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Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
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Steve Jobs Summary
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The 48 Laws of Power Summary
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Nexus Summary
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The Art of War Summary
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The 48 Laws of Power Summary
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The Laws of Human Nature Summary
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KNOW THE ONLY TRUTH Summary
KNOW THE ONLY TRUTH
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Man’s Search for Meaning Summary
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The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
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Same as Ever Summary
Same as Ever
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Mein Kampf Summary
Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler 722 pages
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The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Summary
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The Ra Material BOOK ONE Summary
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by James Allen McCarty 1981 240 pages
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Broken Money Summary
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4.64
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Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.19
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Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
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by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 529 pages
4.09
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Revenge of the Tipping Point Summary
Revenge of the Tipping Point
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by Malcolm Gladwell 2024 352 pages
4.05
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
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Masters of Doom Summary
Masters of Doom
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by David Kushner 2003 339 pages
4.29
19k+ ratings
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Elon Musk Summary
Elon Musk
by Walter Isaacson 2023 688 pages
4.35
66k+ ratings
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Liquid Modernity Summary
Liquid Modernity
by Zygmunt Bauman 1999 240 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
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Justice Summary
Justice
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by Michael J. Sandel 2007 308 pages
4.30
26k+ ratings
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The 33 Strategies of War Summary
The 33 Strategies of War
by Robert Greene 2001 496 pages
4.23
18k+ ratings
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Factfulness Summary
Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by Hans Rosling 2018 342 pages
4.36
100k+ ratings
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Shahnameh Summary
Shahnameh
The Persian Book of Kings
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 pages
4.51
5k+ ratings
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A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
400k+ ratings
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The Wager Summary
The Wager
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by David Grann 2023 331 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order Summary
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
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by Ray Dalio 2021 576 pages
4.28
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The Technological Republic Summary
The Technological Republic
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by Alexander C. Karp 2025 320 pages
3.76
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The Daily Laws Summary
The Daily Laws
366 Meditations from the author of the bestselling The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene 2021 463 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
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The Cold War Summary
The Cold War
A New History
by John Lewis Gaddis 2005 352 pages
3.95
7k+ ratings
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Imagined Communities Summary
Imagined Communities
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
by Benedict Anderson 1983 224 pages
4.11
15k+ ratings
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The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx 1848 288 pages
3.67
100k+ ratings
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Summary
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana 240 pages
3.45
6k+ ratings
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Prisoners of Geography Summary
Prisoners of Geography
Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
by Tim Marshall 2015 256 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
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Death by China Summary
Death by China
Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
by Peter Navarro 2011 303 pages
3.49
500+ ratings
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Supremacy Summary
Supremacy
AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
by Parmy Olson 2024 336 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
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Muhammad Summary
Muhammad
A Prophet for Our Time
by Karen Armstrong 2006 256 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
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Islam
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The 48 Laws of Power Summary
The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene 1998 452 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
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The Polyester Prince Summary
The Polyester Prince
The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani
by Hamish McDonald 1998 296 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
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The Prince Summary
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by Niccolò Machiavelli 1513 144 pages
3.84
300k+ ratings
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The Making of Asian America Summary
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4.33
2k+ ratings
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The Republic Summary
The Republic
by Plato 416 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
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Chip War Summary
Chip War
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by Chris Miller 2022 464 pages
4.42
34k+ ratings
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God Is Not One Summary
God Is Not One
The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World — and Why Their Differences Matter
by Stephen Prothero 2010 388 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
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The Lords of Easy Money Summary
The Lords of Easy Money
How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
by Christopher Leonard 2022
4.33
2k+ ratings
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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence Summary
A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
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by Michael Wooldridge 2021 272 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
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Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
54k+ ratings
Politics
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