Cultural
Our shared beliefs, habits, and technologies shape every aspect of human life, from ancient traditions to modern digital culture. These thought-provoking books examine how societies function, evolve, and influence our daily experiences, offering fresh perspectives on everything from media and education to social dynamics and cultural identity.
Cultural Book Summaries
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
Politics
Sociology
Law
The Big Picture
The Fight for the Future of Movies
Film
Business
Media Tie In
Watching the English
The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
A Low Culture Manifesto
Essays
Humor
Pop Culture
Why Men Fight
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Signals Are Talking
Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream
Business
Technology
Cultural
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
Science
Race
History
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The News
A User's Manual
Philosophy
Journalism
Politics
365 Days Of Walking The Red Road
The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day
Native American
Spirituality
Cultural
Cynical Theories
How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
Sociology
Business
Society
Community Building on the Web
Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
Cultural
Design
Business
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
You Are Not a Gadget
Technology
Philosophy
Science
Men and Marriage
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
How to Listen to Jazz
Music
Jazz
History
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
Music
Art
Unfinished
India that is Bharat
Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
History
India
Politics
The Best Place to Work
The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
Business
Leadership
Psychology
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
Politics
Sociology
Economics
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Value in the Valley
A Black Woman's Guide Through Life's Dilemmas
Self Help
Inspirational
Spirituality
Why the Germans Do it Better
Notes from a Grown-Up Country
History
Politics
Germany
In Praise of Slowness
Challenging the Cult of Speed
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Out of My Skull
The Psychology of Boredom
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography
Christian
Christian Living
Theology
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
Music
Business
History
The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety
Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation
Leadership
Psychology
Business
Japonisme
Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi and more
Japan
Self Help
Japanese Literature
Meet Generation Z
Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World
Christian
Cultural
Evangelism
The Power of Language
How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
Language
Linguistics
Science
The Narcissism Epidemic
Living in the Age of Entitlement
Psychology
Sociology
Cultural
The Internet of Us
Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
The Joy of Work
30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love With Your Job Again
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
Politics
Philosophy
Society
A Creative Minority
Influencing Culture Through Redemptive Participation
Faith
Theology
Cultural
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
History
Anthropology
Science
Joy, Inc.
How We Built a Workplace People Love
Business
Leadership
Management
American Girls
Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
Parenting
Sociology
Feminism
Everything Bad is Good for You
How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
Spirituality
Africa
Religion
The Misfit Economy
Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Status and Culture
How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
Sociology
Psychology
Fashion
The Nones
Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going
Religion
Sociology
History
Cultures and Organizations
Software of the Mind
Business
Cultural
Psychology
Wanting Mor
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Chapter Books
Call of the Mall
The Geography of Shopping
Business
Psychology
Sociology
