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Seven Women Summary
Seven Women
And the Secret of Their Greatness
by Eric Metaxas 2015 256 pages
4.18
7k+ ratings
Biography
History
Christian
Nisei Daughter Summary
Nisei Daughter
by Monica Itoi Sone 1979 256 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography Memoir
The Facebook Effect Summary
The Facebook Effect
The Real Inside Story of Mark Zuckerberg and the World's Fastest Growing Company
by David Kirkpatrick 2010 386 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
Coming of Age in Samoa Summary
Coming of Age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
by Margaret Mead 1928 223 pages
3.55
3k+ ratings
Anthropology
Psychology
Sociology
Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 293 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Michael Jackson, Inc. Summary
Michael Jackson, Inc.
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Billion-Dollar Empire
by Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2014 306 pages
4.22
338 ratings
Biography
Music
Business
Aquarian Conspiracy Summary
Aquarian Conspiracy
Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980's
by Marilyn Ferguson 1980
3.70
289 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
History
Confucianism Summary
Confucianism
A Very Short Introduction
by Daniel K. Gardner 2014 136 pages
3.98
372 ratings
Philosophy
China
Religion
How the Irish Saved Civilization Summary
How the Irish Saved Civilization
by Thomas Cahill 1995 256 pages
3.81
47k+ ratings
History
Ireland
Irish Literature
For Love of Country Summary
For Love of Country
Why I Left the Democratic Party
by Tulsi Gabbard 2024 242 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Marx and Satan Summary
Marx and Satan
by Richard Wurmbrand 1986 143 pages
3.89
403 ratings
Christian
Politics
Religion
Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 575 pages
3.90
11k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Summary
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
by Anne Case 2020 288 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Brunelleschi's Dome Summary
Brunelleschi's Dome
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King 1999 192 pages
3.91
28k+ ratings
History
Art
Architecture
The Power Broker Summary
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 pages
4.53
29k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North 2018 437 pages
4.14
6k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
World on the Brink Summary
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024 400 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Talentos ocultos Summary
Talentos ocultos
by Margot Lee Shetterly 2016 432 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
History
Science
Biography
Gandhi Summary
Gandhi
His Life and Message for the World
by Louis Fischer 1950 222 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
Biography
History
India
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 225 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
Zealot Summary
Zealot
The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
by Reza Aslan 2013 296 pages
3.86
73k+ ratings
History
Religion
Biography
The Disappearing Spoon Summary
The Disappearing Spoon
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by Sam Kean 2010 394 pages
3.92
56k+ ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
China's Economy Summary
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Arthur R. Kroeber 2016 336 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2011 256 pages
4.08
10k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The Constitution of Liberty Summary
The Constitution of Liberty
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1960 688 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
How to Rule the World Summary
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
by André de Guillaume 2002 144 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Humor
Politics
History
Superclass Summary
Superclass
The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
by David Rothkopf 2008 400 pages
3.57
487 ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
50 People Every Christian Should Know Summary
50 People Every Christian Should Know
Learning from Spiritual Giants of the Faith
by Warren W. Wiersbe 2009 398 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Christian
Biography
History
What Is Real? Summary
What Is Real?
The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
by Adam Becker 2018 384 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Fire and Fury Summary
Fire and Fury
Inside the Trump White House
by Michael Wolff 2018 336 pages
3.44
77k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
All the Shah's Men Summary
All the Shah's Men
An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
by Stephen Kinzer 2003 272 pages
4.29
12k+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.78
11k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan 2006 460 pages
4.19
200k+ ratings
Food
Science
Health
Children of Ash and Elm Summary
Children of Ash and Elm
A History of the Vikings
by Neil Price 2020 656 pages
4.14
9k+ ratings
History
European History
Medieval
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West Summary
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
by Konstantin Kisin 2022 208 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
El Narco Summary
El Narco
Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency
by Ioan Grillo 2011 336 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
History
Crime
True Crime
Conspiracy Summary
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
by Ryan Holiday 2018 336 pages
3.96
7k+ ratings
Business
History
Politics
The Human Past Summary
The Human Past
World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies
by Chris Scarre 2005 784 pages
3.83
281 ratings
History
Archaeology
Anthropology
What Happened to Goldman Sachs Summary
What Happened to Goldman Sachs
An Insider's Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences
by Steven G. Mandis 2013 400 pages
3.60
208 ratings
Business
Finance
History
Benjamin Graham Summary
Benjamin Graham
The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street
by Benjamin Graham 1996 351 pages
4.32
253 ratings
Finance
Biography
Business
Passport to Magonia Summary
Passport to Magonia
From Folklore to Flying Saucers by Vallee, Jacques (November 23, 2014) Paperback
by Jacques F. Vallée 1969
4.21
1k+ ratings
Paranormal
History
Folklore
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005
3.90
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
In Defense of Witches Summary
In Defense of Witches
The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
by Mona Chollet 2018 308 pages
4.04
23k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Witches
Sasanian Persia Summary
Sasanian Persia
The Rise and Fall of an Empire
by Touraj Daryaee 2007 256 pages
3.84
180 ratings
History
Iran
Middle East
Against the Gods Summary
Against the Gods
The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament
by John D. Currid 2013 160 pages
4.08
420 ratings
Theology
History
Biblical Studies
The Devil Never Sleeps Summary
The Devil Never Sleeps
Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters
by Juliette Kayyem 2022 245 pages
3.84
485 ratings
History
Politics
Business
St. Thomas Aquinas Summary
St. Thomas Aquinas
by G.K. Chesterton 1923 143 pages
4.01
11k+ ratings
Biography
Religion
History
What Has Government Done to Our Money? Summary
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
by Murray N. Rothbard 2018 116 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Dangerous Games Summary
Dangerous Games
The Uses and Abuses of History
by Margaret MacMillan 2008 208 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Mother Tongue Summary
The Mother Tongue
English and How It Got That Way
by Bill Bryson 1990 270 pages
3.91
44k+ ratings
History
Language
Linguistics
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