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The Injustice of Place Summary
The Injustice of Place
Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
by Kathryn J. Edin 2023 352 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Punishment Without Crime Summary
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
by Alexandra Natapoff 2018 352 pages
4.16
441 ratings
Law
Politics
Social Justice
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds Summary
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds
by Dennis Proffitt 2020 320 pages
4.01
234 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
by Malcolm Harris 2017 261 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Weathering Summary
Weathering
The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
by Arline T. Geronimus 2023 368 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Politics
Race
Health
Adrift Summary
Adrift
America in 100 Charts
by Scott Galloway 2022 320 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Business
Tocqueville Summary
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages
3.51
157 ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018 256 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Rethinking Sex Summary
Rethinking Sex
A Provocation
by Christine Emba 2022 256 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams 1902 88 pages
3.94
170 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Delay, Deny, Defend Summary
Delay, Deny, Defend
Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
by Jay M. Feinman 2010 256 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Politics
Business
History
Liquid Surveillance Summary
Liquid Surveillance
A Conversation
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012 152 pages
3.80
490 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Theory
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1947 640 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
The Penguin and the Leviathan Summary
The Penguin and the Leviathan
How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
by Yochai Benkler 2011 274 pages
3.70
351 ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Summary
Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
by Emily Nussbaum 2024 464 pages
3.92
10k+ ratings
History
Pop Culture
Tv
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Summary
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
by Beverly Daniel Tatum 1997 294 pages
4.34
27k+ ratings
Race
Education
Social Justice
Sex Matters Summary
Sex Matters
How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense
by Mona Charen 2018 320 pages
3.71
331 ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Politics
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Republic of Lies Summary
Republic of Lies
American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
by Anna Merlan 2019 288 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Supernormal Summary
Supernormal
The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
by Meg Jay 2017 400 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Parenting
Passwords Summary
Passwords
by Jean Baudrillard 2000 112 pages
3.75
418 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
A World Without Police Summary
A World Without Police
How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete
by Geo Maher 2021 288 pages
3.97
329 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
The Collapse of Complex Societies Summary
The Collapse of Complex Societies
by Joseph A. Tainter 1988 264 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Anthropology
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup
How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
by Claire Provost 2023 296 pages
4.31
277 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Lifehouse Summary
Lifehouse
Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire
by Adam Greenfield 2024 272 pages
3.84
86 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Science
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? Summary
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?
Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World
by Yong Zhao 2014 272 pages
3.94
203 ratings
Education
China
Politics
The Aristocracy of Talent Summary
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
by Adrian Wooldridge 2021
3.88
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Black Hand Summary
The Black Hand
The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer
by Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Free Speech And Why It Matters Summary
Free Speech And Why It Matters
by Andrew Doyle 2021 115 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Solitude Summary
Solitude
In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
by Michael Harris 2017 229 pages
3.66
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Delusions of Gender Summary
Delusions of Gender
How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
by Cordelia Fine 2010 338 pages
4.08
11k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
Psychology
Twilight of the Elites Summary
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
by Christopher L. Hayes 2012 304 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most
How College Makes or Breaks Us
by Paul Tough 2019 400 pages
4.39
2k+ ratings
Education
Sociology
College
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.15
289 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer
Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
by Henry Petroski 2010 288 pages
3.37
270 ratings
Engineering
Science
Technology
Born to Be Good Summary
Born to Be Good
The Science of a Meaningful Life
by Dacher Keltner 2009 336 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Flawless Summary
Flawless
Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
by Elise Hu 2023 310 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Asia
Coercion, Capital, and European States, A.D. 990-1992 Summary
Coercion, Capital, and European States, A.D. 990-1992
by Charles Tilly 1990 288 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Book of Learning and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Learning and Forgetting
by Frank Smith 1998 144 pages
4.09
353 ratings
Education
Psychology
Professional Development
Wired for Culture Summary
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
by Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages
3.86
296 ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Municipal Dreams Summary
Municipal Dreams
The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
by John Boughton 2018 336 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Architecture
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
by Marvin Harris 1981 224 pages
3.76
264 ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
History
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
A Pelican Introduction Summary
A Pelican Introduction
Social Class in the 21st Century
by Mike Savage 2015 462 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Adam and Eve After the Pill Summary
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 218 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Age of American Unreason Summary
The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby 2008 440 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work
America's Invisible Crisis
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016 152 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Quarterlife Crisis Summary
Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
by Alexandra Robbins 2001 224 pages
3.19
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
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