Cultural Book Summaries

The Substance of Style Summary
The Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
by Virginia Postrel 2003 237 pages
3.49
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Cultural
Why Race & Culture Matter in Schools Summary
Why Race & Culture Matter in Schools
Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Classrooms
by Tyrone C. Howard 2010 224 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Academia
Scaling Teams Summary
Scaling Teams
Strategies for Building Successful Teams and Organizations
by Alexander Grosse 2017 280 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Management
Leadership
Business
Free Speech And Why It Matters Summary
Free Speech And Why It Matters
by Andrew Doyle 2021 128 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Wanting Mor Summary
Wanting Mor
by Rukhsana Khan 2009 192 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Chapter Books
Status and Culture Summary
Status and Culture
How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
by W. David Marx 2022 368 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Fashion
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1985 184 pages
4.16
35k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Narcissism Epidemic Summary
The Narcissism Epidemic
Living in the Age of Entitlement
by Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 pages
3.61
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Cultural
The Dance of Change Summary
The Dance of Change
The challenges to sustaining momentum in a learning organization
by Peter M. Senge 2004 608 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The Open Organization Summary
The Open Organization
Igniting Passion and Performance
by Jim Whitehurst 2015 256 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Strange New World Summary
Strange New World
How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
by Carl R. Trueman 2022 204 pages
4.48
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Christian
We Have Never Been Woke Summary
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
by Musa al-Gharbi 2024 432 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005 356 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? Summary
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?
Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World
by Yong Zhao 2014 272 pages
3.93
100+ ratings
Education
China
Politics
India that is Bharat Summary
India that is Bharat
Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
by J. Sai Deepak 2021 472 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
British Literature
Russia - Culture Smart! Summary
Russia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Anna King 2007 168 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Travel
Russia
History
Sludge Summary
Sludge
What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It
by Cass R. Sunstein 2021 155 pages
3.34
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Psychology
The Value in the Valley Summary
The Value in the Valley
A Black Woman's Guide Through Life's Dilemmas
by Iyanla Vanzant 1995 320 pages
4.44
500+ ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Spirituality
Selfie Summary
Selfie
How the West Became Self-Obsessed
by Will Storr 2017 416 pages
3.92
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 260 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Essays
God, Technology, and the Christian Life Summary
God, Technology, and the Christian Life
by Tony Reinke 2021 316 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Christian
Technology
Theology
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
by Leon Festinger 1957 239 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Conscious Leadership Summary
Conscious Leadership
Elevating Humanity Through Business
by John Mackey 2020 272 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Lean Change Management Summary
Lean Change Management
Innovative practices for managing organizational change
by Jason Little 2013 209 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Bullied Summary
Bullied
What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear
by Carrie Goldman 2012 368 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
Thailand - Culture Smart! Summary
Thailand - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Roger Jones 2003 168 pages
3.93
100+ ratings
Travel
Cultural
Asian Literature
The Dying Citizen Summary
The Dying Citizen
How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America
by Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Nation of Rebels Summary
Nation of Rebels
Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
by Joseph Heath 2004 368 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Almost Nearly Perfect People Summary
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
by Michael Booth 2014 416 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Travel
History
Politics
Prius Or Pickup? Summary
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
by Marc Hetherington 2018 288 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
EMPTY RAINCOAT, THE Summary
EMPTY RAINCOAT, THE
by Charles B. Handy 1994 288 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Business
Management
Philosophy
New Power Summary
New Power
How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You
by Jeremy Heimans 2018 310 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Business
Politics
Leadership
Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Summary
Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
by Emily Nussbaum 2024 464 pages
3.93
7k+ ratings
History
Pop Culture
Tv
The Anarchist in the Library Summary
The Anarchist in the Library
How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Library Science
Technology
Politics
Leading in a Culture of Change Summary
Leading in a Culture of Change
by Michael Fullan 2001 137 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Leadership
Education
Business
The Spirit of Our Politics Summary
The Spirit of Our Politics
Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life
by Michael Wear 2024 256 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
The Two Cultures Summary
The Two Cultures
by C.P. Snow 1959 181 pages
3.66
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Longing for Less Summary
The Longing for Less
Living with Minimalism
by Kyle Chayka 2020 272 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
Design
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2001 512 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Yemen Summary
Yemen
Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
by Victoria Clark 2010 328 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
Chief Joy Officer Summary
Chief Joy Officer
How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear
by Richard Sheridan 2018 288 pages
3.93
100+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Change the Culture, Change the Game Summary
Change the Culture, Change the Game
The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results
by Roger Connors 2010 240 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Step Across This Line Summary
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
by Salman Rushdie 2002 416 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Essays
India
Politics
The Myth of Equality Summary
The Myth of Equality
Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
by Ken Wytsma 2017 208 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Race
Social Justice
Christian
Loving the City Summary
Loving the City
Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
by Timothy J. Keller 2016 336 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Christian
Faith
Spirituality
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Summary
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1998 352 pages
4.47
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Africa
Religion
Wired for Culture Summary
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
by Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Adam and Eve After the Pill Summary
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
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