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A Search in Secret India Summary
A Search in Secret India
by Paul Brunton 1934 312 pages
4.28
2.0K ratings
Spirituality
India
Travel
Journey to Ixtlan Summary
Journey to Ixtlan
The Lessons of Don Juan
by Carlos Castaneda 1972 288 pages
4.11
13.5K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Anthropology
Wild Problems Summary
Wild Problems
A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
by Russell "Russ" Roberts 2022 224 pages
3.81
1.4K ratings
Psychology
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Economics
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
by Jamie Metzl 2019 327 pages
3.98
3.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Synchronicity Key Summary
The Synchronicity Key
The Hidden Intelligence Guiding the Universe and You
by David Wilcock 2012
3.94
1.2K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? Summary
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
from The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single)
by Jonathan Haidt 2016 73 pages
4.09
334 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Toward a Psychology of Being Summary
Toward a Psychology of Being
by Abraham H. Maslow 1961 274 pages
4.17
5.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
How Real Is Real? Confusion, Disinformation, Communication Summary
How Real Is Real? Confusion, Disinformation, Communication
by Paul Watzlawick 1976 266 pages
4.17
970 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
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
Aghora Summary
Aghora
At the Left Hand of God
by Robert E. Svoboda 1986 327 pages
4.26
2.1K ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Hinduism
The Ancient Science of Mantras Summary
The Ancient Science of Mantras
Wisdom of the Sages
by Om Swami 2017 486 pages
4.31
567 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Hinduism
If Aristotle Ran General Motors Summary
If Aristotle Ran General Motors
by Tom Morris 1997 216 pages
3.79
268 ratings
Business
Philosophy
Leadership
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor 2019 368 pages
4.20
672 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Sociological Imagination Summary
The Sociological Imagination
by C. Wright Mills 1959 248 pages
4.16
3.2K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Social Science
The Trauma of Everyday Life Summary
The Trauma of Everyday Life
by Mark Epstein 2013 240 pages
3.78
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Philosophy
Transcend Summary
Transcend
The New Science of Self-Actualization
by Scott Barry Kaufman 2020 432 pages
4.13
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Philosophy of Redemption Summary
The Philosophy of Redemption
by Philipp Mainländer 1876 312 pages
4.14
234 ratings
Philosophy
Germany
The Elephant and the Flea Summary
The Elephant and the Flea
Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist
by Charles B. Handy 2001 240 pages
4.07
193 ratings
Business
Philosophy
Management
Teaching Johnny to Think Summary
Teaching Johnny to Think
A Philosophy of Education Based on the Principles of Ayn Rand's Objectivism
by Leonard Peikoff 2014 104 pages
4.13
156 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Parenting
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Summary
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga
A Practical Guide to Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit
by Deepak Chopra 2004 207 pages
4.08
2.2K ratings
Spirituality
Health
Self Help
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.05
2.5K ratings
History
Politics
France
Fear and Trembling Summary
Fear and Trembling
by Søren Kierkegaard 1843 152 pages
4.00
29.3K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
Slow Summary
Slow
Simple Living for a Frantic World
by Brooke McAlary 2018 288 pages
3.88
5.1K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Health
Focusing Summary
Focusing
by Eugene T. Gendlin 1978 224 pages
3.93
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Mind & Cosmos Summary
Mind & Cosmos
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
by Thomas Nagel 2012 144 pages
3.60
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
The Philosophy of History Summary
The Philosophy of History
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1831 480 pages
3.82
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
The Matter With Things Summary
The Matter With Things
Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
by Iain McGilchrist 2021 1500 pages
4.78
468 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Brida Summary
Brida
by Paulo Coelho 1990 264 pages
3.51
82.2K ratings
Fantasy
Philosophy
Romance
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
203.8K ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Emergence Summary
Emergence
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
by Steven Johnson 2001 288 pages
3.95
3.5K ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
How to Choose a Partner Summary
How to Choose a Partner
by Susan Quilliam 2016 161 pages
3.82
539 ratings
Relationships
Self Help
Psychology
Becoming Myself Summary
Becoming Myself
A Psychiatrist's Memoir
by Irvin D. Yalom 2017 352 pages
4.20
8.3K ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Biography
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell 1932 160 pages
4.00
204 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Radical Compassion Summary
Radical Compassion
Shambhala Publications Authors on the Path of Boundless Love
by Shambhala Publications 2014 117 pages
4.05
260 ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
How Our Computers Are Changing Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2.3K ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
The Art of Influence Summary
The Art of Influence
Persuading Others Begins With You
by Chris Widener 2008 128 pages
3.77
705 ratings
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Freedom from the Known Summary
Freedom from the Known
by J. Krishnamurti 1969 124 pages
4.29
11.5K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
The Constitution of Knowledge Summary
The Constitution of Knowledge
A Defense of Truth
by Jonathan Rauch 2021 318 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Don't Be a Jerk Summary
Don't Be a Jerk
And Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master
by Brad Warner 2016 336 pages
3.95
1.1K ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Zen
The Philosophy Book Summary
The Philosophy Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Will Buckingham 2010 352 pages
4.16
5.7K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
History
The Diaries of Franz Kafka Summary
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka 2023 704 pages
4.31
347 ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Memoir
Consciousness Beyond Life Summary
Consciousness Beyond Life
The Science of the Near-Death Experience
by Pim van Lommel 2007 442 pages
4.06
1.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
Eternal Echoes Summary
Eternal Echoes
Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
by John O'Donohue 1998 304 pages
4.42
1.1K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Poetry
God Is Red Summary
God Is Red
A Native View of Religion
by Vine Deloria Jr. 1972 325 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
Religion
Native American
History
Poetics Summary
Poetics
by Aristotle 144 pages
3.83
28.1K ratings
Philosophy
Poetry
Writing
The Unheard Cry for Meaning Summary
The Unheard Cry for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1978 224 pages
4.10
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Evolution of Everything Summary
The Evolution of Everything
How New Ideas Emerge
by Matt Ridley 2015 368 pages
3.92
3.4K ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
The Power of Unwavering Focus Summary
The Power of Unwavering Focus
by Dandapani 2022 352 pages
4.33
682 ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Psychology
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2011 271 pages
4.05
26.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Science of Influence Summary
The Science of Influence
How to Get Anyone to Say "Yes" in 8 Minutes or Less!
by Kevin Hogan 2004 256 pages
3.67
740 ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
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