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Bobby Kennedy Summary
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
by Larry Tye 2016 608 pages
4.39
2.6K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 304 pages
4.21
3.5K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Kashmir Summary
Kashmir
A Case of Freedom
by Tariq Ali 2011 140 pages
3.93
569 ratings
History
India
Politics
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane 2011 575 pages
4.15
422 ratings
History
American History
Politics
The 9.9 Percent Summary
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
by Matthew Stewart 2021 352 pages
3.69
398 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
BOOM Summary
BOOM
Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline
by Tony Horwitz 2014 116 pages
3.89
696 ratings
Travel
Politics
Environment
Securing Democracy Summary
Securing Democracy
My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil
by Glenn Greenwald 2021 280 pages
4.31
142 ratings
Politics
History
Brazil
Liberty and Tyranny Summary
Liberty and Tyranny
A Conservative Manifesto
by Mark R. Levin 2004 245 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To
The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths
by Russ Kick 2001 350 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Apple in China Summary
Apple in China
The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
by Patrick McGee 2025 448 pages
4.51
4.8K ratings
Business
China
Technology
The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
by Doug McGuff 2015 463 pages
4.23
128 ratings
Health
Economics
Medicine
Red Capitalism Summary
Red Capitalism
The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise
by Carl E. Walter 2010 256 pages
3.85
453 ratings
China
Economics
History
The Perfect Police State Summary
The Perfect Police State
An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
by Geoffrey Cain 2021 304 pages
4.22
1.0K ratings
Politics
China
History
Skipping Towards Gomorrah Summary
Skipping Towards Gomorrah
The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America
by Dan Savage 2002 320 pages
3.81
3.4K ratings
Humor
Politics
Essays
Uncontrolled Spread Summary
Uncontrolled Spread
Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
by Scott Gottlieb 2021 480 pages
4.07
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Health
Run to Win Summary
Run to Win
Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World
by Stephanie Schriock 2021 368 pages
3.62
226 ratings
Leadership
Politics
Feminism
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization
A History
by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
4.0K ratings
History
Science
Economics
Front Row at the Trump Show Summary
Front Row at the Trump Show
by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages
4.27
4.2K ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
When They Call You a Terrorist Summary
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 257 pages
4.49
25.2K ratings
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
How to Win an Information War Summary
How to Win an Information War
The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
by Peter Pomerantsev 2024 304 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
Hall of Mirrors Summary
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History
by Barry Eichengreen 2014 520 pages
4.01
285 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Dressed Up for a Riot Summary
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
by Michael Idov 2018 288 pages
3.62
261 ratings
Russia
Memoir
Politics
Treating People Well Summary
Treating People Well
The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
by Lea Berman 2018 256 pages
3.71
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Business
Politics
Self-Portrait in Black and White Summary
Self-Portrait in Black and White
Unlearning Race
by Thomas Chatterton Williams 2019 192 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Race
Politics
Jackpot Summary
Jackpot
How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
by Michael Mechanic 2021 416 pages
3.87
795 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
We've Got You Covered Summary
We've Got You Covered
Rebooting American Health Care
by Liran Einav 2023 304 pages
4.09
317 ratings
Economics
Health Care
Politics
A Fine Mess Summary
A Fine Mess
A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System
by T.R. Reid 2017 288 pages
4.24
1.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School Summary
50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School
Real-world Antidotes to Feel-good Education
by Charles J. Sykes 2007 192 pages
3.70
280 ratings
Education
Parenting
Self Help
Tearing Us Apart Summary
Tearing Us Apart
How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
by Ryan T. Anderson 2022 320 pages
4.51
194 ratings
Cultural
Politics
Philosophy
From Fatwa to Jihad Summary
From Fatwa to Jihad
by Kenan Malik 2009 266 pages
4.03
278 ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Targeted Summary
Targeted
The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower s Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and Facebook Broke Democracy and How It Can Happen Again
by Brittany Kaiser 2019 400 pages
3.57
1.1K ratings
Politics
Technology
Memoir
Inside Money Summary
Inside Money
Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power
by Zachary Karabell 2021 448 pages
4.10
380 ratings
History
Business
Economics
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume III Summary
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume III
by Edward Gibbon 1788 1360 pages
4.25
1.4K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Ballot and the Bible Summary
The Ballot and the Bible
How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
by Kaitlyn Schiess 2023 224 pages
4.23
1.4K ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
The Elephant and the Dragon Summary
The Elephant and the Dragon
The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
by Robyn Meredith 2007 256 pages
3.74
1.4K ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Freedomnomics Summary
Freedomnomics
Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
by John R. Lott Jr. 2007 275 pages
3.55
574 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna 2022 368 pages
3.70
146 ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.13
397 ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
The Western Illusion of Human Nature Summary
The Western Illusion of Human Nature
With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and ... Conceptions of the Human Condition
by Marshall Sahlins 2008 112 pages
4.11
288 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
Planet on Fire Summary
Planet on Fire
A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown
by Mathew Lawrence 2021 289 pages
3.66
168 ratings
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
An Economist in the Real World Summary
An Economist in the Real World
by Kaushik Basu 2015 256 pages
4.04
219 ratings
Economics
India
Politics
Fear Is Just a Word Summary
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
by Azam Ahmed 2023 384 pages
3.94
1.4K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Barefoot Lawyer Summary
The Barefoot Lawyer
A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
by Chen Guangcheng 2013 352 pages
4.28
436 ratings
China
Memoir
Biography
Black AF History Summary
Black AF History
The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
by Michael Harriot 2023 432 pages
4.6
7.2K ratings
History
Race
Politics
Bending Adversity Summary
Bending Adversity
Japan and the Art of Survival
by David Pilling 2013 416 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Japan
History
Asia
Tall Order Summary
Tall Order
The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1
by Shing Huei Peh 2018 305 pages
4.22
640 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Fascism Summary
Fascism
A Warning
by Madeleine K. Albright 2018 320 pages
4.25
20.7K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Los señores del narco Summary
Los señores del narco
by Anabel Hernández 2010 592 pages
4.04
2.1K ratings
History
Politics
Crime
Ideas Have Consequences Summary
Ideas Have Consequences
by Richard M. Weaver 1948 190 pages
4.13
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Cultural
International Organizations Summary
International Organizations
The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
by Margaret P. Karns 2004 603 pages
3.48
160 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Academic
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