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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
134 ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Insane Summary
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
by Alisa Roth 2018 320 pages
4.07
1.3K ratings
Mental Health
Psychology
History
Age of Revolutions Summary
Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
by Fareed Zakaria 2024 400 pages
4.20
3.5K ratings
History
Politics
World History
10 Judgements That Changed India Summary
10 Judgements That Changed India
by Zia Mody 2013 249 pages
4.07
1.7K ratings
India
Law
History
Narconomics Summary
Narconomics
How to Run a Drug Cartel
by Tom Wainwright 2016 288 pages
4.15
11.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Crime
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.47
1.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Quick Fix Summary
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
by Jesse Singal 2021 352 pages
3.92
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
How to Rule the World Summary
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
by André de Guillaume 2002 144 pages
3.66
539 ratings
Humor
Politics
History
Crystallizing Public Opinion Summary
Crystallizing Public Opinion
by Edward L. Bernays 1923 218 pages
3.80
871 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Consumed Summary
Consumed
On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change
by Aja Barber 2021 288 pages
3.96
4.4K ratings
Environment
Social Justice
Politics
Why the Germans Do it Better Summary
Why the Germans Do it Better
Notes from a Grown-Up Country
by John Kampfner 2020 320 pages
3.95
3.4K ratings
History
Politics
Germany
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017 504 pages
3.97
302 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Undoing Border Imperialism Summary
Undoing Border Imperialism
by Harsha Walia 2013 340 pages
4.52
512 ratings
Politics
Race
Activism
The Future of Work Summary
The Future of Work
Robots, AI, and Automation
by Darrell M. West 2018 223 pages
3.49
198 ratings
Business
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
The Culture of Fear Summary
The Culture of Fear
Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
by Barry Glassner 1999 210 pages
3.70
3.7K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Psychology
The Kremlin School of Negotiation Summary
The Kremlin School of Negotiation
by Igor Ryzov 2019 379 pages
3.90
525 ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria 2020 320 pages
3.96
5.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014 256 pages
4.48
867 ratings
Indigenous
Politics
History
Nice Racism Summary
Nice Racism
How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
by Robin DiAngelo 2021 220 pages
3.95
2.9K ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again Summary
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
by Katherine Angel 2021 160 pages
4.07
5.6K ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Essays
The Politics Industry Summary
The Politics Industry
How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
by Katherine M. Gehl 2020 272 pages
4.33
647 ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Cynical Theories Summary
Cynical Theories
How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
by Helen Pluckrose 2020 348 pages
4.11
5.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 pages
4.28
23.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Government Gangsters Summary
Government Gangsters
The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
by Kash Patel 2023 320 pages
4.51
1.5K ratings
Politics
History
Government
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
by Kalle Lasn 1999 272 pages
3.62
1.8K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Spheres of Justice Summary
Spheres of Justice
A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
by Michael Walzer 1983 363 pages
3.80
711 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Unshrinking Summary
Unshrinking
How to Face Fatphobia
by Kate Manne 2024 297 pages
4.18
1.9K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Health
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
by Naomi Klein 2014 566 pages
4.16
27.1K ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
The Mystery of Capital Summary
The Mystery of Capital
Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
by Hernando de Soto 2000 288 pages
3.99
4.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Unexpected Spy Summary
The Unexpected Spy
From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
by Tracy Walder 2020 272 pages
3.84
5.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Permanent Record Summary
Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden 2019 339 pages
4.30
56.0K ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Call Sign Chaos Summary
Call Sign Chaos
Learning to Lead
by Jim Mattis 2019 320 pages
4.30
13.2K ratings
Leadership
Military Fiction
Biography
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins 2016 384 pages
3.93
8.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Objectivism Summary
Objectivism
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Leonard Peikoff 1991 493 pages
3.76
5.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
The Investor's Guide to Equality, Opportunity, and Growth
by Joel Greenblatt 2020 144 pages
3.66
256 ratings
Finance
Business
Politics
On Leadership Summary
On Leadership
Lessons for the 21st Century
by Tony Blair 2024 368 pages
3.90
485 ratings
Politics
Leadership
Business
On Language Summary
On Language
by Noam Chomsky 1998 481 pages
3.82
1.0K ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
Thank You for Smoking Summary
Thank You for Smoking
by Christopher Buckley 1994 272 pages
3.94
12.9K ratings
Humor
Contemporary
Politics
The Struggle for Recognition Summary
The Struggle for Recognition
The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts
by Axel Honneth 1992 240 pages
4.12
276 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
China's Great Wall of Debt Summary
China's Great Wall of Debt
Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
by Dinny McMahon 2018 288 pages
4.13
1.2K ratings
China
Economics
Politics
This is Vegan Propaganda Summary
This is Vegan Propaganda
by Ed Winters 2022 320 pages
4.62
4.7K ratings
Vegan
Food
Health
Applied Economics Summary
Applied Economics
Thinking Beyond Stage One
by Thomas Sowell 2003 256 pages
4.18
2.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
From Plassey to Partition Summary
From Plassey to Partition
A History of Modern India
by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 2004 523 pages
4.20
1.1K ratings
History
India
Academics
The New Digital Age Summary
The New Digital Age
Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
by Eric Schmidt 2013 336 pages
3.33
2.6K ratings
Business
Technology
Science
The Spy and the Traitor Summary
The Spy and the Traitor
The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by Ben Macintyre 2018 384 pages
4.52
80.8K ratings
History
Espionage
Biography
Science Fictions Summary
Science Fictions
by Stuart Ritchie 2020 368 pages
4.36
2.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Conformity Summary
Conformity
The Power of Social Influences
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 192 pages
3.45
377 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
Grundrisse Summary
Grundrisse
Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1857 904 pages
4.28
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
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