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Big History Summary
Big History
The Big Bang, Life On Earth, And The Rise Of Humanity
by David Christian 2008
4.42
500+ ratings
History
Science
Evolution
The Coming Prince Summary
The Coming Prince
by Robert Anderson 1957 320 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Theology
Christianity
Christian
The Battle For Syria Summary
The Battle For Syria
International Rivalry In The New Middle East
by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Existentialism Summary
Existentialism
A Very Short Introduction
by Thomas R. Flynn 2006 160 pages
3.49
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th Edition Summary
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th Edition
by John Losee 1972 328 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
History
What Is Life? Summary
What Is Life?
Five Great Ideas in Biology
by Paul Nurse 2020 160 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
History
The Voice of Human Justice Summary
The Voice of Human Justice
by George Jordac 2008
4.35
100+ ratings
Religion
Biography
History
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
The Basics
by Nigel Warburton 1995 184 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
History
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
The Classics
by Nigel Warburton 2000 280 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
What Is This Thing Called Science? Summary
What Is This Thing Called Science?
by Alan F. Chalmers 1976 266 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
History
The Great Divergence Summary
The Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
by Kenneth Pomeranz 2000 392 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
History
Economics
China
The Race between Education and Technology Summary
The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin 2008 496 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Economics
Education
History
The Eye of the Master Summary
The Eye of the Master
A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
by Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 272 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
History
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Legionnaire Summary
Legionnaire
Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
by Simon Murray 1978 384 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Quantum Computing Summary
Quantum Computing
The transformative technology of the Qubit Revolution
by Brian Clegg 2021 176 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Science
Physics
Technology
In the Enemy's House Summary
In the Enemy's House
The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies
by Howard Blum 2018 352 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
History
Espionage
Russia
The Woman All Spies Fear Summary
The Woman All Spies Fear
Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021 328 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
A Line in the Sand Summary
A Line in the Sand
Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East
by James Barr 2011 352 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
G.I. Gurdjieff Summary
G.I. Gurdjieff
The War Against Sleep
by Colin Wilson 1980 136 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
No Hero Summary
No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages
4.14
5k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Kill Chain Summary
Kill Chain
Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
by Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
History
Politics
War
Engineers of Dreams Summary
Engineers of Dreams
Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America
by Henry Petroski 1995 479 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
History
Engineering
Science
Defenders of the West Summary
Defenders of the West
The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam
by Raymond Ibrahim 2022 352 pages
4.64
500+ ratings
History
Christianity
Christian
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
by Sheila Bair 2012 432 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Man Who Ran Washington Summary
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
by Peter Baker 2020 688 pages
4.45
2k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Collusion Summary
Collusion
How Central Bankers Rigged the World
by Nomi Prins 2018 384 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
History
Sons of Wichita Summary
Sons of Wichita
How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
by Daniel Schulman 2014 432 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Business
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Summary
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2008 544 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
World War II
Crash Course Summary
Crash Course
The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster
by Paul Ingrassia 2009 320 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Business
History
Economics
Bad Gays Summary
Bad Gays
A Homosexual History
by Huw Lemmey 2022 368 pages
3.55
4k+ ratings
History
Queer
LGBT
The Sellout Summary
The Sellout
How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
by Charles Gasparino 2009 553 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
An Empire of Wealth Summary
An Empire of Wealth
The Epic History of American Economic Power
by John Steele Gordon 2004 460 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
History
Economics
Business
The Firm Summary
The Firm
The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business
by Duff McDonald 2013 400 pages
3.75
3k+ ratings
Business
History
Management
Maestro Summary
Maestro
Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
by Bob Woodward 2000 288 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
Economics
Biography
Politics
The Age of Turbulence Summary
The Age of Turbulence
by Alan Greenspan 2007 575 pages
3.65
7k+ ratings
Economics
Biography
Business
Bagehot Summary
Bagehot
The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
by James Grant 2019 368 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Biography
Economics
History
Hall of Mirrors Summary
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History
by Barry Eichengreen 2014 520 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Premonition Summary
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
by Michael Lewis 2021 304 pages
4.33
41k+ ratings
Science
History
Politics
The Facebook Effect Summary
The Facebook Effect
The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World
by David Kirkpatrick 2010 384 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
The Last Tycoons Summary
The Last Tycoons
The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
by William D. Cohan 2007 752 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Business
Finance
History
Return to the Little Kingdom Summary
Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
by Michael Moritz 2009 352 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Apple
Lombard Street Summary
Lombard Street
A Description of the Money Market
by Walter Bagehot 1873 188 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
History
The Great Influenza Summary
The Great Influenza
The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by John M. Barry 2004 546 pages
3.98
41k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve Summary
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
by Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Economics
Banking
Finance
Tulipomania Summary
Tulipomania
The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
by Mike Dash 2000 273 pages
3.66
2k+ ratings
History
Economics
Microhistory
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance Summary
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance
by Perry G. Mehrling 2005 400 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Biography
Capital Ideas Evolving Summary
Capital Ideas Evolving
by Peter L. Bernstein 2007 282 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
The Robber Barons Summary
The Robber Barons
by Matthew Josephson 1934 496 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
History
Business
American History
The End of Wall Street Summary
The End of Wall Street
by Roger Lowenstein 2010 368 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
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