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LeaderShift Summary
LeaderShift
A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead
by Orrin Woodward 2013 208 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
History
Innovate Like Edison Summary
Innovate Like Edison
The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor
by Michael J. Gelb 2007 320 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Business
Biography
Personal Development
The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by Diane Vaughan 1996 592 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
History
Science
Space
World War C Summary
World War C
Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One
by Sanjay Gupta 2021 290 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Science
Medical
Health
The Long Alliance Summary
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
by Gabriel Debenedetti 2022 432 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins 2004 303 pages
3.87
38k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
by Saket Soni 2023 368 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Never Give an Inch Summary
Never Give an Inch
Fighting for the America I Love
by Mike Pompeo 2022 455 pages
4.33
1k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane 2011 575 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
by Martin Wolf 2023 496 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
by Bryant Simon 2017 320 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
History
American History
Labor
The Twilight Struggle Summary
The Twilight Struggle
What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
by Hal Brands 2022 318 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Military Fiction
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly 1887 92 pages
3.87
22k+ ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
by Bernie Sanders 2023 320 pages
4.09
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
In The Land Of Israel Summary
In The Land Of Israel
by Amos Oz 1982 304 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Israel
History
Jewish
The Story of My Life Summary
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller 1902 240 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
How to Read the Bible Summary
How to Read the Bible
A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
by James L. Kugel 2007 819 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Religion
History
Theology
How to Think Like a Woman Summary
How to Think Like a Woman
Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
by Regan Penaluna 2023 320 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Feminism
History
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
50k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The Teachers Summary
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
by Alexandra Robbins 2023 372 pages
4.18
3k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 271 pages
4.11
13k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Can Ireland Be One? Summary
Can Ireland Be One?
by Malachi O'Doherty 2022 276 pages
3.89
50+ ratings
History
Ireland
The Spymasters Summary
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
On Fascism Summary
On Fascism
by Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020 208 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Tory Nation Summary
Tory Nation
How one party took over
by Samuel Earle 2023
4.20
50+ ratings
Politics
History
Celebrity Nation Summary
Celebrity Nation
How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers
by Landon Y. Jones 2023 216 pages
3.33
100+ ratings
History
Pop Culture
Power and Progress Summary
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
by Daron Acemoğlu 2023
3.94
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Path to Power Summary
The Path to Power
by Robert A. Caro 1982 882 pages
4.41
25k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Giant Killer Summary
The Giant Killer
The Unbelievable True Story of the Smallest Special Forces Soldier to Ever Serve Who Became a War Hero; Whose Life and Death are Shrouded in Mystery
by David A. Yuzuk 2020 282 pages
4.49
1k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Hitler's American Model Summary
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
by James Q. Whitman 2017 224 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Brave Genius Summary
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
by Sean B. Carroll 2013 592 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
History
Science
Biography
The Book of Charlie Summary
The Book of Charlie
Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
by David von Drehle 2023 194 pages
3.99
10k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
The Road to Unfreedom Summary
The Road to Unfreedom
Russia, Europe, America
by Timothy Snyder 2018 359 pages
4.36
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Russia
Recoding America Summary
Recoding America
Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
by Jennifer Pahlka 2023 336 pages
4.42
2k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Government
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup
How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
by Claire Provost 2023 296 pages
4.39
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 352 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Politics
History
American
The Capitalist Manifesto Summary
The Capitalist Manifesto
Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World
by Johan Norberg 2023 331 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Laws of Human Nature Summary
The Laws of Human Nature
by Robert Greene 2018 624 pages
4.36
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
To Risk It All Summary
To Risk It All
Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
by James G. Stavridis 2022 351 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
Leadership
Invention and Innovation Summary
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
by Vaclav Smil 2023 232 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
History
Science
Technology
Internet Summary
Internet
by Mikko Hyppönen 2021 288 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Technology
Finnish Literature
Business
Values, Voice and Virtue Summary
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
by Matthew Goodwin 2023
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Hackers Summary
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by Steven Levy 1984 464 pages
4.16
8k+ ratings
History
Technology
Computer Science
Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success
by Michael D'Antonio 2015 400 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Business
The Country of the Blind Summary
The Country of the Blind
A Memoir at the End of Sight
by Andrew Leland 2023 368 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China
by Linda Jaivin 2021 263 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
History
China
Asia
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe 2023
3.96
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Visionaries Summary
The Visionaries
Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
by Wolfram Eilenberger 2020 399 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Grant Summary
Grant
by Ron Chernow 2017 1074 pages
4.50
40k+ ratings
History
Biography
Civil War
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