History Book Summaries

How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018 240 pages
4.28
2.7K ratings
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
Indaba My Children Summary
Indaba My Children
by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964 696 pages
4.42
426 ratings
Africa
History
Mythology
The Great Bridge Summary
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
by David McCullough 1972 608 pages
4.25
17.9K ratings
History
American History
New York
The Rise Summary
The Rise
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
by Mike Sielski 2022 372 pages
4.07
1.0K ratings
Sports
Biography
Basketball
Nation of Rebels Summary
Nation of Rebels
Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
by Joseph Heath 2004 368 pages
3.84
2.0K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
The Day We Found the Universe Summary
The Day We Found the Universe
by Marcia Bartusiak 2009 368 pages
4.13
1.2K ratings
Science
History
Astronomy
An Empire of Wealth Summary
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
by John Steele Gordon 2004 460 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
History
Economics
Business
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character Summary
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman 1988 256 pages
4.19
30.1K ratings
Science
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Physics
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley 2023 326 pages
4.22
116 ratings
History
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Economics
Capital Ideas Evolving Summary
Capital Ideas Evolving
by Peter L. Bernstein 2007 282 pages
3.75
271 ratings
Finance
Economics
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Hard Landing Summary
Hard Landing
The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
by Thomas Petzinger Jr. 1995 616 pages
4.41
749 ratings
Business
History
Aviation
In Defense of Open Society Summary
In Defense of Open Society
by George Soros 2019 224 pages
3.40
376 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Meaning of Things Summary
The Meaning of Things
Applying Philosophy to Life
by A.C. Grayling 2001 208 pages
3.86
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.26
325 ratings
History
Biography
Science
The Songlines Summary
The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin 1987 304 pages
3.96
12.0K ratings
Travel
Australia
History
Sandworm Summary
Sandworm
A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
by Andy Greenberg 2019 368 pages
4.35
9.3K ratings
Technology
Politics
History
Tune In Summary
Tune In
by Mark Lewisohn 2013 944 pages
4.72
4.0K ratings
Music
Biography
History
The Codebreakers Summary
The Codebreakers
The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
by David Kahn 1967 1200 pages
4.18
1.5K ratings
History
Science
Technology
The Arab Uprising Summary
The Arab Uprising
The Wave of Protest that Toppled the Status Quo and the Struggle for a New Middle East
by Marc Lynch 2012 288 pages
3.66
243 ratings
Politics
History
Unfinished
The Human Condition Summary
The Human Condition
by Hannah Arendt 1958 349 pages
4.20
9.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
India Wins Freedom Summary
India Wins Freedom
The Complete Version
by Abul Kalam Azad 1978 297 pages
4.20
1.1K ratings
History
India
Politics
In My Time Summary
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
by Dick Cheney 2011 576 pages
3.79
2.9K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Space Barons Summary
The Space Barons
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
by Christian Davenport 2018 320 pages
4.10
4.1K ratings
Science
Space
Business
In Search of Time Summary
In Search of Time
The Science of a Curious Dimension
by Dan Falk 2008 329 pages
3.97
532 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Invention and Innovation Summary
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
by Vaclav Smil 2023 232 pages
3.85
991 ratings
History
Science
Technology
The Palestine Laboratory Summary
The Palestine Laboratory
How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
by Antony Loewenstein 2023 320 pages
4.45
2.1K ratings
Politics
History
War
Think Summary
Think
A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
by Simon Blackburn 1999 312 pages
3.74
5.0K ratings
Philosophy
Academic
Psychology
The Muslims are Coming! Summary
The Muslims are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
by Arun Kundnani 2014 327 pages
4.34
583 ratings
Politics
Islam
Religion
The Marwaris Summary
The Marwaris
From Jagat Seth to the Birlas
by Thomas A Timberg 2014 184 pages
3.01
227 ratings
Business
History
India
Why Bob Dylan Matters Summary
Why Bob Dylan Matters
by Richard F. Thomas 2017 368 pages
3.73
1.3K ratings
Music
Biography
Poetry
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
by Bernie Sanders 2023 320 pages
4.10
6.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Private Government Summary
Private Government
How Employers Rule Our Lives
by Elizabeth S. Anderson 2017 196 pages
3.97
777 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Papa Hemingway Summary
Papa Hemingway
by A.E. Hotchner 1955 381 pages
4.20
2.7K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Architectural Digest at 100 Summary
Architectural Digest at 100
A Century of Style
by Architectural Digest 2019 464 pages
4.20
285 ratings
Architecture
Design
Art
Crash Course Summary
Crash Course
The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster
by Paul Ingrassia 2009 320 pages
3.91
667 ratings
Business
History
Economics
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain Summary
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts
by David Gerard 2017 235 pages
3.96
1.2K ratings
Technology
Economics
Business
The New Map Summary
The New Map
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
by Daniel Yergin 2020 512 pages
4.19
5.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
COVID-19 Summary
COVID-19
The Great Reset
by Klaus Schwab 2020 280 pages
2.69
1.7K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Choice Summary
Choice
Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action
by Robert P. Murphy 2015 336 pages
4.62
251 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
by Thomas Sowell 1998 516 pages
4.43
896 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Internet Summary
Internet
by Mikko Hyppönen 2021 288 pages
4.10
1.9K ratings
Technology
Finnish Literature
Business
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.07
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Global Politics Summary
Global Politics
by Andrew Heywood 2011 448 pages
4.14
402 ratings
Politics
Political Science
International Relations
Attack from Within Summary
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade 2024 384 pages
4.14
2.1K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Conversations with RBG Summary
Conversations with RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
by Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 pages
4.15
4.0K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Great Crash 1929 Summary
The Great Crash 1929
by John Kenneth Galbraith 1954 206 pages
3.92
6.0K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.13
282 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament Summary
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible
by John H. Walton 2006 368 pages
4.24
753 ratings
Theology
History
Religion
Marco Polo Summary
Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
by Laurence Bergreen 2007 415 pages
3.85
3.1K ratings
History
Biography
Travel
Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Summary
Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
by Emily Nussbaum 2024 464 pages
3.93
7.6K ratings
History
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