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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
The Fifth Risk Summary
The Fifth Risk
Undoing Democracy
by Michael Lewis 2018 255 pages
4.09
48k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Karate-Do Summary
Karate-Do
My Way of Life
by Gichin Funakoshi 1975 144 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Martial Arts
Biography
Philosophy
The Next Civil War Summary
The Next Civil War
Dispatches from the American Future
by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
The Occult Summary
The Occult
by Colin Wilson 1971 800 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Occult
History
Philosophy
Totalitarianism Summary
Totalitarianism
Part Three of the Origins of the Totalitarism
by Hannah Arendt 1968
4.18
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Origin of Species Summary
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Science
Classics
Biology
The Invention of the Jewish People Summary
The Invention of the Jewish People
by Shlomo Sand 2008 332 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Religion
Revolutionary Wealth Summary
Revolutionary Wealth
How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives
by Alvin Toffler 2006 512 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
History
Politics
War
The Battle for God Summary
The Battle for God
by Karen Armstrong 2000 480 pages
3.95
6k+ ratings
Religion
History
Philosophy
Killing the Witches Summary
Killing the Witches
The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
by Bill O'Reilly 2023 291 pages
3.62
16k+ ratings
History
Historical
American History
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
by Annie Jacobsen 2019 560 pages
4.31
7k+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
Politics
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
by Julia Annas 2001 133 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
The Lost City of Z Summary
The Lost City of Z
by David Grann 2009 325 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
History
Adventure
Travel
The Teachers Summary
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
by Alexandra Robbins 2023 372 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
Socrates Summary
Socrates
A Man for Our Times
by Paul Johnson 2011 224 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Essential Marcus Aurelius Summary
The Essential Marcus Aurelius
by Marcus Aurelius 111 pages
4.40
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Future Is Asian Summary
The Future Is Asian
by Parag Khanna 2019 448 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Politics
China
Economics
The Madness of Crowds Summary
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
by Douglas Murray 2019 288 pages
4.20
17k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
How to Stand Up to a Dictator Summary
How to Stand Up to a Dictator
by Maria Ressa 2022 288 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Shakespeare Summary
Shakespeare
The Invention of the Human
by Harold Bloom 1998 745 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Shakespeare
Literary Criticism
Literature
Tunesmith Summary
Tunesmith
Inside the Art of Songwriting
by Jimmy Webb 1998 448 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Music
Writing
History
The Ancestor's Tale Summary
The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2004 673 pages
4.15
28k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms Summary
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms
The History and Future of American Intelligence
by Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
Rosa Parks Summary
Rosa Parks
My Story
by Rosa Parks 1948 188 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Ignition! Summary
Ignition!
An informal history of liquid rocket propellants
by John Drury Clark 1972 214 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Engineering
Callings Summary
Callings
The Purpose and Passion of Work
by Dave Isay 2016 277 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Memoir
Essays
The Federalist Papers Summary
The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton 1788 592 pages
4.10
42k+ ratings
History
Politics
Classics
Last Man Standing Summary
Last Man Standing
The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase
by Duff McDonald 2009 352 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Finance
Great Thinkers Summary
Great Thinkers
by The School of Life 2016 480 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament Summary
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible
by John H. Walton 2006 368 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Theology
History
Biblical Studies
Discover Canada Summary
Discover Canada
The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
by Citizenship and Immigration Canada 2012 66 pages
3.58
187 ratings
Canada
History
Education
Why Men Fight Summary
Why Men Fight
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 1916 192 pages
3.96
251 ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance; The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama 2008
4.04
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur
America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011 252 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Four Hundred Souls Summary
Four Hundred Souls
A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
by Ibram X. Kendi 2021 504 pages
4.55
11k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of the World Trade, 2nd Edition
by Pietra Rivoli 2005 316 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Voice of Human Justice Summary
The Voice of Human Justice
by George Jordac 2008
4.36
128 ratings
Religion
Biography
History
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom 1987 392 pages
3.76
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
The Economy of Cities Summary
The Economy of Cities
by Jane Jacobs 1969 288 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Economics
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness
A Gift from My Grandparents
by Mark Sakamoto 2014 256 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
Between the World and Me Summary
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2015 152 pages
4.40
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Race
History
Napoleon's Buttons Summary
Napoleon's Buttons
How 17 Molecules Changed History
by Penny Le Couteur 1991 375 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
The Problem of Political Authority Summary
The Problem of Political Authority
An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
by Michael Huemer 2012 365 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Collapse Summary
Collapse
The Fall of the Soviet Union
by Vladislav M. Zubok 2021 576 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
The Founders Summary
The Founders
The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
by Jimmy Soni 2022 496 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
Business
Biography
History
Netflixed Summary
Netflixed
The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
by Gina Keating 2012 304 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Business
History
Technology
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017 512 pages
3.96
312 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
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