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The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It
Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
by Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 pages
4.06
126 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Command and Control Summary
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages
4.27
14.0K ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski 1973 448 pages
4.20
6.3K ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Prisoner's Dilemma Summary
Prisoner's Dilemma
John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
by William Poundstone 1992 294 pages
3.92
2.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
توتالیتاریسم Summary
توتالیتاریسم
by Hannah Arendt 1968 365 pages
4.16
758 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
When Markets Collide Summary
When Markets Collide
Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change
by EL-ERIAN 2008 361 pages
3.52
784 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Waste Land Summary
Waste Land
A World in Permanent Crisis
by Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 pages
3.74
307 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam Summary
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
by Muhammad Iqbal 1934 252 pages
4.28
1.5K ratings
Islam
Philosophy
Religion
The Body Project Summary
The Body Project
An Intimate History of American Girls
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg 1997 214 pages
3.82
3.7K ratings
Feminism
History
Sociology
Tulipomania Summary
Tulipomania
The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
by Mike Dash 2000 273 pages
3.66
2.9K ratings
History
Economics
Microhistory
Confucianism Summary
Confucianism
A Very Short Introduction
by Daniel K. Gardner 2014 136 pages
3.97
339 ratings
Philosophy
China
Religion
The Room Where It Happened Summary
The Room Where It Happened
A White House Memoir
by John Bolton 2020 588 pages
3.16
14.5K ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
In The Land Of Israel Summary
In The Land Of Israel
by Amos Oz 1982 304 pages
4.11
798 ratings
Israel
History
Jewish
Half Lion Summary
Half Lion
How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
by Vinay Sitapati 2016 371 pages
4.43
2.3K ratings
History
India
Politics
A Century of War Summary
A Century of War
Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order
by F. William Engdahl 1992 312 pages
4.18
466 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
How Asia Works Summary
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
by Joe Studwell 2013 320 pages
4.26
4.8K ratings
Economics
Business
History
High Financier Summary
High Financier
The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
by Niall Ferguson 2010 576 pages
3.71
238 ratings
Biography
Finance
History
If the Oceans Were Ink Summary
If the Oceans Were Ink
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
by Carla Power 2015 352 pages
4.11
2.0K ratings
Islam
Religion
Memoir
The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.93
894 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Race Marxism Summary
Race Marxism
The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis
by James Lindsay 2022 357 pages
4.23
343 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Cult Classics
Dark Territory Summary
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages
3.90
3.1K ratings
History
Technology
Politics
The Art of War/The Prince Summary
The Art of War/The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521 312 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Big Switch Summary
The Big Switch
Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
by Nicholas Carr 2008 304 pages
3.84
2.6K ratings
Technology
Business
History
Thank God for Bitcoin Summary
Thank God for Bitcoin
The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money
by Bitcoin and Bible Group 2020 148 pages
4.14
449 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Traffic Summary
Traffic
Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008 402 pages
3.72
8.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Heat Will Kill You First Summary
The Heat Will Kill You First
Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
by Jeff Goodell 2023 400 pages
4.30
7.4K ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough
Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
by Naomi Klein 2017 273 pages
4.11
10.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children Summary
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children
by Roopa Pai 2019 424 pages
4.44
358 ratings
Philosophy
Mythology
History
The China Model Summary
The China Model
Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
by Daniel A. Bell 2015 336 pages
3.63
271 ratings
China
Politics
History
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1 Summary
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1
The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
by Steven Runciman 1951 394 pages
4.28
1.8K ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles Ferguson 2012 368 pages
4.11
489 ratings
Politics
Economics
Finance
Medici Money Summary
Medici Money
Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
by Tim Parks 2005 288 pages
3.62
1.4K ratings
History
Italy
Economics
Moonshot Summary
Moonshot
What Landing a Man on the Moon Teaches Us About Collaboration, Creativity, and the Mind-set for Success
by Richard Wiseman 2019 272 pages
3.89
393 ratings
Space
History
Self Help
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages
3.85
88.9K ratings
Biography
History
Classics
Twelve Years a Slave Summary
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup 1853 363 pages
4.22
122.3K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
Ubiquity Summary
Ubiquity
Why Catastrophes Happen
by Mark Buchanan 2000 288 pages
3.89
685 ratings
Science
History
Economics
Losing the Signal Summary
Losing the Signal
The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry
by Jacquie McNish 2015 288 pages
3.98
5.2K ratings
Business
Technology
History
The Hundred-Year Marathon Summary
The Hundred-Year Marathon
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
by Michael Pillsbury 2014 336 pages
4.20
4.6K ratings
China
Politics
History
A Natural History of Human Thinking Summary
A Natural History of Human Thinking
by Michael Tomasello 2014 192 pages
3.98
197 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Infantry Attacks Summary
Infantry Attacks
by Erwin Rommel 1937 265 pages
4.20
3.4K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't Summary
What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't
A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues
by Jessamyn Conrad 2008 336 pages
3.95
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Dorito Effect Summary
The Dorito Effect
The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
by Mark Schatzker 2015 259 pages
4.01
8.8K ratings
Food
Health
Science
Coming of Age in the Milky Way Summary
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
by Timothy Ferris 1988 512 pages
4.16
3.1K ratings
Science
History
Astronomy
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela 1994 656 pages
4.36
91.5K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
An Anatomy of Pain Summary
An Anatomy of Pain
How the Body and the Mind Experience and Endure Physical Suffering
by Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen 2021 256 pages
3.58
460 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
by David Vandermeulen 2020 248 pages
4.36
16.8K ratings
Graphic Novels
History
Science
Against White Feminism Summary
Against White Feminism
Notes on Disruption
by Rafia Zakaria 2021 272 pages
4.31
4.2K ratings
Feminism
Race
Politics
The great controversy between Christ and Satan; Summary
The great controversy between Christ and Satan;
The conflict of the ages in the Christian dispensation
by Ellen Gould White 1888 719 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
Religion
Christian
Christianity
The Billionaire's Apprentice Summary
The Billionaire's Apprentice
The Rise of The Indian-American Elite and The Fall of The Galleon Hedge Fund
by Anita Raghavan 2013 512 pages
4.17
2.0K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Imperialism Summary
Imperialism
The Highest Stage of Capitalism
by Vladimir Lenin 1917 192 pages
4.25
9.2K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
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