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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I Summary
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I
by Edward Gibbon 1776 1114 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
King of Kings Summary
King of Kings
The Iranian Revolution—A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
by Scott Anderson 2025 481 pages
4.32
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
The Fifth Domain Summary
The Fifth Domain
Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
by Richard A. Clarke 2019 352 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Technology
Politics
History
Life After Cars Summary
Life After Cars
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
by Sarah Goodyear 2025 300 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Urbanism
Politics
Urban Planning
Science of Coercion Summary
Science of Coercion
Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960
by Christopher Simpson 1994 224 pages
4.11
89 ratings
History
Psychology
Politics
Copaganda Summary
Copaganda
How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
by Alec Karakatsanis 2025 432 pages
4.49
500+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
A Class of Their Own Summary
A Class of Their Own
Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich
by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022
3.61
376 ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Zeitoun Summary
Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers 2009 342 pages
4.05
80k+ ratings
Book Club
Biography
History
The Big Myth Summary
The Big Myth
How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
by Naomi Oreskes 2023 576 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
There Was and There Was Not Summary
There Was and There Was Not
A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
by Meline Toumani 2014 304 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
History
Memoir
Travel
Against the Web Summary
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
by Michael Brooks 2020 96 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840 310 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
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
4.06
185 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Management of Savagery Summary
The Management of Savagery
How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump
by Max Blumenthal 2019 400 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Politics
History
War
How To Trump SJWs Summary
How To Trump SJWs
Using Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals’ Against Liberals
by Manon Welles 2016 88 pages
4.25
181 ratings
Politics
Freezing Order Summary
Freezing Order
A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
by Bill Browder 2022 332 pages
4.34
27k+ ratings
Politics
History
Russia
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran Summary
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran
by Robert Spencer 2016 256 pages
3.53
73 ratings
Religion
Middle East
Politics
The Truth About Muhammad Summary
The Truth About Muhammad
Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion
by Robert Spencer 2006 224 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Religion
Islam
History
Russian History Summary
Russian History
A Very Short Introduction
by Geoffrey Hosking 2012 154 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
History
Russia
Russian History
Natives Summary
Natives
Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
by Akala 2018 352 pages
4.53
22k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Ain't I a Woman Summary
Ain't I a Woman
Black Women and Feminism
by bell hooks 1981 205 pages
4.51
19k+ ratings
Feminism
Race
History
Unworthy Republic Summary
Unworthy Republic
The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
by Claudio Saunt 2020 396 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Wages of Whiteness Summary
The Wages of Whiteness
Race and the Making of the American Working Class
by David R. Roediger 1991 197 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
2054 Summary
2054
by Elliot Ackerman 2024 304 pages
3.41
3k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Politics
Thriller
The Fight in the Fields Summary
The Fight in the Fields
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
by Susan Ferriss 1997 352 pages
4.00
99 ratings
History
Politics
Labor
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
Noam Chomsky and the Media
by Mark Achbar 1994 264 pages
4.41
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
No Straight Road Takes You There Summary
No Straight Road Takes You There
Essays for Uneven Terrain
by Rebecca Solnit 2025 176 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Essays
Feminism
Politics
The New Leviathans Summary
The New Leviathans
Thoughts After Liberalism
by John Gray 2023 178 pages
3.42
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism Summary
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
by John Calvert 2009 256 pages
4.01
132 ratings
History
Islam
Politics
Escape from Rome Summary
Escape from Rome
The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
by Walter Scheidel 2019 670 pages
4.05
482 ratings
History
Economics
Ancient History
The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism Summary
The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism
The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens
by Christopher Hitchens 2011 332 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
The Accidental Superpower Summary
The Accidental Superpower
Ten Years On
by Peter Zeihan 2023 409 pages
4.46
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse Summary
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse
Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
by William Neuman 2022 352 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
American Holocaust Summary
American Holocaust
The Conquest of the New World
by David E. Stannard 1992 408 pages
4.34
1k+ ratings
History
Native American
Politics
Spy Schools Summary
Spy Schools
How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities
by Daniel Golden 2017 352 pages
3.57
315 ratings
History
Politics
Education
Adriatic Summary
Adriatic
A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age
by Robert D. Kaplan 2022 368 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
History
Travel
Politics
The Age of Extraction Summary
The Age of Extraction
How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity
by Tim Wu 2025 224 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Technology
Economics
Politics
United States of Distraction Summary
United States of Distraction
Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)
by Mickey Huff 2019 248 pages
3.74
114 ratings
Politics
History
American
The Indispensable Right Summary
The Indispensable Right
Free Speech in an Age of Rage
by Jonathan Turley 2024 432 pages
4.36
400 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Mexifornia Summary
Mexifornia
A State of Becoming
by Victor Davis Hanson 2003 179 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Outclassed Summary
Outclassed
How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back
by Joan C. Williams 2025 368 pages
4.19
237 ratings
Politics
Labor
Economics
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival Summary
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
by John Bagot Glubb 1978 52 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Jesus and John Wayne Summary
Jesus and John Wayne
How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez 2020 356 pages
4.25
42k+ ratings
History
Religion
Politics
Uncivil Agreement Summary
Uncivil Agreement
How Politics Became Our Identity
by Lilliana Mason 2018 192 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Psychology
Angrynomics Summary
Angrynomics
by Eric Lonergan 2020 192 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Where Law Ends Summary
Where Law Ends
Inside the Mueller Investigation
by Andrew Weissmann 2020 403 pages
4.38
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Law
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders Summary
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders
Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
by Jonn Elledge 2024 368 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
History
Geography
Politics
Cuba Summary
Cuba
An American History
by Ada Ferrer 2021 560 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Money, Lies, and God Summary
Money, Lies, and God
Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
by Katherine Stewart 2025 352 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Black-Owned Summary
Black-Owned
The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
by Char Adams 2025 304 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
History
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