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Days of Rage Summary
Days of Rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
by Bryan Burrough 2015 608 pages
3.96
2.4K ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City Summary
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
by Barbara E. Mundy 2015 256 pages
4.11
63 ratings
History
Architecture
Anthropology
My Men Are My Heroes Summary
My Men Are My Heroes
The Brad Kasal Story
by Brad Kasal 2007 287 pages
4.18
609 ratings
Military Fiction
History
War
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Anglo Files Summary
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the British
by Sarah Lyall 2008 304 pages
3.45
2.0K ratings
Travel
Humor
British Literature
These Truths Summary
These Truths
A History of the United States
by Jill Lepore 2019 960 pages
4.4
12.8K ratings
History
Politics
American History
Longshot Summary
Longshot
The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
by David Heath 2022 288 pages
4.15
136 ratings
Science
Medicine
Medical
Intellectuals Summary
Intellectuals
From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
by Paul Johnson 2007 416 pages
3.87
2.5K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Red Nation Rising Summary
Red Nation Rising
From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation
by Nick Estes 2021 176 pages
4.36
149 ratings
History
Indigenous
Politics
I Think, Therefore I Am Summary
I Think, Therefore I Am
All the Philosophy You Need to Know
by Lesley Levene 2010 192 pages
3.42
839 ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
The Last Economy Summary
The Last Economy
A Guide to the Age of Intelligent Economics
by Emad Mostaque 2025 239 pages
4.47
151 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Economics
Society
The Money Hackers Summary
The Money Hackers
How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever
by Dan P. Simon 2020 256 pages
3.97
268 ratings
Business
Finance
Technology
Black in Blues Summary
Black in Blues
How a Color Tells the Story of My People
by Imani Perry 2025 256 pages
4.3
1.7K ratings
History
Essays
Race
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman Summary
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
by Joseph R. Fornieri 2013 249 pages
4.60
5 ratings
History
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.07
426 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Girly Drinks Summary
Girly Drinks
A World History of Women and Alcohol
by Mallory O'Meara 2021 384 pages
4.16
3.5K ratings
History
Feminism
Food
The International Jew Summary
The International Jew
The World's Foremost Problem
by Anonymous 2009 166 pages
3.82
45 ratings
Politics
History
The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary
The Complete World of Greek Mythology
by Richard Buxton 2004 256 pages
4.23
2.1K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
Māori History Summary
Māori History
A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New Zealand
by Captivating History 2022 138 pages
3.78
116 ratings
History
Modern Money Theory Summary
Modern Money Theory
A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems
by L. Randall Wray 2012 294 pages
4.22
327 ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
The Almightier Summary
The Almightier
How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin
by Paul Vigna 2025 304 pages
3.74
39 ratings
History
Business
Historical
资治通鉴 Summary
资治通鉴
by 司马光 2012 168 pages
4.5
72 ratings
History
Palestine Summary
Palestine
Peace Not Apartheid
by Jimmy Carter 2006 288 pages
3.92
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
Comandante ad Auschwitz Summary
Comandante ad Auschwitz
by Rudolf Höss 1956 266 pages
3.86
3.5K ratings
History
Holocaust
Biography
Demopolis Summary
Demopolis
Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice
by Josiah Ober 2019 222 pages
3.39
23 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel Summary
Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
by William G. Dever 2005 344 pages
3.92
298 ratings
History
Religion
Archaeology
Ben & Jerry's Summary
Ben & Jerry's
The Inside Scoop: How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor
by Fred Lager 1994 276 pages
3.87
342 ratings
Business
Food
Biography
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
by William K. Black 1995 352 pages
4.09
170 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
How God Became Jesus Summary
How God Became Jesus
The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature—A Response To Bart Ehrman
by Michael F. Bird 2014 233 pages
3.82
349 ratings
Theology
Religion
History
Tesla Summary
Tesla
Inventor of the Electrical Age
by W. Bernard Carlson 2013 520 pages
3.87
2.4K ratings
Biography
Science
History
Fifth Sun Summary
Fifth Sun
A New History of the Aztecs
by Camilla Townsend 2019 336 pages
4.09
5.1K ratings
History
Historical
World History
The Palestinian Delusion Summary
The Palestinian Delusion
The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process
by Robert Spencer 2019 304 pages
4
485 ratings
History
Politics
Israel
Except for Palestine Summary
Except for Palestine
The Limits of Progressive Politics
by Marc Lamont Hill 2021 227 pages
4.20
4.3K ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
On Muscle Summary
On Muscle
The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
by Bonnie Tsui 2025 256 pages
3.81
795 ratings
Science
Health
Memoir
The Infernal Machine Summary
The Infernal Machine
A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
by Steven Johnson 2024 368 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Numbers Don't Lie Summary
Numbers Don't Lie
71 Things You Need to Know About the World
by Vaclav Smil 2020 384 pages
3.83
10.2K ratings
Science
History
Economics
Growth Summary
Growth
From Microorganisms to Megacities
by Vaclav Smil 2019 664 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
Treasury of Greek Mythology Summary
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters
by Donna Jo Napoli 2011 192 pages
4.02
3.3K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
Folklore
Why Trust Matters Summary
Why Trust Matters
An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us
by Benjamin Ho 2021 336 pages
3.71
52 ratings
Economics
Business
History
Chokepoints Summary
Chokepoints
American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
by Edward Fishman 2025 560 pages
4.36
953 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
by Jacob Mchangama 2022 528 pages
4.19
476 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Buckley Summary
Buckley
The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
by Sam Tanenhaus 2025 1040 pages
4.21
268 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.12
450 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
A Concise History of the Middle East Summary
A Concise History of the Middle East
by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr 2005 576 pages
3.72
952 ratings
History
Middle East
Politics
Bad Company Summary
Bad Company
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
by Megan Greenwell 2025 294 pages
4.06
2.9K ratings
Business
Economics
Politics
Paroles de Poilus Summary
Paroles de Poilus
Lettres et carnets du front 1914-1918
by Jean-Pierre Guéno 2004 192 pages
3.84
322 ratings
History
France
School
There Was and There Was Not Summary
There Was and There Was Not
A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
by Meline Toumani 2014 304 pages
4.07
575 ratings
History
Memoir
Travel
The Triumph of Doubt Summary
The Triumph of Doubt
Dark Money and the Science of Deception
by David Michaels 2020 344 pages
4.07
214 ratings
Science
Politics
History
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Summary
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
by David Hume 1998 160 pages
3.97
6.0K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
The Story of Art Without Men Summary
The Story of Art Without Men
by Katy Hessel 2022 352 pages
4.3
4.0K ratings
Art
History
Feminism
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