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Our Kids Summary
Our Kids
The American Dream in Crisis
by Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Education
Politics
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela 1994 656 pages
4.36
90k+ ratings
Biography
History
Africa
Malcolm X Summary
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable 2011 608 pages
4.18
19k+ ratings
Biography
History
Race
The Meritocracy Trap Summary
The Meritocracy Trap
How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
by Daniel Markovits 2019 448 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Prisoners of Geography Summary
Prisoners of Geography
Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
by Tim Marshall 2015 256 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Marx Summary
Marx
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Singer 1980 108 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Hardball Summary
Hardball
How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game
by Chris Matthews 1988 240 pages
3.50
1k+ ratings
Politics
School
Political Science
The Art of Worldly Wisdom Summary
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
A Pocket Oracle
by Baltasar Gracián 1647 208 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Value of Everything Summary
The Value of Everything
Making and Taking in the Global Economy
by Mariana Mazzucato 2018 384 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Dark Money Summary
Dark Money
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer 2016 464 pages
4.31
26k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Character Is Destiny Summary
Character Is Destiny
Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember
by John McCain 2005 336 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Falter Summary
Falter
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
by Bill McKibben 2019 291 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
by Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Angela Merkel Summary
Angela Merkel
Europe's Most Influential Leader
by Matt Qvortrup 2016 376 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Truth Machine Summary
The Truth Machine
The Blockchain and the Future of Everything
by Michael J. Casey 2018 320 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Economics
Technology
Business
10 Judgements That Changed India Summary
10 Judgements That Changed India
by Zia Mody 2013 249 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
India
Law
History
How to Kill a City Summary
How to Kill a City
Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
by Peter Moskowitz 2017 272 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Urban Planning
Politics
Urbanism
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
7k+ ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
The Wise Men Summary
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama 1995 453 pages
3.94
200k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Politics
Becoming Summary
Becoming
by Michelle Obama 2018 426 pages
4.45
1.1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Panama Papers Summary
The Panama Papers
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
by Frederik Obermaier 2016 400 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Weapons of Math Destruction Summary
Weapons of Math Destruction
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
by Cathy O'Neil 2016 259 pages
3.88
28k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Politics
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 128 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
LikeWar Summary
LikeWar
The Weaponization of Social Media
by P.W. Singer 2018 416 pages
4.27
3k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Robert Paarlberg 2010 240 pages
3.48
100+ ratings
Food
Politics
Agriculture
Dear Madam President Summary
Dear Madam President
An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World
by Jennifer Palmieri 2018 179 pages
3.89
5k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Memoir
Dealing with China Summary
Dealing with China
An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
by Henry M. Paulson Jr. 2014 688 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Dying for a Paycheck Summary
Dying for a Paycheck
How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2018 266 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Business
Economics
Leadership
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.58
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
by Ahmed Rashid 2012 256 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Politics
Pakistan
History
The Bridge Summary
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by David Remnick 2010 656 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green
Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution
by Frederic C. Rich 2016 368 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
Currency Wars Summary
Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crisis
by James Rickards 2011 304 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The New Case for Gold Summary
The New Case for Gold
by James Rickards 2016 192 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
END OF OIL Summary
END OF OIL
by Paul Roberts 2004 412 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Politics
Science
Environment
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
Social Acceleration Summary
Social Acceleration
A New Theory of Modernity
by Hartmut Rosa 2005 470 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
History
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Justice Summary
Justice
What's the Right Thing to Do?
by Michael J. Sandel 2007 308 pages
4.30
26k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 448 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Food
Agriculture
Politics
9 Lessons in Brexit Summary
9 Lessons in Brexit
by Ivan Rogers 2019 46 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
by Guy Shrubsole 2019 385 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Animal Liberation Summary
Animal Liberation
by Peter Singer 1975 324 pages
4.30
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Vegan
Practical Ethics Summary
Practical Ethics
by Peter Singer 1979 411 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
The 5000 Year Leap Summary
The 5000 Year Leap
by W. Cleon Skousen 1981 337 pages
4.27
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Rage Inside the Machine Summary
Rage Inside the Machine
The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All
by Robert Elliott Smith 2019 344 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Technology
Science
Politics
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
by Daniel J. Solove 2011 256 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Law
Politics
Technology
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 600 pages
4.15
41k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
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