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Twelve Caesars Summary
Twelve Caesars
Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
by Mary Beard 2021 392 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
History
Art
Ancient History
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis
Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens
by David Stuttard 2018 380 pages
4.28
162 ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Ancient Worlds Summary
Ancient Worlds
An Epic History of East and West
by Michael Scott 2016 402 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Classics
Noli Me Tángere Summary
Noli Me Tángere
by José Rizal 1887 444 pages
4.22
8k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Asia
Prohibido suicidarse en primavera Summary
Prohibido suicidarse en primavera
by Alejandro Casona 1937 86 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
An Enemy of the People Summary
An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen 1882 160 pages
3.87
15k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Commonitory of St. Vincent of Lerins Summary
The Commonitory of St. Vincent of Lerins
by Vincent of Lérins 2009 88 pages
4.53
101 ratings
Theology
Catholic
Church History
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Summary
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Ann Jacobs 1861 176 pages
4.18
58k+ ratings
History
Classics
Memoir
Ask the Dust Summary
Ask the Dust
by John Fante 1939 165 pages
4.10
40k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
American
The Stepford Wives Summary
The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin 1972 123 pages
3.89
57k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Science Fiction
Spontaneous Activity in Education Summary
Spontaneous Activity in Education
Fostering Curiosity and Self-Directed Learning for Child-Centered Education
by Maria Montessori 1916 262 pages
4.01
146 ratings
Education
Parenting
Classics
Democracy Summary
Democracy
A Life
by Paul Cartledge 2016 416 pages
3.80
215 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
I Am a Cat Summary
I Am a Cat
by Natsume Sōseki 1906 470 pages
3.66
18k+ ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
A Sport and a Pastime Summary
A Sport and a Pastime
by James Salter 1967 185 pages
3.64
11k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
Erotica
Dances with Wolves Summary
Dances with Wolves
by Michael Blake 1988 304 pages
4.24
29k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus Summary
The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus
by Epictetus 124 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Futurological Congress Summary
The Futurological Congress
From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
by Stanisław Lem 1971 149 pages
4.17
15k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Polish Literature
Dystopia
The Bacchae Summary
The Bacchae
by Euripides 96 pages
3.94
25k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Summary
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
by Barrington Moore Jr. 1966 586 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback Summary
Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback
by Robert Cormier 1998
3.39
4k+ ratings
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
School
The Return of Ulysses Summary
The Return of Ulysses
A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
by Edith Hall 2008 304 pages
3.75
53 ratings
History
Classics
Greece
The Apocrypha Summary
The Apocrypha
by Anonymous 1938 528 pages
3.84
378 ratings
Religion
Theology
Christianity
Young Goodman Brown Summary
Young Goodman Brown
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835 48 pages
3.64
16k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
A Theory of Justice Summary
A Theory of Justice
by John Rawls 1971 824 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
The Law Summary
The Law
by Frédéric Bastiat 1849 61 pages
4.33
14k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Memories of My Melancholy Whores Summary
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
by Gabriel García Márquez 2004 115 pages
3.57
98k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Literature
Black Ambrosia Summary
Black Ambrosia
by Elizabeth Engstrom 1988 341 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
All Things are Possible Summary
All Things are Possible
by Lev Shestov 1905 246 pages
4.09
314 ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
Electra Summary
Electra
by Euripides 112 pages
3.95
8k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena Summary
Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena
by Georg Büchner 1879 86 pages
3.27
3k+ ratings
Classics
School
Drama
Zemsta Summary
Zemsta
by Aleksander Fredro 1838 120 pages
3.16
15k+ ratings
School
Classics
Polish Literature
Dhalgren Summary
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany 1975 836 pages
3.77
12k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Sylvie and Bruno Summary
Sylvie and Bruno
by Lewis Carroll 1889 204 pages
3.39
1k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
19th Century
Silas Marner Summary
Silas Marner
by George Eliot 1861 262 pages
3.70
94k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
From Democrats to Kings Summary
From Democrats to Kings
The Brutal Dawn of a New World from the Downfall of Athens to the Rise of Alexander the Great
by Michael Scott 2009 294 pages
3.83
249 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
Plutarch's Lives Summary
Plutarch's Lives
Volume I
by Plutarch 766 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
History
Classics
Biography
Wilhelm Tell Summary
Wilhelm Tell
by Friedrich Schiller 1804 144 pages
3.21
9k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
German Literature
The House of Blue Leaves Summary
The House of Blue Leaves
by John Guare 1971 80 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
Plays
Theatre
Drama
Değişim Summary
Değişim
by Michel Butor 1957 320 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
France
French Literature
Novels
Invisible Cities Summary
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino 1972 165 pages
4.09
99k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
Hirošiman kukat Summary
Hirošiman kukat
by Edita Morris 1959 169 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Roman
The Piano Teacher Summary
The Piano Teacher
by Elfriede Jelinek 1983 288 pages
3.62
17k+ ratings
Classics
Nobel Prize
German Literature
Bonheur d'occasion Summary
Bonheur d'occasion
by Gabrielle Roy 1945 464 pages
3.71
5k+ ratings
Canada
Classics
France
O Pioneers! Summary
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather 1913 159 pages
3.90
59k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter Summary
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 388 pages
3.96
24k+ ratings
Latin American
Spanish Literature
Nobel Prize
Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde Summary
Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde
by Orhan Kemal 1954 377 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Roman
La dama del alba Summary
La dama del alba
by Alejandro Casona 1947 160 pages
3.85
5k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Spanish Literature
A Land Remembered Summary
A Land Remembered
by Patrick D. Smith 1984 416 pages
4.48
14k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Classics
The Bronze Bow Summary
The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare 1961 256 pages
4.02
28k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Invention of Morel Summary
The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares 1940 103 pages
3.95
35k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Spanish Literature
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