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Stretching Summary
Stretching
by Bob Anderson 2000 196 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Reference
Feeling Good Summary
Feeling Good
The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns 1999 706 pages
4.05
32k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook Summary
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by Edmund J. Bourne 1995 428 pages
4.08
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Hope and Help for Your Nerves Summary
Hope and Help for Your Nerves
by Claire Weekes 1990 208 pages
4.26
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Food Matters Summary
Food Matters
A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
by Mark Bittman 2008 336 pages
3.97
11k+ ratings
Food
Cookbooks
Health
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules
An Eater's Manual
by Michael Pollan 2009 114 pages
3.99
47k+ ratings
Food
Health
Nutrition
The Way We Eat Summary
The Way We Eat
Why Our Food Choices Matter
by Peter Singer 2006 336 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Food
Philosophy
Health
Born to Run Summary
Born to Run
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
by Christopher McDougall 2009 308 pages
4.31
200k+ ratings
Sports
Health
Fitness
The 4-Hour Body Summary
The 4-Hour Body
An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
by Timothy Ferriss 2010 608 pages
3.72
36k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Fitness
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Secrets Behind What You Eat
by Richie Chevat 2009 352 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
The Happiness Trap Summary
The Happiness Trap
How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT
by Russ Harris 2008 240 pages
4.12
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
New Atkins for a New You Summary
New Atkins for a New You
The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great.
by Eric C. Westman 2010 352 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Diets
Health
Food
Savor Summary
Savor
Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2010 303 pages
3.60
3k+ ratings
Health
Food
Buddhism
Why We Get Fat Summary
Why We Get Fat
And What to Do About It
by Gary Taubes 2010 273 pages
4.03
21k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Real Happiness Summary
Real Happiness
The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program
by Sharon Salzberg 2010 225 pages
3.98
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Buddhism
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2009 332 pages
4.19
85k+ ratings
Biography
Medicine
Memoir
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food
An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan 2009 256 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity Summary
The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity
A Modern Practical Guide to the Ancient Way
by Daniel Reid 1989 432 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Health
Spirituality
Self Help
The Brain That Changes Itself Summary
The Brain That Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
by Norman Doidge 2007 427 pages
4.2
37k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Bad Science Summary
Bad Science
by Ben Goldacre 2008 352 pages
4.06
43k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Popular Science
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Summary
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted
by Daniel G. Amen 2010 488 pages
3.67
2k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
The Dirt on Clean Summary
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
by Katherine Ashenburg 2010 384 pages
3.71
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Microhistory
Health At Every Size Summary
Health At Every Size
The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
by Linda Bacon 2010 400 pages
4.20
5k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Summary
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?
Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise
by Alex Hutchinson 2011 317 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Science
Fix, Freeze, Feast Summary
Fix, Freeze, Feast
Prepare in Bulk and Enjoy by the Serving - More than 125 Recipes
by Kati Neville 2007 250 pages
3.8
1k+ ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple Summary
The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple
500 Tips for Getting Your Life in Order
by Donna Smallin Kuper 2004 256 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Self Help
Reference
Productivity
Body by Science Summary
Body by Science
A Research-Based Program for Strength Training, Body Building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week
by John Little 2009 304 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Science
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder Summary
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder
Understanding and Helping Your Partner
by Julie A. Fast 2012 256 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
How to Train a Wild Elephant Summary
How to Train a Wild Elephant
And Other Adventures in Mindfulness
by Jan Chozen Bays 2011 224 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Buddhism
Starting Strength Summary
Starting Strength
Basic Barbell Training
by Mark Rippetoe 2011 347 pages
4.44
10k+ ratings
Fitness
Health
Sports
The Paleo Diet Revised Summary
The Paleo Diet Revised
Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat
by Loren Cordain 2010 288 pages
3.72
4k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Sexual Intelligence Summary
Sexual Intelligence
What We Really Want from Sex
by Marty Klein 2012 256 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Sexuality
Psychology
Self Help
The Belly Fat Cure Fast Track Summary
The Belly Fat Cure Fast Track
Discover the Ultimate Carb Swap and Drop Up to 14 lbs. the First 14 Days
by Jorge Cruise 2011 272 pages
3.6
100+ ratings
Health
Food
Self Help
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver 2007
4.05
100k+ ratings
Food
Memoir
Gardening
The Noonday Demon Summary
The Noonday Demon
An Atlas of Depression
by Andrew Solomon 2002 578 pages
4.2
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Science
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse Summary
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse
by Gregory L. Jantz 2003 224 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Abuse
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living Summary
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living
by Jeff S. Volek 2011 316 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Diets
Practical Paleo Summary
Practical Paleo
A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle
by Diane Sanfilippo 2012 432 pages
4.16
8k+ ratings
Cookbooks
Health
Food
Blue Zones, The Summary
Blue Zones, The
Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
by Dan Buettner 2010 320 pages
4.07
12k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
It Starts with Food Summary
It Starts with Food
Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways
by Dallas Hartwig 2012 320 pages
4.09
23k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Food Revolution Summary
The Food Revolution
How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
by John Robbins 2010 453 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Life Plan Summary
The Life Plan
How Any Man Can Achieve Lasting Health, Great Sex, and a Stronger, Leaner Body
by Jeffry S. Life 2011 352 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Self Help
The Science of Yoga Summary
The Science of Yoga
The Risks and the Rewards
by William J. Broad 2012 352 pages
3.74
3k+ ratings
Science
Health
Fitness
The 7 Principles of Fat Burning Summary
The 7 Principles of Fat Burning
Lose the Weight. Keep It Off.
by Eric Berg 2010 330 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Diets
Living Low Carb Summary
Living Low Carb
Controlled-Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss
by Jonny Bowden 2010 416 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Diets
When Perfect Isn't Good Enough Summary
When Perfect Isn't Good Enough
Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism
by Martin M. Antony 2009 304 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Diet Dropout’s Guide to Natural Weight Loss Summary
The Diet Dropout’s Guide to Natural Weight Loss
Find Your Easiest Path to Naturally Thin
by Stan Spencer 2013 152 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Reference
The Seven Pillars of Health (Library Edition) Summary
The Seven Pillars of Health (Library Edition)
The Natural Way to Better Health for Life
by Don Colbert 2010
3.98
100+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Christian
Who Switched Off My Brain? Summary
Who Switched Off My Brain?
Controlling Toxic Thoughts and Emotions
by Caroline Leaf 2009
4.07
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Christian
Psychology
The Great Cholesterol Myth Summary
The Great Cholesterol Myth
Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan That Will
by Jonny Bowden 2012 240 pages
4.3
2k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
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