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No Dream Is Too High Summary
No Dream Is Too High
Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
by Buzz Aldrin 2016 224 pages
3.75
1.5K ratings
Biography
Space
Science
The Sea and Civilization Summary
The Sea and Civilization
A Maritime History of the World
by Lincoln Paine 2013 784 pages
3.88
648 ratings
History
Maritime
World History
Clausewitz on Strategy Summary
Clausewitz on Strategy
Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist
by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001 196 pages
4.05
109 ratings
Military Fiction
Philosophy
War
Discrimination and Disparities Summary
Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell 2018 192 pages
4.47
5.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
A World Undone Summary
A World Undone
The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
by G.J. Meyer 2006 704 pages
4.37
8.7K ratings
History
World War I
War
What is Hinduism? Summary
What is Hinduism?
A Guide for the Global Mind
by David Frawley 1995 274 pages
4.14
106 ratings
Hinduism
Religion
History
Prometheus and Atlas Summary
Prometheus and Atlas
by Jason Reza Jorjani 2016 466 pages
4.10
106 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Science
The Heart and the Fist Summary
The Heart and the Fist
The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
by Eric Greitens 2011 320 pages
4.12
9.6K ratings
Military Fiction
Biography
Memoir
Entanglement Summary
Entanglement
by Amir D. Aczel 2002 304 pages
4.01
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
History
The Price of Time Summary
The Price of Time
by Edward Chancellor 2022 432 pages
4.16
2.6K ratings
Economics
Finance
History
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs Summary
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
by Colin Wilson 1964
3.41
230 ratings
History
Biography
Russia
The Hand Summary
The Hand
How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture
by Frank R. Wilson 1998 416 pages
3.86
209 ratings
Science
Design
Psychology
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5.2K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Masters of Command Summary
Masters of Command
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
by Barry S. Strauss 2012 320 pages
4.02
816 ratings
History
Leadership
Ancient History
The Existentialist's Survival Guide Summary
The Existentialist's Survival Guide
How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age
by Gordon Marino 2018 272 pages
3.69
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Black Garden Summary
Black Garden
Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
by Thomas de Waal 2003 400 pages
4.25
788 ratings
History
Politics
War
The Dope Summary
The Dope
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
by Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 pages
4.03
1.0K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Hate Inc. Summary
Hate Inc.
Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
by Matt Taibbi 2019 380 pages
4.10
5.5K ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Five Chimneys Summary
Five Chimneys
A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
by Olga Lengyel 1947 232 pages
4.41
20.1K ratings
Holocaust
History
World War II
How to Grow Old Summary
How to Grow Old
Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 217 pages
4.08
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
If the Oceans Were Ink Summary
If the Oceans Were Ink
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
by Carla Power 2015 352 pages
4.11
2.0K ratings
Islam
Religion
Memoir
It IS About Islam Summary
It IS About Islam
Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate (3)
by Glenn Beck 2015 272 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Islam
Bird Watching Summary
Bird Watching
On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love
by Larry Bird 1999 352 pages
3.94
423 ratings
Sports
Basketball
Memoir
Concrete Planet Summary
Concrete Planet
The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
by Robert Courland 2011 396 pages
3.88
211 ratings
History
Science
Engineering
A Field Guide to Getting Lost Summary
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Rebecca Solnit 2005 209 pages
3.91
20.3K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Travel
The Unprotected Class Summary
The Unprotected Class
How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
by Jeremy Carl 2024 400 pages
4.32
130 ratings
Politics
History
Race
UFO Summary
UFO
The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
by Garrett M. Graff 2023 544 pages
3.69
934 ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
Clock of the Long Now Summary
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand 1999 208 pages
4.10
790 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
The Invention of Russia Summary
The Invention of Russia
From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
by Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 384 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
How We Eat Summary
How We Eat
The Brave New World of Food and Drink
by Paco Underhill 2022 256 pages
3.52
440 ratings
Food
Business
Science
The Road to Ruin Summary
The Road to Ruin
The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis
by James Rickards 2016 352 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
British Literature
The Greatest Summary
The Greatest
My Own Story
by Richard Durham 1975 415 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
The Double Life of Pocahontas Summary
The Double Life of Pocahontas
by Jean Fritz 1983 96 pages
3.46
767 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism Summary
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
A Warning to the Global Middle Class
by Joel Kotkin 2020 266 pages
3.61
798 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Stonewall Riots Summary
The Stonewall Riots
Coming Out in the Streets
by Gayle E. Pitman 2019 224 pages
4.04
1.3K ratings
LGBT
History
Middle Grade
Ancient Egyptian Magic Summary
Ancient Egyptian Magic
A Hands-On Guide
by Christina Riggs 2020 208 pages
3.89
197 ratings
Egypt
History
Mythology
The Boer War Summary
The Boer War
by Winston S. Churchill 1900 405 pages
4.13
120 ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
Paperbacks from Hell Summary
Paperbacks from Hell
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
by Grady Hendrix 2017 254 pages
4.27
11.3K ratings
Horror
History
Books About Books
Follow the Money Summary
Follow the Money
The Shocking Deep State Connections of the Anti-Trump Cabal
by Dan Bongino 2020 210 pages
4.38
687 ratings
Politics
History
Historical
Alexander the Great Summary
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman 2010 391 pages
4.32
5.3K ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
The Partnership Summary
The Partnership
The Making of Goldman Sachs
by Charles D. Ellis 2008 752 pages
3.83
1.1K ratings
Business
Finance
History
Like, Comment, Subscribe Summary
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
by Mark Bergen 2022 464 pages
3.73
1.0K ratings
Business
Technology
History
Flesh and Stone Summary
Flesh and Stone
The Body and the City in Western Civilization
by Richard Sennett 1996 432 pages
4.29
520 ratings
History
Architecture
Sociology
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Summary
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by Octavio Paz 1950 398 pages
4.10
14.3K ratings
Essays
History
Philosophy
Free Market Revolution Summary
Free Market Revolution
How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government
by Yaron Brook 2012 272 pages
4.22
665 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Bobos in Paradise Summary
Bobos in Paradise
The New Upper Class and How They Got There
by David Brooks 2000 284 pages
3.62
4.5K ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky 2022 200 pages
4.38
273 ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey Summary
Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey
by Sita Ram Goel 1990 296 pages
4.56
171 ratings
History
India
Politics
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