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Power Play Summary
Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
by Tim Higgins 2021 534 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
Choice Summary
Choice
Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action
by Robert P. Murphy 2015 336 pages
4.60
259 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
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
Faking It Summary
Faking It
The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
by Hugh Barker 2007 400 pages
3.67
243 ratings
Music
History
Journalism
Character Is Destiny Summary
Character Is Destiny
Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember
by John McCain 2005 336 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Keynes Summary
Keynes
The Return of the Master
by Robert Skidelsky 2009 256 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Biography
The Clock Of The Long Now Summary
The Clock Of The Long Now
Time and Responsibility
by Stewart Brand 1999 236 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Black Garden Summary
Black Garden
Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
by Thomas de Waal 2003 400 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
History
Politics
War
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint
The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022 240 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Indigenous
Biography
High Financier Summary
High Financier
The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
by Niall Ferguson 2010 576 pages
3.71
251 ratings
Biography
Finance
History
A Woman of No Importance Summary
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by Sonia Purnell 2019 352 pages
4.15
62k+ ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Summary
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by Octavio Paz 1950 398 pages
4.09
14k+ ratings
Essays
History
Philosophy
The New Lombard Street Summary
The New Lombard Street
How the Fed Became the Dealer of Last Resort
by Perry G. Mehrling 2010 192 pages
4.26
274 ratings
Economics
Finance
History
The Great Reset Summary
The Great Reset
How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work
by Richard Florida 2010 240 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
If the Oceans Were Ink Summary
If the Oceans Were Ink
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
by Carla Power 2015 352 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Islam
Religion
Memoir
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
A Very Short Introduction
by Joseph M. Siracusa 2010 160 pages
3.14
245 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Sea and Civilization Summary
The Sea and Civilization
A Maritime History of the World
by Lincoln Paine 2013 784 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
History
Maritime
World History
House of Bush, House of Saud Summary
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
by Craig Unger 2004 384 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich Summary
Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich
How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World
by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 2020 245 pages
3.81
164 ratings
Economics
History
Business
India Summary
India
A History
by John Keay 2000 578 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
History
India
Asia
Leadership Summary
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 496 pages
4.40
16k+ ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
A Culture of Growth Summary
A Culture of Growth
The Origins of the Modern Economy
by Joel Mokyr 2016 403 pages
3.94
427 ratings
Economics
History
Business
The First Ghosts Summary
The First Ghosts
Most Ancient of Legacies
by Irving Finkel 2021 334 pages
4.01
499 ratings
History
Mythology
Ancient History
Justice and Remembrance Summary
Justice and Remembrance
Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali
by Reza Shah-Kazemi 2006 266 pages
4.41
124 ratings
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
Follow the Money Summary
Follow the Money
The Shocking Deep State Connections of the Anti-Trump Cabal
by Dan Bongino 2020 210 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Government
A Renegade History of the United States Summary
A Renegade History of the United States
by Thaddeus Russell 2010 400 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
An Anatomy of Pain Summary
An Anatomy of Pain
How the Body and the Mind Experience and Endure Physical Suffering
by Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen 2021 256 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
How to Be Free Summary
How to Be Free
An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life
by Epictetus 2018 173 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Gates of Gaza Summary
The Gates of Gaza
A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands
by Amir Tibon 2024 352 pages
4.63
1k+ ratings
Israel
History
Middle East
The Democracy Project Summary
The Democracy Project
A History, a Crisis, a Movement
by David Graeber 2013 352 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Anthropology
The Founding Fathers on Leadership Summary
The Founding Fathers on Leadership
Classic Teamwork in Changing Times
by Donald T. Phillips 1997 274 pages
3.87
298 ratings
Leadership
History
Business
Entanglement Summary
Entanglement
by Amir D. Aczel 2002 304 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
The Good Book Summary
The Good Book
A Humanist Bible
by A.C. Grayling 2011 597 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
The Road to Ruin Summary
The Road to Ruin
The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis
by James Rickards 2016 352 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Race between Education and Technology Summary
The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin 2008 496 pages
3.81
189 ratings
Economics
Education
History
Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey Summary
Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey
by Sita Ram Goel 1990 296 pages
4.57
178 ratings
History
India
Hinduism
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
by Rosa Brooks 2016 448 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
The Universe Within Summary
The Universe Within
Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
by Neil Shubin 2013 240 pages
3.88
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Unexpected Spy Summary
The Unexpected Spy
From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
by Tracy Walder 2020 272 pages
3.84
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
iCon Summary
iCon
Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
by Jeffrey S. Young 2005 368 pages
4.06
10k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Apple
Factory Man Summary
Factory Man
How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
by Beth Macy 2014 451 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Business
History
Biography
Selfie Summary
Selfie
How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
by Will Storr 2017 416 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
Evolution and Human Life [Import] [Hardcover]
by Jared Diamond 1991 360 pages
4.09
28k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
The Rape of Nanking Summary
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by Iris Chang 1997 290 pages
4.26
55k+ ratings
History
China
War
The Sirens' Call Summary
The Sirens' Call
How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
by Christopher L. Hayes 2025 336 pages
3.95
8k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Technology
The Lost Painting Summary
The Lost Painting
The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr 2005
3.87
35k+ ratings
Art
History
Art History
Clausewitz on Strategy Summary
Clausewitz on Strategy
Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist
by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001 208 pages
4.05
109 ratings
Military Fiction
Philosophy
War
The End of Wall Street Summary
The End of Wall Street
by Roger Lowenstein 2010 368 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
Freud and Beyond Summary
Freud and Beyond
A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
by Stephen A. Mitchell 1995 320 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Philosophy
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