Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
The Barefoot Lawyer
A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
China
Memoir
Biography
Them And Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The American Presidency
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
American History
Entrepreneurial Nation
Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future
Politics
Business
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
Health
Economics
Medicine
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
Privacy in the Age of Big Data
Recognizing Threats, Defending Your Rights, and Protecting Your Family
Technology
Politics
Science
The Road Taken
The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
History
Engineering
Economics
Six Questions of Socrates
A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy
Philosophy
Politics
Religion
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
Philosophy
Politics
History
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
Business
Leadership
Society
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Race
History
Anti Racist
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
Secrets to Winning at Office Politics
Business
Psychology
Management
The Economics of Innocent Fraud
Truth for Our Time
Economics
Politics
Business
The Real Price of Everything
Rediscovering The Six Classics of Economics
Economics
Business
Finance
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The Hacking of the American Mind
The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
Health
Psychology
Science
A World of Three Zeros
The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions
Economics
Business
Politics
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Square and the Tower
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
History
Politics
Economics
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Capitalism without Capital
The Rise of the Intangible Economy
Economics
Business
Finance
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
Psychology
Cults
Politics
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
Politics
History
Political Science
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
History
Race
Politics
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Religion
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Science
Philosophy
History
So You Want to Talk About Race
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
Russia
Memoir
Politics
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
Economics
Politics
History
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
How to Fix the Future
Technology
Science
Society
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Women & Power
A Manifesto
Feminism
History
Essays
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Economics
Business
Politics
China's Great Wall of Debt
Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
China
Economics
Politics
Divided
Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
Politics
History
Geography
Our Angry Earth
Science
Politics
Ecology
Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Science
Psychology
Economics
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Business
History
Politics
On Grand Strategy
History
Politics
Business
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
Psychology
Mental Health
History
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Race
Politics
Feminism
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
Politics
History
War
Censored
Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
China
Politics
History
The Future of Work
Robots, AI, and Automation
Business
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Radical Markets
Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
Economics
Politics
Finance