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Private Government Summary
Private Government
How Employers Rule Our Lives
by Elizabeth S. Anderson 2017 196 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Six Pillars of Self-Esteem Summary
Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
by Nathaniel Branden 1994 341 pages
4.12
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
by Adam Greenfield 2017 368 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Technology
Design
Politics
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes Summary
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
by Peter Bevelin 2013 77 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Interviews with the Masters Summary
Interviews with the Masters
A Companion to Robert Greene's Mastery
by Robert Greene 2013 821 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Personal Development
Fool's Talk Summary
Fool's Talk
Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion
by Os Guinness 2015 270 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Christian
Theology
Christianity
How to Be an Imperfectionist Summary
How to Be an Imperfectionist
The New Way to Fearlessness, Confidence, and Freedom from Perfectionism
by Stephen Guise 2015 219 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind Summary
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind
10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed On Your Own Terms
by Vishen Lakhiani 2016 288 pages
4.04
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Buddha in Blue Jeans Summary
Buddha in Blue Jeans
An Extremely Short Simple Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha
by Tai Sheridan 2011 31 pages
3.93
7k+ ratings
Buddhism
Self Help
Philosophy
Incerto 4-Book Bundle Summary
Incerto 4-Book Bundle
Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2011 1596 pages
4.57
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
An Alchemy of Mind Summary
An Alchemy of Mind
The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
by Diane Ackerman 2004 300 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
How to Run a Government Summary
How to Run a Government
So That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy
by Michael Barber 2015 368 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Meme Machine Summary
The Meme Machine
by Susan Blackmore 1999 288 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Free Market Revolution Summary
Free Market Revolution
How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government
by Yaron Brook 2012 272 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 416 pages
4.40
49k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
Chanakya Neeti Summary
Chanakya Neeti
by B.K. Chaturvedi 2009 235 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Business
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better Summary
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
by Pema ChΓΆdrΓΆn 2015
4.10
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire Summary
The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire
Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence
by Deepak Chopra 2003 304 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Personal Development
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Summary
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
by Alain de Botton 2008 336 pages
3.62
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself Summary
Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself
40 Ways to Transform Your Inner Critic and Your Life
by Lori Deschene 2013 288 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Buddhism
Co-creating at Its Best Summary
Co-creating at Its Best
by Wayne W. Dyer 2014 192 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Pebbles of Perception Summary
Pebbles of Perception
How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
by Laurence Endersen 2014 147 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric Summary
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
by Ward Farnsworth 2010 256 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Writing
Language
Education
Think Like an Artist Summary
Think Like an Artist
And Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
by Will Gompertz 2015 208 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Art
Self Help
Design
The Miracle of Mindfulness Summary
The Miracle of Mindfulness
An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
by Thich Nhat Hanh 1975 140 pages
4.19
37k+ ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Philosophy
You Are Here Summary
You Are Here
Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2004 143 pages
4.29
11k+ ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Self Help
Living Your Yoga Summary
Living Your Yoga
Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life
by Judith Hanson Lasater 1999 192 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Health
Self Help
How to Develop Emotional Health Summary
How to Develop Emotional Health
by Oliver James 2014 160 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Authenticity Summary
Authenticity
What Consumers Really Want
by James H. Gilmore 2007 320 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Philosophy
Love Is Letting Go of Fear Summary
Love Is Letting Go of Fear
by Gerald G. Jampolsky 1979 152 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Source Summary
Source
The Inner Path of Knowledge Creation
by Joseph Jaworski 2011 240 pages
4.24
100+ ratings
Leadership
Philosophy
Business
Whatever Arises, Love That Summary
Whatever Arises, Love That
A Love Revolution That Begins with You
by Matt Kahn 2016 232 pages
4.38
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
How to Communicate Like a Buddhist Summary
How to Communicate Like a Buddhist
by Cynthia Kane 2016 176 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Buddhism
Communication
Self Help
Give War and Peace a Chance Summary
Give War and Peace a Chance
Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times
by Andrew D. Kaufman 2014 288 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Books About Books
Literary Criticism
Literature
Practical Theology Summary
Practical Theology
Spiritual Direction from Saint Thomas Aquinas
by Peter Kreeft 2014 378 pages
4.50
100+ ratings
Theology
Catholic
Religion
How to Think More About Sex Summary
How to Think More About Sex
by Alain de Botton 2012 144 pages
3.47
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sexuality
The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World Summary
The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World
by Dalai Lama XIV 2008 368 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
Plato, Not Prozac! Summary
Plato, Not Prozac!
Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by Lou Marinoff 1999 308 pages
3.47
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Parent's Tao Te Ching Summary
The Parent's Tao Te Ching
Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
by William Martin 1999 160 pages
4.53
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Philosophy
Poetry
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956 326 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Why We Believe What We Believe Summary
Why We Believe What We Believe
Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth
by Andrew B. Newberg 2006 321 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Religion
The New Personality Self-Portrait Summary
The New Personality Self-Portrait
Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do
by John M. Oldham 1990 449 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
On Kindness Summary
On Kindness
by Adam Phillips 2009 128 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Six Questions of Socrates Summary
Six Questions of Socrates
A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy
by Christopher Phillips 2004 334 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Religion
30 Lessons for Living Summary
30 Lessons for Living
Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans
by Karl Pillemer 2011 288 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
by Neil Postman 1995 209 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Education
Philosophy
Teaching
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living
by Bob Proctor 2015 240 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
The Relaxed Mind Summary
The Relaxed Mind
A Seven-Step Method for Deepening Meditation Practice
by Dza Kilung Rinpoche 2015 176 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
The Toltec Art of Life and Death Summary
The Toltec Art of Life and Death
by Miguel Ruiz 2015 416 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Identity and Violence Summary
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
by Amartya Sen 2006 240 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
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