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Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 512 pages
3.90
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Fermat's Enigma Summary
Fermat's Enigma
by Simon Singh 1997 315 pages
4.30
32k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Thinking Big Summary
Thinking Big
How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
by Clive Gamble 2014 266 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
by Mitchell Duneier 2015 304 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Race
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Summary
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
by Donald J. Robertson 2019 304 pages
4.35
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles Ferguson 2012 368 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Big Thirst Summary
The Big Thirst
The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
by Charles Fishman 2010 418 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Black Mass Summary
Black Mass
by Dick Lehr 2000 424 pages
3.80
8k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
About Time Summary
About Time
Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
by Adam Frank 2011 432 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Science
History
Physics
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads
The Present and Future of the World
by Professor Peter Frankopan 2018 313 pages
3.58
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
China
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads
A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2015 636 pages
4.18
43k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Paul Summary
Paul
The Pagans' Apostle
by Paula Fredriksen 2017 336 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies Summary
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more
by Arthur Goldwag 2009 400 pages
3.35
500+ ratings
History
Religion
Cults
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Secret Life of Groceries Summary
The Secret Life of Groceries
The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
by Benjamin Lorr 2020 328 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Food
History
Business
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
An American Prophecyβ€”What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
by William Strauss 1996 400 pages
3.88
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism Summary
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
by Angela Y. Davis 1998 464 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Music
Feminism
History
Newton's Football Summary
Newton's Football
The Science Behind America's Game
by Allen St. John 2013 272 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Sports
Science
Football
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2011 298 pages
4.09
10k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Musashi's Book of Five Rings Summary
Musashi's Book of Five Rings
The Definitive Interpertation of Miyomoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
by Stephen F. Kaufman 2012 128 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Classics
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
by William C. Rempel 2018 432 pages
4.36
1k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
No Logo Summary
No Logo
by Naomi Klein 2000 528 pages
3.89
32k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Cassandra Speaks Summary
Cassandra Speaks
When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
by Elizabeth Lesser 2020 304 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Essays
Minds Make Societies Summary
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
by Pascal Boyer 2018 359 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
The J Curve Summary
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
by Ian Bremmer 2006 320 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Leadership Summary
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages
4.40
15k+ ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski 1973 448 pages
4.20
6k+ ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart
How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015 261 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
How to Win an Argument Summary
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
How to Win an Election Summary
How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
by Quintus Tullius Cicero 128 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Classics
All Too Human Summary
All Too Human
by George Stephanopoulos 1999 480 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.20
200k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Intel Trinity Summary
The Intel Trinity
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
by Michael S. Malone 2014 560 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
The Lost Painting Summary
The Lost Painting
The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr 2005 320 pages
3.86
34k+ ratings
Art
History
Art History
Money Summary
Money
The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
by Jacob Goldstein 2020 272 pages
4.19
6k+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Excellent Daughters Summary
Excellent Daughters
The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
by Katherine Zoepf 2016 258 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
A Vindication of the Rights of Women Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 224 pages
3.91
25k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
by Bernard Wood 2005 144 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
Revolutionary Characters Summary
Revolutionary Characters
What Made the Founders Different
by Gordon S. Wood 2006 336 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
History
American History
Biography
The Mis-Education of the Negro Summary
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson 1933 215 pages
4.48
9k+ ratings
History
Education
Race
The Little Locksmith Summary
The Little Locksmith
by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943 272 pages
3.66
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Classics
Biography
A Briefer History of Time Summary
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 2005 176 pages
4.26
41k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
Keynes Hayek Summary
Keynes Hayek
The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
by Nicholas Wapshott 2011 400 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The First Muslim Summary
The First Muslim
The Story of Muhammad
by Lesley Hazleton 2013 320 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
The Golden Passport Summary
The Golden Passport
Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite
by Duff McDonald 2017 672 pages
3.40
100+ ratings
Business
History
Education
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
by William Hazelgrove 2018 332 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Science
The Cult of Trump Summary
The Cult of Trump
A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
by Steven Hassan 2019 320 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Cults
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