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Fire in the Lake Summary
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
by Frances FitzGerald 1972 500 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
History
War
Asia
Freak Kingdom Summary
Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages
4.25
523 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Mother of Invention Summary
Mother of Invention
How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men
by Katrine MarΓ§al 2020 296 pages
3.90
2.3K ratings
Feminism
History
Economics
Europe Summary
Europe
The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present
by Brendan Simms 2013 720 pages
3.95
743 ratings
History
European History
Politics
Deception Summary
Deception
The Great Covid Cover-Up
by Rand Paul 2023 540 pages
4.52
466 ratings
Politics
History
Science
The Myth of the Strong Leader Summary
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
by Archie Brown 2014 480 pages
3.65
783 ratings
Politics
Leadership
History
Lincoln on Leadership for Today Summary
Lincoln on Leadership for Today
Abraham Lincoln’s Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues
by Donald T. Phillips 2017 336 pages
3.84
235 ratings
Leadership
History
Politics
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve Summary
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
by Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 pages
4.20
123 ratings
Economics
Banking
Finance
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
A Prescription for Action
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.32
286 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Population 10 Billion Summary
Population 10 Billion
by Danny Dorling 2013 448 pages
3.42
180 ratings
Geography
Science
Politics
International Relations Summary
International Relations
by Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pages
3.81
434 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Mexico Reader Summary
The Mexico Reader
History, Culture, Politics
by Gilbert M. Joseph 2002 808 pages
4.09
319 ratings
History
Politics
Latin American History
Orientalism Summary
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said 2003 424 pages
4.13
29.2K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Love Thy Neighbor Summary
Love Thy Neighbor
A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America
by Ayaz Virji 2019 208 pages
4.14
1.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Religion
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages
3.94
217 ratings
History
American History
Economics
The Conversation Summary
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
by Robert Livingston 2021 368 pages
4.37
537 ratings
Race
Business
Social Justice
Freedom and Neurobiology Summary
Freedom and Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
by John R. Searle 2005 113 pages
3.55
244 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Neuroscience
The Sellout Summary
The Sellout
How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
by Charles Gasparino 2009 553 pages
3.88
286 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.95
690 ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
Sisters in Law Summary
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
by Linda R. Hirshman 2015 390 pages
3.84
5.3K ratings
History
Biography
Feminism
Plutocrats Summary
Plutocrats
The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
by Chrystia Freeland 2012 352 pages
3.62
3.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
by William J. Barber II 2024 270 pages
4.31
504 ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
Defending the Free Market Summary
Defending the Free Market
The Moral Case for a Free Economy
by Robert Sirico 2012 256 pages
4.14
250 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
593 ratings
History
European History
World History
Medicare for All Summary
Medicare for All
A Citizen's Guide
by Abdul El-Sayed 2021 368 pages
4.42
296 ratings
Politics
Health Care
Economics
Ψ¨ΫŒβ€ŒΨ­Ψ¬Ψ§Ψ¨ Summary
Ψ¨ΫŒβ€ŒΨ­Ψ¬Ψ§Ψ¨
Ϊ†Ϊ―ΩˆΩ†Ω‡ Ω„ΫŒΨ¨Ψ±Ψ§Ω„β€ŒΩ‡Ψ§ΫŒ ΨΊΨ±Ψ¨ Ψ¨Ψ± Ψ’ΨͺΨ΄ Ψ§Ψ³Ω„Ψ§Ω…β€ŒΪ―Ψ±Ψ§ΫŒΫŒ Ψ±Ψ§Ψ―ΫŒΪ©Ψ§Ω„ Ω…ΫŒβ€ŒΨ―Ω…Ω†Ψ―
by Yasmine Mohammed 2019 366 pages
4.33
2.3K ratings
Religion
Politics
Islam
Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King Summary
Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King
Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World
by Anupreeta Das 2024 336 pages
2.98
371 ratings
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
A Letter to Liberals Summary
A Letter to Liberals
Censorship and COVID: An Attack on Science and American Ideals
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022 123 pages
4.40
331 ratings
Politics
Science
Medical
In Praise of Prejudice Summary
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 129 pages
4.05
506 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Demanding the Impossible Summary
Demanding the Impossible
A History of Anarchism
by Peter H. Marshall 1992 767 pages
4.12
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Lead from the Outside Summary
Lead from the Outside
How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
by Stacey Abrams 2018 226 pages
4.24
6.9K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Leadership
Four Shots in the Night Summary
Four Shots in the Night
A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
by Henry Hemming 2024 368 pages
4.28
947 ratings
History
Ireland
True Crime
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen 2017 140 pages
4.24
274 ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
Frenemies Summary
Frenemies
The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business
by Ken Auletta 2018 368 pages
3.42
579 ratings
Business
Technology
Psychology
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath
by James Rickards 2019 336 pages
4.09
663 ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
What the Eyes Don't See Summary
What the Eyes Don't See
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
by Mona Hanna-Attisha 2018 384 pages
4.33
8.8K ratings
Memoir
Science
Book Club
The Accidental President of Brazil Summary
The Accidental President of Brazil
A Memoir
by Fernando Henrique Cardoso 2006 291 pages
4.14
477 ratings
History
Brazil
Biography
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
by David J. Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
211 ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
Propaganda Blitz Summary
Propaganda Blitz
How the Corporate Media Distort Reality
by David Edwards 2018 336 pages
4.31
176 ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
We Are Free to Change the World Summary
We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
by Lyndsey Stonebridge 2024 368 pages
4.12
315 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Politics
The Campaign Manager Summary
The Campaign Manager
Running and Winning Local Elections
by Catherine M. Shaw 1996 416 pages
3.94
203 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Reference
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.61
279 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic.
What you can do to make a difference
by Martin Dorey 2018 103 pages
4.00
1.9K ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Science
The Long Slide Summary
The Long Slide
Thirty Years in American Journalism
by Tucker Carlson 2021 277 pages
4.14
1.9K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
by Sheila Bair 2012 432 pages
3.91
487 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages
4.33
770 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 544 pages
4.02
501 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Spymasters Summary
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
Essays on the Great Depression Summary
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 pages
3.78
128 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
by Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pages
3.64
183 ratings
Politics
Science
Technology
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