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Our Palestine Question Summary
Our Palestine Question
Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978
by Geoffrey Phillip Levin 2023 320 pages
4.17
99 ratings
History
Jewish
Judaism
Herodotus Summary
Herodotus
The Father of History
by Elizabeth Vandiver 2000 12 pages
4.24
420 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
A Demon of Our Own Design Summary
A Demon of Our Own Design
Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation
by Richard Bookstaber 2007 288 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
A Genocide Foretold Summary
A Genocide Foretold
Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine
by Chris Hedges 2025 208 pages
4.58
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Stoicism For Dummies Summary
Stoicism For Dummies
by Tom Morris 1999 400 pages
4.04
46 ratings
Philosophy
History
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Summary
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
A Very Short Introduction
by Martin Bunton 2013 160 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume II Summary
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume II
by Edward Gibbon 1781 1024 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
History
Classics
Roman
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy Summary
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
by Feng Youlan 1948 400 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Philosophy
China
History
Nature's Metropolis Summary
Nature's Metropolis
Chicago and the Great West
by William Cronon 1991 592 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
History
American History
Cities
Affluence and Influence Summary
Affluence and Influence
Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
by Martin Gilens 2010 352 pages
3.79
145 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
The Sources of Social Power Summary
The Sources of Social Power
Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
by Michael Mann 1986 560 pages
4.32
158 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders Summary
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders
Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
by Jonn Elledge 2024 368 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
History
Geography
Politics
We Survived the Night Summary
We Survived the Night
by Julian Brave NoiseCat 2025 432 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Indigenous
The History of the Church Summary
The History of the Church
From Christ to Constantine
by Eusebius 435 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
History
Religion
Church History
Why the West Rules—for Now Summary
Why the West Rules—for Now
The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
by Ian Morris 2010 1162 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe Summary
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
A True Crime Thriller
by James Patterson 2025 416 pages
3.67
5k+ ratings
True Crime
Biography
History
The Threshold of Dissent Summary
The Threshold of Dissent
A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism
by Marjorie Feld 2024 288 pages
4.05
62 ratings
Politics
History
Jewish
Les Jours fragiles Summary
Les Jours fragiles
by Philippe Besson 2004 188 pages
3.39
358 ratings
France
Biography
History
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam Summary
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam
by Robert Spencer 2001 270 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
Unholy Trinity Summary
Unholy Trinity
The IMF, World Bank and WTO
by Richard Peet 2003 272 pages
3.57
147 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
White Lies Summary
White Lies
The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
by A.J. Baime 2022 384 pages
4.47
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Race
The Go-Go Years Summary
The Go-Go Years
The Drama and Crashing Finale of Wall Street's Bullish 60's
by John Brooks 1973 384 pages
3.82
305 ratings
Finance
History
Business
The Devil's Chessboard Summary
The Devil's Chessboard
Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
by David Talbot 2015 704 pages
4.35
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
A Man Called White Summary
A Man Called White
The Autobiography of Walter White
by Walter Francis White 1948 392 pages
4.23
48 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Day Of Deceit Summary
Day Of Deceit
The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor
by Robert B. Stinnett 1999 416 pages
3.68
489 ratings
History
World War II
War
Blowback Summary
Blowback
The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
by Chalmers Johnson 2000 268 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
De ce este România altfel? Summary
De ce este România altfel?
by Lucian Boia 2012 128 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
History
Romania
Romanian Literature
The War for Ukraine Summary
The War for Ukraine
Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire
by Mick Ryan 2024 354 pages
3.94
83 ratings
History
Military Fiction
Military History
All That Is Solid Summary
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
by Danny Dorling 2014
3.55
144 ratings
Politics
Geography
Cities
Worth Dying For Summary
Worth Dying For
The Power and Politics of Flags
by Tim Marshall 2016 266 pages
3.65
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution Summary
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution
Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy
by Joseph Fishkin 2022 640 pages
4.10
40 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Oligarchy Summary
Oligarchy
by Jeffrey A. Winters 2011 344 pages
4.30
166 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Anatomy of a Lynching Summary
Anatomy of a Lynching
The Killing of Claude Neal
by James R. McGovern 1982 184 pages
4.38
45 ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism Summary
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West
by Wendy Brown 2019 264 pages
4.11
480 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
A History of the World in 100 Objects Summary
A History of the World in 100 Objects
by Neil MacGregor 2010 707 pages
4.19
9k+ ratings
History
Art
World History
Patterns of Democracy Summary
Patterns of Democracy
Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries
by Arend Lijphart 1999 368 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Academic
San Fransicko Summary
San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
by Michael Shellenberger 2021 416 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Connectography Summary
Connectography
Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
by Parag Khanna 2016 496 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Science
Paper Promises Summary
Paper Promises
Debt, Money, and the New World Order
by Philip Coggan 2011 304 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
Radical Inclusion Summary
Radical Inclusion
What the Post-9/11 World Should Have Taught Us About Leadership
by Martin E. Dempsey 2018 176 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Military Fiction
Wilful Blindness Summary
Wilful Blindness
How a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents infiltrated the West
by Sam Cooper 2021
4.15
500+ ratings
China
Politics
Crime
Making Democracy Work Summary
Making Democracy Work
Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
by Robert D. Putnam 1992 258 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Arsenals of Folly Summary
Arsenals of Folly
The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
by Richard Rhodes 2007 400 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
History
War
Science
Dream It! Do It! (The People, The Places, The Projects) Summary
Dream It! Do It! (The People, The Places, The Projects)
My Half-Century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms
by Marty Sklar 2013 384 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Business
Spectacle Summary
Spectacle
The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
by Pamela Newkirk 2015 336 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Race
Magic Medicine Summary
Magic Medicine
A Trip Through the Intoxicating History and Modern-Day Use of Psychedelic Plants and Substances
by Cody Johnson 2018 232 pages
4.13
156 ratings
History
Science
Psychology
The Loom of Time Summary
The Loom of Time
Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
by Robert D. Kaplan 2023 384 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
A Slap in the Face Summary
A Slap in the Face
Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't
by William B. Irvine 2013 264 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Fight for Liberty Summary
Fight for Liberty
Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump
by Mark Lasswell 2018 320 pages
3.92
50 ratings
Politics
History
Che Guevara Reader Summary
Che Guevara Reader
Writings on Politics & Revolution
by Ernesto Che Guevara 1997 420 pages
4.08
359 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
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