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
Why Vegan?
Philosophy
Vegan
Food
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
History
India
Politics
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
Atlas Shrugged
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
Economics
Politics
History
Imminent
Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
History
Science
Politics
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
Geopolitics
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
Geography
Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Politics
Economics
History
The Road to Freedom
Economics and the Good Society
Economics
Politics
Business
Speechless
Controlling Words, Controlling Minds
Politics
History
Philosophy
Powershift
Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century
Politics
Economics
Business
The Fall of Heaven
The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
History
Iran
Politics
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Education
Sociology
Social Justice
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Human Action
A Treatise on Economics
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
Feminism
Politics
History
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
The Case Against Education
Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
Education
Economics
Politics
How Fascism Works
The Politics of Us and Them
Politics
History
Philosophy
Pornland
How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
The Good-Enough Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
History
Politics
European History
How Economics Explains the World
A Short History of Humanity
Economics
History
Finance
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
Politics
Memoir
History
Soil Not Oil
Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography
History
Autobiography
On Language
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
Post-Truth
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
History
Politics
American History
The Oil Kings
How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
History
Politics
Iran
The Power Paradox
How We Gain and Lose Influence
Psychology
Business
Leadership
House of Huawei
The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
China
Business
History
Marx
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Politics
History
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Economics
Politics
History
Freefall
America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
Economics
Politics
Finance
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
Iran
Memoir
Politics
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
God Is Not Great
How Religion Poisons Everything
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
Memoir
Iran
Feminism
By Way of Deception
The Making of a Mossad Officer
History
Espionage
Politics
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
Biography
History
Politics
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Economics
History
Politics
The Post-American World
Politics
History
Economics
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
Economics
Food
Politics
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
