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The Fourth Age Summary
The Fourth Age
Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity
by Byron Reese 2018 320 pages
4.01
1.0K ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
How to Save the West Summary
How to Save the West
Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
by Spencer Klavan 2023 256 pages
4.29
424 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Experience of God Summary
The Experience of God
Being, Consciousness, Bliss
by David Bentley Hart 2013 365 pages
4.25
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
The Road Less Traveled & Beyond Summary
The Road Less Traveled & Beyond
Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety
by M. Scott Peck 1997 324 pages
4.12
3.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
The Theory of Money and Credit Summary
The Theory of Money and Credit
by Ludwig von Mises 1912 544 pages
4.21
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Philosophy
Swamplands of the Soul Summary
Swamplands of the Soul
New Life in Dismal Places
by James Hollis 1996 160 pages
4.39
931 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Welcoming the Unwelcome Summary
Welcoming the Unwelcome
Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
by Pema Chödrön 2019 187 pages
4.36
3.8K ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Self Help
Principles for Success Summary
Principles for Success
by Ray Dalio 2019 160 pages
4.29
1.3K ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Way of Nagomi Summary
The Way of Nagomi
How to Find Peace & Harmony in Your Life
by Ken Mogi 2022 208 pages
3.44
982 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 461 pages
4.21
6.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Self-Knowledge Summary
Self-Knowledge
by The School of Life 2018 93 pages
4.01
2.0K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Love Your Enemies Summary
Love Your Enemies
How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
by Arthur C. Brooks 2019 256 pages
4.29
3.4K ratings
Politics
Self Help
Psychology
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Healing Love through the Tao Summary
Healing Love through the Tao
Cultivating Female Sexual Energy
by Mantak Chia 1986 288 pages
4.11
489 ratings
Spirituality
Sexuality
Health
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.22
1.8K ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
The Origins of Political Order Summary
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama 2011 585 pages
4.18
10.1K ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle 336 pages
4.00
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Poetry
Realizing the Power of Now Summary
Realizing the Power of Now
An In-Depth Retreat with Eckhart Tolle
by Eckhart Tolle 2003 6 pages
4.14
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Secret Daily Teachings Summary
The Secret Daily Teachings
by Rhonda Byrne 2008 365 pages
4.31
4.7K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
How to Let Things Go Summary
How to Let Things Go
99 Tips from a Zen Buddhist Monk to Relinquish Control and Free Yourself Up for What Matters
by Shunmyō Masuno 2021 224 pages
3.53
1.3K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Mental Health
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector 1973 88 pages
4.27
17.4K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Letters to a Young Contrarian Summary
Letters to a Young Contrarian
by Christopher Hitchens 2001 141 pages
4.13
12.5K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Minima Moralia Summary
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
by Theodor W. Adorno 1951 256 pages
4.24
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
80,000 Hours Summary
80,000 Hours
Find a fulfilling career that does good
by Benjamin Todd 2016 276 pages
3.94
2.0K ratings
Self Help
Business
Philosophy
Plato, Not Prozac! Summary
Plato, Not Prozac!
Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by Lou Marinoff 1999 308 pages
3.47
2.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle Summary
The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle
A Guide to Personal Success
by Jim Rohn 1991 121 pages
4.41
1.8K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
Zen Golf Summary
Zen Golf
Mastering the Mental Game
by Joseph Parent 2002 224 pages
4.22
2.8K ratings
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Bittersweet Summary
Bittersweet
How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
by Susan Cain 2022 310 pages
3.97
24.0K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
No Self, No Problem Summary
No Self, No Problem
How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism
by Chris Niebauer 2019 192 pages
4.26
3.5K ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Philosophy
The Meme Machine Summary
The Meme Machine
by Susan Blackmore 1999 288 pages
3.86
4.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Serendipity Mindset Summary
The Serendipity Mindset
The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck
by Christian Busch 2020 384 pages
3.70
595 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Tantra Summary
Tantra
The Path of Ecstasy
by Georg Feuerstein 1998 336 pages
3.99
492 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Hinduism
Love for Imperfect Things Summary
Love for Imperfect Things
How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection
by Haemin Sunim 2016 272 pages
4.21
14.9K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Spirituality
Star Wars and Philosophy Summary
Star Wars and Philosophy
More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine
by William Irwin 2005 227 pages
4.04
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Star Wars
Pop Culture
How to Live Summary
How to Live
A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell 2010 387 pages
4.02
10.5K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
Mechanism of Mind Summary
Mechanism of Mind
by Edward de Bono 1976 288 pages
3.86
160 ratings
Psychology
Personal Development
Philosophy
What Is This Thing Called Science? Summary
What Is This Thing Called Science?
by Alan F. Chalmers 1976 266 pages
3.80
2.2K ratings
Philosophy
Science
History
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
بیست و سه سال Summary
بیست و سه سال
۲۳ سال
by Ali Dashti 1973 400 pages
4.01
1.0K ratings
Religion
History
Islam
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Doing Good Better Summary
Doing Good Better
How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
by William MacAskill 2015 272 pages
4.19
7.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Economics
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living
Vipassana Meditation
by William Hart 1987 176 pages
4.37
3.7K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Great Debate Summary
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
by Yuval Levin 2013 296 pages
3.87
1.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Why We Lie Summary
Why We Lie
The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind
by David Livingstone Smith 2004 256 pages
3.62
257 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.60
2.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages
3.78
199.1K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
The Magic Path of Intuition Summary
The Magic Path of Intuition
by Florence Scovel Shinn 2013 128 pages
4.30
1.6K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness Summary
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness
The Stairway to Enlightenment
by David R. Hawkins 2006 414 pages
4.43
1.5K ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Self Help
How Life Imitates Chess Summary
How Life Imitates Chess
Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom
by Garry Kasparov 2001 240 pages
3.81
2.9K ratings
Chess
Business
Biography
Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records Summary
Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records
by Kevin J. Todeschi 1998 181 pages
4.19
842 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Metaphysics
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