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Keynes Summary
Keynes
A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 208 pages
3.45
184 ratings
Economics
Biography
History
The Intel Trinity Summary
The Intel Trinity
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company – A Biography from Unprecedented Archives of the Digital Age Founders
by Michael S. Malone 2014 560 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
Bursts Summary
Bursts
The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
by Albert-László Barabási 2010 310 pages
3.30
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Hume Summary
Hume
A Very Short Introduction
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1980 125 pages
3.14
375 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The War That Ended Peace Summary
The War That Ended Peace
The Road to 1914
by Margaret MacMillan 2013 739 pages
4.25
7k+ ratings
History
World War I
War
Defining Moments Summary
Defining Moments
God-Encounters with Ordinary People Who Changed the World (Spiritual Biographies of John Wesley, Charles G. Finney, Dwight L. Moody, ... Kathryn Kuhlman, Heidi Baker, and More
by Bill Johnson 2015 403 pages
4.37
211 ratings
Christian
History
Christian Non Fiction
The Physics of Wall Street Summary
The Physics of Wall Street
A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable
by James Owen Weatherall 2013 286 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Science
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
by William Elliott azelgrove 2018 288 pages
3.66
130 ratings
History
Biography
Science
The Formula Summary
The Formula
How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport—A High-Octane History of Formula 1's Rise in ... Racing Culture, and Engineering Marvels
by Joshua Robinson 2024 298 pages
4.31
6k+ ratings
Sports
Business
History
Our Malady Summary
Our Malady
Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
by Timothy Snyder 2020 181 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
The Battle For Syria Summary
The Battle For Syria
International Rivalry In The New Middle East
by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages
4.16
291 ratings
Middle East
Politics
History
The Assault on Truth Summary
The Assault on Truth
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
by Peter Oborne 2021 251 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Current Affairs
Enemy of the People Summary
Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
by Marvin Kalb 2018 200 pages
4.13
137 ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
Stress Test Summary
Stress Test
Reflections on Financial Crises
by Timothy F. Geithner 2014 592 pages
4.08
5k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Giant Killer Summary
The Giant Killer
American Hero, Mercenary, Spy--The Incredible True Story of the Smallest Man to Serve in the U.S. Military—Green Beret Captain Richard J. Flaherty
by David A. Yuzuk 2020 318 pages
4.50
2k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas Summary
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 288 pages
3.14
167 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories
The Myth of Race Summary
The Myth of Race
The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
by Robert Wald Sussman 2014 384 pages
4.02
484 ratings
History
Race
Science
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 115 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Brave Genius Summary
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
by Sean B. Carroll 2013 594 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Science
History
Biography
People vs. Donald Trump Summary
People vs. Donald Trump
An Inside Account
by Mark Pomerantz 2023 299 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Crime
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Los hornos de Hitler Summary
Los hornos de Hitler
by Olga Lengyel 1947 263 pages
4.42
21k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
World War II
Concrete Planet Summary
Concrete Planet
The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
by Robert Courland 2011 400 pages
3.89
218 ratings
History
Science
Microhistory
Paperbacks from Hell Summary
Paperbacks from Hell
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
by Grady Hendrix 2017 254 pages
4.26
12k+ ratings
Horror
History
Books About Books
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
by Pamela Paul 2021 234 pages
3.39
2k+ ratings
Essays
History
Self Help
Saving Freud Summary
Saving Freud
A Life in Vienna and an Escape to Freedom in London
by Andrew Nagorski 2022 392 pages
4.02
340 ratings
History
Biography
Psychology
The Envoy Summary
The Envoy
From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World
by Zalmay Khalilzad 2016 336 pages
3.64
163 ratings
Politics
Biography
History
The Grapes of Math Summary
The Grapes of Math
How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
by Alex Bellos 2014 322 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
Drift Summary
Drift
by Rachel Maddow 2012 288 pages
4.07
21k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2001 512 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Oligarchs Summary
The Oligarchs
Wealth and Power in the New Russia
by David E. Hoffman 2002 575 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Uncle Tungsten Summary
Uncle Tungsten
by Oliver Sacks 2001 337 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Biography
In the Land of Israel Summary
In the Land of Israel
by Amos Oz 1982 262 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Israel
History
Jewish
A World Undone Summary
A World Undone
The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
by G.J. Meyer 2006 704 pages
4.37
9k+ ratings
History
World War I
War
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism Summary
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
A Warning to the Global Middle Class
by Joel Kotkin 2020 266 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
50 Business Classics Summary
50 Business Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2018 400 pages
4.12
184 ratings
Business
Management
Finance
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
A Non-Partisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
by Jessamyn Conrad 2008 400 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Four Lost Cities Summary
Four Lost Cities
A Secret History of the Urban Age
by Annalee Newitz 2021 320 pages
3.78
7k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Good Reasonable People Summary
Good Reasonable People
The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
by Keith Payne 2024 272 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
The Theological Origins of Modernity Summary
The Theological Origins of Modernity
by Michael Allen Gillespie 2008 368 pages
4.23
270 ratings
Philosophy
History
Theology
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works
Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
by Marc J. Dunkelman 2025 416 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley 2023 326 pages
4.32
191 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
A Field Guide to Getting Lost Summary
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Rebecca Solnit 2005 209 pages
3.90
21k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Travel
To Explain the World Summary
To Explain the World
The Discovery of Modern Science
by Steven Weinberg 2015 432 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Physics
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping Summary
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
by Steve Tsang 2024 296 pages
4.13
156 ratings
China
Politics
History
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
by Edward Craig 2002 132 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Progress Summary
Progress
Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg 2016 256 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
It IS About Islam Summary
It IS About Islam
Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate
by Glenn Beck 2015 272 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Politics
Islam
History
Why Science Does Not Disprove God Summary
Why Science Does Not Disprove God
A Masterful Refutation of New Atheism for Educated Believers
by Amir D. Aczel 2013 304 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
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