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Paper Belt on Fire Summary
Paper Belt on Fire
How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University
by Michael Gibson 2022 383 pages
3.88
160 ratings
Business
Education
Biography
Melania Summary
Melania
by Melania Trump 2024 338 pages
3.80
15k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Bad Mexicans Summary
Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
by Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022 372 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Jung the Mystic Summary
Jung the Mystic
The Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung's Life & Teachings
by Gary Lachman 2010 272 pages
3.94
436 ratings
Psychology
Biography
Spirituality
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by Paul Krugman 2008 224 pages
3.83
8k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
America Before Summary
America Before
The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
by Graham Hancock 2019 624 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
The Golden Age of Piracy Summary
The Golden Age of Piracy
The Truth Behind Pirate Myths
by Benerson Little 2016 388 pages
3.40
366 ratings
History
Pirates
Research
Age of Revolutions Summary
Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
by Fareed Zakaria 2024 400 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Kushner, Inc. Summary
Kushner, Inc.
Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
by Vicky Ward 2019 304 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
User Friendly Summary
User Friendly
How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
by Cliff Kuang 2019 416 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
Design
Business
Technology
The Truth About Stories Summary
The Truth About Stories
A Native Narrative
by Thomas King 2003 184 pages
4.33
4k+ ratings
Indigenous
Essays
Canada
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith 2012 624 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Politics Is for Power Summary
Politics Is for Power
How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change
by Eitan D. Hersh 2020 288 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
How We Got to Now Summary
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
by Steven Johnson 2014 293 pages
4.12
15k+ ratings
History
Science
Technology
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
Immigration
History
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark Summary
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
by Don Thompson 2008 272 pages
3.87
6k+ ratings
Art
Economics
Business
The Hermetica Summary
The Hermetica
The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs
by Tim Freke 1997 160 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Spirituality
The Great War for Civilisation Summary
The Great War for Civilisation
The Conquest of the Middle East
by Robert Fisk 2005 1111 pages
4.41
5k+ ratings
History
Middle East
Politics
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
by Rory Stewart 2023 436 pages
4.30
18k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts Summary
Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts
by Santosh Nair 2016 395 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Finance
Business
India
The Secret Teachers of the Western World Summary
The Secret Teachers of the Western World
by Gary Lachman 2015 528 pages
4.31
235 ratings
History
Occult
Philosophy
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
The Fight for the Future of Movies
by Ben Fritz 2018 309 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Film
Business
Media Tie In
Martin Luther Summary
Martin Luther
The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
by Eric Metaxas 2017 480 pages
4.15
8k+ ratings
Biography
History
Christian
Brilliant Blunders Summary
Brilliant Blunders
From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
by Mario Livio 2013 342 pages
3.57
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Physics
The Codebreakers Summary
The Codebreakers
The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
by David Kahn 1967 1200 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Technology
The System Summary
The System
Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
by Robert B. Reich 2020 224 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages
3.85
92k+ ratings
Biography
History
Classics
The American Spirit Summary
The American Spirit
Who We Are and What We Stand For
by David McCullough 2017 176 pages
4.22
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Weapons of Mass Instruction Summary
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2008 192 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
My Bondage and My Freedom Summary
My Bondage and My Freedom
by Frederick Douglass 1855 432 pages
4.38
12k+ ratings
History
Biography
Classics
Did America Have a Christian Founding? Summary
Did America Have a Christian Founding?
Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth
by Mark David Hall 2019 240 pages
3.99
379 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Main Currents Of Marxism Summary
Main Currents Of Marxism
The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown
by Leszek Kołakowski 1976 1284 pages
4.25
451 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 260 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners
Biography of a People
by Hermann Giliomee 2003 720 pages
4.18
136 ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
The Book of Charlie Summary
The Book of Charlie
Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
by David von Drehle 2023 194 pages
3.98
12k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
by David Grazian 2010 256 pages
3.52
107 ratings
Sociology
History
School
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World
War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
by Robert D. Kaplan 2018 304 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Military Fiction
Killing Kennedy Summary
Killing Kennedy
The End of Camelot
by Bill O'Reilly 2012 325 pages
4.11
62k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 369 pages
4.39
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Dark Territory Summary
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
History
Technology
Politics
The Scam Summary
The Scam
by Debashis Basu 1993 378 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 pages
3.68
142 ratings
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics
A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
by Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Dark Money Summary
Dark Money
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer 2016 464 pages
4.31
27k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Art Thief Summary
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
True Crime
Art
History
Witness to Surrender Summary
Witness to Surrender
by Siddique Salik 1977 245 pages
3.86
246 ratings
History
Pakistan
Politics
Revolutionary Characters Summary
Revolutionary Characters
What Made the Founders Different
by Gordon S. Wood 2006 336 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
History
American History
Biography
The Coming Prince Summary
The Coming Prince
by Robert Anderson 1957 320 pages
4.35
263 ratings
Theology
Christian
Christianity
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1 Summary
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1
The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
by Steven Runciman 1951 394 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
The Age of Addiction Summary
The Age of Addiction
How Bad Habits Became Big Business
by David T. Courtwright 2019 336 pages
3.64
456 ratings
Psychology
Economics
History
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