Gulf States Books | Summaries & Audio

City of Gold

by Jim Krane • 2009

Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.

3.97

776

🏛️ State Capitalism ⛽ Resource Curse 👑 Gulf Monarchies

City of Gold 89%

Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.

by Jim Krane 2009

3.97

776 ratings

🏛️ State Capitalism ⛽ Resource Curse 👑 Gulf Monarchies

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East

by Marc Owen Jones • 2022

Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.

4.21

🇸🇦 Middle East Politics 📱 Digital Surveillance 📰 Disinformation

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East Summary

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East 89%

Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.

by Marc Owen Jones 2022

4.21

19 ratings

🇸🇦 Middle East Politics 📱 Digital Surveillance 📰 Disinformation

House of Bush, House of Saud

by Craig Unger • 2004

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

3.91

2k+

🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

House of Bush, House of Saud 88%

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

by Craig Unger 2004

3.91

2k+ ratings

🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

4.12

4k+

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 87%

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

by John J. Mearsheimer 2006

4.12

4k+ ratings

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

1001 Nights in Iraq

by Shant Kenderian • 2005

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

3.93

146

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

1001 Nights in Iraq 87%

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

by Shant Kenderian 2005

3.93

146 ratings

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

Spying on the South

by Tony Horwitz • 2019

America's red-blue fault line was forged in the 1850s South. Retracing Olmsted's journey proves it.

4.00

5k+

🚙 American Travelogues ⛓️ Antebellum South ⚡ Political Polarization

Spying on the South 87%

America's red-blue fault line was forged in the 1850s South. Retracing Olmsted's journey proves it.

by Tony Horwitz 2019

4.00

5k+ ratings

🚙 American Travelogues ⛓️ Antebellum South ⚡ Political Polarization

Zeitoun

by Dave Eggers • 2009

A canoe made him a Katrina hero. Then the state labeled him a terrorist and he vanished.

4.05

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🌀 Hurricane Katrina 🚫 Islamophobia ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Zeitoun 87%

A canoe made him a Katrina hero. Then the state labeled him a terrorist and he vanished.

by Dave Eggers 2009

4.05

80k+ ratings

🌀 Hurricane Katrina 🚫 Islamophobia ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

In My Time

by Dick Cheney • 2011

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

3.79

3k+

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War

In My Time 87%

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

by Dick Cheney 2011

3.79

3k+ ratings

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War

BOOM

by Tony Horwitz • 2014

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

3.89

713

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism

BOOM 87%

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

by Tony Horwitz 2014

3.89

713 ratings

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism

Nations Apart

by Colin Woodard • 2025

Your politics and lifespan were set centuries ago, by whichever settlers claimed your region.

4.10

309

🗺️ American Regionalism 🌎 Cultural Geography 📜 Historical Narratives

Nations Apart 86%

Your politics and lifespan were set centuries ago, by whichever settlers claimed your region.

by Colin Woodard 2025

4.10

309 ratings

🗺️ American Regionalism 🌎 Cultural Geography 📜 Historical Narratives

MBS

by Ben Hubbard • 2020

An obscure Saudi prince seized a kingdom, won over Trump, and crushed dissent, until Istanbul.

4.14

4k+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 📖 Political Biography

MBS 86%

An obscure Saudi prince seized a kingdom, won over Trump, and crushed dissent, until Istanbul.

by Ben Hubbard 2020

4.14

4k+ ratings

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 📖 Political Biography

An Economy and a State for Lebanon

by Charbel Nahas • 2020

Behind Lebanon's crisis: a currency illusion, a sectarian spoils system, and a generation that fled.

4.33

🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 💥 Financial Crises

An Economy and a State for Lebanon Summary

An Economy and a State for Lebanon 86%

Behind Lebanon's crisis: a currency illusion, a sectarian spoils system, and a generation that fled.

by Charbel Nahas 2020

4.33

15 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 💥 Financial Crises

The Envoy

by Zalmay Khalilzad • 2016

An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.

3.64

163

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌍 Middle East Politics 📜 Diplomatic Memoir

The Envoy 86%

An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.

by Zalmay Khalilzad 2016

3.64

163 ratings

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌍 Middle East Politics 📜 Diplomatic Memoir

The Last American Road Trip

by Sarah Kendzior • 2025

Route 66 promised reinvention. One family drives its ruins to find what's left of America.

3.84

2k+

🗺️ Middle America 🛣️ Family Road Trips 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Last American Road Trip 86%

Route 66 promised reinvention. One family drives its ruins to find what's left of America.

by Sarah Kendzior 2025

3.84

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Middle America 🛣️ Family Road Trips 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Shia Revival

by Vali Nasr • 2006

America's Iraq invasion accidentally broke a 1,400-year Sunni order. Iran seized the opening.

3.88

2k+

🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Islamic History 🖐️ Shia Identity

The Shia Revival 86%

America's Iraq invasion accidentally broke a 1,400-year Sunni order. Iran seized the opening.

by Vali Nasr 2006

3.88

2k+ ratings

🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Islamic History 🖐️ Shia Identity

In the Land of Invisible Women

by Qanta A. Ahmed • 2008

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

3.74

8k+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation

In the Land of Invisible Women 86%

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008

3.74

8k+ ratings

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation

Yemen

by Victoria Clark • 2010

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

3.71

276

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics

Yemen 86%

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

by Victoria Clark 2010

3.71

276 ratings

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics

Devil's Game

by Robert Dreyfuss • 2005

The United States armed Islamism for sixty years. Al Qaeda was the bill that came due.

3.99

272

🌐 Cold War Geopolitics 🕌 Middle Eastern History 🕵️ Covert Foreign Policy

Devil's Game 86%

The United States armed Islamism for sixty years. Al Qaeda was the bill that came due.

by Robert Dreyfuss 2005

3.99

272 ratings

🌐 Cold War Geopolitics 🕌 Middle Eastern History 🕵️ Covert Foreign Policy

The Management of Savagery

by Max Blumenthal • 2019

Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.

4.29

807

🏛️ American Empire ↩️ Blowback 🔄 Regime Change

The Management of Savagery 86%

Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.

by Max Blumenthal 2019

4.29

807 ratings

🏛️ American Empire ↩️ Blowback 🔄 Regime Change

The Miracle of the Kurds

by Stephen Mansfield • 2014

After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.

4.09

335

🏔️ Kurdish History 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🕊️ Genocide And Recovery

The Miracle of the Kurds 86%

After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.

by Stephen Mansfield 2014

4.09

335 ratings

🏔️ Kurdish History 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🕊️ Genocide And Recovery

Fiasco

by Thomas E. Ricks • 2006

A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.

4.09

8k+

🇮🇶 Iraq War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🪖 Counterinsurgency

Fiasco 86%

A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.

by Thomas E. Ricks 2006

4.09

8k+ ratings

🇮🇶 Iraq War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🪖 Counterinsurgency

Imperial Hubris

by Michael Scheuer • 2004

Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.

3.81

2k+

🎯 Counterterrorism ⚔️ Counterinsurgency 🔥 Blowback Politics

Imperial Hubris 86%

Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.

by Michael Scheuer 2004

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎯 Counterterrorism ⚔️ Counterinsurgency 🔥 Blowback Politics

Black Wave

by Kim Ghattas • 2020

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

4.40

6k+

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

Black Wave 86%

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

by Kim Ghattas 2020

4.40

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

Monsoon

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2010

Three narrow straits carry the world's oil. The Indian Ocean rim decides who controls them.

3.96

3k+

🌍 Geopolitics 🚢 Maritime Strategy ⛽ Energy Geopolitics

Monsoon 86%

Three narrow straits carry the world's oil. The Indian Ocean rim decides who controls them.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2010

3.96

3k+ ratings

🌍 Geopolitics 🚢 Maritime Strategy ⛽ Energy Geopolitics

The Ends of the Earth

by Robert D. Kaplan • 1996

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

4.11

2k+

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism

The Ends of the Earth 86%

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

by Robert D. Kaplan 1996

4.11

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism

Vanishing Frontiers

by Andrew Selee • 2018

While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.

3.88

129

🇲🇽 Us-Mexico Relations 🌉 Cross-Border Integration 🔗 Economic Interdependence

Vanishing Frontiers 86%

While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.

by Andrew Selee 2018

3.88

129 ratings

🇲🇽 Us-Mexico Relations 🌉 Cross-Border Integration 🔗 Economic Interdependence

The Loom of Time

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2023

The Middle East was shaped for empire, not democracy. The West still refuses to believe it.

4.27

553

🌍 Middle East Politics 🏛️ Imperial History 🗺️ Political Geography

The Loom of Time 86%

The Middle East was shaped for empire, not democracy. The West still refuses to believe it.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2023

4.27

553 ratings

🌍 Middle East Politics 🏛️ Imperial History 🗺️ Political Geography

The Arab Uprising

by Marc Lynch • 2012

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

3.65

246

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes

The Arab Uprising 86%

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

by Marc Lynch 2012

3.65

246 ratings

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes

The Oil Curse

by Michael L. Ross • 2012

How petroleum creates autocrats, fuels rebellions, and shrinks women's economic power.

3.96

210

🛢️ Resource Curse 🏛️ Petro-States 💸 Dutch Disease

The Oil Curse 86%

How petroleum creates autocrats, fuels rebellions, and shrinks women's economic power.

by Michael L. Ross 2012

3.96

210 ratings

🛢️ Resource Curse 🏛️ Petro-States 💸 Dutch Disease

Enough Already

by Scott Horton • 2021

9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.

4.61

699

🧨 Blowback 🏛️ Us Interventionism 💣 War On Terror

Enough Already 86%

9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.

by Scott Horton 2021

4.61

699 ratings

🧨 Blowback 🏛️ Us Interventionism 💣 War On Terror

Gaza in Crisis

by Ilan Pappé • 2010

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

4.15

2k+

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Gaza in Crisis 86%

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

by Ilan Pappé 2010

4.15

2k+ ratings

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Eastward to Tartary

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

4.05

2k+

🗺️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🏚️ Post-Communist States

Eastward to Tartary 86%

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2001

4.05

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🏚️ Post-Communist States

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Drone Eats with Me 86%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

Rough Country

by Robert Wuthnow • 2014

How Texas's frontier faith became the engine of America's conservative political machine.

3.77

🤠 Texas History ⛪ Religious History 🗳️ Southern Politics

Rough Country 86%

How Texas's frontier faith became the engine of America's conservative political machine.

by Robert Wuthnow 2014

3.77

26 ratings

🤠 Texas History ⛪ Religious History 🗳️ Southern Politics

Private Empire

by Steve Coll • 2012

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

4.00

4k+

🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Private Empire 86%

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

by Steve Coll 2012

4.00

4k+ ratings

🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

by Lyse Doucet • 2025

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

4.15

3k+

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

The Finest Hotel in Kabul 86%

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

by Lyse Doucet 2025

4.15

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

Twelve Tribes

by Ethan Michaeli • 2021

Half of Israel's next generation comes from communities rejecting the state. The reckoning is here.

3.93

145

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 🏛️ Tribalism

Twelve Tribes 86%

Half of Israel's next generation comes from communities rejecting the state. The reckoning is here.

by Ethan Michaeli 2021

3.93

145 ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 🏛️ Tribalism

Black Flags

by Joby Warrick • 2015

How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.

4.32

17k+

🕌 Jihadist Movements 🔎 Terrorist Biography ☯️ Sectarian Conflict

Black Flags 86%

How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.

by Joby Warrick 2015

4.32

17k+ ratings

🕌 Jihadist Movements 🔎 Terrorist Biography ☯️ Sectarian Conflict

Treacherous Alliance

by Trita Parsi • 2007

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

4.12

555

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism

Treacherous Alliance 85%

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

by Trita Parsi 2007

4.12

555 ratings

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism

Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.

by Tim Marshall • 2019

Countries do not just have geography. Geography has countries. Twelve maps that explain why.

4.42

713

🕊️ Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ✂️ Colonial Borders

Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed. Summary

Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed. 85%

Countries do not just have geography. Geography has countries. Twelve maps that explain why.

by Tim Marshall 2019

4.42

713 ratings

🕊️ Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ✂️ Colonial Borders

The Great War for Civilisation

by Robert Fisk • 2005

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

4.41

6k+

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention

The Great War for Civilisation 85%

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

by Robert Fisk 2005

4.41

6k+ ratings

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention

Fragmented Democracy

by Jamila Michener • 2018

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

4.23

120

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality

Fragmented Democracy 85%

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

by Jamila Michener 2018

4.23

120 ratings

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality

Except for Palestine

by Marc Lamont Hill • 2021

Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.

4.19

4k+

🌍 Middle East Policy 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Except for Palestine 85%

Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.

by Marc Lamont Hill 2021

4.19

4k+ ratings

🌍 Middle East Policy 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

The South Was Right!

by James Ronald Kennedy • 1991

The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.

3.93

482

🏴 Lost Cause 🏡 Southern Identity 📜 Historical Revisionism

The South Was Right! 85%

The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.

by James Ronald Kennedy 1991

3.93

482 ratings

🏴 Lost Cause 🏡 Southern Identity 📜 Historical Revisionism

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Lipstick Jihad 85%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Adriatic

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2022

Where empires and religions mixed for centuries, Europe's post-national future is already written.

3.61

888

🏛️ Mediterranean History ✍️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitics

Adriatic 85%

Where empires and religions mixed for centuries, Europe's post-national future is already written.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2022

3.61

888 ratings

🏛️ Mediterranean History ✍️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitics

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

by Walter Russell Mead • 2004

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

3.67

108

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power

Power, Terror, Peace, and War 85%

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

by Walter Russell Mead 2004

3.67

108 ratings

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power

A New Foreign Policy

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

3.88

337

🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity

A New Foreign Policy 85%

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018

3.88

337 ratings

🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity

The Prize

by Daniel Yergin • 1991

How a dark liquid wrote the rules of power, decided wars, and built the greatest fortunes.

4.44

13k+

🛢️ Commodity History ⛽ Petroleum Industry 🌍 Energy Geopolitics

The Prize 85%

How a dark liquid wrote the rules of power, decided wars, and built the greatest fortunes.

by Daniel Yergin 1991

4.44

13k+ ratings

🛢️ Commodity History ⛽ Petroleum Industry 🌍 Energy Geopolitics

Love Thy Neighbor

by Ayaz Virji • 2019

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

4.14

2k+

🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia

Love Thy Neighbor 85%

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

by Ayaz Virji 2019

4.14

2k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia

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