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Day of Empire Summary
Day of Empire
How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall
by Amy Chua 2007 432 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Why Did Europe Conquer the World? Summary
Why Did Europe Conquer the World?
by Philip T. Hoffman 2015 282 pages
3.42
257 ratings
History
Economics
European History
The Consequences of Modernity Summary
The Consequences of Modernity
by Anthony Giddens 1988 200 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
War Against the Weak Summary
War Against the Weak
Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
by Edwin Black 2003 592 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Giants Summary
Giants
The Global Power Elite
by Peter Phillips 2018 355 pages
3.79
257 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
America, América Summary
America, América
A New History of the New World
by Greg Grandin 2025 768 pages
4.51
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
White Identity Politics Summary
White Identity Politics
by Ashley Jardina 2019
3.90
208 ratings
Politics
Race
Political Science
America's Greatest Challenge Summary
America's Greatest Challenge
Confronting the Chinese Communist Party
by Newt Gingrich 2019 362 pages
4.22
269 ratings
Politics
China
History
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles Summary
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles
by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851 86 pages
4.13
135 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Religion
The Half Has Never Been Told Summary
The Half Has Never Been Told
Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
by Edward E. Baptist 2013 498 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
History
Race
Economics
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays Summary
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays
by Richard M. Ebeling 1978 125 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Rise and Fall of American Growth Summary
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
by Robert J. Gordon 2016 784 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Business
To End All Wars Summary
To End All Wars
A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 – A New York Times Bestselling History of WWI Critics and Heroes
by Adam Hochschild 2011 496 pages
4.14
9k+ ratings
History
World War I
War
Habits of the Heart Summary
Habits of the Heart
Individualism and Commitment in American Life
by Robert N. Bellah 1985 376 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Philosophy
Founding Faith Summary
Founding Faith
Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America
by Steven Waldman 2008 304 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
History
Religion
American History
Whiteness of a Different Color Summary
Whiteness of a Different Color
European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race
by Matthew Frye Jacobson 1998 364 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
History
Race
Sociology
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025 360 pages
4.13
166 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Madilog Summary
Madilog
by Tan Malaka 1946 539 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Revolutionary Suicide Summary
Revolutionary Suicide
by Huey P. Newton 1973 332 pages
4.49
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Death of Democracy Summary
The Death of Democracy
Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
by Benjamin Carter Hett 2018 304 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Germany
Wars and Capital (Semiotext Summary
Wars and Capital (Semiotext
by Éric Alliez 2016 453 pages
3.93
29 ratings
Philosophy
War
Politics
Correct, Not Politically Correct Summary
Correct, Not Politically Correct
How Same-Sex Marriage Hurts Everyone
by Frank Turek 2008 229 pages
3.30
334 ratings
Politics
Christian
Christianity
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Summary
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen 1989 245 pages
3.93
352 ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Intellectual Property Summary
Intellectual Property
A Very Short Introduction
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2017 144 pages
3.92
181 ratings
Law
Economics
Politics
Hidden Hand Summary
Hidden Hand
Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World
by Clive Hamilton 2020 320 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution Summary
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution
by Woody Holton 2007 384 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Black Book of Communism Summary
The Black Book of Communism
Crimes, Terror, Repression
by Stéphane Courtois 1997 858 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
When Race Trumps Merit Summary
When Race Trumps Merit
How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives
by Heather Mac Donald 2023 320 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Politics
Race
Sociology
The Great Experiment Summary
The Great Experiment
Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
by Yascha Mounk 2022 368 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Entitled Summary
Entitled
The Rise and Fall of the House of York
by Andrew Lownie 2025 361 pages
3.68
7k+ ratings
Biography
History
Royalty
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy
Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics
by Jamila Michener 2018 236 pages
4.23
120 ratings
Politics
Race
Health Care
The Case Against Socialism Summary
The Case Against Socialism
by Rand Paul 2019 373 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Homegrown Summary
Homegrown
Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
by Jeffrey Toobin 2023 426 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
L'empathie est politique Summary
L'empathie est politique
Comment les normes sociales façonnent la biologie des sentiments
by Samah Karaki 2024 223 pages
4.35
127 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Feminism
inside tagesschau Summary
inside tagesschau
Zwischen Nachrichten und Meinungsmache
by Alexander Teske 2025 297 pages
3.63
96 ratings
Politics
American Exceptionalism Summary
American Exceptionalism
A Double-Edged Sword
by Seymour Martin Lipset 1996 354 pages
3.50
116 ratings
Politics
Sociology
American History
Truman by David McCullough Summary
Truman by David McCullough
by David McCullough 1992
4.17
91k+ ratings
Biography
History
Presidents
The New Economics Summary
The New Economics
A Manifesto
by Steve Keen 2022 210 pages
4.00
232 ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
The Fall of Public Man Summary
The Fall of Public Man
by Richard Sennett 1977 512 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Winner-Take-All Politics Summary
Winner-Take-All Politics
How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
by Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Cultural Backlash Summary
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
by Pippa Norris 2019 554 pages
3.81
180 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West Summary
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West
A History of Enmity and Engagement
by Martyn Frampton 2018 672 pages
3.69
13 ratings
Middle East
History
Islam
The Victory Lab Summary
The Victory Lab
The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
by Sasha Issenberg 2012 321 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Abolition of White Democracy Summary
The Abolition of White Democracy
by Joel Olson 2004 230 pages
4.38
117 ratings
Politics
Race
Theory
Social Darwinism in American Thought Summary
Social Darwinism in American Thought
by Richard Hofstadter 1955 278 pages
3.78
290 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Slouching Towards Utopia Summary
Slouching Towards Utopia
An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
by J. Bradford DeLong 2022 624 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Vanishing American Adult Summary
The Vanishing American Adult
Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
by Ben Sasse 2017 393 pages
4.03
6k+ ratings
Politics
Parenting
Education
Letters From Gaza Summary
Letters From Gaza
By the People, from the Year That Has Been
by Mahmoud Alshaer 2025 250 pages
4.80
259 ratings
Poetry
Essays
Politics
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Summary
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States
by Albert O. Hirschman 1970 176 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Civilization on Trial Summary
Civilization on Trial
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1948
3.83
152 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
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