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The End of Faith Summary
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris 2006 336 pages
3.9
41k+ ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
The Future of Violence Summary
The Future of Violence
Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones-Confronting A New Age of Threat
by Benjamin Wittes 2015 336 pages
3.39
100+ ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
Technology
The Singapore Story Summary
The Singapore Story
Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, Vol. 1
by Kuan Yew Lee 1998 680 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary
In Defense of a Liberal Education
by Fareed Zakaria 2015 208 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
The Accidental President of Brazil Summary
The Accidental President of Brazil
by Fernando Henrique Cardoso 2007 496 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
History
Brazil
Biography
Rise of the Robots Summary
Rise of the Robots
Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
by Martin Ford 2015 352 pages
3.97
9k+ ratings
Technology
Economics
Business
The Great Divide Summary
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015 448 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Just Mercy Summary
Just Mercy
A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson 2014 352 pages
4.63
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Social Justice
Race
The Wisdom of Crowds Summary
The Wisdom of Crowds
by James Surowiecki 2005 336 pages
3.82
24k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
The Corrosion of Character Summary
The Corrosion of Character
The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett 1998 176 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Politics
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works
by Jason Stanley 2015 376 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Psychology
Phishing for Phools Summary
Phishing for Phools
The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
by George A. Akerlof 2015 288 pages
3.43
2k+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
It IS About Islam Summary
It IS About Islam
Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate (3) (The Control Series)
by Glenn Beck 2015 272 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Religion
We Should All Be Feminists Summary
We Should All Be Feminists
by Ngozi Adichie Chima 2014 52 pages
4.4
200k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
Saving Capitalism Summary
Saving Capitalism
For the Many, Not the Few
by Robert B. Reich 2015 304 pages
4.19
5k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
by Joel Best 2012 224 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Politics
Science
Mathematics
Thomas Jefferson Summary
Thomas Jefferson
The Art of Power
by Jon Meacham 2012 800 pages
4.04
40k+ ratings
History
Biography
Presidents
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution
Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love
by Matthew Miller 2003 304 pages
3.99
50+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
by Slavoj Zizek 2015 272 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Red Team Summary
Red Team
How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy
by Micah Zenko 2015 338 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Military Fiction
Beyond Fundamentalism Summary
Beyond Fundamentalism
Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization
by Reza Aslan 2010 240 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Religion
Politics
History
The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
by Aaron Swartz
4.2
100+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Essays
Hidden Order Summary
Hidden Order
The Economics of Everyday Life
by David D. Friedman 1996 352 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Killing the Host Summary
Killing the Host
How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy
by Michael Hudson 2015 400 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Only Game in Town Summary
The Only Game in Town
Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
by Mohamed A. El-Erian 2016 320 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Trump Summary
Trump
The Art of the Deal
by Donald J. Trump 2004 384 pages
3.69
21k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Politics
Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
by Nick SRNICEK 2015 256 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
India Unbound Summary
India Unbound
by Gurcharan Das 2015 432 pages
4.09
6k+ ratings
India
History
Economics
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
by David Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Skepticism
Soros on Soros Summary
Soros on Soros
Staying Ahead of the Curve
by George Soros 1995 336 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Finance
Biography
Economics
The Nordic Theory of Everything Summary
The Nordic Theory of Everything
In Search of a Better Life
by Anu Partanen 2016 432 pages
3.86
8k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Memoir
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant! Summary
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!
Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
by George Lakoff 2014 192 pages
3.96
6k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
On Language by Chomsky Noam Author ON Jan 30 1998 Paperback Summary
On Language by Chomsky Noam Author ON Jan 30 1998 Paperback
by Noam Chomsky 1998 269 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
History
Rethinking Capitalism P Summary
Rethinking Capitalism P
by Mariana Mazzucato Michael Jacobs 2016 224 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
by Rosa Brooks 2016 448 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Military Fiction
Words Like Loaded Pistols Summary
Words Like Loaded Pistols
by Sam. Leith 2012
3.77
1k+ ratings
Writing
Philosophy
Language
Utopia for Realists Summary
Utopia for Realists
The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek
by Rutger Bregman 1825 252 pages
4.22
38k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Ethics In The Real World Summary
Ethics In The Real World
by Peter Singer 2016 336 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
A Non-Partisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
by Jessamyn Conrad 2012 400 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Progress Summary
Progress
Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg 2016 256 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Great Transition Summary
The Great Transition
Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
by Lester R. Brown 2015 194 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 368 pages
4.11
16k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Thank You for Being Late Summary
Thank You for Being Late
An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
by Thomas L. Friedman 2016 496 pages
3.88
11k+ ratings
Business
Politics
Economics
The Armchair Economist Summary
The Armchair Economist
Economics and Everyday Life
by Steven E. Landsburg 2012 336 pages
3.74
3k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins 2016 385 pages
3.93
7k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Rebel Sell Summary
Rebel Sell
by Joseph Heath 2010 384 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Cultural
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 2007 400 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Education
Politics
Sociology
I'm Right and You're an Idiot Summary
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Politics
Canada
Sociology
Glass House Summary
Glass House
The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
by Brian Alexander 2017 336 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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