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Destiny Disrupted Summary
Destiny Disrupted
A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
by Tamim Ansary 2009 416 pages
4.40
11.5K ratings
History
Islam
Politics
The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
by Niall Ferguson 2007 496 pages
3.90
29.9K ratings
History
Economics
Finance
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.02
4.2K ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Humankind Summary
Humankind
A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman 2019 462 pages
4.32
73.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Answer to History Summary
Answer to History
by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1979 204 pages
3.88
556 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
by Paul Kennedy 1987 677 pages
4.14
6.1K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
by Srdja Popovic 2015 304 pages
4.31
1.9K ratings
Politics
Activism
History
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
429 ratings
Business
Society
Management
Man, the State, and War Summary
Man, the State, and War
A Theoretical Analysis
by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages
3.97
2.0K ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.58
15.1K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
The Anatomy of Fascism Summary
The Anatomy of Fascism
by Robert O. Paxton 2004 336 pages
4.22
4.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Utilitarianism Summary
Utilitarianism
by John Stuart Mill 1861 71 pages
3.68
24.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
The Filter Bubble Summary
The Filter Bubble
What the Internet is Hiding From You
by Eli Pariser 2011 294 pages
3.79
5.5K ratings
Technology
Science
Internet
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 1986 304 pages
4.32
4.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Empire of AI Summary
Empire of AI
Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
by Karen Hao 2025 496 pages
4.17
367 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Business
As We Have Always Done Summary
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017 216 pages
4.57
1.1K ratings
Indigenous
Politics
History
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
8.1K ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
Chanakya Neeti Summary
Chanakya Neeti
by Ashwini Parashar 2009 128 pages
3.94
636 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Self Help
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.61
8.2K ratings
India
History
Politics
The Fiat Standard Summary
The Fiat Standard
Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization
by Saifedean Ammous 2024 384 pages
4.24
1.5K ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
The Undercover Economist Summary
The Undercover Economist
by Tim Harford 2005 288 pages
3.81
28.9K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander 2010 290 pages
4.52
114.0K ratings
History
Politics
Race
Silencing the Past Summary
Silencing the Past
Power and the Production of History
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot 1995 216 pages
4.35
3.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado PΓ©rez 2019 448 pages
4.34
150.9K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2000 448 pages
4.37
13.6K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
Currency Wars Summary
Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crisis
by James Rickards 2011 304 pages
3.96
5.0K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
56.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Revenge Of Geography Summary
The Revenge Of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 432 pages
3.78
5.9K ratings
History
Politics
Geography
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Summary
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2010 286 pages
3.96
12.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Strategy Summary
Strategy
A History
by Lawrence Freedman 2013 768 pages
3.98
2.9K ratings
History
Business
Politics
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Dan Davies 2024 304 pages
3.92
617 ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Concise 33 Strategies Of War Summary
The Concise 33 Strategies Of War
by Robert Greene 2008 194 pages
4.12
478 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Entrepreneurial State Summary
The Entrepreneurial State
Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
by Mariana Mazzucato 2011 266 pages
3.95
3.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Manias, Panics, and Crashes Summary
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
A History of Financial Crises
by Charles P. Kindleberger 1978 304 pages
3.94
4.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
History
Less Is More Summary
Less Is More
How Degrowth Will Save the World
by Jason Hickel 2020 336 pages
4.51
8.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Environment
The End of History and the Last Man Summary
The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama 1992 464 pages
3.60
7.5K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
End Times Summary
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin 2023 368 pages
4.06
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
How Minds Change Summary
How Minds Change
The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
by David McRaney 2022 352 pages
4.15
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Beyond Order Summary
Beyond Order
12 More Rules For Life
by Jordan B. Peterson 2021 382 pages
4.15
28.7K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Practical Ethics Summary
Practical Ethics
by Peter Singer 1979 411 pages
4.07
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads
A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2015 636 pages
4.17
45.1K ratings
History
Politics
World History
Conspirators' Hierarchy Summary
Conspirators' Hierarchy
The Story of the Committee of 300
by John Coleman 2010 302 pages
3.76
636 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
by Bob Joseph 2018 160 pages
4.57
9.4K ratings
Indigenous
History
Canada
Mutual Aid Summary
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1891 234 pages
4.23
3.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Science
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Evicted Summary
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond 2016 418 pages
4.47
108.0K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
Survival of the Richest Summary
Survival of the Richest
Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
by Douglas Rushkoff 2022 224 pages
3.85
2.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
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