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Attention Summary
Attention
A Love Story
by Casey Schwartz 2020 240 pages
3.10
380 ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Mental Health
Psychic Warrior Summary
Psychic Warrior
The True Story of America's Foremost Psychic Spy and the Cover-Up of the CIA's Top-Secret Stargate Program
by David Morehouse 1996 310 pages
3.83
610 ratings
Paranormal
History
Biography
Divided Minds Summary
Divided Minds
Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia
by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005 336 pages
4.00
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Mental Health
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
by T Kira Madden 2019 336 pages
4.25
10.1K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
The Meaning of Everything Summary
The Meaning of Everything
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester 2003 288 pages
3.99
5.2K ratings
History
Language
Biography
I, Rigoberta Menchú Summary
I, Rigoberta Menchú
An Indian Woman in Guatemala
by Rigoberta Menchú 1984 252 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Enough Summary
Enough
by Cassidy Hutchinson 2023 379 pages
4.30
17.9K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Wouldn't it Be Nice Summary
Wouldn't it Be Nice
Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
by Charles L. Granata 2003 255 pages
3.94
480 ratings
Music
Biography
History
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior Summary
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior
The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
by Paul Strathern 2009 412 pages
3.97
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Italy
OPEN Summary
OPEN
Why asking for help can save your life
by Frankie Bridge 2020 258 pages
4.30
1.2K ratings
Mental Health
Self Help
Biography
To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages
3.78
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
Humanly Possible Summary
Humanly Possible
Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
by Sarah Bakewell 2023 464 pages
4.01
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Black Like Me Summary
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin 1961 208 pages
4.11
69.0K ratings
History
Memoir
Classics
Barbarian Days Summary
Barbarian Days
A Surfing Life
by William Finnegan 2015 447 pages
4.27
37.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Hotel Babylon Summary
Hotel Babylon
Inside the Extravagance and Mayhem of a Luxury Five-Star Hotel
by Anonymous 2004 271 pages
3.61
2.5K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Humor
Leonardo and the Last Supper Summary
Leonardo and the Last Supper
by Ross King 2012 336 pages
3.93
3.0K ratings
History
Art
Biography
The Monk as Man Summary
The Monk as Man
The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda
by Sankar 2008 264 pages
3.88
308 ratings
Biography
Spirituality
India
Benjamin Graham on Value Investing Summary
Benjamin Graham on Value Investing
Lessons from the Dean of Wall Street
by Janet Lowe 1994 272 pages
3.95
237 ratings
Finance
Business
Biography
I Shall Not Hate Summary
I Shall Not Hate
A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010 237 pages
4.32
7.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
History
Ghost Hunters Summary
Ghost Hunters
William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death
by Deborah Blum 2006 371 pages
3.69
1.2K ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
A Beautiful Work In Progress Summary
A Beautiful Work In Progress
by Mirna Valerio 2017 336 pages
3.76
4.1K ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Shot All to Hell Summary
Shot All to Hell
Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape
by Mark Lee Gardner 2013 320 pages
4.03
1.0K ratings
History
True Crime
American History
SMiLE Summary
SMiLE
The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece
by Domenic Priore 2005 199 pages
3.83
137 ratings
Music
Biography
Rock N Roll
Flying on the Inside Summary
Flying on the Inside
A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery
by Rachel Gotto 2021 248 pages
3.89
3.3K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
My Effin' Life Summary
My Effin' Life
by Geddy Lee 2023 512 pages
4.55
7.9K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Apprentice Summary
The Apprentice
My Life in the Kitchen
by Jacques Pépin 2003 336 pages
4.19
10.6K ratings
Food
Memoir
Biography
Raquel Summary
Raquel
Beyond the Cleavage
by Raquel Welch 1984 266 pages
3.36
213 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Fly Girls Summary
Fly Girls
How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
by Keith O'Brien 2018 352 pages
3.92
9.0K ratings
History
Biography
Aviation
Jack Welch and the GE Way Summary
Jack Welch and the GE Way
Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO
by Robert Slater 1998 328 pages
3.70
496 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Hero Summary
Hero
The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
by Michael Korda 2010 699 pages
3.87
4.5K ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Here, There and Everywhere Summary
Here, There and Everywhere
My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
by Geoff Emerick 2006 387 pages
4.29
6.4K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Cartiers Summary
The Cartiers
The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
by Francesca Cartier Brickell 2019 656 pages
4.24
2.3K ratings
History
Biography
Fashion
How to Think Like Einstein Summary
How to Think Like Einstein
by Daniel Smith 2014 224 pages
3.57
273 ratings
Science
Biography
Philosophy
Eternity in Their Hearts Summary
Eternity in Their Hearts
Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World
by Don Richardson 1980 223 pages
4.29
4.0K ratings
Christian
Theology
Christianity
The Forgotten Highlander Summary
The Forgotten Highlander
My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
by Alistair Urquhart 2010 321 pages
4.53
5.2K ratings
History
Biography
War
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan Summary
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan
by Helen Keller 1902 79 pages
3.95
528 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
On Being Human Summary
On Being Human
A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019 336 pages
3.91
3.9K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography Memoir
The Melting Point Summary
The Melting Point
High Command and War in the 21st Century
by Kenneth F. McKenzie 2024 360 pages
4.37
115 ratings
Military Fiction
History
Memoir
The Accidental Investment Banker Summary
The Accidental Investment Banker
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
by Jonathan A. Knee 2006 288 pages
3.59
830 ratings
Finance
Business
Biography
The Inkblots Summary
The Inkblots
Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
by Damion Searls 2015 405 pages
3.74
959 ratings
Psychology
History
Biography
Heroes And Villains Summary
Heroes And Villains
The True Story Of The Beach Boys
by Steven Gaines 1986 416 pages
3.86
718 ratings
Music
Biography
History
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Carry On, Warrior Summary
Carry On, Warrior
Thoughts on Life Unarmed
by Glennon Doyle 2013 269 pages
4.10
29.6K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Book Club
Find the Good Summary
Find the Good
Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer
by Heather Lende 2015 176 pages
3.76
6.0K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
The Quest for God Summary
The Quest for God
A Personal Pilgrimage
by Paul Johnson 1996 224 pages
3.57
119 ratings
Religion
Christianity
Biography
Miss May Does Not Exist Summary
Miss May Does Not Exist
The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
by Carrie Courogen 2024 400 pages
3.85
602 ratings
Biography
Film
Biography Memoir
See A Little Light Summary
See A Little Light
The Trail of Rage and Melody
by Bob Mould 2011 403 pages
3.80
2.0K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Alchemists Summary
The Alchemists
The INEOS Story – An Industrial Giant Comes of Age
by Jim Ratcliffe 2018 344 pages
3.72
106 ratings
Biography
Business
If Chins Could Kill Summary
If Chins Could Kill
Confessions of a B Movie Actor
by Bruce Campbell 2001 344 pages
3.95
18.6K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Beyond the Robot Summary
Beyond the Robot
The Life and Work of Colin Wilson
by Gary Lachman 2016 416 pages
4.40
105 ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
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