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The Real Mad Men Summary
The Real Mad Men
The Renegades of Madison Avenue and the Golden Age of Advertising
by Andrew Cracknell 2011 224 pages
3.56
302 ratings
History
Business
Biography
To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
Red Capitalism Summary
Red Capitalism
The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise
by Carl E. Walter 2010 256 pages
3.85
463 ratings
China
Economics
History
The Little Locksmith Summary
The Little Locksmith
A Memoir
by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943 276 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Classics
History
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Moveable Feasts Summary
Moveable Feasts
From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat
by Sarah Murray 2007 272 pages
3.55
205 ratings
Food
History
Food History
Fear Is Just a Word Summary
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
by Azam Ahmed 2023 384 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche Summary
I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche
by Sue Prideaux 2018 464 pages
4.31
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
Goliath Summary
Goliath
Life and Loathing in Greater Israel
by Max Blumenthal 2012
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City Summary
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
by Barbara E. Mundy 2015 256 pages
4.11
71 ratings
History
Architecture
Anthropology
Believe Summary
Believe
The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts
by Jeremy Egner 2024 368 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Sports
Pop Culture
History
The Mark of a Giant Summary
The Mark of a Giant
7 People Who Changed the World
by Ted Stewart 2013 320 pages
3.96
288 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Talking to the Dead Summary
Talking to the Dead
Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism
by Barbara Weisberg 2004 324 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Paranormal
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To
The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths
by Russ Kick 2001 350 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Barnum Summary
Barnum
An American Life
by Robert Wilson 2019
3.70
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
The Inkblots Summary
The Inkblots
Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
by Damion Searls 2015 405 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Psychology
History
Biography
Mad in America Summary
Mad in America
Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
by Robert Whitaker 2002 334 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Psychology
History
Mental Health
Hall of Mirrors Summary
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History
by Barry Eichengreen 2014 520 pages
4.01
296 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Burger King Summary
The Burger King
Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire
by Jim McLamore 1997 286 pages
3.82
247 ratings
Business
Biography
Food
Are Numbers Real? Summary
Are Numbers Real?
The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
by Brian Clegg 2016 304 pages
3.57
288 ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Prey Summary
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021 352 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Goliath's Curse Summary
Goliath's Curse
The History and Future of Societal Collapse
by Luke Kemp 2025 592 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
1177 B.C. Summary
1177 B.C.
The Year Civilization Collapsed
by Eric H. Cline 2014 264 pages
3.74
13k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
The Lost Men Summary
The Lost Men
The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006 366 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
History
Adventure
Survival
Bad Ideas? Summary
Bad Ideas?
An Arresting History of Our Inventions
by Robert Winston 2009 432 pages
3.56
142 ratings
Science
History
Introducing Logic Summary
Introducing Logic
A Graphic Guide
by Bill Mayblin 2001 181 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Science
Tavistock Institute Summary
Tavistock Institute
Social Engineering the Masses
by Daniel Estulin 2011 240 pages
3.83
363 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Psychology
Who Rules the World? Summary
Who Rules the World?
by Noam Chomsky 2014 320 pages
4.05
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
SMiLE Summary
SMiLE
The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece
by Domenic Priore 2005 199 pages
3.80
145 ratings
Music
Biography
History
Renegade Summary
Renegade
The Making of a President
by Richard Wolffe 2009 356 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
V13 Summary
V13
Cronaca giudiziaria
by Emmanuel Carrère 2022 267 pages
4.45
13k+ ratings
True Crime
France
History
Overthrow Summary
Overthrow
America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
by Stephen Kinzer 2006 384 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Secret Life of Words Summary
The Secret Life of Words
English Words and Their Origins
by Anne Curzan 2012 36 pages
4.37
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Dressed Up for a Riot Summary
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
by Michael Idov 2018 288 pages
3.62
274 ratings
Russia
Politics
History
Don't Burn This Country Summary
Don't Burn This Country
Surviving and Thriving in Our Woke Dystopia
by Dave Rubin 2022 237 pages
3.90
498 ratings
Politics
Society
History
How Jesus Became God Summary
How Jesus Became God
The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
by Bart D. Ehrman 2014 416 pages
4.10
7k+ ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
Hauptmann's Ladder Summary
Hauptmann's Ladder
A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014 416 pages
4.17
125 ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Isis Unveiled Summary
Isis Unveiled
by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1877 1471 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Occult
Philosophy
Theosophy
Targeted Summary
Targeted
The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower's Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and Facebook Broke Democracy and How It Can Happen Again
by Brittany Kaiser 2019 404 pages
3.58
1k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Business
The Barefoot Lawyer Summary
The Barefoot Lawyer
A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
by Chen Guangcheng 2013 352 pages
4.29
450 ratings
China
Memoir
Biography
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
by Anne Lister 1992 422 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
LGBT
History
Queer
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
The Complete and Authoritative Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 736 pages
3.80
8k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Landfill Summary
Landfill
by Tim Dee 2018 239 pages
3.67
152 ratings
Birds
Nature
Environment
Renegade Summary
Renegade
Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
by Adam Kinzinger 2023 316 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
A Reasonable Response Summary
A Reasonable Response
Answers to Tough Questions on God, Christianity, and the Bible
by William Lane Craig 2013 432 pages
3.96
125 ratings
Christianity
Philosophy
Theology
Josephine Baker Summary
Josephine Baker
The Hungry Heart
by Jean-Claude Baker 1993 592 pages
3.78
351 ratings
Biography
History
Music
From Fatwa to Jihad Summary
From Fatwa to Jihad
How the World Changed: The Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo
by Kenan Malik 2009 352 pages
4.03
285 ratings
Politics
Religion
History
9 Lessons in Brexit Summary
9 Lessons in Brexit
by Ivan Rogers 2019 46 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation Summary
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom
by John F. Baker Jr. 2009 432 pages
4.24
131 ratings
History
Biography
The Last Warlord Summary
The Last Warlord
The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime
by Brian Glyn Williams 2013 352 pages
4.30
120 ratings
History
Military History
Military Fiction
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