Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
Humor
Politics
History
Superclass
The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
Politics
Economics
Business
The Disappearance of Rituals
A Topology of the Present
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Fire and Fury
Inside the Trump White House
Politics
History
Biography
All the Shah's Men
An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
History
Politics
Middle East
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
History
Anthropology
Science
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
Politics
History
Biography
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Business
History
Politics
El Narco
Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency
History
Crime
True Crime
Extrastatecraft
The Power of Infrastructure Space
Architecture
Politics
Theory
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Politics
Environment
Science
The Devil Never Sleeps
Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters
History
Politics
Business
Sasanian Persia
The Rise and Fall of an Empire
History
Iran
Middle East
Weaponized Lies
How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
Psychology
Science
Self Help
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Economics
Politics
Finance
Dangerous Games
The Uses and Abuses of History
History
Politics
Philosophy
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
History
Economics
Politics
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
History
Politics
Asia
The Algorithm
How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Business
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana
History
Drugs
Politics
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
History
Politics
China
Radical Uncertainty
Economics
Business
Psychology
How Countries Go Broke
The Big Cycle
Economics
Finance
Business
Government Gangsters
The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
Politics
History
Government
Three Cups of Deceit
How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
Biography
History
Journalism
In the First Circle
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Why Axis
Hidden Motives and The Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
Economics
Psychology
Business
The Servile State
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The ANC Billionaires
Big Capital's Gambit and the Rise of the Few
Politics
South Africa
Africa
George Soros On Globalization
Economics
Business
Politics
Letter to the American Church
Christian
Religion
Christianity
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Economics
Politics
History
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How to Take Back Our Time, Attention, and Purpose in a World Designed to Bury Us in Bullshit
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Of Man
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Biography
Politics
History
Fear
Trump in the White House
Politics
History
Biography
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
Politics
History
China
Orientalism
History
Philosophy
Politics
Strange New World
How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
Philosophy
Christian
History
The Berlin Wall
August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989
History
Germany
Politics
Central America's Forgotten History
Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
History
Politics
Immigration
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
After Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The Path to Power
Biography
History
Politics
Escaping the Housing Trap
The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Economics
The Nazis
A Warning from History
History
World War II
War
Survive Like a Spy
Real CIA Operatives Reveal How They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and How You Can Too
Psychology
Espionage
Survival
The Real Crash
Economics
Politics
Finance
Hegel
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
History
Biography
