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How did society arrive at where it stands today? To learn about the politicians, scientists, innovators, leaders and rulers whose actions shaped the present, peruse these summaries.

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Summaries

9 Book

Lincoln's Mentors
The Education of a Leader
Michael Gerhardt
Custom House, 2021
9 Book

Burning the Books
A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
Richard Ovenden
Belknap Press, 2020
9 Book

Quirky
The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
Melissa Schilling
Public Affairs, 2018
8 Book

Why Trust Matters
An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us
Benjamin Ho
Columbia UP, 2021
8 Book

Titan
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Chernow
Random House, 1998
9 Book

Chip War
The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Chris Miller
Scribner, 2022
9 Book

The Way to Wealth
Benjamin Franklin
Applewood Books, 1986
6 Book

Investment Banking
Institutions, Politics, and Law
Alan D. Morrison and William J. Wilhelm Jr,
Oxford UP, 2007
Book

Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
W.W. Norton, 2005
8 Book

The Leader’s Mind
How Great Leaders Prepare, Perform, and Prevail
Jim Afremow and Phil White
HarperCollins Leadership, 2021
9 Book

Strategy
A History
Lawrence Freedman
Oxford UP, 2013
Book

21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
Spiegel & Grau, 2018