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Life Without Lawyers Summary
Life Without Lawyers
Liberating Americans from Too Much Law
by Philip K. Howard 2009 224 pages
3.65
176 ratings
Law
Politics
The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy Summary
The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy
by Warren Mosler 2010 117 pages
3.86
214 ratings
Economics
Politics
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.17
1.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
by Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 pages
3.70
296 ratings
Economics
History
Business
An American Sickness Summary
An American Sickness
How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017 656 pages
4.3
8.1K ratings
Health Care
Health
Medicine
Renegade Summary
Renegade
Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
by Adam Kinzinger 2023 316 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
The Art of Political Murder Summary
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman 2007 396 pages
4.15
1.0K ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
The Great Acceleration Summary
The Great Acceleration
How the World is Getting Faster, Faster
by Robert Colvile 2016 401 pages
3.56
160 ratings
Technology
Society
Psychology
A Patriot's History of the United States Summary
A Patriot's History of the United States
From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
by Larry Schweikart 2007 932 pages
4.11
3.9K ratings
History
American History
Politics
I'd Rather We Got Casinos Summary
I'd Rather We Got Casinos
And Other Black Thoughts
by Larry Wilmore 2009 224 pages
3.32
1.5K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Race
Shopping for Bombs Summary
Shopping for Bombs
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
by Gordon Corera 2006 304 pages
3.80
117 ratings
Politics
History
Asia
The Case for Life Summary
The Case for Life
Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture
by Scott Klusendorf 2009 256 pages
4.55
447 ratings
Christian
Christianity
Religion
Surrender or Starve Summary
Surrender or Starve
Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
by Robert D. Kaplan 1988 222 pages
3.66
463 ratings
Africa
History
Travel
The Message Summary
The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2024 232 pages
4.51
38.1K ratings
Politics
Essays
History
Small Boat Summary
Small Boat
by Vincent Delecroix 2025 122 pages
4.04
8.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
France
Bloody Nasty People Summary
Bloody Nasty People
The Rise of Britain's Far Right
by Daniel Trilling 2012 240 pages
3.88
142 ratings
Politics
History
The Shortest History of Economics Summary
The Shortest History of Economics
by Andrew Leigh 2024 241 pages
3.94
1.1K ratings
Economics
History
Business
We Do This 'til We Free Us Summary
We Do This 'til We Free Us
Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
by Mariame Kaba 2021 240 pages
4.64
5.9K ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Race
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2003 224 pages
4.11
407 ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
Ethics Summary
Ethics
by Baruch Spinoza 2005 186 pages
4.1
21.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
Imperial Hubris Summary
Imperial Hubris
Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
by Michael Scheuer 2004 352 pages
3.81
1.5K ratings
Politics
History
Terrorism
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
by Sharon Weinberger 2017 496 pages
3.68
552 ratings
History
Science
War
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
Red Roulette Summary
Red Roulette
An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
by Desmond Shum 2021
3.91
6.3K ratings
China
Politics
Business
Order out of Chaos Summary
Order out of Chaos
Win Every Negotiation, Thrive in Adversity, and Become a World-Class Communicator
by Scott Walker 2023 256 pages
3.59
159 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Fanged Noumena Summary
Fanged Noumena
Collected Writings, 1987–2007
by Nick Land 2011 666 pages
3.85
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Beyond Money Summary
Beyond Money
A Postcapitalist Strategy
by Anitra Nelson 2022 232 pages
2.96
25 ratings
Economics
Politics
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
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
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care
A Citizen's Guide
by Sally C. Pipes 2008 182 pages
3.58
24 ratings
Politics
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
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
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
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
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.07
426 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The International Jew Summary
The International Jew
The World's Foremost Problem
by Anonymous 2009 166 pages
3.82
45 ratings
Politics
History
Gaslighting America Summary
Gaslighting America
Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us
by Amanda Carpenter 2018 288 pages
3.88
394 ratings
Politics
Presidents
Psychology
Palestine Summary
Palestine
Peace Not Apartheid
by Jimmy Carter 2006 288 pages
3.92
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
Demopolis Summary
Demopolis
Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice
by Josiah Ober 2019 222 pages
3.39
23 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
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 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
A Class of Their Own Summary
A Class of Their Own
Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich
by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022
3.62
345 ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
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
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 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
Against the Machine Summary
Against the Machine
On the Unmaking of Humanity
by Paul Kingsnorth 2025 366 pages
4.22
557 ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Politics
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
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