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The Shadow of the Great Game Summary
The Shadow of the Great Game
The Untold Story of India's Partition
by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006 320 pages
4.16
290 ratings
History
India
Politics
The Ends of the Earth Summary
The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
by Robert D. Kaplan 1996 496 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Travel
History
Politics
The Lords of Strategy Summary
The Lords of Strategy
The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World
by Walter Kiechel III 2009 368 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Business
History
Management
The Celts Summary
The Celts
Search for a Civilization
by Alice Roberts 2015 288 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
History
Archaeology
Ancient History
We Are the Change We Seek Summary
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 2017 369 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
On the Warrior's Path Summary
On the Warrior's Path
Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
by Daniele Bolelli 2003 200 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
History
Create Your Own Religion Summary
Create Your Own Religion
A How-To Book without Instructions
by Daniele Bolelli 2011 352 pages
3.86
448 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
Always With Honour Summary
Always With Honour
by Pyotr Nikolaevich Wrangel 1963 356 pages
4.47
500+ ratings
History
Russia
Biography
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age Summary
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
by Peter Paret 1943 941 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Behind the Green Mask Summary
Behind the Green Mask
by Rosa Koire 2011 172 pages
4.28
365 ratings
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
History
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
by Paul Ormerod 2005 272 pages
3.48
391 ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Underground Girls of Kabul Summary
The Underground Girls of Kabul
In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
by Jenny Nordberg 2014 350 pages
4.11
14k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Book Club
The First Family Detail Summary
The First Family Detail
Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
by Ronald Kessler 2014 272 pages
3.37
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Presidents
The Ancient Celts Summary
The Ancient Celts
by Barry Cunliffe 2018 360 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
Return to the Little Kingdom Summary
Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
by Michael Moritz 2009 352 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Apple
The American Presidency Summary
The American Presidency
A Very Short Introduction
by Charles O. Jones 2007 192 pages
3.41
227 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991 589 pages
3.88
219 ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
The Unfolding of Language Summary
The Unfolding of Language
An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
by Guy Deutscher 2005 368 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
History
The God Particle Summary
The God Particle
If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
by Leon M. Lederman 1993 448 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Mark Twain Summary
Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow 2025 1200 pages
4.18
7k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Municipal Dreams Summary
Municipal Dreams
The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
by John Boughton 2018 336 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Architecture
Blowout Summary
Blowout
by Rachel Maddow 2019 400 pages
4.34
15k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Life and Teaching Of The Masters Of The Far East Summary
Life and Teaching Of The Masters Of The Far East
by Baird T. Spalding 1924 844 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Wilmington's Lie Summary
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
by David Zucchino 2020 426 pages
4.43
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire Summary
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction
by Henry Gee 2025 288 pages
3.65
434 ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
Greek to Me Summary
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Greece
The Bone Woman Summary
The Bone Woman
A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
by Clea Koff 2001 304 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Anthropology
History
Africa
Den of Spies Summary
Den of Spies
Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House – A Definitive Investigative Exposé of the October Surprise
by Craig Unger 2024 368 pages
3.85
245 ratings
History
Politics
Iran
Kremlin Rising Summary
Kremlin Rising
Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
by Peter Baker 2005 464 pages
3.90
332 ratings
Russia
History
Politics
Deception Summary
Deception
The Great Covid Cover-Up
by Rand Paul 2023 540 pages
4.47
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Science
The 12th Planet Summary
The 12th Planet
by Zecharia Sitchin 1976 438 pages
3.98
5k+ ratings
History
Mythology
Aliens
Shout, Sister, Shout! Summary
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
by Gayle Wald 2007 264 pages
4.05
356 ratings
Music
Biography
History
Jews Don't Count Summary
Jews Don't Count
by David Baddiel 2021 144 pages
4.19
13k+ ratings
Politics
Jewish
History
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment Summary
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
by Ernst Cassirer 1932 384 pages
4.11
258 ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History Summary
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History
by Madison Grant 1916 148 pages
3.32
183 ratings
History
Race
Politics
Firefighting Summary
Firefighting
The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
by Ben S. Bernanke 2019 240 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
History of Modern Art Summary
History of Modern Art
by H. Harvard Arnason 1968 848 pages
4.01
8k+ ratings
Art
Art History
History
Yemen Summary
Yemen
Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
by Victoria Clark 2010 328 pages
3.71
276 ratings
Middle East
History
21st Century
World Without Mind Summary
World Without Mind
The Existential Threat of Big Tech
by Franklin Foer 2017 272 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Wired for Culture Summary
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
by Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages
3.86
296 ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Travels with Myself and Another Summary
Travels with Myself and Another
by Martha Gellhorn 1979 320 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Biography
Not for Sale Summary
Not for Sale
The Return of the Global Slave Trade―and How We Can Fight It – An Inspirational Exposé on Modern Slavery and Activism
by David Batstone 2007 304 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Social Justice
Politics
History
A Patriot's History of the United States Summary
A Patriot's History of the United States
From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
by Larry Schweikart 2004 932 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Real Price of Everything Summary
The Real Price of Everything
Rediscovering The Six Classics of Economics
by Michael Lewis 2007 1467 pages
3.69
134 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Tramp for the Lord Summary
Tramp for the Lord
by Corrie ten Boom 1971 224 pages
4.50
26k+ ratings
Christian
Biography
History
Days of Fire Summary
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
by Peter Baker 2013 816 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Audacity to Win Summary
The Audacity to Win
How Obama Won and How We Can Beat the Party of Limbaugh, Beck, and Palin
by David Plouffe 2009 400 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Venice Summary
Venice
by Jan Morris 1960 336 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Travel
Italy
History
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