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How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 256 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Meditation in Action Summary
Meditation in Action
by Chögyam Trungpa 2010 112 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation Summary
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
by Chögyam Trungpa 2002 208 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Book of Job Summary
The Book of Job
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
by Harold S. Kushner 2012 224 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Religion
Theology
Judaism
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 464 pages
4.2
5k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
Metaphors We Live By Summary
Metaphors We Live By
by George Lakoff 2003 242 pages
4.1
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Linguistics
Psychology
The Dude and the Zen Master Summary
The Dude and the Zen Master
by Jeff Bridges 2013 288 pages
3.69
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
Integral Life Practice Summary
Integral Life Practice
A 21st-Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening
by Ken Wilber 2008 388 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
Living Buddha, Living Christ Summary
Living Buddha, Living Christ
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2007 256 pages
4.15
17k+ ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Buddhism
The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2008 240 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals
A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky 1971 196 pages
3.74
8k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Wherever You Go, There You Are Summary
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn 2010 220 pages
4.13
49k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Alan Watts--Here and Now Summary
Alan Watts--Here and Now
Contributions to Psychology, Philosophy, and Religion
by Peter J. Columbus 2012 263 pages
4.09
10+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
The Logic of Life Summary
The Logic of Life
The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
by Tim Harford 2008 272 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy Summary
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
by Jacob M. Held 2011 288 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens
Human Design Summary
Human Design
Discover the Person You Were Born to Be
by Chetan Parkyn 2010 304 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Astrology
Self Help
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Summary
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
by Daniel C. Dennett 2013 512 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1996 192 pages
4.02
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Surfaces and Essences Summary
Surfaces and Essences
Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2013 592 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1991 304 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Finding Flow Summary
Finding Flow
The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1998 192 pages
3.89
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
ALA Notable Books for Adults
by Edward O. Wilson 2003 256 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
Why Men Fight (Routledge Classics) Summary
Why Men Fight (Routledge Classics)
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 2010 192 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Letters from a Stoic Summary
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca 1969 254 pages
4.34
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Mastery Summary
Mastery
by Robert Greene 2012 352 pages
4.26
42k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood 2012 258 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Zen Golf Summary
Zen Golf
Mastering the Mental Game
by Joseph Parent 2002 224 pages
4.21
2k+ ratings
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Looking for Spinoza Summary
Looking for Spinoza
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by António Damásio 2003 368 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Why Meditate Summary
Why Meditate
Working with Thoughts and Emotions
by Matthieu Ricard 2010 168 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
Running with the Mind of Meditation Summary
Running with the Mind of Meditation
Lessons for Training Body and Mind
by Sakyong Mipham 2012 210 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Health
Buddhism
Spirituality
The Power of an Open Question Summary
The Power of an Open Question
The Buddha's Path to Freedom
by Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel 2011 240 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Fear Summary
Fear
Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2012 176 pages
4.15
8k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
The Great Work of Your Life Summary
The Great Work of Your Life
A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
by Stephen Cope 2012 304 pages
4.32
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It Summary
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
by Kamal Ravikant 2012 68 pages
3.87
15k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking Summary
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
by Edward B. Burger 2012 168 pages
4
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Journeys of Socrates Summary
The Journeys of Socrates
by Dan Millman 2005 336 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
The Bonobo and the Atheist Summary
The Bonobo and the Atheist
In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
by Frans de Waal 2013 304 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Handbook for Constructive Living Summary
Handbook for Constructive Living
by David K. Reynolds 2002 320 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Mastermind Summary
Mastermind
How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
by Maria Konnikova 2013 288 pages
3.54
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Conscious Dreaming Summary
Conscious Dreaming
by Robert Moss 1996 366 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Philosophy
The Trauma of Everyday Life Summary
The Trauma of Everyday Life
by Mark Epstein 2013 240 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Self Help
What Money Can't Buy Summary
What Money Can't Buy
The Moral Limits of Markets
by Michael J. Sandel 2012 256 pages
3.93
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The Dao of Capital Summary
The Dao of Capital
Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
by Mark Spitznagel 2013 368 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Art Of Communicating Summary
Art Of Communicating
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2015
4.11
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Buddhism
Spirituality
A Universe from Nothing Summary
A Universe from Nothing
Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2012 224 pages
3.94
29k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Free Will Summary
Free Will
by Sam Harris 2012 96 pages
3.87
35k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Ravenous Brain Summary
The Ravenous Brain
How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
by Daniel Bor 2012 352 pages
3.9
100+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.59
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Making a New Science
by James Gleick 2008 384 pages
4.03
38k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
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