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The News Summary
The News
A User's Manual
by Alain de Botton 2014 272 pages
3.58
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Journalism
Politics
Totalitarianism Summary
Totalitarianism
Part Three of the Origins of the Totalitarism
by Hannah Arendt 1968
4.18
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
History
Politics
War
Hope for Cynics Summary
Hope for Cynics
The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
by Jamil Zaki 2024 288 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Revolutionary Wealth Summary
Revolutionary Wealth
How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives
by Alvin Toffler 2006 512 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
The Teachers Summary
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
by Alexandra Robbins 2023 372 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
Fix the System, Not the Women Summary
Fix the System, Not the Women
by Laura Bates 2022 206 pages
4.49
5k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Womens
The Madness of Crowds Summary
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
by Douglas Murray 2019 288 pages
4.20
17k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Hidden Brain Summary
The Hidden Brain
How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives
by Shankar Vedantam 2009 270 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Unconscious Branding Summary
Unconscious Branding
How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing
by Douglas Van Praet 2012 288 pages
3.94
342 ratings
Business
Psychology
Neuroscience
Why Men Fight Summary
Why Men Fight
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 1916 192 pages
3.96
251 ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Woke Racism Summary
Woke Racism
How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
by John McWhorter 2021 220 pages
3.92
6k+ ratings
Politics
Race
Sociology
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom 1987 392 pages
3.76
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Design for a Better World Summary
Design for a Better World
Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered
by Donald A. Norman 2023 376 pages
3.61
198 ratings
Design
Sustainability
Environment
Redirect Summary
Redirect
The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
by Timothy D. Wilson 2009 288 pages
3.76
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Outcasts United Summary
Outcasts United
The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town
by Warren St. John 2009 240 pages
3.84
8k+ ratings
Sports
Book Club
Soccer
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017 512 pages
3.96
312 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
Terror, Love and Brainwashing Summary
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
by Alexandra Stein 2017 236 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Psychology
Cults
Politics
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 318 pages
4.04
317 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
The Sum of Us Summary
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
by Heather McGhee 2021 415 pages
4.62
21k+ ratings
Race
History
Politics
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
3.98
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
Happy as a Dane Summary
Happy as a Dane
10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
by Malene Rydahl 2014 144 pages
3.46
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
The Reactionary Mind Summary
The Reactionary Mind
Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
by Corey Robin 2011 290 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari
Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass
by Darren McGarvey 2017 257 pages
4.01
6k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
The End of Gender Summary
The End of Gender
Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
by Debra Soh 2020 307 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Science
Politics
Psychology
To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
To Save Everything, Click Here
The Folly of Technological Solutionism
by Evgeny Morozov 2013 415 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
Everything Bad is Good for You Summary
Everything Bad is Good for You
How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter
by Steven Johnson 2005 273 pages
3.49
5k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
Beauty Sick Summary
Beauty Sick
How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women
by Renee Engeln 2017 358 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Self Help
Conscience Summary
Conscience
The Origins of Moral Intuition
by Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 pages
3.78
442 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Winners Take All Summary
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
by Anand Giridharadas 2018 288 pages
4.13
17k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The New Urban Crisis Summary
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
by Richard Florida 2017 336 pages
3.49
1k+ ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Politics
Just Babies Summary
Just Babies
The Origins of Good and Evil
by Paul Bloom 2013 273 pages
3.71
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Grown Up Digital Summary
Grown Up Digital
How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
by Don Tapscott 2008 384 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Technology
Education
Business
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier 2010 158 pages
3.57
6k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Science
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith 2012 624 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Brandwashed Summary
Brandwashed
Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2011 304 pages
3.81
4k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Thick Summary
Thick
And Other Essays
by Tressie McMillan Cottom 2019 248 pages
4.43
18k+ ratings
Essays
Feminism
Race
Diffusion of Innovations Summary
Diffusion of Innovations
by Everett M. Rogers 1982 576 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Science
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save
Acting Now to End World Poverty
by Peter Singer 2009 224 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
Automation and Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
Criminology Summary
Criminology
A Very Short Introduction
by Tim Newburn 2018 160 pages
3.84
151 ratings
Sociology
Crime
Psychology
Weapons of Mass Instruction Summary
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2008 192 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
Cultures and Organizations Summary
Cultures and Organizations
Software of the Mind - Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival
by Geert Hofstede 1993 575 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Business
Cultural
Psychology
Theories of International Relations Summary
Theories of International Relations
by Andrew Linklater 1996 310 pages
3.89
444 ratings
International Relations
Politics
Political Science
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 260 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
by David Grazian 2010 256 pages
3.52
107 ratings
Sociology
History
School
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 pages
3.68
142 ratings
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman 1969 240 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
Overbooked Summary
Overbooked
The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism
by Elizabeth Becker 2013 464 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Travel
Economics
Business
Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation
The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
by Sherry Turkle 2015 448 pages
3.80
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Communication
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