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The Injustice of Place Summary
The Injustice of Place
Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
by Kathryn J. Edin 2023 352 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Wealth and Power Summary
Wealth and Power
China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
by Orville Schell 2013 478 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
China
History
Politics
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles Ferguson 2012 368 pages
4.11
491 ratings
Politics
Economics
Finance
Jewish Space Lasers Summary
Jewish Space Lasers
The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories
by Mike Rothschild 2023 336 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Jewish
The Jews Summary
The Jews
by Hilaire Belloc 1922 120 pages
3.84
141 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Sociology Book Summary
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Sam Atkinson 2015 352 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Reference
Science
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
by Vaclav Smil 2013 263 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
History
In Defense of Open Society Summary
In Defense of Open Society
by George Soros 2019 224 pages
3.37
404 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Coming Apart Summary
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
by Charles Murray 2012 416 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Summary
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
by Donald J. Robertson 2019 304 pages
4.34
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Savarkar Summary
Savarkar
A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
by Vikram Sampath 2021 600 pages
4.70
472 ratings
History
Biography
India
The Great Initiates Summary
The Great Initiates
A Study of the Secret History of Religions
by Édouard Schuré 1889 480 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
The Theory That Would Not Die Summary
The Theory That Would Not Die
How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne 2011 336 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Mathematics
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Summary
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch 1998 356 pages
4.22
37k+ ratings
History
Africa
War
The Republic for Which It Stands Summary
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
by Richard White 2017 962 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
Alex's Adventures in Numberland Summary
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics
by Alex Bellos 2010 448 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Underground Empire Summary
Underground Empire
How America Weaponized the World Economy
by Henry Farrell 2023 288 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Unabomber Manifesto Summary
The Unabomber Manifesto
Industrial Society & Its Future
by Theodore John Kaczynski 1995 90 pages
3.85
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Why We Believe in God(s) Summary
Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
by J. Anderson Thomson 2011 144 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Science
Religion
Psychology
Up from Slavery Summary
Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington 1900 224 pages
4.11
36k+ ratings
History
Biography
Classics
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
by Bernie Sanders 2017 226 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
GDP Summary
GDP
A Brief but Affectionate History
by Diane Coyle 2014 168 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Business
The Patient Ferment of the Early Church Summary
The Patient Ferment of the Early Church
The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire
by Alan Kreider 2016 336 pages
4.46
500+ ratings
History
Christian
Church History
Controligarchs Summary
Controligarchs
Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
by Seamus Bruner 2023 384 pages
4.10
271 ratings
Politics
History
Society
The Christian Imagination Summary
The Christian Imagination
Theology and the Origins of Race
by Willie James Jennings 2010 384 pages
4.51
500+ ratings
Theology
Race
Religion
The Economics Book Summary
The Economics Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Niall Kishtainy 2012 352 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Reference
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
by Malcolm Harris 2017 261 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
The Fall of the Ottomans Summary
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East
by Eugene Rogan 2015 512 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
History
Middle East
World War I
Animal, Vegetable, Junk Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Junk
A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book
by Mark Bittman 2021 384 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Food
History
Science
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018 240 pages
3.74
160 ratings
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
The Existentialist's Survival Guide Summary
The Existentialist's Survival Guide
How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age
by Gordon Marino 2018 272 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Marcus Aurelius Summary
Marcus Aurelius
The Stoic Emperor
by Donald J. Robertson 2024 248 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Exploding the Phone Summary
Exploding the Phone
The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell
by Phil Lapsley 2013 431 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
History
Technology
True Crime
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018 112 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Politics
China
History
Don't Wait for the Next War Summary
Don't Wait for the Next War
A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership
by Wesley K. Clark 2014 271 pages
3.67
93 ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
History
Adrift Summary
Adrift
America in 100 Charts
by Scott Galloway 2022 320 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Business
Friday Night Lights Summary
Friday Night Lights
Una città, una squadra, un sogno
by H.G. Bissinger 1988 416 pages
4.14
67k+ ratings
Sports
Football
History
Philosophy in the Islamic World Summary
Philosophy in the Islamic World
by Peter S. Adamson 2015 544 pages
4.33
242 ratings
Philosophy
History
Islam
Russia - Culture Smart! Summary
Russia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Anna King 2007 168 pages
3.81
135 ratings
Travel
Russia
History
Tocqueville Summary
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages
3.51
157 ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Mobile Wave Summary
The Mobile Wave
How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything
by Michael Saylor 2012 281 pages
3.68
324 ratings
Business
Technology
History
Delay, Deny, Defend Summary
Delay, Deny, Defend
Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
by Jay M. Feinman 2010 256 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Politics
Business
History
The Meaning of Things Summary
The Meaning of Things
Applying Philosophy to Life
by A.C. Grayling 2001 208 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Atheism
Daughters of the Samurai Summary
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
by Janice P. Nimura 2015 336 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
Scandals of Classic Hollywood Summary
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
by Anne Helen Petersen 2014 289 pages
3.48
2k+ ratings
History
Film
Biography
WTF? Summary
WTF?
What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
by Tim O'Reilly 2017 448 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Marxismo norteamericano Summary
Marxismo norteamericano
by Mark R. Levin 2021 348 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Third Revolution Summary
The Third Revolution
Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018 359 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
China
Politics
History
How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018 256 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Vienna Summary
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
by Richard Cockett 2023 535 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
European History
Travel
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