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The Next Big Story Summary
The Next Big Story
My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
by Soledad O'Brien 2010 334 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
African American
Trust Me, I'm Lying Summary
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
by Ryan Holiday 2012 259 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Politics
The News Summary
The News
A User's Manual
by Alain de Botton 2014 272 pages
3.59
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Journalism
Politics
The Big Truck that Went By Summary
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
by Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
International Development
How to Write Short Summary
How to Write Short
by Roy Peter Clark 2014 272 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Writing
Business
Communication
Writing Tools Summary
Writing Tools
50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
by Roy Peter Clark 2006 272 pages
4.2
5k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Swimming With Sharks Summary
Swimming With Sharks
by Joris Luyendijk 2015 288 pages
3.84
6k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Content Trap Summary
The Content Trap
A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change
by Bharat Anand 2016 464 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
Writing
Conspiracy Summary
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
by Ryan Holiday 2018 336 pages
3.98
6k+ ratings
Business
History
Politics
Propaganda Blitz Summary
Propaganda Blitz
How the Corporate Media Distort Reality
by David Edwards 2018 336 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Truth in Our Times Summary
Truth in Our Times
Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
by David E. McCraw 2019 304 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Memoir
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman 2010 464 pages
4.24
21k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
by Amy Goodman 2012 477 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Friday Night Lights Summary
Friday Night Lights
Una città, una squadra, un sogno
by H.G. Bissinger
4.14
61k+ ratings
Sports
Football
History
The Content Fuel Framework Summary
The Content Fuel Framework
by Melanie Deziel 2020 204 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Business
Writing
Journalism
Dragnet Nation Summary
Dragnet Nation
A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
by Julia Angwin 2014 304 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Faking It Summary
Faking It
The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
by Hugh Barker 2007 400 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Music
History
Journalism
She Said Summary
She Said
Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
by Jodi Kantor 2019 320 pages
4.35
40k+ ratings
Feminism
True Crime
Politics
Telling True Stories Summary
Telling True Stories
A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
by Mark Kramer 2007 317 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Writing
Journalism
Essays
The Panama Papers Summary
The Panama Papers
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
by Frederik Obermaier 1970 384 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
So You've Been Publicly Shamed Summary
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson 2015 306 pages
3.93
63k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Journalism
The Psychopath Test Summary
The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson 2011 290 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
We Are Bellingcat Summary
We Are Bellingcat
An Intelligence Agency for the People
by Eliot Higgins 2021 272 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Technology
You Can't Read This Book Summary
You Can't Read This Book
Censorship in an Age of Freedom
by Nick Cohen 2012 330 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Journalism
Media Literacy Summary
Media Literacy
by W. James Potter 2021 504 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Journalism
Textbooks
When McKinsey Comes to Town Summary
When McKinsey Comes to Town
The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
by Walt Bogdanich 2022 200 pages
3.8
7k+ ratings
Business
Politics
History
Enemy of the People Summary
Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
by Marvin Kalb 2018 200 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
So You Want to Start a Podcast Summary
So You Want to Start a Podcast
Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community That Will Listen
by Kristen Meinzer 2019 227 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
How To
Backstory Summary
Backstory
Inside the Business of News
by Ken Auletta 2004 372 pages
3.57
50+ ratings
Journalism
Business
History
American Story Summary
American Story
A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
by Bob Dotson 2013 274 pages
3.62
100+ ratings
Journalism
Travel
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 292 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson 2013 204 pages
4.07
300k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
The Social Atom Summary
The Social Atom
Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You
by Mark Buchanan 2007 256 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Science
Public Relations Summary
Public Relations
by Edward L. Bernays 2004 374 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Three Cups of Deceit Summary
Three Cups of Deceit
How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
by Jon Krakauer
3.72
11k+ ratings
Biography
Journalism
History
Nothing to Envy Summary
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick
4.45
91k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Firm Summary
The Firm
The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business
by Duff McDonald
3.75
3k+ ratings
Business
History
Economics
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