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Cyrus the Great Summary
Cyrus the Great
The Arts of Leadership and War
by Larry Hedrick 2007 320 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Leadership
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman 1969 240 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
Saving Capitalism Summary
Saving Capitalism
For the Many, Not the Few
by Robert B. Reich 2004 219 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Lying About Hitler Summary
Lying About Hitler
History, Holocaust, and the David Irving Trial
by Richard J. Evans 2001 318 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
History
Holocaust
Politics
Stolen Pride Summary
Stolen Pride
Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 400 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert Zaretsky 2010 195 pages
4.10
171 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Origin of Wealth Summary
The Origin of Wealth
Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
by Eric D. Beinhocker 2006 527 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Business
How to Save the West Summary
How to Save the West
Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
by Spencer Klavan 2023 256 pages
4.27
468 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Until We Are Free Summary
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
by Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Iran
Memoir
Politics
Secondhand Time Summary
Secondhand Time
The Last of the Soviets
by Svetlana Alexievich 2013 496 pages
4.46
22k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
White Women Summary
White Women
Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
by Regina Jackson 2022 224 pages
4.46
4k+ ratings
Race
Social Justice
Feminism
God's Bankers Summary
God's Bankers
A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
by Gerald Posner 2015 752 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
History
Religion
Politics
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands
Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
Command and Control Summary
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages
4.27
14k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Spycatcher Summary
Spycatcher
by Peter Wright 1987 392 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
History
Espionage
Biography
The Skin We're In Summary
The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
by Desmond Cole 2020 250 pages
4.44
10k+ ratings
Canada
Race
Politics
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division Summary
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
by Elif Shafak 2020 45 pages
3.95
8k+ ratings
Essays
Politics
Philosophy
Mismeasuring Our Lives Summary
Mismeasuring Our Lives
Why Gdp Doesn't Add Up
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 172 pages
3.74
338 ratings
Economics
Politics
Social Science
Working Summary
Working
Researching, Interviewing, Writing
by Robert A. Caro 2019 231 pages
4.45
7k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
Classics of Public Administration Summary
Classics of Public Administration
by Jay M. Shafritz 1978 606 pages
3.65
287 ratings
Political Science
Textbooks
School
The Future of the Professions Summary
The Future of the Professions
How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
by Richard Susskind 2015 368 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
How to Be a Dictator Summary
How to Be a Dictator
The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
by Frank Dikötter 2019 304 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
The Palestine Laboratory Summary
The Palestine Laboratory
How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
by Antony Loewenstein 2023 320 pages
4.43
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
Public Relations Summary
Public Relations
by Edward L. Bernays 1952 374 pages
3.98
175 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Business
Archaeologies of the Future Summary
Archaeologies of the Future
The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions
by Fredric Jameson 2005 448 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
The Blood Telegram Summary
The Blood Telegram
Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
by Gary J. Bass 2013 528 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
India
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap Summary
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2016 503 pages
4.30
410 ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
by Slavoj Žižek 2014 272 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Summary
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
by Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 pages
4.06
127 ratings
Politics
Law
History
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moïsi 2008 176 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
Fellow Creatures Summary
Fellow Creatures
Our Obligations to the Other Animals
by Christine M. Korsgaard 2018 268 pages
4.23
221 ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Vegan
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.13
222 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
Bezonomics Summary
Bezonomics
How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It
by Brian Dumaine 2020 336 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Technology
Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 293 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
An Introduction to the Policy Process Summary
An Introduction to the Policy Process
Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making
by Thomas A. Birkland 2001 288 pages
3.58
288 ratings
Politics
Public Policy
Textbooks
Aquarian Conspiracy Summary
Aquarian Conspiracy
Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980's
by Marilyn Ferguson 1980
3.70
289 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
History
For Love of Country Summary
For Love of Country
Why I Left the Democratic Party
by Tulsi Gabbard 2024 242 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Tools and Weapons Summary
Tools and Weapons
The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
by Brad Smith 2019 368 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Science
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Summary
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
by Anne Case 2020 288 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 575 pages
3.90
11k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Marx and Satan Summary
Marx and Satan
by Richard Wurmbrand 1986 143 pages
3.89
403 ratings
Christian
Politics
Religion
The Power Broker Summary
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 pages
4.53
29k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
World on the Brink Summary
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024 400 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Gandhi Summary
Gandhi
His Life and Message for the World
by Louis Fischer 1950 222 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
Biography
History
India
Living on Your Own Terms Summary
Living on Your Own Terms
by Osho 2013 204 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 225 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
China's Economy Summary
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Arthur R. Kroeber 2016 336 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2011 256 pages
4.08
10k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The Constitution of Liberty Summary
The Constitution of Liberty
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1960 688 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future Summary
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future
by Henry Kissinger 2021 205 pages
3.43
5k+ ratings
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Technology
Science
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