Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
A People’s History of the United States
1492 - Present
History
Politics
American History
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
History
India
Politics
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
Design
Technology
Social Justice
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Race
History
Anti Racist
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
Memoir
Iran
Feminism
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Economics
Philosophy
Classics
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
Politics
History
International Relations
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance
How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims
Islam
Politics
Religion
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
History
Politics
American History
Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
The Arthashastra
Philosophy
Politics
History
Team Human
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
Behold a Pale Horse
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
History
No Logo
Politics
Economics
Business
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences
Political Science
Politics
Social Science
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
Law
Politics
Crime
The Concise 48 Laws of Power
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Foolproof
Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity
Psychology
Politics
Science
Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
Science
Psychology
Politics
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Race
Technology
Politics
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
Politics
History
Activism
Conspirators' Hierarchy
The Story of the Committee of 300
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Big Con
How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies
Economics
Business
Politics
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Science
Philosophy
History
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
History
Philosophy
Politics
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
A Handbook for Personal Liberty
Philosophy
Self Help
Politics
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
History
War
World War II
The Best and the Brightest
History
Politics
War
The Identity Trap
A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
History
India
Politics
Shape
The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
Science
Mathematics
Politics
The Road to Serfdom
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises
Economics
Finance
Business
Boomerang
Travels in the New Third World
Economics
Business
Finance
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Education
Philosophy
Politics
LikeWar
The Weaponization of Social Media
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Banker to the Poor
Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Economics
Business
Finance
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
Politics
Memoir
History
Teaching to Transgress
Education as the Practice of Freedom
Teaching
Feminism
Social Justice
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President
Politics
Psychology
History
The Good-Enough Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
Politics
Social Justice
History
Rationality
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
