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A People’s History of Computing in the United States Summary
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
by Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 336 pages
3.48
100+ ratings
History
Technology
Computer Science
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Summary
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
by Joshua Hammer 2016 280 pages
3.50
11k+ ratings
History
Africa
Books About Books
Hi Honey, I'm Homo! Summary
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!
Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture
by Matt Baume 2023 272 pages
4.33
1k+ ratings
LGBT
History
Queer
The Aquarian Conspiracy Summary
The Aquarian Conspiracy
Personal and Social Transformation in Our Time
by Marilyn Ferguson 1980 464 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
History
Capitalism Unbound Summary
Capitalism Unbound
The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights
by Andrew Bernstein 2009 148 pages
4.30
50+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
History
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman Summary
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
by Joseph R. Fornieri 2013 248 pages
4.60
5+ ratings
History
The Alchemy of Us Summary
The Alchemy of Us
How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
by Ainissa Ramirez 2020 328 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Technology
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993 592 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
China
Military Fiction
George Washington Summary
George Washington
by James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Presidents
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky 2022 200 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
God's Hotel Summary
God's Hotel
A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
by Victoria Sweet 2012 372 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
Quantum Man Summary
Quantum Man
Richard Feynman's Life in Science
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2011 368 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
Six Days of Impossible Summary
Six Days of Impossible
Navy SEAL Hell Week - A Doctor Looks Back
by Robert Adams 2017 228 pages
4.41
100+ ratings
Military Fiction
War
Military History
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 240 pages
4.47
1k+ ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
Tears of the Desert Summary
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
by Halima Bashir 2008 316 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Africa
Memoir
Biography
A Childhood Summary
A Childhood
The Biography of a Place
by Harry Crews 1978 182 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Southern
Saint Thomas Aquinas Summary
Saint Thomas Aquinas
by G.K. Chesterton 1933 167 pages
4.10
5k+ ratings
Biography
Religion
Philosophy
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Andrew Lycett 2007 576 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Biography
History
Mystery
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West Summary
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
by Konstantin Kisin 2022 288 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Father of Spin Summary
The Father of Spin
Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations
by Larry Tye 1998 304 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Biography
Psychology
History
Stalling for Time Summary
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
by Gary Noesner 2010 372 pages
3.93
5k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
Why Empires Fall Summary
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
by Peter Heather 1983 185 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Things We Make Summary
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
by Bill Hammack 2023 272 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Engineering
The Perennials Summary
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
by Mauro F. Guillén 2023 263 pages
3.60
100+ ratings
Sociology
Business
History
The Snowball Summary
The Snowball
Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
by Alice Schroeder 2008 960 pages
4.15
52k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.66
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.66
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
The Ballot and the Bible Summary
The Ballot and the Bible
How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
by Kaitlyn Schiess 2023 224 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.43
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages
4.41
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Seldom Disappointed Summary
Seldom Disappointed
A Memoir
by Tony Hillerman 2001 368 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
20k+ ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
Mind Hunter Summary
Mind Hunter
Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John E. Douglas 1995 397 pages
4.09
75k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages
4.41
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Walk the Blue Line Summary
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
by James Patterson 2023 352 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Biography
Crime
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 320 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
Becoming Steve Jobs Summary
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
by Brent Schlender 2015 464 pages
4.14
16k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
by Rory Stewart 2023 436 pages
4.34
13k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 304 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Same as Ever Summary
Same as Ever
A Guide to What Never Changes
by Morgan Housel 2023 240 pages
4.17
17k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Finance
The Genius of Israel Summary
The Genius of Israel
The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
by Dan Senor 2023 336 pages
4.38
500+ ratings
Israel
History
Jewish
Controligarchs Summary
Controligarchs
Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
by Seamus Bruner 2023 384 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
by Xi Van Fleet 2023 320 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Politics
History
China
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Summary
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
by Tim Alberta 2023 506 pages
4.42
13k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Women, Race & Class Summary
Women, Race & Class
by Angela Y. Davis 1981 271 pages
4.58
31k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Race
12 Bytes Summary
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
by Jeanette Winterson 2021 324 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Essays
Science
Technology
Philosophy as a Way of Life Summary
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
by Pierre Hadot 1981 320 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Spirituality
Vienna Summary
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
by Richard Cockett 2023 464 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Travel
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Bill of Obligations Summary
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
by Richard N. Haass 2023 240 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
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