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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
Race Marxism Summary
Race Marxism
The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis
by James Lindsay 2022 357 pages
4.23
343 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Cult Classics
Face Value Summary
Face Value
The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
by Alexander Todorov 2017 323 pages
4.06
109 ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Why the Germans Do it Better Summary
Why the Germans Do it Better
Notes from a Grown-Up Country
by John Kampfner 2020 320 pages
3.95
3.4K ratings
History
Politics
Germany
The Price of Admission Summary
The Price of Admission
How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges -- and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
by Daniel Golden 2006 336 pages
3.66
969 ratings
Education
Politics
Sociology
Dumbing Us Down Summary
Dumbing Us Down
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2002 142 pages
4.14
11.5K ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010 336 pages
3.84
2.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
3.0K ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
The Race between Education and Technology Summary
The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin 2008 496 pages
3.84
178 ratings
Economics
Education
History
The Red Web Summary
The Red Web
The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
by Andrei Soldatov 2015 384 pages
3.95
675 ratings
Politics
Russia
History
The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right
by Ed West 2012 312 pages
4.04
223 ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2001 512 pages
4.25
592 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 pages
4.28
23.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It Summary
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It
by Annabelle Williams 2020 288 pages
4.17
488 ratings
Feminism
Womens
Gender
Wild Faith Summary
Wild Faith
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
by Talia Lavin 2024 304 pages
4.25
1.4K ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Stories Are Weapons Summary
Stories Are Weapons
Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
by Annalee Newitz 2024 246 pages
3.96
659 ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness Summary
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics
by George Lipsitz 1998 296 pages
4.22
856 ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
by Nick Srnicek 2015 245 pages
3.98
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Everything is Obvious Summary
Everything is Obvious
Once You Know the Answer
by Duncan J. Watts 2011 352 pages
3.80
4.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Body Project Summary
The Body Project
An Intimate History of American Girls
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg 1997 214 pages
3.82
3.7K ratings
Feminism
History
Sociology
Sociobiology Summary
Sociobiology
The New Synthesis
by Edward O. Wilson 1975 720 pages
4.23
1.8K ratings
Science
Biology
Sociology
Drunk Summary
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
by Edward Slingerland 2021 369 pages
3.81
2.9K ratings
History
Science
Sociology
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012 231 pages
3.80
2.1K ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
Understanding Organizations Summary
Understanding Organizations
by Charles B. Handy 1976 448 pages
3.87
297 ratings
Business
Management
Psychology
The Social Sex Summary
The Social Sex
A History of Female Friendship
by Marilyn Yalom 2015 400 pages
3.16
296 ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
588 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked
Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
by Andy Ngo 2021 320 pages
4.17
2.7K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Myth of Race Summary
The Myth of Race
The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
by Robert Wald Sussman 2014 384 pages
4.11
444 ratings
History
Race
Science
ایران بین دو انقلاب Summary
ایران بین دو انقلاب
by Ervand Abrahamian 1982 720 pages
4.16
1.5K ratings
History
Iran
Politics
Power Systems Summary
Power Systems
Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire
by Noam Chomsky 2012 224 pages
4.12
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
I Got Schooled Summary
I Got Schooled
The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America's Education Gap
by M. Night Shyamalan 2013 321 pages
3.67
320 ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
Linked Summary
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
by Albert-László Barabási 2002 304 pages
3.94
5.2K ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
What About Men? Summary
What About Men?
by Caitlin Moran 2023 319 pages
3.69
2.9K ratings
Feminism
Humor
Gender
Testosterone Rex Summary
Testosterone Rex
Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
by Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages
3.79
3.5K ratings
Science
Feminism
Psychology
New Power Summary
New Power
How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You
by Jeremy Heimans 2018 310 pages
3.82
2.1K ratings
Business
Politics
Leadership
#republic Summary
#republic
Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
by Cass R. Sunstein 2017 328 pages
3.35
319 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Society
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 128 pages
3.63
847 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Wife Drought Summary
The Wife Drought
by Annabel Crabb 2014 288 pages
4.18
3.9K ratings
Feminism
Book Club
Australia
Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.73
10.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
4.00
6.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
1.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Bursts Summary
Bursts
The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
by Albert-László Barabási 2010 310 pages
3.31
1.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 368 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game
The Working Poor in the Inner City
by Katherine S. Newman 1999 416 pages
3.76
462 ratings
Sociology
Poverty
Economics
Dedicated Summary
Dedicated
The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
by Pete Davis 2021 272 pages
3.78
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap
The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
by William Von Hippel 2018 294 pages
4.24
1.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Sharing Economy Summary
The Sharing Economy
The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism
by Arun Sundararajan 2016 240 pages
3.66
482 ratings
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Capital City Summary
Capital City
Gentrification and the Real Estate State
by Samuel Stein 2019 202 pages
3.93
1.6K ratings
Politics
Urban Planning
Economics
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005 356 pages
4.14
1.5K ratings
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
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