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It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage
Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street
by Nomi Prins 2009 296 pages
3.97
190 ratings
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Stronger Summary
Stronger
The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives
by Michael Joseph Gross 2025 480 pages
3.86
133 ratings
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Buckley Summary
Buckley
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
by Carl T. Bogus 2011 416 pages
3.76
146 ratings
History
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Zero Fail Summary
Zero Fail
The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by Carol Leonnig 2021 560 pages
4.23
9.7K ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Stillborn God Summary
The Stillborn God
Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
by Mark Lilla 2007 352 pages
3.59
288 ratings
Religion
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The Christ Conspiracy Summary
The Christ Conspiracy
The Greatest Story Ever Sold
by D.M. Murdock 1999 431 pages
3.78
514 ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
How Woke Won Summary
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
by Joanna Williams 2022 270 pages
4.10
167 ratings
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Sociology
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END OF OIL Summary
END OF OIL
by Paul Roberts 2004 412 pages
3.74
1.1K ratings
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The Mammoth Book of the West Summary
The Mammoth Book of the West
The Making of the American West
by Jon E. Lewis 1996 544 pages
3.98
132 ratings
History
Westerns
American History
The Lion in the Living Room Summary
The Lion in the Living Room
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
by Abigail Tucker 2016 243 pages
3.62
3.8K ratings
Animals
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Cats
Putinism Summary
Putinism
Russia and Its Future with the West
by Walter Laqueur 2015 288 pages
3.30
256 ratings
Russia
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History
Soul Machine Summary
Soul Machine
The Invention of the Modern Mind
by George Makari 2015 672 pages
3.82
154 ratings
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The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
by Steven Conn 2023 320 pages
4.01
125 ratings
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Urbanism
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The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 240 pages
4.46
1.3K ratings
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A History of Islam in 21 Women Summary
A History of Islam in 21 Women
by Hossein Kamaly 2021 304 pages
3.40
461 ratings
Islam
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The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
by Amy Goodman 2012 342 pages
4.07
248 ratings
Politics
Journalism
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Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 352 pages
4.05
330 ratings
Politics
History
American
The Making of Exile Summary
The Making of Exile
Sindhi Hindus and the Partition of India
by Nandita Bhavnani 2014 434 pages
4.16
141 ratings
History
India
Pakistan
Writings of Abraham Lincoln Summary
Writings of Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham Lincoln 1953
4.12
308 ratings
History
Biography
Civil War
Confidence Game Summary
Confidence Game
How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street's Bluff
by Christine S. Richard 2010 352 pages
4.13
901 ratings
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The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages
4.19
426 ratings
History
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American History
The Good Bee Summary
The Good Bee
A Celebration of Bees – And How to Save Them
by Alison Benjamin 2019 193 pages
4.18
292 ratings
Science
Nature
Natural History
The Science of Murder Summary
The Science of Murder
The Forensics of Agatha Christie
by Carla Valentine 2021 432 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
True Crime
Science
History
The Ones We've Been Waiting for Summary
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
by Charlotte Alter 2020 368 pages
4.20
850 ratings
Politics
History
Leadership
A Garden of Marvels Summary
A Garden of Marvels
How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
by Ruth Kassinger 2014 416 pages
3.84
456 ratings
Science
Nature
Gardening
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
by Gary Rivlin 2010 358 pages
3.71
1.1K ratings
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Poverty
Financial Literacy Summary
Financial Literacy
Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets
by Connel Fullenkamp 2003 24 pages
4.01
249 ratings
Economics
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Business
Unbelievable Summary
Unbelievable
Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory
by Stacy Horn 2009 289 pages
3.26
511 ratings
Paranormal
Science
History
Mother American Night Summary
Mother American Night
My Life and Crazy Times
by John Perry Barlow 2018 288 pages
4.18
701 ratings
Biography
Music
Memoir
Reading the Constitution Summary
Reading the Constitution
Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
by Stephen Breyer 2024 368 pages
3.99
768 ratings
Politics
Law
History
The Handover Summary
The Handover
How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
by David Runciman 2023 352 pages
3.71
185 ratings
Politics
Technology
History
41 Summary
41
A Portrait of My Father
by George W. Bush 2014 294 pages
4.07
11.5K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Monk as Man Summary
The Monk as Man
The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda
by Sankar 2008 264 pages
3.88
308 ratings
Biography
Spirituality
India
Decline and Fall Summary
Decline and Fall
The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America
by John Michael Greer 2014 304 pages
4.29
153 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Sound and Fury Summary
Sound and Fury
Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship
by Dave Kindred 2007 384 pages
3.98
202 ratings
Sports
Biography
History
Aristotle Summary
Aristotle
Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher
by John Sellars 2023 123 pages
3.96
157 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Fall of the House of Bush Summary
The Fall of the House of Bush
The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future
by Craig Unger 2007 448 pages
4.00
200 ratings
Politics
History
American History
A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies Summary
A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies
by John Wiley & Sons 2011 362 pages
3.31
3.8K ratings
Reference
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Education
The Hidden History of Burma Summary
The Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
by Thant Myint-U 2019 304 pages
4.14
1.5K ratings
History
Asia
Politics
Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies Summary
Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies
The Patriots
by David Fisher 2016 320 pages
4.04
3.4K ratings
History
Historical
American History
Cobra II Summary
Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
by Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 pages
3.97
2.1K ratings
History
Military Fiction
Military History
This Land Is Our Land Summary
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
by Ken Ilgunas 2018 288 pages
4.00
315 ratings
Travel
Nature
History
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior Summary
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior
The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
by Paul Strathern 2009 412 pages
3.97
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Italy
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Summary
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
by Marcia Bartusiak 2000 272 pages
4.03
194 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Real Mad Men Summary
The Real Mad Men
The Remarkable True Story of Madison Avenue's Golden Age
by Andrew Cracknell 2011 224 pages
3.55
303 ratings
History
Business
Biography
Move Fast and Break Things Summary
Move Fast and Break Things
How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
by Jonathan Taplin 2017 320 pages
3.59
1.5K ratings
Business
Technology
Politics
Most Dangerous Summary
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Steve Sheinkin 2015 370 pages
4.19
6.0K ratings
History
Biography
War
Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know Summary
Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know
by Candace Rose Rardon 2020 144 pages
4.02
247 ratings
Tea
Food
Cookbooks
Lucky Summary
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
by Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pages
3.86
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
American History
Bloodlines of the Illuminati Summary
Bloodlines of the Illuminati
by Fritz Springmeier 2002 623 pages
4.02
281 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
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