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Drunk Summary
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
by Edward Slingerland 2021 369 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Sociology
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Cities Summary
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
by Monica L. Smith 2019 304 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
History
Archaeology
Cities
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.24
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Science
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
The Man Who Shocked The World Summary
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
by Thomas Blass 2004 392 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Psychology
Biography
Science
We Real Cool Summary
We Real Cool
Black Men and Masculinity
by bell hooks 2003 184 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Race
Gender
The Authority Gap Summary
The Authority Gap
Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Business
Moral Mazes Summary
Moral Mazes
The World of Corporate Managers
by Robert Jackall 1988 272 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Psychology
The Sacred Canopy Summary
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
by Peter L. Berger 1967 240 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy Summary
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1846 584 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Dimensions of Human Behavior Summary
Dimensions of Human Behavior
The Changing Life Course
by Elizabeth D. Hutchison 2003 584 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Social Work
Textbooks
School
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle 1995 256 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches Summary
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
by Marvin Harris 1974 288 pages
3.92
4k+ ratings
Anthropology
History
Sociology
The Way Out Summary
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
by Peter T. Coleman 2021 296 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Leadership
The Myth of Male Power Summary
The Myth of Male Power
by Warren Farrell 1993 448 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Feminism
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most
How College Makes or Breaks Us
by Paul Tough 2019 400 pages
4.40
2k+ ratings
Education
Sociology
College
The Language Puzzle Summary
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
by Steven Mithen 2024 544 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
History
Linguistics
Language
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2001 512 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Wildland Summary
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
by Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Ibn Khaldun Summary
Ibn Khaldun
An Intellectual Biography
by Robert Irwin 2018 256 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Philosophy
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
by Thomas Sowell 1998 516 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Liberty in the Age of Terror Summary
Liberty in the Age of Terror
A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values by Grayling, A. C. (2010) Paperback
by A.C. Grayling 2009 283 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To
The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths
by Russ Kick 2001 350 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
A Philosophy of Loneliness Summary
A Philosophy of Loneliness
by Lars Fredrik Händler Svendsen 2015 240 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Do Fathers Matter? Summary
Do Fathers Matter?
What Science Is Telling Us about the Parent We've Overlooked
by Paul Raeburn 2014 288 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Parenting
Science
Psychology
Going Mainstream Summary
Going Mainstream
How extremists are taking over
by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Politics
Society
Psychology
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.17
1k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
Sociobiology Summary
Sociobiology
The New Synthesis
by Edward O. Wilson 1975 720 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Sociology
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
4.07
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
National Populism Summary
National Populism
The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
by Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Against Our Will Summary
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
by Susan Brownmiller 1975 472 pages
4.05
4k+ ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
History
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Culture Summary
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
by Martin Puchner 2023 384 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
History
Art
Sociology
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Dialectical Imagination Summary
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
by Martin Jay 1973 420 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
by Steven Conn 2023 320 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
History
Urbanism
Politics
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Schadenfreude Summary
Schadenfreude
The Joy of Another's Misfortune
by Tiffany Watt Smith 2018 157 pages
3.37
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
History
Politics
War
The Unprotected Class Summary
The Unprotected Class
How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
by Jeremy Carl 2024 400 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Race
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
by Christopher F. Rufo 2023 352 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Hive Mind Summary
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
by Garett Jones 2015 184 pages
3.56
100+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
Our Kind Summary
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going
by Marvin Harris 1989 547 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Anthropology
Science
History
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
by Marvin Harris 1981 224 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
History
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