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Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 403 pages
4.2
4k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
Where Good Ideas Come From Summary
Where Good Ideas Come From
by Steven Johnson 2010 340 pages
4
15k+ ratings
Business
Science
History
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Open Media Series) Summary
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Open Media Series)
by Angela Y. Davis 2011 99 pages
4.53
25k+ ratings
Politics
Race
Social Justice
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance Summary
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance
How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims
by Robert Spencer 2005 594 pages
3.7
100+ ratings
Islam
Politics
Religion
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Summary
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
A Memoir
by Bill Bryson 2006 288 pages
3.93
65k+ ratings
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Buckley Summary
Buckley
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
by Carl T. Bogus 2011 417 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2011 416 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Hatching Twitter Summary
Hatching Twitter
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
by Nick Bilton 2013 321 pages
4.04
18k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
by Niall Ferguson 2008 496 pages
3.9
28k+ ratings
History
Economics
Finance
The Wal-Mart Effect Summary
The Wal-Mart Effect
How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works — and How It's Transforming the American Economy: How the World's Most Powerful ... HowIt's Transforming the American Economy
by Charles Fishman 2006 314 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Politics
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein 2017 288 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence (Oxford World's Classics)
by Marcus Aurelius 2011 208 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
A Call to Action Summary
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Jimmy Carter 2014 224 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Seven Men Summary
Seven Men
And the Secret of Their Greatness
by Eric Metaxas 2013 240 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Biography
History
Christian
Why the Germans Do it Better Summary
Why the Germans Do it Better
Notes from a Grown-Up Country
by John Kampfner 2020 320 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Germany
Samsung Rising Summary
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
by Geoffrey Cain 2020 416 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
History
Working Summary
Working
by Robert A. Caro 2019 240 pages
4.44
6k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 2014 385 pages
4.03
15k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Clayborne Carson 2001 401 pages
4.33
22k+ ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
My Life And Work Summary
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford 2012
4.19
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societi
by Jared Diamond 1999 528 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societi
by Jared Diamond 1999 528 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 477 pages
3.9
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Music Of The Primes Summary
The Music Of The Primes
Why An Unsolved Problem In Mathematics Matters (text Only)
by Marcus du Sautoy 2012 368 pages
4.29
31k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Thinking Big Summary
Thinking Big
How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
by Robin Dunbar 2014 224 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
by Mitchell Duneier 2016 304 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Race
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Summary
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
by Donald J. Robertson 2019 304 pages
4.36
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles H. Ferguson 2012 386 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Big Thirst Summary
The Big Thirst
The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
by Charles Fishman 2011 400 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Putting Wealth to Work Summary
Putting Wealth to Work
by L Joel Fleishman
3.8
8k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads
The New Asia and the Remaking of the World Order
by Peter Frankopan 2019 338 pages
3.59
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
China
Silk Roads Summary
Silk Roads
by Peter Frankopan 2015 656 pages
4.18
40k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Paul Summary
Paul
The Pagans' Apostle
by Paula Fredriksen 2017 336 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Religion
History
Biography
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies Summary
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the Illmuniati, Skull & Bones, Black Helicopters, teh New World Order, and Many, Many More
by Arthur Goldwag 2009 386 pages
3.35
500+ ratings
History
Religion
Cults
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Secret Life of Groceries Summary
The Secret Life of Groceries
The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
by Benjamin Lorr 2020 336 pages
3.95
12k+ ratings
Food
History
Business
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
by William Strauss 2009 402 pages
3.88
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2012 323 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Musashi's Book of Five Rings Summary
Musashi's Book of Five Rings
The Definitive Interpertation of Miyomoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
by Kaufman,Stephen F. 2012 130 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
History
No Logo Summary
No Logo
10th Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction by the Author
by Naomi Klein 2009 544 pages
3.88
31k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Cassandra Speaks Summary
Cassandra Speaks
When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
by Elizabeth Lesser 2020 304 pages
4.07
4k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Essays
The J Curve Summary
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
by Ian Bremmer 2006 336 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Leadership Summary
Leadership
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 18 pages
4.4
14k+ ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
This Explains Everything Summary
This Explains Everything
Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works (Edge Question Series)
by John Brockman 2013 432 pages
3.66
2k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
All Too Human Summary
All Too Human
A Political Education
by George Stephanopoulos 2008 544 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 400 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2017 464 pages
4.2
200k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Intel Trinity Summary
The Intel Trinity
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
by Michael S. Malone 2014 560 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
History
Money Summary
Money
The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
by Jacob Goldstein 2020 272 pages
4.19
5k+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women Summary
A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft 2014 224 pages
3.91
24k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
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