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An Introduction to the Policy Process Summary
An Introduction to the Policy Process
Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making
by Thomas A. Birkland 2001 288 pages
3.54
274 ratings
Politics
Academic
Textbooks
An Empire of Wealth Summary
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
by John Steele Gordon 2004 460 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
History
Economics
Business
The Only Game in Town Summary
The Only Game in Town
Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
by Mohamed El-Erian 2016 320 pages
3.57
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories Summary
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen 2018 108 pages
3.78
249 ratings
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories
Science
The Quest for a Moral Compass Summary
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
by Kenan Malik 2014 400 pages
4.15
522 ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
First Principles Summary
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
by Thomas E. Ricks 2020 416 pages
4.07
3.7K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Extrastatecraft Summary
Extrastatecraft
The Power of Infrastructure Space
by Keller Easterling 2014 252 pages
3.70
383 ratings
Architecture
Politics
Theory
The Audacity of Hope Summary
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama 2006 375 pages
3.83
167.9K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Confronting the Presidents Summary
Confronting the Presidents
No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
by Bill O'Reilly 2024 417 pages
4.28
4.3K ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Our Kids Summary
Our Kids
The American Dream in Crisis
by Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 pages
4.04
4.3K ratings
Sociology
Education
Politics
How to Be a Dictator Summary
How to Be a Dictator
The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
by Frank Dikötter 2019 304 pages
3.69
2.6K ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
The Great Taking Summary
The Great Taking
by David Rogers Webb 2023 133 pages
4.12
128 ratings
Finance
Economics
Politics
Crimes Against Logic Summary
Crimes Against Logic
Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders
by Jamie Whyte 2004 157 pages
3.67
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Politics
Can't Even Summary
Can't Even
How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
by Anne Helen Petersen 2020 304 pages
3.92
8.8K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Self Help
My Beloved World Summary
My Beloved World
by Sonia Sotomayor 2013 302 pages
4.09
33.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Thriving in Sex Work Summary
Thriving in Sex Work
Heartfelt Advice for Staying Sane in the Sex Industry
by Lola Davina 2017 220 pages
4.50
182 ratings
Sex Work
Self Help
Feminism
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.88
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
History
The True Life Summary
The True Life
by Alain Badiou 2016 80 pages
3.62
529 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Capitalism, Alone Summary
Capitalism, Alone
The Future of the System That Rules the World
by Branko Milanović 2019 304 pages
4.11
1.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
by Bryant Simon 2017 320 pages
4.11
235 ratings
History
American History
Labor
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria 2020 320 pages
3.96
5.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Good Thinking Summary
Good Thinking
Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
by David Robert Grimes 2021 400 pages
4.32
279 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
We Are Bellingcat Summary
We Are Bellingcat
Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
by Eliot Higgins 2021 272 pages
4.12
5.3K ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
The Twilight Struggle Summary
The Twilight Struggle
What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
by Hal Brands 2022 318 pages
3.99
214 ratings
Politics
History
Military Fiction
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 269 pages
3.92
26.0K ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank 2004 332 pages
3.85
12.7K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Awake, Not Woke Summary
Awake, Not Woke
A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology
by Noelle Mering 2021 256 pages
4.31
586 ratings
Christian
Faith
Religion
Best Things First Summary
Best Things First
by Bjørn Lomborg 2023 305 pages
3.92
333 ratings
Economics
Politics
Science
A More Beautiful and Terrible History Summary
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
by Jeanne Theoharis 2018 278 pages
4.32
749 ratings
History
Race
Politics
Plato at the Googleplex Summary
Plato at the Googleplex
Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
by Rebecca Goldstein 2014 461 pages
3.85
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
Lying About Hitler Summary
Lying About Hitler
History, Holocaust, and the David Irving Trial
by Richard J. Evans 2001 318 pages
4.11
1.1K ratings
History
Holocaust
World War II
Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions Summary
Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions
by Rupal Patel 2022 304 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
The Servile State Summary
The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc 1912 208 pages
3.98
601 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Understanding Iran Summary
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
by William R. Polk 2009 272 pages
3.87
359 ratings
History
Iran
Politics
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born Summary
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
by Nancy Fraser 2019 63 pages
3.94
1.0K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes 1986 886 pages
4.40
23.7K ratings
History
Science
Physics
The Palestine Laboratory Summary
The Palestine Laboratory
How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
by Antony Loewenstein 2023 320 pages
4.45
2.1K ratings
Politics
History
War
Science Fictions Summary
Science Fictions
by Stuart Ritchie 2020 368 pages
4.36
2.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Father of Spin Summary
The Father of Spin
Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations
by Larry Tye 1998 304 pages
3.91
381 ratings
Biography
Psychology
History
Melania and Me Summary
Melania and Me
by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff 2020 351 pages
3.23
8.0K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The People’s Republic of Walmart Summary
The People’s Republic of Walmart
How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
by Leigh Phillips 2019 257 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Emperor Wears No Clothes Summary
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana
by Jack Herer 1992 291 pages
4.47
896 ratings
History
Politics
Science
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
by Adam Greenfield 2017 368 pages
4.02
1.0K ratings
Technology
Design
Politics
In The Land Of Israel Summary
In The Land Of Israel
by Amos Oz 1982 304 pages
4.11
798 ratings
Israel
History
Jewish
Knowledge and Power Summary
Knowledge and Power
The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World
by George Gilder 2013 400 pages
3.93
417 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Summary
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
by Reni Eddo-Lodge 2017 249 pages
4.38
99.3K ratings
Race
Politics
Feminism
Meme Wars Summary
Meme Wars
The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America
by Joan Donovan 2022 432 pages
4.00
435 ratings
Politics
Technology
History
The Nones Summary
The Nones
Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going
by Ryan P. Burge 2021 157 pages
3.81
349 ratings
Religion
Sociology
History
The Battle For Syria Summary
The Battle For Syria
International Rivalry In The New Middle East
by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages
4.16
277 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Goliath Summary
Goliath
The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy
by Matt Stoller 2019 608 pages
4.23
1.1K ratings
History
Economics
Politics
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