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Democracy in America Summary
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages
4.05
27k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Summary
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
by Harold G. Moore 1991 480 pages
4.34
33k+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
John Adams Summary
John Adams
by David McCullough 2001 751 pages
4.09
300k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
Malcolm X Summary
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable 2011 608 pages
4.19
20k+ ratings
Biography
History
Race
A Night to Remember Summary
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord 1955 182 pages
4.10
29k+ ratings
History
Classics
Historical
A Generation of Sociopaths Summary
A Generation of Sociopaths
How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
by Bruce Cannon Gibney 2017 430 pages
3.55
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand
A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages
4.30
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
Empire of Normality Summary
Empire of Normality
Neurodiversity and Capitalism
by Robert Chapman 2023 204 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Disability
What Is Populism? Summary
What Is Populism?
by Jan-Werner Müller 2014 136 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers Summary
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
by Paul Hoffman 1998 302 pages
4.06
10k+ ratings
Biography
Mathematics
Science
Civil Rights Summary
Civil Rights
Rhetoric or Reality?
by Thomas Sowell 1984 164 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 586 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
The Problems of Philosophy Summary
The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1912 116 pages
3.90
18k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Bachelor Girl Summary
Bachelor Girl
100 Years of Breaking the Rules—A Social History of Living Single
by Betsy Israel 2002 324 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Our Declaration Summary
Our Declaration
A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
by Danielle S. Allen 2014 320 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Colossus Summary
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
by Niall Ferguson 2004 417 pages
3.58
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Big Three in Economics Summary
The Big Three in Economics
Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes
by Mark Skousen 2007 264 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Letters to a Young Contrarian Summary
Letters to a Young Contrarian
by Christopher Hitchens 2001 141 pages
4.13
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
The Myth of the Twentieth Century Summary
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
by Alfred Rosenberg 1930 454 pages
3.63
263 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Digital Gold Summary
Digital Gold
Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
by Nathaniel Popper 2015 432 pages
4.14
6k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
What Is to Be Done? Summary
What Is to Be Done?
by Vladimir Lenin 1902 272 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
A Line in the Sand Summary
A Line in the Sand
Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East
by James Barr 2011 352 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
History
Middle East
Politics
Walt Disney Summary
Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
by Neal Gabler 2006 851 pages
4.07
11k+ ratings
Biography
History
Business
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children Summary
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children
by Roopa Pai 2019 424 pages
4.42
400 ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
India
My Life Summary
My Life
by Bill Clinton 2004 1008 pages
3.74
50k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life Summary
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
by Russell "Russ" Roberts 2014 261 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Self Help
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority Summary
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
by Martin Gurri 2014 362 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Prisoner's Dilemma Summary
Prisoner's Dilemma
John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
by William Poundstone 1992 294 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Economics
The Avoidable War Summary
The Avoidable War
The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
by Kevin Rudd 2022 432 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
China
Politics
History
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
by George Soros 2008 163 pages
3.42
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
DisneyWar Summary
DisneyWar
by James B. Stewart 2005 620 pages
4.12
8k+ ratings
Business
History
Biography
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set Summary
Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set
by Yuval Noah Harari 2019
4.53
500+ ratings
History
Science
Evolution
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Miracle in the Andes Summary
Miracle in the Andes
72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
by Nando Parrado 2006 304 pages
4.37
27k+ ratings
Memoir
Survival
Adventure
A Life Worth Living Summary
A Life Worth Living
Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning
by Robert Zaretsky 2013 240 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
No Hero Summary
No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages
4.14
5k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
The Mystery Of Capital Summary
The Mystery Of Capital
Why Capitalism Succeeds In The West And Fails Everywhere Else
by Hernando de Soto 2000 276 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Foundations of Leninism Summary
The Foundations of Leninism
by Joseph Stalin 1924 123 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Politics
Theory
Philosophy
Best Evidence Summary
Best Evidence
by David S. Lifton 1980 920 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
History
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
Stamped Summary
Stamped
Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds 2020 294 pages
4.46
54k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Pattern Seekers Summary
The Pattern Seekers
How Autism Drives Human Invention
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2020 272 pages
3.49
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
Mindf*ck Summary
Mindf*ck
Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
by Christopher Wylie 2019 288 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
History
Pendulum Summary
Pendulum
How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future: PDF Included
by Roy H. Williams 2012
3.71
409 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen 1995 465 pages
3.97
75k+ ratings
History
Education
Politics
The Songlines Summary
The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin 1987 304 pages
3.96
12k+ ratings
Travel
Australia
History
The Wise Men Summary
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Hacker and the State Summary
The Hacker and the State
Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics
by Ben Buchanan 2020 406 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
A Little History of Science Summary
A Little History of Science
by William Bynum 2012 263 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Science
History
History Of Science
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