Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
History
Islam
Religion
Teaching Johnny to Think
A Philosophy of Education Based on the Principles of Ayn Rand's Objectivism
Philosophy
Education
Parenting
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
Biography
Memoir
Politics
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
History
Politics
France
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
Biography
History
Race
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Economics
Politics
International Development
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
History
Politics
American History
Chokepoint Capitalism
How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
Politics
Economics
Business
The Philosophy of History
Philosophy
History
Classics
A Line in the Sand
Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East
History
Politics
War
Doing Justice
A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
Politics
Law
Memoir
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Politics
History
Economics
The Constitution of Knowledge
A Defense of Truth
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Price of Civilization
Politics
Economics
History
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
History
Politics
International Development
Education and the Social Order
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Fault Lines
The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe
Christian
Theology
Politics
The War Below
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
Economics
Science
Politics
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
The Cyberweapons Arms Race
Technology
Politics
Science
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Sociology
People vs. Donald Trump
An Inside Account
Politics
History
Crime
Mismeasuring Our Lives
Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
Economics
Politics
Social Science
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
Philosophy
Politics
History
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power
5 Battlegrounds
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Politics
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Fiasco
The American Military Adventure in Iraq
History
Politics
Military Fiction
India Unbound
The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age
India
History
Economics
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
History
Politics
Economics
Thinking Strategically
The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
Business
Economics
Management
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
Science
History
Politics
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
History
Politics
Philosophy
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
Psychology
Science
Politics
Feminism for the 99%
A Manifesto
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
A World of Three Zeros
The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions
Economics
Business
Politics
The Algorithm
How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now
Artificial Intelligence
Business
Technology
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
Philosophy
History
Religion
The Nazis
A Warning from History
History
World War II
War
Existentialism
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
History
Reference
The Art of Life
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
History
Race
Politics
Against the smart city
Cities
Urban Studies
Design
Theories of International Relations
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Men and Marriage
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
We Are Bellingcat
Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
Politics
Journalism
History
You Are What You Speak
Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
Language
Linguistics
Politics
After Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
Politics
Sociology
Urbanism
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
Politics
History
Journalism
