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A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies Summary
A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies
by John Wiley & Sons 2011 362 pages
3.31
3k+ ratings
Reference
Ebooks
Self Help
Magnificent Rebels Summary
Magnificent Rebels
The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
by Andrea Wulf 2022 512 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
The Big Burn Summary
The Big Burn
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
by Timothy Egan 2009 349 pages
4.14
18k+ ratings
History
American History
Nature
Aristotle Summary
Aristotle
Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher
by John Sellars 2023 123 pages
3.95
232 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
When Broken Glass Floats Summary
When Broken Glass Floats
Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
by Chanrithy Him 2000 336 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Asia
Fascism Summary
Fascism
A Warning
by Madeleine K. Albright 2018 320 pages
4.25
21k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 242 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
Crash Course Summary
Crash Course
The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster
by Paul Ingrassia 2009 320 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Business
History
Economics
The Muslims Are Coming! Summary
The Muslims Are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
by Arun Kundnani 2014 337 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Politics
Islam
Religion
Blood on the Moon Summary
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
by Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
History
Civil War
American History
How Woke Won Summary
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
by Joanna Williams 2022 305 pages
4.09
175 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death Summary
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
by Caitlin Doughty 2019 200 pages
4.12
48k+ ratings
Science
Humor
Death
Sea of Glory Summary
Sea of Glory
America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2001 452 pages
4.04
7k+ ratings
History
American History
Adventure
The Lincoln Conspiracy Summary
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President⁠—and Why It Failed
by Brad Meltzer 2020 448 pages
4.31
6k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 Summary
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1994 627 pages
4.29
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
From Miniskirt to Hijab Summary
From Miniskirt to Hijab
A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
by Jacqueline Saper 2019 240 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Iran
Memoir
Biography
Most Dangerous Summary
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Steve Sheinkin 2015 370 pages
4.20
6k+ ratings
History
Biography
War
Excellent Daughters Summary
Excellent Daughters
The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
by Katherine Zoepf 2016 258 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Middle East
Feminism
Politics
A Great Place To Have A War Summary
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
History
Asia
Politics
Cooper's Creek Summary
Cooper's Creek
The Story of Burke and Willis
by Alan Moorehead 1963
3.83
500+ ratings
History
Australia
Travel
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 234 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes Summary
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes
Life Lessons from the Master Detective
by David Acord 2011 212 pages
3.58
179 ratings
Mystery
Self Help
History
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Summary
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
by Marcia Bartusiak 2000 272 pages
4.04
203 ratings
Science
Physics
History
American Brutus Summary
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
by Michael W. Kauffman 2004 544 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
History
Civil War
Biography
Promise Me, Dad Summary
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
by Joe Biden 2017 272 pages
4.14
24k+ ratings
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds Summary
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds
How William James Can Save Your Life
by John Kaag 2021 224 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages
4.19
455 ratings
History
American History
Biography
Front Row at the Trump Show Summary
Front Row at the Trump Show
by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters Summary
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
by Jared Knott 2020 457 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
History
Historical
American History
Here, There and Everywhere Summary
Here, There and Everywhere
My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
by Geoff Emerick 2006 387 pages
4.29
6k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The End of College Summary
The End of College
Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere
by Kevin Carey 2015 288 pages
3.77
447 ratings
Education
History
Economics
Revolusi Summary
Revolusi
Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
by David Van Reybrouck 2020 656 pages
4.53
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Asia
The Mammoth Book of the West Summary
The Mammoth Book of the West
The Making of the American West
by Jon E. Lewis 1996 544 pages
3.98
137 ratings
History
Westerns
American History
The Rules of Contagion Summary
The Rules of Contagion
Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
by Adam Kucharski 2020 352 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Science
Health
Economics
Exploring Happiness Summary
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
by Sissela Bok 2010 224 pages
3.66
199 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary
The Complete World of Greek Mythology
by Richard Buxton 2004 256 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
The Stillborn God Summary
The Stillborn God
Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
by Mark Lilla 2007 352 pages
3.60
289 ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Politics
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 364 pages
4.06
331 ratings
Politics
History
American
September 11 Summary
September 11
An Oral History
by Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 pages
4.34
272 ratings
History
American History
Terrorism
Provenance Summary
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by Laney Salisbury 2009 327 pages
3.93
6k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
Lucky Summary
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
by Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Decline and Fall Summary
Decline and Fall
The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America
by John Michael Greer 2014 304 pages
4.29
156 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Caesars Palace Coup Summary
The Caesars Palace Coup
How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Corruption of the Private Equity Industry
by Max Frumes 2021 460 pages
4.05
3k+ ratings
Business
Finance
History
Sisters in Law Summary
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World – A New York Times Bestseller and Dual Biography of First Women Justices
by Linda R. Hirshman 2015 432 pages
3.84
5k+ ratings
History
Biography
Feminism
Putinism Summary
Putinism
Russia and Its Future with the West
by Walter Laqueur 2015 288 pages
3.32
260 ratings
Russia
History
Politics
Broke Summary
Broke
The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure
by Glenn Beck 2010 406 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
When the Money Runs Out Summary
When the Money Runs Out
The End of Western Affluence
by Stephen D. King 2013 304 pages
3.63
206 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Two Sides of the Moon Summary
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Space
History
Biography
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy Summary
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
How the New World Order, Man-Made Diseases, and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America
by Jim Marrs 2010 496 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
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