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Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor 2019 368 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.58
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Insane Summary
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
by Alisa Roth 2018 338 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Politics
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell 1920 122 pages
3.99
411 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Medici Money Summary
Medici Money
Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
by Tim Parks 2005 288 pages
3.60
1k+ ratings
History
Italy
Economics
Darkness at Noon Summary
Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler 1940 216 pages
4.12
34k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Politics
One World Summary
One World
The Ethics of Globalization
by Peter Singer 2002 272 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Power Worshippers Summary
The Power Worshippers
Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
by Katherine Stewart 2020 352 pages
4.26
2k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling - 25th Anniversary Edition
by John Taylor Gatto 2002 144 pages
4.14
12k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
The Quick Fix Summary
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
by Jesse Singal 2021 352 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Knowledge and Power Summary
Knowledge and Power
The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World
by George Gilder 2013 370 pages
3.94
428 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Real Anthony Fauci Summary
The Real Anthony Fauci
Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2021 934 pages
4.47
9k+ ratings
Politics
Health
History
Risk Summary
Risk
The Science and Politics of Fear
by Daniel Gardner 2008 256 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
A More Beautiful and Terrible History Summary
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
by Jeanne Theoharis 2018 278 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
Political Ecology Summary
Political Ecology
A Critical Introduction
by Paul Robbins 2004 242 pages
3.92
208 ratings
Environment
Politics
Anthropology
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness Summary
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics
by George Lipsitz 1998 296 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Pedagogy of Freedom Summary
Pedagogy of Freedom
Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage
by Paulo Freire 1996 176 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
The Investor's Guide to Equality, Opportunity, and Growth
by Joel Greenblatt 2020 146 pages
3.65
276 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Who Gets What ― and Why Summary
Who Gets What ― and Why
The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
by Alvin E. Roth 2015 260 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 303 pages
4.27
24k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
On Palestine Summary
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky 2015 220 pages
4.26
13k+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
Chokepoints Summary
Chokepoints
American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
by Edward Fishman 2025 560 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart
How To Build A Fairer, Happier, And More Prosperous America
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015 246 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Summary
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
by Arthur Herman 2001 400 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
History
Scotland
Philosophy
Plato at the Googleplex Summary
Plato at the Googleplex
Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
by Rebecca Goldstein 2014 461 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
My Beloved World Summary
My Beloved World
by Sonia Sotomayor 2013 336 pages
4.09
34k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
The J Curve Summary
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
by Ian Bremmer 2006 320 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Wild Faith Summary
Wild Faith
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
by Talia Lavin 2024 304 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
by Adam Greenfield 2017 368 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Technology
Design
Politics
City of Gold Summary
City of Gold
Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism
by Jim Krane 2009 368 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
History
Middle East
Travel
The Speech Summary
The Speech
On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
by Bernie Sanders 2010 288 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Breakout Nations Summary
Breakout Nations
In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
by Ruchir Sharma 2012 304 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Men Explain Things to Me Summary
Men Explain Things to Me
by Rebecca Solnit 2014 130 pages
3.83
88k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn 1994 214 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Memoir
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 384 pages
4.09
483 ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
A Vindication of the Rights of Women Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 224 pages
3.92
27k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
Nation of Victims Summary
Nation of Victims
Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022 288 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Science Fictions Summary
Science Fictions
How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth
by Stuart Ritchie 2020 352 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Price of Admission (Updated Edition) Summary
The Price of Admission (Updated Edition)
How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
by Daniel Golden 2006 400 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Education
Politics
Sociology
The Only Game in Town Summary
The Only Game in Town
Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
by Mohamed El-Erian 2016 320 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Decline and Rise of Democracy Summary
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
by David Stasavage 2020 424 pages
3.86
223 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Stories Are Weapons Summary
Stories Are Weapons
Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
by Annalee Newitz 2024 246 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
Why We Can't Wait Summary
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964 223 pages
4.55
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Off With Her Head Summary
Off With Her Head
Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
by Eleanor Herman 2022 356 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Politics
Hate Inc. Summary
Hate Inc.
Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
by Matt Taibbi 2019 380 pages
4.09
5k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
It Can't Happen Here Summary
It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis 1935 400 pages
3.81
25k+ ratings
Classics
Politics
Dystopia
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization
Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010 352 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Makers and Takers Summary
Makers and Takers
The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
by Rana Foroohar 2016 400 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
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