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Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
by Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 pages
3.71
318 ratings
History
Economics
Business
In Mistrust We Trust Summary
In Mistrust We Trust
by Ivan Krastev 2013 71 pages
3.96
73 ratings
Politics
Economics
[(The Coup Summary
[(The Coup
1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations)] [Author: Ervand Abrahamian] published on
by Ervand Abrahamian 2013
4.13
500+ ratings
History
Iran
Middle East
Fight Oligarchy Summary
Fight Oligarchy
by Bernie Sanders 2025 160 pages
4.37
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Certainty Illusion Summary
The Certainty Illusion
What You Don't Know and Why It Matters
by Timothy Caulfield 2025 312 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
Except for Palestine Summary
Except for Palestine
The Limits of Progressive Politics
by Marc Lamont Hill 2021 227 pages
4.19
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
Shopping for Bombs Summary
Shopping for Bombs
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
by Gordon Corera 2006 304 pages
3.80
123 ratings
Politics
History
Asia
A Concise History of the Middle East Summary
A Concise History of the Middle East
by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr 1979 576 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
History
Middle East
Religion
Life Without Lawyers Summary
Life Without Lawyers
Liberating Americans from Too Much Law
by Philip K. Howard 2009 224 pages
3.65
176 ratings
Law
Politics
The Triumph of Doubt Summary
The Triumph of Doubt
Dark Money and the Science of Deception
by David Michaels 2020 344 pages
4.08
222 ratings
Science
Politics
History
Slavery by Another Name Summary
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
by Douglas A. Blackmon 2008 480 pages
4.38
7k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
1494 Summary
1494
How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
by Stephen R. Bown 2011 304 pages
3.89
369 ratings
History
Spain
Politics
Demopolis Summary
Demopolis
Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice
by Josiah Ober 2019 222 pages
3.40
25 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Me and White Supremacy Summary
Me and White Supremacy
Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
by Layla F. Saad 2020 238 pages
4.33
30k+ ratings
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
The Origins of the Urban Crisis Summary
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
by Thomas J. Sugrue 1996 416 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
Buckley Summary
Buckley
The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
by Sam Tanenhaus 2025 1040 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Industrial Society and Its Future Summary
Industrial Society and Its Future
The Unabomber Manifesto by Ted Kaczynski
by Ted Kaczynski 2024 151 pages
3.91
161 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2003 224 pages
4.10
419 ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
Owning the Sun Summary
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
by Alexander Zaitchik 2022 304 pages
3.79
122 ratings
History
Science
Politics
How to Disappear and Live Off the Grid Summary
How to Disappear and Live Off the Grid
A CIA Insider's Guide
by John Kiriakou 2022 152 pages
3.39
46 ratings
Politics
Espionage
The President Is Missing Summary
The President Is Missing
by Bill Clinton 2018 513 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Great Derangement Summary
The Great Derangement
Climate Change and the Unthinkable
by Amitav Ghosh 2016 196 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Science
Them and Us Summary
Them and Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
by Will Hutton 2010 256 pages
3.89
109 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Mass Psychology of Fascism Summary
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
by Wilhelm Reich 1933 395 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Bloody Nasty People Summary
Bloody Nasty People
The Rise of Britain's Far Right
by Daniel Trilling 2012 240 pages
3.88
143 ratings
Politics
British Literature
Case for Life Summary
Case for Life
by Scott Klusendorf 2009
4.55
488 ratings
Christian
Christianity
Religion
The Just City Summary
The Just City
by Susan S. Fainstein 2010 224 pages
3.75
174 ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Summary
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
by Friedrich Engels 1884 220 pages
4.14
8k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care
A Citizen's Guide
by Sally C. Pipes 2008 182 pages
3.54
24 ratings
Politics
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
by Sharon Weinberger 2017 496 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
History
Science
War
The Age of Reason Summary
The Age of Reason
by Thomas Paine 1794 180 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
by Jonathan Smucker 2017 290 pages
4.24
442 ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
The Project Summary
The Project
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
by David A. Graham 2025 138 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014 320 pages
4.37
20k+ ratings
History
Indigenous
Social Justice
Infidel Summary
Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2006 353 pages
4.20
92k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Religion
The Profession Summary
The Profession
by Steven Pressfield 2011 336 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Science Fiction
Whole Numbers and Half Truths Summary
Whole Numbers and Half Truths
What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India
by Rukmini S. 2021 324 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
India
Economics
Politics
Deep Undercover Summary
Deep Undercover
My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America
by Jack Barsky 2017 352 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
History
Biography
Espionage
The David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy Summary
The David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy
And How to End It
by David Icke 2007 629 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
Spirituality
The Brothers Summary
The Brothers
John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War
by Stephen Kinzer 2013 416 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Ages of Globalization Summary
The Ages of Globalization
Geography, Technology, and Institutions
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2020 280 pages
3.89
404 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
by Thomas Sowell 2005 372 pages
4.37
9k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Violent Take It by Force Summary
The Violent Take It by Force
The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy
by Matthew D. Taylor 2024 292 pages
4.37
500+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
The Third Reich in Power Summary
The Third Reich in Power
by Richard J. Evans 2005 941 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
History
World War II
Germany
I Think, Therefore I Am Summary
I Think, Therefore I Am
All the Philosophy You Need to Know
by Lesley Levene 2010 192 pages
3.42
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Bailout Nation Summary
Bailout Nation
How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
by Barry Ritholtz 2008 352 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
States and Social Revolutions Summary
States and Social Revolutions
A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China
by Theda Skocpol 1979 426 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Giving Up Is Unforgivable Summary
Giving Up Is Unforgivable
A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
by Joyce Vance 2025 208 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Government
Entitled Summary
Entitled
How Male Privilege Hurts Women
by Kate Manne 2020 269 pages
4.19
6k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
Why I am a Hindu Summary
Why I am a Hindu
by Shashi Tharoor 2018 320 pages
3.72
4k+ ratings
Religion
India
Philosophy
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