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The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration How to Set it Right
by Ed West 2012 288 pages
4.04
226 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
#republic Summary
#republic
Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
by Cass R. Sunstein 2017 328 pages
3.35
332 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Society
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank 2004 332 pages
3.85
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Flesh and Stone Summary
Flesh and Stone
The Body and the City in Western Civilization
by Richard Sennett 1996 432 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
History
Architecture
Sociology
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked
Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
by Andy Ngo 2021 239 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Cognitive Surplus Summary
Cognitive Surplus
Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators
by Clay Shirky 2010 258 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Psychology
Pedagogy of Freedom Summary
Pedagogy of Freedom
Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage
by Paulo Freire 1996 176 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor 2019 368 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling - 25th Anniversary Edition
by John Taylor Gatto 2002 144 pages
4.14
12k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
One World Summary
One World
The Ethics of Globalization
by Peter Singer 2002 272 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Everything is Obvious Summary
Everything is Obvious
Once You Know the Answer
by Duncan J. Watts 2011 322 pages
3.81
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius Summary
Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius
Part One from What the Dog Saw
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 130 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Quick Fix Summary
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
by Jesse Singal 2021 352 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Insane Summary
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
by Alisa Roth 2018 338 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Politics
Traffic Summary
Traffic
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008 418 pages
3.72
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness Summary
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics
by George Lipsitz 1998 296 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 303 pages
4.27
24k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Risk Summary
Risk
The Science and Politics of Fear
by Daniel Gardner 2008 256 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Call of the Mall Summary
Call of the Mall
The Geography of Shopping by the Author of Why We Buy
by Paco Underhill 2004 240 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Understanding Organizations Summary
Understanding Organizations
by Charles B. Handy 2005 448 pages
3.84
313 ratings
Business
Management
Psychology
Wild Faith Summary
Wild Faith
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
by Talia Lavin 2024 304 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Science Fictions Summary
Science Fictions
How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth
by Stuart Ritchie 2020 352 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Enshittification Summary
Enshittification
Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
by Cory Doctorow 2025 338 pages
4.08
10k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
by Adam Greenfield 2017 368 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Technology
Design
Politics
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Hate Inc. Summary
Hate Inc.
Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
by Matt Taibbi 2019 380 pages
4.09
5k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Virtual Society Summary
Virtual Society
The Metaverse and the New Frontiers of Human Experience
by Herman Narula 2022 288 pages
3.40
288 ratings
Technology
Science
Sociology
The Price of Admission (Updated Edition) Summary
The Price of Admission (Updated Edition)
How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
by Daniel Golden 2006 400 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Education
Politics
Sociology
Stories Are Weapons Summary
Stories Are Weapons
Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
by Annalee Newitz 2024 246 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization
Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010 352 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Why the Germans Do it Better Summary
Why the Germans Do it Better
Notes from a Grown-Up Country
by John Kampfner 2020 320 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Germany
Bursts Summary
Bursts
The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
by Albert-László Barabási 2010 310 pages
3.30
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Quest for a Moral Compass Summary
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
by Kenan Malik 2014 400 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
The Body Project Summary
The Body Project
An Intimate History of American Girls
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg 1997 214 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Sociology
The Power of Strangers Summary
The Power of Strangers
The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World
by Joe Keohane 2021 328 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
The New Human Rights Movement Summary
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
by Peter Joseph 2017 266 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Power Systems Summary
Power Systems
Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire
by Noam Chomsky 2012 224 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Who Gets In and Why Summary
Who Gets In and Why
A Year Inside College Admissions
by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2020 320 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
Education
College
Parenting
Good Reasonable People Summary
Good Reasonable People
The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
by Keith Payne 2024 272 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
BoyMom Summary
BoyMom
Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity
by Ruth Whippman 2024 320 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Parenting
Feminism
Self Help
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game
The Working Poor in America
by Katherine S. Newman 1999 416 pages
3.75
466 ratings
Sociology
Poverty
Economics
Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
by Nick Srnicek 2015 245 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Myth of Race Summary
The Myth of Race
The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
by Robert Wald Sussman 2014 384 pages
4.02
484 ratings
History
Race
Science
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 115 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism Summary
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
A Warning to the Global Middle Class
by Joel Kotkin 2020 266 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2001 512 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Thanks a Thousand Summary
Thanks a Thousand
A Gratitude Journey
by A.J. Jacobs 2018 160 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Humor
Linked Summary
Linked
The New Science Of Networks
by Albert-László Barabási 2002 288 pages
3.94
5k+ ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
Progress Summary
Progress
Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg 2016 256 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
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