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Who Is Government? Summary
Who Is Government?
The Untold Story of Public Service
by Michael Lewis 2025 272 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Essays
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
India
History
Politics
Death by China Summary
Death by China
Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
by Peter Navarro 2011 303 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
China
Politics
Economics
Crouching Tiger Summary
Crouching Tiger
What China's Militarism Means for the World
by Peter Navarro 2015 336 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
Renegade Summary
Renegade
The Making of a President
by Richard Wolffe 2009 356 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff 2019 150 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
From Here to Equality Summary
From Here to Equality
Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
by William A. Darity Jr. 2020 424 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Sovietistan Summary
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
by Erika Fatland 2014 477 pages
4.28
7k+ ratings
Travel
History
Russia
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
by William K. Black 1995 352 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Dialectical Imagination Summary
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
by Martin Jay 1973 420 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
The Republic for Which It Stands Summary
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
by Richard White 2017 928 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
by Steven Conn 2023 320 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
History
Urbanism
Politics
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2003 224 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare
Theory and Practice
by David Galula 1964 128 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
Letters from Burma Summary
Letters from Burma
by Aung San Suu Kyi 1995 209 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Asia
The Battle for Paradise Summary
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
by Naomi Klein 2018 88 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Fight Summary
Fight
Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
by Jonathan Allen 2025 352 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Politics
History
The United States Of America
The Machiavelli Covenant Summary
The Machiavelli Covenant
by Allan Folsom 2006 554 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Deception Summary
Deception
The Great Covid Cover-Up
by Rand Paul 2023 540 pages
4.52
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Science
How Judges Think Summary
How Judges Think
by Richard A. Posner 2008 400 pages
3.82
100+ ratings
Law
Politics
Psychology
The Legal Analyst Summary
The Legal Analyst
A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law
by Ward Farnsworth 2007 326 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Law
Politics
Economics
Forgotten Continent Summary
Forgotten Continent
The Battle for Latin America's Soul
by Michael Reid 2007 400 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Latin American History
The Way of the Knife Summary
The Way of the Knife
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
by Mark Mazzetti 2013 381 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
History
Politics
War
The Unprotected Class Summary
The Unprotected Class
How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
by Jeremy Carl 2024 400 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Race
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
by Christopher F. Rufo 2023 352 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
House of Bush, House of Saud Summary
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
by Craig Unger 2004 384 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Fall of the House of Bush Summary
The Fall of the House of Bush
The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future
by Craig Unger 2007 448 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Den of Spies Summary
Den of Spies
Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House: A Provocative History with Deep Political Revelations, ... the High-Stakes Political Games of the 1980s
by Craig Unger 2024 368 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
In an Uncertain World Summary
In an Uncertain World
Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
by Robert E. Rubin 2003 448 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
God's Bankers Summary
God's Bankers
A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
by Gerald Posner 2015 752 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
History
Religion
Politics
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Hive Mind Summary
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
by Garett Jones 2015 184 pages
3.56
100+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
Pharma Summary
Pharma
Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
by Gerald Posner 2020 816 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Business
Science
History
The Handover Summary
The Handover
How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
by David Runciman 2023 352 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Politics
Technology
History
Thinking Like a Lawyer Summary
Thinking Like a Lawyer
A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning
by Frederick Schauer 2009 256 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Law
Philosophy
Politics
Bobby Kennedy Summary
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
by Larry Tye 2016 608 pages
4.39
2k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Good Reasonable People Summary
Good Reasonable People
The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
by Keith Payne 2024 272 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
The World's Banker Summary
The World's Banker
A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
by Sebastian Mallaby 2004 496 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Biography
Lucky Summary
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
by Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Most Dangerous Summary
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Steve Sheinkin 2015 370 pages
4.19
6k+ ratings
History
Biography
War
Front Row at the Trump Show Summary
Front Row at the Trump Show
by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
History
European History
World History
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell 1920 122 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
New Cold Wars Summary
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
by David E. Sanger 2024 528 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
China
Secondhand Time Summary
Secondhand Time
The Last of the Soviets
by Svetlana Alexievich 2013 496 pages
4.46
20k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
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