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The Society of the Spectacle Summary
The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord 1967 154 pages
4.03
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
A World Without Work Summary
A World Without Work
Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
by Daniel Susskind 2020 307 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Technology
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams 1902 88 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
How to Educate a Citizen Summary
How to Educate a Citizen
The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. 2020 224 pages
3.82
100+ ratings
Education
Politics
History
Manias, Panics, and Crashes Summary
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
A History of Financial Crises
by Charles P. Kindleberger 1978 304 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
History
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Theology
The Worldly Philosophers Summary
The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L. Heilbroner 1953 368 pages
4.16
8k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
History
The People vs. Democracy Summary
The People vs. Democracy
Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
by Yascha Mounk 2018 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club
How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
by Tina Rosenberg 2011 432 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
Yes We (Still) Can Summary
Yes We (Still) Can
Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
by Dan Pfeiffer 2018 304 pages
4.16
7k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Graphic Edition
by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.43
3k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
History
Politics
Minima Moralia Summary
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
by Theodor W. Adorno 1951 256 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
How the World Ran Out of Everything Summary
How the World Ran Out of Everything
Inside the Global Supply Chain
by Peter S. Goodman 2024 416 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
History
Liquid Modernity Summary
Liquid Modernity
by Zygmunt Bauman 1999 240 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
When the Clock Broke Summary
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
by John Ganz 2024 432 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Life at the Bottom Summary
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001 284 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
by Bernie Sanders 2017 226 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes 1986 886 pages
4.40
23k+ ratings
History
Science
Physics
Groupthink Summary
Groupthink
Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes
by Irving L. Janis 1982 349 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
History
The Spy and the Traitor Summary
The Spy and the Traitor
The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by Ben Macintyre 2018 384 pages
4.52
78k+ ratings
History
Espionage
Biography
Cheaper, Faster, Better Summary
Cheaper, Faster, Better
How We’ll Win the Climate War
by Tom Steyer 2024 280 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Environment
Science
Economics
What's Our Problem? Summary
What's Our Problem?
A Self-Help Book for Societies
by Tim Urban 2023 746 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
The Identity Trap Summary
The Identity Trap
A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
by Yascha Mounk 2023 414 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Patriot Summary
Patriot
A Memoir
by Alexei Navalny 2024 496 pages
4.59
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Politics
Biography
The Jakarta Method Summary
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
by Vincent Bevins 2020 320 pages
4.61
12k+ ratings
History
Politics
Asia
Government Gangsters Summary
Government Gangsters
The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
by Kash Pramod Patel 2023 320 pages
4.55
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Government
The Anarchy Summary
The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
by William Dalrymple 2019 544 pages
4.20
16k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
The Wind in My Hair Summary
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
by Masih Alinejad 2018 400 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Iran
الذرة الاجتماعية Summary
الذرة الاجتماعية
لماذا يزداد الأثرياء ثراءً والفقراء فقرًا؟
by Mark Buchanan 2007 333 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
The World for Sale Summary
The World for Sale
Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
by Javier Blas 2021 410 pages
4.34
9k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
A History of Modern Iran Summary
A History of Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Politics
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis Summary
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis
by Ben S. Bernanke 2013 144 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Answer to History Summary
Answer to History
by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1979 204 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Theories of International Relations Summary
Theories of International Relations
by Andrew Linklater 1996 310 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
International Relations
Politics
Political Science
Soft Power Summary
Soft Power
The Means to Success in World Politics
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 2004 191 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Green Collar Economy Summary
The Green Collar Economy
How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
by Van Jones 2008 256 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Economics
Environment
Sustainability
International Law Summary
International Law
by Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Law
International Relations
Textbooks
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
Public Relations Summary
Public Relations
by Edward L. Bernays 1952 374 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Summary
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942 460 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Das Kapital Summary
Das Kapital
by Karl Marx 1867 356 pages
4.08
22k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
توتالیتاریسم Summary
توتالیتاریسم
by Hannah Arendt 1968 365 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Shah Summary
The Shah
by Abbas Milani 2007 496 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Biography
After the Prophet Summary
After the Prophet
The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
by Lesley Hazleton 2009 256 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
History
Religion
Islam
The Shia Revival Summary
The Shia Revival
How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
by Vali Nasr 2006 310 pages
3.88
2k+ ratings
History
Islam
Religion
Conspirators' Hierarchy Summary
Conspirators' Hierarchy
The Story of the Committee of 300
by John Coleman 2010 302 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
John Adams Summary
John Adams
by David McCullough 2001 751 pages
4.08
300k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
MBS Summary
MBS
The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman
by Ben Hubbard 2020 384 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Target Tehran Summary
Target Tehran
How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
by Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023 432 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Israel
Iran
Politics
Prisoner Summary
Prisoner
My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
by Jason Rezaian 2019 320 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Iran
Biography
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