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Supernatural Summary
Supernatural
Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
by Graham Hancock 2005 480 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
History
Spirituality
Religion
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
Royal Science of God-Realization
by Paramahansa Yogananda 1940 1173 pages
4.60
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
Carmide Summary
Carmide
by Plato
3.53
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration How to Set it Right
by Ed West 2012 288 pages
4.04
226 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Carl Jung Summary
Carl Jung
Wounded Healer of the Soul: An Illustrated Biography
by Claire Dunne 2000 242 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Psychology
Biography
Philosophy
The Power Worshippers Summary
The Power Worshippers
Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
by Katherine Stewart 2020 352 pages
4.26
2k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
by Stephen Church 2015 330 pages
3.58
171 ratings
History
Biography
Medieval History
Forbidden Archeology Summary
Forbidden Archeology
The Hidden History of the Human Race
by Michael A. Cremo 1993 914 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Archaeology
Hard Landing Summary
Hard Landing
The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
by Thomas Petzinger Jr. 1995 616 pages
4.41
500+ ratings
Business
History
Aviation
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart
How To Build A Fairer, Happier, And More Prosperous America
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015 246 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
History of English literature Summary
History of English literature
by Edward Albert 1923 544 pages
3.90
257 ratings
History
Literature
Academic
Plato at the Googleplex Summary
Plato at the Googleplex
Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
by Rebecca Goldstein 2014 461 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
The Campaigns of Alexander Summary
The Campaigns of Alexander
by Arrian 430 pages
4.17
5k+ ratings
History
Classics
Biography
Timefulness Summary
Timefulness
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
by Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Science
Geology
Nature
The Great Bridge Summary
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
by David McCullough 1972 608 pages
4.26
18k+ ratings
History
American History
New York
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Empire of Pain Summary
Empire of Pain
The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
by Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 535 pages
4.54
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
True Crime
The J Curve Summary
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
by Ian Bremmer 2006 320 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell 1920 122 pages
3.99
411 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Real Anthony Fauci Summary
The Real Anthony Fauci
Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2021 934 pages
4.47
9k+ ratings
Politics
Health
History
The Great Transformation Summary
The Great Transformation
The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
by Karl Polanyi 1944 360 pages
4.21
5k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Summary
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
by Arthur Herman 2001 400 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
History
Scotland
Philosophy
Women in White Coats Summary
Women in White Coats
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine – A NYT Bestseller Historical Biography of Science and Power
by Olivia Campbell 2021 300 pages
3.72
6k+ ratings
History
Medicine
Feminism
The Rise Summary
The Rise
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
by Mike Sielski 2022 372 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Sports
Biography
Basketball
The Battle for Investment Survival Summary
The Battle for Investment Survival
by G.M. Loeb 1911 285 pages
3.98
340 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Virtual Society Summary
Virtual Society
The Metaverse and the New Frontiers of Human Experience
by Herman Narula 2022 288 pages
3.40
288 ratings
Technology
Science
Sociology
The Invention of Tradition Summary
The Invention of Tradition
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1983 320 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
Killing Hitler Summary
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
by Roger Moorhouse 2006 400 pages
3.83
399 ratings
History
World War II
Germany
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn 1994 214 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Memoir
Wild Faith Summary
Wild Faith
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
by Talia Lavin 2024 304 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
How to Grow Old Summary
How to Grow Old
Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 217 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
A Vindication of the Rights of Women Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 224 pages
3.92
27k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers
Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
by Monica M. White 2018 189 pages
4.36
404 ratings
History
Food
Race
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 384 pages
4.09
483 ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
The Speech Summary
The Speech
On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
by Bernie Sanders 2010 288 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
by David Vandermeulen 2020 248 pages
4.31
22k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
History
Science
The Only Game in Town Summary
The Only Game in Town
Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
by Mohamed El-Erian 2016 320 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Summary
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
by Jonathan Blitzer 2024 544 pages
4.47
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
Immigration
Tulipmania Summary
Tulipmania
by Mike Dash 2000
3.66
2k+ ratings
History
Economics
Microhistory
A More Beautiful and Terrible History Summary
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
by Jeanne Theoharis 2018 278 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
Why We Can't Wait Summary
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964 223 pages
4.55
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Nation of Victims Summary
Nation of Victims
Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022 288 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Broken Circle Summary
Broken Circle
The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
by Theodore Fontaine 2010 190 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Indigenous
Memoir
History
The Decline and Rise of Democracy Summary
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
by David Stasavage 2020 424 pages
3.86
223 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Coffee Life in Japan (Volume 36) Summary
Coffee Life in Japan (Volume 36)
by Merry White 2012 240 pages
3.72
137 ratings
Japan
Food
Anthropology
The First Muslim Summary
The First Muslim
The Story of Muhammad
by Lesley Hazleton 2013 383 pages
3.99
5k+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
Breakout Nations Summary
Breakout Nations
In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
by Ruchir Sharma 2012 304 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Off With Her Head Summary
Off With Her Head
Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
by Eleanor Herman 2022 356 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Politics
Rethinking Diabetes Summary
Rethinking Diabetes
What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin, and Successful Treatments
by Gary Taubes 2024 498 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Down and Out in Paris and London Summary
Down and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell 1933 213 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
Biography
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