10 min read ⌚ Care to learn a thing or two about the Spanish Civil War? Then George Orwell’s personal account of it is nothing short of a must! We present to you the summary of his unforgettable Homage to Catalonia. Who Should Read “Homage to Catalonia”? And Why? Homage to Catalonia is not one of […]
5 min read ⌚ The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II How many times have we heard about the exploitation and killings of Jews, and just bypassing the destiny of the African-Americans? Although organized extermination was never the goal; slavery was seen as the quickest way of becoming rich. Let’s […]
7 min read ⌚ A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years You’ve read that right: “Guns, Germs, and Steel” tells everything about everybody. In 500 pages. Here summarized in about 1,500 words! Who Should Read “Guns, Germs, and Steel”? And Why? The main reason why Jared Diamond wrote “Guns, Germs, and Steel” was a […]
7 min read ⌚ Ready for a new speculative bubble? Because as John Kenneth Galbraith’s “A Short History of Financial Euphoria” demonstrates, if there’s one thing history has taught us it’s that there will surely be one very soon. Read ahead to find out why. Who Should Read “A Short History of Financial Euphoria”? And Why? In […]
7 min read ⌚ The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq In “Bush at War,” Bob Woodward recounted George W. Bush’s responses to the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent War in Afghanistan. Now, in “Plan of Attack” he picks up where he left off. Which means – it’s time the American public learns of the […]
7 min read ⌚ A Brief Economic History of the World Have you ever wondered why some nations are rich and others poor? Or, say, why some of the latter can’t get out of poverty regardless of their systems or the number of benevolent outside interventions? Well, Gregory Clark has – and for most of his […]
6 min read ⌚ A Memoir of the Obama White House Do you want a look behind the doors of the Obama administration? Well, who better to offer you one than Ben Rhodes, one of Obama’s most trusted advisors? Rhodes tells it all in his 2018 memoir, “The World as It Is.” Who Should Read “The […]
6 min read ⌚ Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations As his life is nearing to its inevitable end, John McCain feels the pressing need to cast a candid eye on all the good he had the privilege of experiencing and all the mistakes that he, unfortunately, made. The result? “The Restless Wave,” […]
6 min read ⌚ Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government Hey, remember when we told you that the Ancient Greeks believed democracy to be the second worst way to organize a country? And, then, when we took, with Condoleezza Rice, the very opposing view, according to which it is humanity’s best way to counter totalitarianism. […]
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