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The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
by Niall Ferguson 2007 496 pages
3.90
29.9K ratings
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Death by China Summary
Death by China
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by Peter Navarro 2011 303 pages
3.49
522 ratings
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Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
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by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
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Technopoly Summary
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
by Neil Postman 1992 222 pages
3.95
4.9K ratings
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The Great Divergence Summary
The Great Divergence
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by Kenneth Pomeranz 2000 392 pages
3.69
946 ratings
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The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
56.1K ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
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4.13
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The Consolations of Philosophy Summary
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4.01
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The Happiest Man on Earth Summary
The Happiest Man on Earth
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4.62
111.9K ratings
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The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1997 119 pages
4.06
19.1K ratings
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Digital Gold Summary
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by Nathaniel Popper 2015 416 pages
4.15
6.8K ratings
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The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook
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by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011 321 pages
4.26
10.8K ratings
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Sex at Dawn Summary
Sex at Dawn
The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by Christopher Ryan 2010 416 pages
3.98
31.1K ratings
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A Man for All Markets Summary
A Man for All Markets
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by Edward O. Thorp 2016 416 pages
4.24
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When Prophecy Fails Summary
When Prophecy Fails
A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World
by Leon Festinger 1956 264 pages
3.81
1.2K ratings
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Medieval India Summary
Medieval India
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by Satish Chandra 1997 550 pages
3.97
349 ratings
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Anatomy of Love Summary
Anatomy of Love
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by Helen Fisher 1992 464 pages
3.88
1.9K ratings
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Politics Summary
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by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
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The Entrepreneurial State Summary
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by Mariana Mazzucato 2011 266 pages
3.95
3.2K ratings
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The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1988 293 pages
4.26
52.8K ratings
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The Analects Summary
The Analects
by Confucius 249 pages
3.81
23.3K ratings
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The Baburnama Summary
The Baburnama
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by Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur 1531 608 pages
3.95
755 ratings
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Normal Accidents Summary
Normal Accidents
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by Charles Perrow 1984 464 pages
4.05
669 ratings
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The Arthashastra Summary
The Arthashastra
by Kautilya 878 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
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Hagakure Summary
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The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages
4.00
16.4K ratings
Philosophy
Japan
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Debt Summary
Debt
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by David Graeber 2011 534 pages
4.21
25.0K ratings
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The Socratic Method Summary
The Socratic Method
A Practitioner's Handbook
by Ward Farnsworth 2021 243 pages
4.27
1.1K ratings
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Self Help
Strategy Summary
Strategy
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by Lawrence Freedman 2013 768 pages
3.98
2.9K ratings
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مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary
مقدمة ابن خلدون
by Ibn Khaldun 1377 3864 pages
4.30
4.7K ratings
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As We Have Always Done Summary
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017 216 pages
4.57
1.1K ratings
Indigenous
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Titan Summary
Titan
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by Ron Chernow 1998 832 pages
4.16
34.7K ratings
Biography
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Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages
4.05
145.9K ratings
Biography
History
American History
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
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Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.61
8.2K ratings
India
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Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci 1947 483 pages
4.20
5.2K ratings
Philosophy
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Theory
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Summary
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
by Albert Pike 1871 861 pages
4.14
1.2K ratings
Spirituality
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History of Modern India Summary
History of Modern India
by Bipan Chandra 2009 352 pages
4.08
2.3K ratings
History
India
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Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages
4.15
1.3M ratings
Biography
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Technology
The New New Thing Summary
The New New Thing
A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael Lewis 1999 349 pages
3.75
10.1K ratings
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Biography
Bloodlands Summary
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder 2010 524 pages
4.39
18.5K ratings
History
War
World War II
India After Gandhi Summary
India After Gandhi
The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha 2007 912 pages
4.39
17.9K ratings
History
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Indian Literature
Economics in One Lesson Summary
Economics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt 1946 218 pages
4.17
21.0K ratings
Economics
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A Brief History of Modern India (2019-2020 Edition) by Spectrum Books Summary
A Brief History of Modern India (2019-2020 Edition) by Spectrum Books
by Spectrum Books Pvt.Ltd. 2019 848 pages
4.43
236 ratings
History
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 600 pages
4.15
41.6K ratings
Business
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The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 2006 360 pages
3.86
82.1K ratings
True Crime
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The Innovators Summary
The Innovators
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by Walter Isaacson 2011 542 pages
4.12
38.9K ratings
History
Biography
Business
Appetite for America Summary
Appetite for America
How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
by Stephen Fried 2010 518 pages
4.20
1.2K ratings
History
Biography
American History
The Sacred Canopy Summary
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
by Peter L. Berger 1967 240 pages
3.95
1.1K ratings
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
Mind Hunter Summary
Mind Hunter
Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John E. Douglas 1995 397 pages
4.09
77.3K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
The Four Summary
The Four
The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
by Scott Galloway 2017 320 pages
3.83
18.5K ratings
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