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King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
by Stephen Church 2015 328 pages
3.60
169 ratings
History
Biography
Medieval History
Shakespeare's Freedom Summary
Shakespeare's Freedom
by Stephen Greenblatt 2010 160 pages
3.82
166 ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
History
Our Malady Summary
Our Malady
Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
by Timothy Snyder 2020 179 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
Medicine
Monopoly Capital Summary
Monopoly Capital
An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order
by Paul A. Baran 1966 416 pages
4.20
261 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Other Side of Israel Summary
The Other Side of Israel
My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide
by Susan Nathan 2005 336 pages
4.09
261 ratings
Israel
Politics
Memoir
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8.7K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Tunesmith Summary
Tunesmith
Inside the Art of Songwriting
by Jimmy Webb 1998 448 pages
4.03
539 ratings
Music
Writing
History
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
1.9K ratings
Politics
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History
The Uses and Abuses of History Summary
The Uses and Abuses of History
by Margaret MacMillan 2008 208 pages
3.64
2.1K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song
A Farmer’s Journey
by James Rebanks 2020 304 pages
4.42
7.3K ratings
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Plunder Summary
Plunder
Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
by Brendan Ballou 2023 368 pages
4.09
1.5K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary
1000 Years of Annoying the French
by Stephen Clarke 2010 685 pages
4.05
4.4K ratings
History
Humor
France
What Is Relativity? Summary
What Is Relativity?
An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
by Jeffrey O. Bennett 2014 208 pages
4.33
523 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Bible Code Summary
The Bible Code
by Michael Drosnin 1997 264 pages
2.88
2.1K ratings
Religion
Christian
History
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
by Adam Rutherford 2016 419 pages
4.03
11.5K ratings
Science
History
Biology
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
The Classical Tradition
by Ludwig von Mises 1927 203 pages
4.16
1.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Ship of Fools Summary
Ship of Fools
How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
by Fintan O'Toole 2009 250 pages
4.03
453 ratings
Politics
Ireland
History
The Alchemy of Us Summary
The Alchemy of Us
How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
by Ainissa Ramirez 2020 328 pages
3.91
1.3K ratings
Science
History
Technology
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap
The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
by William Von Hippel 2018 294 pages
4.24
1.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Origins and History of Consciousness Summary
The Origins and History of Consciousness
by Erich Neumann 1949 493 pages
4.32
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
History
How to Win an Election Summary
How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
by Quintus Tullius Cicero 128 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Babel No More Summary
Babel No More
The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
by Michael Erard 2012 307 pages
3.54
1.5K ratings
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1.1K ratings
India
History
Politics
Hành Trình Về Phương Đông Summary
Hành Trình Về Phương Đông
by Baird T. Spalding 1924 256 pages
4.25
4.6K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
The Capitalist Manifesto Summary
The Capitalist Manifesto
Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World
by Johan Norberg 2023 331 pages
4.26
641 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country
A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
by Isabel Allende 2003 199 pages
3.89
11.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower
Will America Survive to 2025?
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages
4.02
757 ratings
Politics
History
Cult Classics
Democracy Summary
Democracy
The God That Failed
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 2001 304 pages
4.15
2.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky 2022 200 pages
4.38
273 ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
Boyd Summary
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram 2004 504 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Biography
History
Military Fiction
A History of the Crusades, Vol. III Summary
A History of the Crusades, Vol. III
The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
by Steven Runciman 1951 542 pages
4.36
693 ratings
History
Medieval History
Medieval
Hardball Summary
Hardball
How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game
by Chris Matthews 1988 240 pages
3.50
1.8K ratings
Politics
School
Political Science
The New Great Depression Summary
The New Great Depression
Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World
by James Rickards 2021 208 pages
3.51
980 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Battle for Investment Survival Summary
The Battle for Investment Survival
by Gerald M. Loeb 1911 320 pages
3.98
335 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Three Cups of Deceit Summary
Three Cups of Deceit
How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
by Jon Krakauer 2011 77 pages
3.72
11.4K ratings
Biography
History
Journalism
A House in Gross Disorder Summary
A House in Gross Disorder
Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
by Cynthia B. Herrup 1999 232 pages
3.52
116 ratings
History
17th Century
School
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2011 298 pages
4.09
10.3K ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy Summary
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1846 584 pages
4.13
5.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Framed Summary
Framed
Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
by John Grisham 2024 368 pages
4.13
17.7K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell 1971 160 pages
3.50
2.5K ratings
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
Mathematics Summary
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers 2002 143 pages
3.86
1.9K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance; The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama 2008
4.04
510 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
National Identity Summary
National Identity
by Anthony D. Smith 1991 240 pages
3.70
233 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Next Civil War Summary
The Next Civil War
Dispatches from the American Future
by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages
3.67
1.8K ratings
Politics
History
American History
Great Thinkers Summary
Great Thinkers
Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
by The School of Life 2016
4.36
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
by Bernard Wood 2005 144 pages
3.63
795 ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
The Particle at the End of the Universe Summary
The Particle at the End of the Universe
How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
by Sean Carroll 2012 320 pages
4.05
4.4K ratings
Physics
Popular Science
History
Fearless Summary
Fearless
The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
by Eric Blehm 2012 257 pages
4.57
21.3K ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
The Geography of Genius Summary
The Geography of Genius
A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
by Eric Weiner 2016 368 pages
3.79
4.2K ratings
History
Travel
Science
Don't Wait For The Next War Summary
Don't Wait For The Next War
Rethinking America's Global Mission
by Wesley K. Clark 2014 272 pages
3.66
91 ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
History
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