• A Word about Bad Books
    A Word about Bad Books

    On the road to curating good books for our readers, we’ve learned a bit about bad ones. Click here for the abstract.

  • The 1845 Tiny Home Craze
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 3 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 288 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 341 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.
    The 1845 Tiny Home Craze

    Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Or: How to Escape the Rat Race (and Make Peace with Woodchuck Cravings)

  • The Bold, the Beautiful and the Murderous
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 9 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 3 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 451 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 538 minutes (about 9 hours). Learn more.
    The Bold, the Beautiful and the Murderous

    Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Or: Why You Should Embrace Aging Gracefully

  • Photo by Ajeet Mestry on Unsplash
    Photo by Ajeet Mestry on Unsplash
    The Art of Retiring (in Time)

    But what if you’re only 26? Even better! Here’s why.

  • Photo by Louis Velazquez on Unsplash
    Photo by Louis Velazquez on Unsplash
    Congress’ Attempt to Curtail Presidential War Making Powers

    The Founding Fathers, 9/11 and a sixty-word blank check.

  • Photo by Omid Armin on Unsplash
    Photo by Omid Armin on Unsplash
    The Current Iran Crisis Has Been Long in the Making

    And it will remain a hot issue in the foreseeable future. Here is why and what might happen next. 

  • Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash
    Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash
    Books of the Year 2019

    Invisible women, 25 pairs of shoes, and the long-awaited end of unnecessary meetings – here are this year’s reading recommendations from different departments at getAbstract.

  • The Opportunity Atlas
    The Opportunity Atlas
    How to Fix the American Dream

    Five years ago, the economist Raj Chetty proclaimed the end of the American Dream on the basis of the latest data on economic inequality. Now he wants to revive it.

  • VUCA
    Photo by Ethan on Unsplash
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 10 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 2 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 496 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 591 minutes (about 10 hours). Learn more.
    VUCA

    Or: How To Deal with Volatility

  • Kai Strittmatter, Foto Anton Turovinin (Piper Verlag)
    Kai Strittmatter by Anton Turovinin (Piper Verlag)
    “We Can No Longer Afford the Naivety When It Comes to China Under Xi Jinping”

    The "Middle Kingdom" is back. But not the way one had imagined in the West: While the Chinese economy is growing, the freedoms of the population are dwindling, says China expert Kai Strittmatter.