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The Tycoons Summary
The Tycoons
How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
by Charles R. Morris 2005 400 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
History
Biography
Business
Persian Girls Summary
Persian Girls
by Nahid Rachlin 2006 304 pages
3.92
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Iran
Middle East
The Road to Mecca Summary
The Road to Mecca
by Muhammad Asad 1954 375 pages
4.49
6k+ ratings
Islam
Religion
Biography
Fearless Summary
Fearless
The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
by Eric Blehm 2012 257 pages
4.57
22k+ ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
We Have Never Been Woke Summary
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
by Musa al-Gharbi 2024 432 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
The Accidental Billionaires Summary
The Accidental Billionaires
The Founding of Facebook
by Ben Mezrich 2009 274 pages
3.59
17k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
Gaza in Crisis Summary
Gaza in Crisis
Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
by Ilan Pappé 2010 240 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
The Great Crash 1929 Summary
The Great Crash 1929
by John Kenneth Galbraith 1955 206 pages
3.92
6k+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Origins of Virtue Summary
The Origins of Virtue
Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
by Matt Ridley 1997 265 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Situation Room Summary
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
by George Stephanopoulos 2024 368 pages
4.33
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
A Peace to End All Peace Summary
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin 1989 635 pages
4.22
9k+ ratings
History
Middle East
Politics
Once Upon a Time in Russia Summary
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
by Ben Mezrich 2015 288 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Summary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn 1962 226 pages
4.03
30k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Return of Great Powers Summary
The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
by Jim Sciutto 2024 368 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
American Made Summary
American Made
What Happens to People When Work Disappears
by Farah Stockman 2021 432 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition
by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Plagues and Peoples Summary
Plagues and Peoples
by William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages
3.87
5k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
Jesus, Interrupted Summary
Jesus, Interrupted
Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
by Bart D. Ehrman 2009 304 pages
3.99
11k+ ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
G.I. Gurdjieff Summary
G.I. Gurdjieff
The War Against Sleep
by Colin Wilson 1980 128 pages
3.85
245 ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
Essential Confucius Summary
Essential Confucius
by Confucius 1992 179 pages
3.80
262 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
History
Nonzero Summary
Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright 450 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
Moneyland Summary
Moneyland
Why Thieves And Crooks Now Rule The World And How To Take It Back
by Oliver Bullough 2018 413 pages
4.18
7k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Finance
American Sniper Summary
American Sniper
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle 2012 502 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
Churchill Summary
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts 2018 1105 pages
4.39
11k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy Around the World
by Gideon Rachman 2022 309 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Value of Everything Summary
The Value of Everything
Making and Taking in the Global Economy
by Mariana Mazzucato 2018
4.07
3k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Reentry Summary
Reentry
SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age
by Eric Berger 2024 450 pages
4.48
1k+ ratings
Space
Science
Business
Life and Death in Shanghai Summary
Life and Death in Shanghai
by Nien Cheng 1986 547 pages
4.33
14k+ ratings
China
History
Memoir
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson 1956 320 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Great Escape Summary
Great Escape
Health, Wealth and Happiness in an Unequal World, The
by Angus Deaton 2013 360 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Culture of Fear Summary
The Culture of Fear
by Barry Glassner 1999 361 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Psychology
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
by Mitchell Duneier 2015 304 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Race
Average Is Over Summary
Average Is Over
Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
by Tyler Cowen 2013 304 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
America's Original Sin Summary
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
by Jim Wallis 2016 238 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Race
History
Anti Racist
None Dare Call It Conspiracy Summary
None Dare Call It Conspiracy
by Gary Allen 1971 141 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
The Robber Barons Summary
The Robber Barons
A Definitive History of the Gilded Age Titans Who Transformed the American Economy
by Matthew Josephson 1934 496 pages
3.73
429 ratings
History
Business
American History
Demystifying Disability Summary
Demystifying Disability
What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
by Emily Ladau 2021 176 pages
4.38
4k+ ratings
Disability
Social Justice
Disability Studies
El Filibusterismo Comics Summary
El Filibusterismo Comics
by José Rizal 2017 53 pages
3.81
135 ratings
Graphic Novels
Graphic Novels Comics
History
The Cathedral & the Bazaar Summary
The Cathedral & the Bazaar
Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
by Eric S. Raymond 1999 241 pages
3.83
4k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 367 pages
4.17
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Growth Summary
Growth
A Reckoning
by Daniel Susskind 2024
3.76
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Economic Facts and Fallacies Summary
Economic Facts and Fallacies
by Thomas Sowellm 2007 304 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Kleptopia Summary
Kleptopia
How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
by Tom Burgis 2020 464 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It Summary
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It
Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live
by Daniel Klein 2015 210 pages
3.95
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 Summary
Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789
by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks 2006 510 pages
3.96
447 ratings
History
European History
Academic
Bangladesh Summary
Bangladesh
A Legacy of Blood
by Anthony Mascarenhas 1986 192 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
History
Bangladesh
Politics
Chaos Kings Summary
Chaos Kings
How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
by Scott Patterson 2023 335 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Trade Wars Are Class Wars Summary
Trade Wars Are Class Wars
How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
by Matthew C. Klein 2020 288 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The great controversy between Christ and Satan; Summary
The great controversy between Christ and Satan;
The conflict of the ages in the Christian dispensation
by Ellen Gould White 1888 719 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Religion
Christian
Christianity
Story of Civilization Summary
Story of Civilization
by Will Durant 1975 14777 pages
4.43
1k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
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