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Man, the State, and War Summary
Man, the State, and War
A Theoretical Analysis
by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages
3.97
2.0K ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Summary
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
by Edwin Lefèvre 1923 308 pages
4.18
19.5K ratings
Finance
Business
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Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.61
8.2K ratings
India
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Messi vs. Ronaldo Summary
Messi vs. Ronaldo
One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game
by Joshua Robinson 2022 320 pages
4.19
650 ratings
Sports
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The Four Summary
The Four
The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
by Scott Galloway 2017 320 pages
3.83
18.5K ratings
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Anatomy of Love Summary
Anatomy of Love
A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray
by Helen Fisher 1992 464 pages
3.88
1.9K ratings
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The Consolations of Philosophy Summary
The Consolations of Philosophy
by Alain de Botton 2000 265 pages
4.01
32.8K ratings
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The Fiat Standard Summary
The Fiat Standard
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by Saifedean Ammous 2024 384 pages
4.24
1.5K ratings
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Money
Appetite for America Summary
Appetite for America
How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
by Stephen Fried 2010 518 pages
4.20
1.2K ratings
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American History
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1.8K ratings
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Hatching Twitter Summary
Hatching Twitter
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
by Nick Bilton 2013 299 pages
4.04
18.8K ratings
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Silencing the Past Summary
Silencing the Past
Power and the Production of History
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot 1995 216 pages
4.35
3.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2000 448 pages
4.37
13.6K ratings
Economics
Business
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30-Second Psychology Summary
30-Second Psychology
The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute
by Christian Jarrett 2011 160 pages
3.75
1.1K ratings
Psychology
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Reference
Generations Summary
Generations
The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
by Jean M. Twenge 2023 560 pages
4.04
4.8K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
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The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander 2010 290 pages
4.52
114.0K ratings
History
Politics
Race
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
56.1K ratings
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Classics
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Strategy Summary
Strategy
A History
by Lawrence Freedman 2013 768 pages
3.98
2.9K ratings
History
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The Revenge Of Geography Summary
The Revenge Of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 432 pages
3.78
5.9K ratings
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Geography
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Summary
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2010 286 pages
3.96
12.2K ratings
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Currency Wars Summary
Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crisis
by James Rickards 2011 304 pages
3.96
5.0K ratings
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The Entrepreneurial State Summary
The Entrepreneurial State
Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
by Mariana Mazzucato 2011 266 pages
3.95
3.2K ratings
Economics
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes Summary
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
A History of Financial Crises
by Charles P. Kindleberger 1978 304 pages
3.94
4.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
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The Concise 33 Strategies Of War Summary
The Concise 33 Strategies Of War
by Robert Greene 2008 194 pages
4.12
478 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Art of War/The Art of Warfare Summary
The Art of War/The Art of Warfare
by Sun Tzu 2002 143 pages
4.14
5.1K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
History
The End of History and the Last Man Summary
The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama 1992 464 pages
3.60
7.5K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Sex at Dawn Summary
Sex at Dawn
The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by Christopher Ryan 2010 416 pages
3.98
31.1K ratings
Science
History
Sexuality
End Times Summary
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin 2023 368 pages
4.06
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
American Icon Summary
American Icon
Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
by Bryce G. Hoffman 2012 432 pages
4.42
4.9K ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot 2010 370 pages
4.13
778.2K ratings
Science
Book Club
History
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads
A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2015 636 pages
4.17
45.1K ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Baburnama Summary
The Baburnama
Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor
by Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur 1531 608 pages
3.95
755 ratings
History
Biography
India
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
by Bob Joseph 2018 160 pages
4.57
9.4K ratings
Indigenous
History
Canada
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric Summary
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
by Ward Farnsworth 2010 256 pages
4.14
462 ratings
Writing
Language
Education
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages
4.15
1.3M ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Evicted Summary
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond 2016 418 pages
4.47
108.0K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
The Case for Christian Nationalism Summary
The Case for Christian Nationalism
by Stephen Wolfe 2022 479 pages
3.55
524 ratings
Politics
Theology
Philosophy
Transforming Mission Summary
Transforming Mission
Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission
by David J. Bosch 1991 587 pages
4.22
662 ratings
Theology
Christian
Christianity
The Joy of X Summary
The Joy of X
A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
by Steven H. Strogatz 2012 316 pages
4.06
8.5K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
The Shah Summary
The Shah
by Abbas Milani 2007 496 pages
4.23
1.2K ratings
History
Iran
Biography
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X 1965 466 pages
4.37
282.3K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Bad Samaritans Summary
Bad Samaritans
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2007 288 pages
4.20
5.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2000 448 pages
4.37
13.6K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
3.0K ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Oxygen Summary
Oxygen
The Molecule that Made the World
by Nick Lane 2002 384 pages
4.14
2.8K ratings
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Free to Choose Summary
Free to Choose
A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman 1979 356 pages
4.22
9.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Master Switch Summary
The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 384 pages
3.89
7.9K ratings
History
Technology
Business
Fluke Summary
Fluke
Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
by Brian Klaas 2024 335 pages
4.07
3.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Conspirators' Hierarchy Summary
Conspirators' Hierarchy
The Story of the Committee of 300
by John Coleman 2010 302 pages
3.76
636 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
The Analects Summary
The Analects
by Confucius 249 pages
3.81
23.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
China
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