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The Sacred Canopy Summary
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
by Peter L. Berger 1967 240 pages
3.95
1.1K ratings
Sociology
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Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
38.2K ratings
History
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Money Summary
Money
The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
by Jacob Goldstein 2020 272 pages
4.19
6.2K ratings
Economics
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Summary
Are Prisons Obsolete?
by Angela Y. Davis 2003 128 pages
4.52
28.1K ratings
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Social Justice
The Complete TurtleTrader Summary
The Complete TurtleTrader
The Legend, the Lessons, the Results
by Michael W. Covel 2007 272 pages
3.88
2.3K ratings
Finance
Business
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Maps of Meaning Summary
Maps of Meaning
The Architecture of Belief
by Jordan B. Peterson 1999 564 pages
4.04
6.3K ratings
Psychology
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The Arthashastra Summary
The Arthashastra
by Kautilya 878 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
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After the Prophet Summary
After the Prophet
The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
by Lesley Hazleton 2009 256 pages
4.09
9.3K ratings
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Say Nothing Summary
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 441 pages
4.47
141.7K ratings
History
True Crime
Ireland
1491 Summary
1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann 2005 563 pages
4.05
92.2K ratings
History
American History
Anthropology
Dissolving Illusions Summary
Dissolving Illusions
Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History
by Suzanne Humphries 2013 530 pages
4.63
1.6K ratings
Health
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American Made Summary
American Made
What Happens to People When Work Disappears
by Farah Stockman 2021 418 pages
4.31
1.4K ratings
Politics
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Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2009 416 pages
4.28
3.9K ratings
Politics
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A Freewheelin' Time Summary
A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
by Suze Rotolo 2008 369 pages
3.85
3.9K ratings
Music
Memoir
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The World for Sale Summary
The World for Sale
Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
by Javier Blas 2021 410 pages
4.33
10.4K ratings
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Finance
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
925 ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Burn Book Summary
Burn Book
A Tech Love Story
by Kara Swisher 2024 320 pages
3.95
13.5K ratings
Memoir
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The House of Morgan Summary
The House of Morgan
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow 1990 812 pages
3.96
12.1K ratings
History
Biography
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سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
19.4K ratings
Psychology
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Keynes Hayek Summary
Keynes Hayek
The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
by Nicholas Wapshott 2011 400 pages
3.91
2.6K ratings
Economics
History
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Machiavelli Summary
Machiavelli
A Very Short Introduction
by Quentin Skinner 1981 110 pages
3.84
882 ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Loonshots Summary
Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
by Safi Bahcall 2019 368 pages
4.01
8.9K ratings
Business
Leadership
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Shape Summary
Shape
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by Jordan Ellenberg 2021 480 pages
3.73
2.0K ratings
Science
Mathematics
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On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition
by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.46
4.4K ratings
History
Graphic Novels
Politics
Ten Myths About Israel Summary
Ten Myths About Israel
by Ilan Pappé 2017 192 pages
4.40
5.0K ratings
History
Politics
Israel
You Talkin' To Me? Summary
You Talkin' To Me?
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
by Sam Leith 2011 256 pages
3.75
1.6K ratings
Writing
Philosophy
Language
On Combat Summary
On Combat
The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace
by Dave Grossman 2004 395 pages
4.29
4.3K ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
The Oil Curse Summary
The Oil Curse
How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations
by Michael L. Ross 2012 312 pages
3.96
199 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Sam Walton Summary
Sam Walton
Made In America
by Sam Walton 1993 346 pages
4.15
26.7K ratings
Business
Biography
Autobiography
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Summary
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
by David S. Landes 1998 531 pages
3.95
3.8K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Soundscape Summary
The Soundscape
Our Environment and the Tuning of the World
by R. Murray Schafer 1977 320 pages
4.11
760 ratings
Music
Art
Science
The Book of Enoch Summary
The Book of Enoch
by Anonymous 160 pages
3.98
5.4K ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
Liar's Poker Summary
Liar's Poker
by Michael Lewis 1989 310 pages
4.15
108.0K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Cultish Summary
Cultish
The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell 2021 309 pages
3.83
104.2K ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living
The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
by Epictetus 128 pages
4.25
34.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Lives of the Stoics Summary
Lives of the Stoics
The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
by Ryan Holiday 2020 352 pages
4.04
7.0K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
The Jakarta Method Summary
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
by Vincent Bevins 2020 320 pages
4.61
13.8K ratings
History
Politics
Asia
The Hypomanic Edge Summary
The Hypomanic Edge
The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America
by John D. Gartner 2005 368 pages
4.01
510 ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Summary
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2017 223 pages
4.08
197.0K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Down with the System Summary
Down with the System
A Memoir
by Serj Tankian 2024 352 pages
4.44
4.5K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer 1960 1147 pages
4.22
142.8K ratings
History
War
World War II
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Summary
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
by Albert Pike 1871 861 pages
4.14
1.2K ratings
Spirituality
Esoterica
Reference
Adaptive Markets Summary
Adaptive Markets
Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought
by Andrew W. Lo 2017 483 pages
4.07
1.5K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Song of the Cell Summary
The Song of the Cell
An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2022 473 pages
4.28
13.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
Central Banking 101 Summary
Central Banking 101
by Joseph J. Wang 2021 227 pages
4.39
906 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Capitalism in America Summary
Capitalism in America
An Economic History of the United States
by Alan Greenspan 2018 496 pages
4.07
2.2K ratings
Economics
History
Business
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time Summary
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
by Will Durant 2002 127 pages
3.72
3.2K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Persian Fire Summary
Persian Fire
The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland 2005 418 pages
4.17
11.0K ratings
History
Ancient History
Ancient
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies Summary
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more
by Arthur Goldwag 2009 400 pages
3.34
793 ratings
History
Religion
Cults
A Little History of Philosophy Summary
A Little History of Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton 2011 252 pages
4.12
14.9K ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
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