages
4.01
1.0K ratings
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Islam
It Worked for Me Summary
It Worked for Me
In Life and Leadership
by Colin Powell 2012 304 pages
4.09
6.7K ratings
Leadership
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Memoir
Kushner, Inc. Summary
Kushner, Inc.
Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
by Vicky Ward 2019 304 pages
3.53
2.1K ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Why Men Fight Summary
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 1916 280 pages
3.95
233 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand
A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages
4.32
382 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
Main Currents Of Marxism Summary
Main Currents Of Marxism
The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown
by Leszek Kołakowski 1976 1284 pages
4.26
438 ratings
Philosophy
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Ten Drugs Summary
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
by Thomas Hager 2019 304 pages
4.18
5.0K ratings
Science
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Medicine
A Short History of Myth Summary
A Short History of Myth
by Karen Armstrong 2005 159 pages
3.69
6.3K ratings
History
Mythology
Philosophy
Exo-Vaticana Summary
Exo-Vaticana
Petrus Romanus, Project Lucifer, and the Vatican's Astonishing Exo-Theological Plan for the Arrival of an Alien Savior
by Cris Putnam 2013
4.08
449 ratings
Religion
Conspiracy Theories
Paranormal
JFK's Forgotten Crisis Summary
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
by Bruce Riedel 2015 177 pages
4.16
404 ratings
History
India
Politics
Hardball Summary
Hardball
How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game
by Chris Matthews 1988 240 pages
3.50
1.8K ratings
Politics
School
Political Science
The Science Delusion Summary
The Science Delusion
Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
by Rupert Sheldrake 2012 392 pages
4.08
1.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Spirituality
A Doctor in the House Summary
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
by Mahathir Mohamad 2011 843 pages
4.26
1.1K ratings
Biography
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History
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
598 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Lenin Summary
Lenin
A Biography
by Robert Service 2000 592 pages
3.84
1.8K ratings
History
Biography
Russia
Pendulum Summary
Pendulum
How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future: PDF Included
by Roy H. Williams 2012
3.71
396 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
by David Grazian 2010 256 pages
3.50
104 ratings
Sociology
School
History
On Boxing Summary
On Boxing
by Joyce Carol Oates 1987 304 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Sports
Essays
Martial Arts
The Marwaris Summary
The Marwaris
From Jagat Seth to the Birlas
by Thomas A Timberg 2014 184 pages
3.01
227 ratings
Business
History
India
The Greater Journey Summary
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
by David McCullough 2011 558 pages
3.94
20.3K ratings
History
France
Biography
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1 Summary
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1
The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
by Steven Runciman 1951 394 pages
4.28
1.8K ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Brilliant Blunders Summary
Brilliant Blunders
From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
by Mario Livio 2013 342 pages
3.57
2.4K ratings
Science
History
Physics
Grinding It Out Summary
Grinding It Out
The Making of McDonald's
by Ray Kroc 1977 256 pages
4.01
8.5K ratings
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
Founding Brothers Summary
Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis 2000 288 pages
3.95
46.7K ratings
History
American History
Biography
Melania Summary
Melania
by Melania Trump 2024 338 pages
3.83
12.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
The Mother Tongue Summary
The Mother Tongue
English and How It Got That Way
by Bill Bryson 1990 270 pages
3.91
43.2K ratings
History
Language
Linguistics
How to Be a Friend Summary
How to Be a Friend
An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 188 pages
3.87
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Saving Capitalism Summary
Saving Capitalism
For the Many, Not the Few
by Robert B. Reich 2004 219 pages
4.19
5.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Last Kings of Shanghai Summary
The Last Kings of Shanghai
The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
by Jonathan Kaufman 2020 384 pages
4.27
4.4K ratings
History
China
Jewish
The Art Thief Summary
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages
3.95
68.0K ratings
True Crime
Art
History
One Bullet Away Summary
One Bullet Away
The Making of a Marine Officer
by Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 pages
4.20
11.5K ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
Madame Blavatsky Summary
Madame Blavatsky
The Mother of Modern Spirituality
by Gary Lachman 2012 352 pages
3.82
249 ratings
Occult
Biography
History
War Summary
War
How Conflict Shaped Us
by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages
3.58
3.7K ratings
History
War
Politics
Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics
A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
by Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 pages
3.84
2.8K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
by Annie Jacobsen 2019 560 pages
4.33
6.1K ratings
History
Military Fiction
Politics
The Age of Addiction Summary
The Age of Addiction
How Bad Habits Became Big Business
by David T. Courtwright 2019 336 pages
3.64
399 ratings
Psychology
History
Economics
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