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Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 512 pages
3.90
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Thinking Strategically Summary
Thinking Strategically
The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
by Avinash K. Dixit 1991 393 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Management
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
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
Success and Luck Summary
Success and Luck
Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
by Robert H. Frank 2016 208 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Psychology
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
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
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? Summary
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
From The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single)
by Jonathan Haidt 2016 73 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
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
Feminism Is for Everybody Summary
Feminism Is for Everybody
Passionate Politics
by bell hooks 2000 123 pages
4.16
26k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2011 298 pages
4.09
10k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
No Logo Summary
No Logo
by Naomi Klein 2000 528 pages
3.89
32k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
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
Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk Summary
Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk
A Christian's Guide to Engaging Politics
by Eugene Cho 2020 272 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Politics
Christian
Christianity
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
Emergent Strategy Summary
Emergent Strategy
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
by Adrienne Maree Brown 2017 280 pages
4.27
9k+ ratings
Social Justice
Politics
Activism
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
Between Barack and a Hard Place Summary
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
by Tim Wise 2009 159 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Race
Politics
Anti Racist
All Too Human Summary
All Too Human
by George Stephanopoulos 1999 480 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017 167 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
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
Asking for It Summary
Asking for It
The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It
by Kate Harding 2014 261 pages
4.37
4k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Gender Studies
The Undercover Economist Summary
The Undercover Economist
by Tim Harford 2005 288 pages
3.81
28k+ ratings
Economics
Business
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
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
by Shoshana Zuboff 2018 691 pages
4.06
12k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
To Repair the World Summary
To Repair the World
Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation
by Paul Farmer 2013 294 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Health
Science
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
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
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
by Paul Hawken 2007 352 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
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 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
America Summary
America
The Farewell Tour
by Chris Hedges 2018 400 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
In Mistrust We Trust Summary
In Mistrust We Trust
by Ivan Krastev
3.94
50+ ratings
Politics
Economics
China's Economy Summary
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Arthur R. Kroeber 2016 336 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
China
Economics
Politics
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by Paul Krugman 2008 224 pages
3.83
8k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
by Kalle Lasn 1999 272 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Fight for Liberty Summary
Fight for Liberty
Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump
by Mark Lasswell 2018 320 pages
3.88
50+ ratings
Politics
History
When They Call You a Terrorist Summary
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 257 pages
4.50
24k+ ratings
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter D. Schiff 2010 256 pages
4.16
5k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
AI Superpowers Summary
AI Superpowers
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
by Kai-Fu Lee 2018 255 pages
4.09
15k+ ratings
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
The Big Short Summary
The Big Short
Inside the Doomsday Machine
by Michael Lewis 2010 291 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen 1995 383 pages
3.97
71k+ ratings
History
Education
Politics
Can't Even Summary
Can't Even
How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
by Anne Helen Petersen 2020 304 pages
3.93
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Self Help
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari
by Darren McGarvey 2017 224 pages
4.02
6k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Machiavelli Summary
Machiavelli
A Very Short Introduction
by Quentin Skinner 1981 110 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
The Almost Nearly Perfect People Summary
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
by Michael Booth 2014 416 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Travel
History
Politics
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