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Four Sociological Traditions Summary
Four Sociological Traditions
by Randall Collins 1994 336 pages
3.86
152 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Law Summary
The Law
by Frédéric Bastiat 1849 61 pages
4.33
14k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
All Things are Possible Summary
All Things are Possible
by Lev Shestov 1905 246 pages
4.09
314 ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Sociology of War and Violence Summary
The Sociology of War and Violence
by Siniša Malešević 2010 374 pages
4.26
61 ratings
Sociology
Politics
War
Why I Am Not an Atheist Summary
Why I Am Not an Atheist
The Confessions of a Skeptical Believer
by Christopher Beha 2026 432 pages
3.56
80 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
The Great Disruption Summary
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
by Francis Fukuyama 1999 368 pages
3.62
353 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
Everything Is Never Enough Summary
Everything Is Never Enough
Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness
by Bobby Jamieson 2025 288 pages
4.65
500+ ratings
Christian
Theology
Christian Living
Conservatism Summary
Conservatism
A Rediscovery
by Yoram Hazony 2022 256 pages
4.29
304 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Runnin' Down a Dream Summary
Runnin' Down a Dream
How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love
by Bill Gurley 2026 272 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Psychology
The Rhetoric of Reaction Summary
The Rhetoric of Reaction
Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy
by Albert O. Hirschman 1991 224 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Chalice and the Blade Summary
The Chalice and the Blade
Our History, Our Future
by Riane Eisler 1987 304 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Anthropology
Sabia Mente Summary
Sabia Mente
Sabiduría práctica para la vida moderna
by Marcos Vázquez García 2025 266 pages
4.26
217 ratings
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Plutarch's Lives Summary
Plutarch's Lives
Volume I
by Plutarch 766 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
History
Classics
Biography
How Can I Forgive You? Summary
How Can I Forgive You?
The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To
by Janis Abrahms Spring 2004 272 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
The Life of an Idea
by Edmund Fawcett 2014 488 pages
3.90
277 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Social Theory and Social Structure Summary
Social Theory and Social Structure
by Robert K. Merton 1949 702 pages
4.23
124 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Social Science
Trumpocracy Summary
Trumpocracy
The Corruption of the American Republic
by David Frum 2018 301 pages
3.88
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere Summary
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
by Jürgen Habermas 1962 301 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary
Destructive Trends in Mental Health
The Well-Intentioned Path to Harm
by Rogers H. Wright 2005 384 pages
3.95
21 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Everything Philosophy Book Summary
The Everything Philosophy Book
Understanding the Basic Concepts of Great Thinkers-Socrates to Sartre
by James Mannion 2002 304 pages
3.79
48 ratings
Philosophy
Returning to Eden Summary
Returning to Eden
A Field Guide for the Spiritual Journey
by Heather Hamilton 2023 308 pages
4.16
86 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Clock Mirage Summary
The Clock Mirage
Our Myth of Measured Time
by Joseph Mazur 2020 272 pages
3.42
118 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Lost Art of Dying Summary
The Lost Art of Dying
Reviving Forgotten Wisdom
by Lydia S. Dugdale 2020 272 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Death
Philosophy
Medical
The Efficiency Paradox Summary
The Efficiency Paradox
What Big Data Can't Do
by Edward Tenner 2018 320 pages
3.27
311 ratings
Business
Technology
Science
Democracy and Its Critics Summary
Democracy and Its Critics
by Robert A. Dahl 1989 397 pages
3.84
316 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Nations Summary
Nations
The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
by Azar Gat 2012 447 pages
3.90
103 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Radical American Partisanship Summary
Radical American Partisanship
Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy
by Nathan P. Kalmoe 2022 222 pages
3.70
44 ratings
Politics
American History
Political Science
Taoism for Dummies Summary
Taoism for Dummies
by Jonathan Herman 2013 384 pages
3.55
118 ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Taoism
Cross Purposes Summary
Cross Purposes
Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
by Jonathan Rauch 2025 160 pages
4.18
340 ratings
Religion
Politics
Christianity
The Web of Meaning Summary
The Web of Meaning
Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe
by Jeremy Lent 2021 528 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Cave in the Snow Summary
Cave in the Snow
A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment
by Vicki Mackenzie 1998
4.29
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Biography
Spirituality
On Character Summary
On Character
Choices That Define a Life
by Stanley McChrystal 2025 300 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Philosophy
Self Help
I AM Summary
I AM
The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are
by Howard Falco 2010 352 pages
4.19
471 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Inventing the Individual Summary
Inventing the Individual
The Origins of Western Liberalism
by Larry Siedentop 2014 416 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Creative Evolution Summary
Creative Evolution
by Henri Bergson 1907 468 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Mental Immunity Summary
Mental Immunity
Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
by Andy Norman 2021 401 pages
3.59
432 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Federalism Summary
Federalism
A Very Short Introduction
by Mark J. Rozell 2019 160 pages
3.67
63 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Ideological Brain Summary
The Ideological Brain
A Radical Science of Susceptible Minds
by Leor Zmigrod 2025 292 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Love and Other Thought Experiments Summary
Love and Other Thought Experiments
by Sophie Ward 2020 272 pages
3.59
6k+ ratings
Contemporary
LGBT
Literary Fiction
The Two Faces of American Freedom Summary
The Two Faces of American Freedom
by Aziz Rana 2010 432 pages
4.03
90 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Ethnic Phenomenon Summary
The Ethnic Phenomenon
by Pierre L. van den Berghe 1981 318 pages
4.34
47 ratings
Politics
Anthropology
Sociology
Black Power Summary
Black Power
The Politics of Liberation
by Stokely Carmichael 1967 256 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Politics
Race
History
The Economics of Inequality Summary
The Economics of Inequality
by Thomas Piketty 1997 160 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The New Orientalists Summary
The New Orientalists
Postmodern Representations of Islam from Foucault to Baudrillard
by Ian Almond 2007 229 pages
3.41
41 ratings
Islam
Philosophy
Religion
Et tu trouveras le trésor qui dort en toi Summary
Et tu trouveras le trésor qui dort en toi
by Laurent Gounelle 2016 303 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Roman
Self Help
France
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Phenomenology Summary
Phenomenology
The Basics
by Dan Zahavi 2008 158 pages
4.15
303 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
What Makes a Hero? Summary
What Makes a Hero?
The Surprising Science of Selflessness
by Elizabeth Svoboda 2013 240 pages
3.34
128 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Development of the Modern State Summary
The Development of the Modern State
A Sociological Introduction
by Gianfranco Poggi 1978 191 pages
3.48
86 ratings
Sociology
History
Politics
The Noetic Universe Summary
The Noetic Universe
The Scientific Evidence for Psychic Phenomena
by Dean Radin 2009 408 pages
3.94
83 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
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