The AI-Powered Reader

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Unlock more books in less time. "The AI-Powered Reader" brings you the essential insights and core ideas from must-read books, allowing you to absorb knowledge efficiently without the long read. Perfect for the busy mind and curious listener.

  1. 5H AGO

    E26 “Russia's War on Everybody” by Keir Giles

    Serhii Plokhy’s The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History presents the full-scale 2022 invasion not as an isolated event, but as the violent culmination of a conflict initiated in 2014. The book’s fundamental argument frames the war as an old-fashioned imperial conflict, driven by Russia's deep-seated historical ambitions, against which Ukraine is fighting a definitive war of independence. Plokhy’s work is aimed at an audience seeking a longue durée historical perspective to understand the conflict's origins far beyond contemporary headlines. The author poses the book's central questions directly: "What made such a war of aggression possible? What made the Ukrainians resist as they did...? Finally, what will be the most important consequences of the war for Ukraine, Russia, Europe, and the world?" As a Harvard historian of Ukrainian origin, Plokhy is a preeminent authority on the subject. His analysis provides an indispensable framework for policymakers, journalists, and strategists, dismantling the Kremlin's historical justifications and offering the definitive long-view needed to navigate the geopolitical fallout of this conflict, which he terms "the return of history" to Europe.

    31 min

  2. 1D AGO

    E25 “Johnson at 10” by Anthony Seldon , Raymond Newell

    Its core value proposition is its function as an authoritative historical record, positioning it to capture the market of politically engaged audiences seeking an alternative to partisan memoirs and ephemeral journalism. The book’s central premise is a critical analysis that seeks to answer fundamental questions, chief among them: *“How did Johnson squander a great landslide election victory within little more than two years?”* Its target audience comprises educated readers with a keen interest in modern British political history and leadership analysis.The authority of authors Sir Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell is a primary marketing asset. Seldon, Chair of the National Archives Trust, has a prolific portfolio of over forty books, establishing him as a household name in contemporary history. Newell, a contemporary historian trained at Oxford, ensures the work’s scholarly rigour. Their previous collaboration on *May at 10* creates a pre-existing audience and critical benchmark for success. Understanding the book's core thematic pillars is the next step in crafting a targeted media strategy.

    28 min

  3. 2D AGO

    E24 “AI-Powered Developer” by Nathan B. Crocker

    AI-Powered Developer presents the central argument that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are transformative partners in the software development lifecycle, serving as a practical guide for integrating these tools to enhance productivity, creativity, and efficiency. The primary audience of professional developers and tech enthusiasts will find immense value in the book's structure, which is designed to answer the industry's most pressing questions that arise from this new AI partnership: How can developers use AI to accelerate development from design to deployment? What are the best practices for integrating tools like ChatGPT and Copilot into a professional workflow? And critically, when is it appropriate—and inappropriate—to use generative AI? Author Nathan B. Crocker grounds the book's insights in expert, real-world application, bringing significant authority as the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Checker, an API-first solution that connects the traditional capital markets infrastructure to the blockchain ecosystem.

    34 min

  4. 6D AGO

    E23 - “The Struggle for Taiwan” by Sulmaan Wasif Khan

    In The Struggle for Taiwan, Sulmaan Wasif Khan delivers a trenchant historical corrective to the dangerous narratives shaping the U.S.-China-Taiwan standoff. Drawing on his authority as an Associate Professor of International History and Chinese Foreign Relations at Tufts University’s Fletcher School and author of Haunted by Chaos, Khan systematically dismantles the "bizarre mix of lies, amnesia, and half-truths" employed by both Beijing and Washington. He argues this distorted history fosters a perilous faith in deterrence, demonstrating across 80 years of history that past standoffs were averted less by strategy than by sheer luck—a crucial lesson lost on today’s policymakers. The book challenges readers to confront the crisis beyond the headlines: Why are common historical justifications so misleading? What pivotal “roads not taken” might have secured a different fate for the island? And most urgently, how is a deep understanding of this past essential to averting a catastrophic future?

    26 min

  5. NOV 8

    E22 - “Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis” by Robert D. Kaplan

    In Waste Land, Robert D. Kaplan—the Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics and author of seminal works like The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy—delivers a stark diagnosis of our global condition. His harrowing analogy is that the world has become "one big Weimar": a system "connected enough for one part to mortally influence the other parts, yet not connected enough to be politically coherent." This structural fragility, Kaplan argues, has plunged the globe into a state of "permanent crisis." This predicament compels an urgent inquiry into the defining questions of our era: Why does our technologically advanced world fragment under the pressure of cascading instability? What lessons can historical parallels, from the fall of empires to the Russian Revolution, offer about the perils ahead? Kaplan provides a vital guide for navigating the treacherous geopolitical landscape of the 21st century—a global "Waste Land" where anything is possible.

    23 min

  6. NOV 7

    E21 - “Untangle Your Emotions” by Jennie Allen

    For the millions who read Get Out of Your Head, bestselling author and IF:Gathering founder Jennie Allen delivers the necessary next step in Untangle Your Emotions. Drawing from her journey away from being a self-described "fixer," Allen reveals that many of us are emotionally tangled up in knots, experiencing disproportionate reactions to daily life due to unaddressed pain. The book invites readers to finally ask: Why do I have such overwhelming reactions to small triggers? What are my buried emotions trying to tell me? At its core is a liberating truth and paradigm shift: "feelings were never meant to be fixed; feelings are meant to be felt." Writing for everyone on the emotional spectrum—from the numb to the overwhelmed—Allen provides a biblically-grounded path to embrace feelings as God-given tools. This is a journey to untangle the knots that hold us back, unlocking the abundant, whole life found through deeper connection with God, others, and ourselves.

    13 min

  7. NOV 6

    E20 - “The Tears of Things” by Richard Rohr

    From globally recognized Franciscan friar Richard Rohr, the bestselling author of The Universal Christ, comes a profound reinterpretation of the Hebrew prophets for our modern “age of outrage.” In The Tears of Things, Rohr argues that the prophets are not angry predictors of doom but mystical guides who model a transformative spiritual path. This journey moves from righteous anger at injustice to a deep, empathetic sadness—what Rohr calls the prophetic “way of tears.” He reveals how true spiritual evolution requires embracing “holy disorder,” a necessary disruption of a failing status quo that ultimately leads to a “reorder” of higher consciousness, grace, and compassion. This book is essential for spiritual seekers, including those disillusioned with institutional religion, who are grappling with contemporary polarization and searching for a way to effect change from within. It powerfully answers the urgent question of how we can move beyond a religion of rules and scapegoating toward one of unconditional love and universal sympathy.

    24 min

  8. NOV 5

    E19 - “The Eurasian Century” by Hal Brands

    In The Eurasian Century, Hal Brands mounts a powerful case that the struggle for control over the Eurasian landmass and its surrounding waters has been the defining feature of modern global politics. As the planet’s “strategic center of the world”—home to 70% of the population and the bulk of its industrial and military potential—Eurasia has been the stage for a recurring conflict. This conflict pits ambitious continental autocracies seeking hegemony against offshore democracies like the United Kingdom and United States, which, in concert with continental allies, have fought to keep the supercontinent divided to preserve a world where freedom can flourish. Brands explores why Eurasia became the “engine of history” for the 20th century’s greatest hot wars, cold wars, and proxy wars, resolving the core paradox of how an era of “unmatched carnage” produced a system “more peaceful, prosperous, and democratic than anything humanity had known before.” Positioning America’s rivalries with China and Russia as the “next round in this geopolitical game,” the book asks what lessons the past offers for the upheaval ahead. A Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Brands grounds this sweeping narrative in extensive research from the “papers and archives of many countries.”

    27 min
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