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
October
The Story of the Russian Revolution
History
Politics
Russia
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Economics
History
Religion
Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation
Politics
Sociology
How to Feed the World
The History and Future of Food
Science
Food
Economics
No One’s Coming
The Rogue Heroes Our Government Turns to When There’s Nowhere Else to Turn
History
Politics
Contemporary
Mingling with the Enemy
A Social Survival Guide for Our Divided Era
Self Help
Politics
Zbig
The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet
Biography
History
Politics
The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism
Economics
Politics
History
Truth Worth Telling
A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times
Memoir
Politics
History
Antisocial Media
How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
Technology
Politics
Social Media
The New Road to Serfdom
A Letter of Warning to America
Politics
Economics
History
What a Carve Up!
Classics
Contemporary
British Literature
Lights Out
A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
Politics
Science
Technology
Capitalizing on Crisis
The Political Origins of the Rise of Finance
Economics
History
Politics
Against Inequality
The Practical and Ethical Case for Abolishing the Superrich
Politics
The Finest Hotel in Kabul
A People's History of Afghanistan
History
Middle East
Politics
The Mayor of Castro Street
The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
Biography
History
LGBT
Human Smoke
The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization
History
War
World War II
The Third Reich at War
History
World War II
Germany
Enough Already
Time to End the War on Terrorism
History
Politics
War
Vulture Capitalism
Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom
Politics
Economics
History
WASPS
The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy
History
American History
Sociology
Progress and Poverty
An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth... The Remedy
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The People's Choice
How the Voter Makes Up His Mind in a Presidential Campaign
Politics
Longstreet
The Confederate General Who Defied the South
History
Biography
Civil War
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Francis Fukuyama and the End of History
History
Philosophy
Politics
All They Will Call You
History
Politics
Book Club
La guerra fredda. Storia di un mondo in bilico
History
Politics
The First Eight
A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation
History
Politics
American History
Last Branch Standing
A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
Politics
History
Law
Hitler e le teorie del complotto
History
World War II
Germany
The Global Sexual Revolution
Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom
Politics
Sexuality
Philosophy
Our First Civil War
Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
History
American History
American Revolution
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
War Stories from the Local Food Front
Food
Politics
Agriculture
Perception and Misperception in International Politics
Politics
International Relations
Psychology
And the Land Lay Still
Scotland
Historical Fiction
Novels
The Hidden History of the Korean War
1950–1951
History
War
Politics
The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
History
Economics
Business
Unsettling Truths
The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
History
Race
Theology
Understanding Public Policy
Public Policy
Politics
The Picnic
A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
History
Politics
European History
The New Rulers of the World
Politics
History
Journalism
