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Calculated Risks Summary
Calculated Risks
How to Know When Numbers Deceive You
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2002 320 pages
3.98
654 ratings
Psychology
Science
Mathematics
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Summary
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
by Thomas Cathcart 2007 200 pages
3.76
17.0K ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Comedy
The 5000 Year Leap Summary
The 5000 Year Leap
by W. Cleon Skousen 1981 337 pages
4.27
7.1K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Every Day Gets A Little Closer Summary
Every Day Gets A Little Closer
by Irvin D. Yalom 1974 272 pages
3.76
3.1K ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Philosophy
Humility Is the New Smart Summary
Humility Is the New Smart
Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age
by Edward D. Hess 2017 224 pages
3.61
534 ratings
Business
Psychology
Leadership
What Is Zen? Summary
What Is Zen?
by Alan W. Watts 2000 96 pages
4.17
685 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Zen
Living Buddha, Living Christ Summary
Living Buddha, Living Christ
by Thich Nhat Hanh 1997 240 pages
4.16
18.5K ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Buddhism
The Shadow of the Object Summary
The Shadow of the Object
Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Known
by Christopher Bollas 1987 301 pages
4.51
187 ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Philosophy
The Power of the Spoken Word Summary
The Power of the Spoken Word
Teachings of Florence Scovel Shinn
by Florence Scovel Shinn 1945 90 pages
4.39
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
جوهر الإنسان Summary
جوهر الإنسان
by Erich Fromm 1944 203 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Smile at Fear Summary
Smile at Fear
Awakening the True Heart of Bravery
by Chögyam Trungpa 2009 124 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Art of Possibility Summary
The Art of Possibility
Transforming Professional and Personal Life
by Rosamund Stone Zander 2000 210 pages
3.92
11.5K ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector 1973 88 pages
4.27
17.4K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Investing Summary
Investing
The Last Liberal Art
by Robert G. Hagstrom 2000 224 pages
4.13
1.1K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn 1994 214 pages
4.35
3.6K ratings
History
Politics
Memoir
On Boxing Summary
On Boxing
by Joyce Carol Oates 1987 304 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Sports
Essays
Martial Arts
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
by Jacques Ellul 1962 352 pages
4.27
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Buddhism Plain & Simple Summary
Buddhism Plain & Simple
The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
by Steve Hagen 1997 165 pages
4.04
9.9K ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Religion
Taking the Leap Summary
Taking the Leap
Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
by Pema Chödrön 2009 128 pages
4.23
8.4K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
Jesus Among Other Gods Summary
Jesus Among Other Gods
The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
by Ravi Zacharias 2000 195 pages
4.14
11.4K ratings
Christian
Religion
Theology
Liber Null and Psychonaut Summary
Liber Null and Psychonaut
An Introduction to Chaos Magic
by Peter J. Carroll 1987 224 pages
3.98
3.0K ratings
Occult
Magick
Magic
A Theory of Everything Summary
A Theory of Everything
An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science & Spirituality
by Ken Wilber 1996 189 pages
3.93
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Spirituality
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017 167 pages
3.75
893 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
On Dialogue Summary
On Dialogue
by David Bohm 1996 144 pages
4.07
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Soul of Sex Summary
The Soul of Sex
Cultivating Life as an Act of Love
by Thomas Moore 1998 336 pages
3.94
618 ratings
Sexuality
Psychology
Spirituality
Memory How to Develop, Train, and Use It Summary
Memory How to Develop, Train, and Use It
by William Walker Atkinson 1911 100 pages
3.74
900 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
How to Read Lacan Summary
How to Read Lacan
by Slavoj Žižek 2006 144 pages
3.95
3.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
The H Factor of Personality Summary
The H Factor of Personality
Why Some People Are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitative and Why It Matters for Everyone
by Kibeom Lee 2012 212 pages
4.04
479 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Happiness by Design Summary
Happiness by Design
Change What You Do, Not How You Think
by Paul Dolan 2014 256 pages
3.59
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Vital Question Summary
The Vital Question
Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
by Nick Lane 2015 368 pages
4.18
5.7K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Universe in a Single Atom Summary
The Universe in a Single Atom
The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
by Dalai Lama XIV 2005 224 pages
4.03
9.7K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Buddhism
Irreligion Summary
Irreligion
A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
by John Allen Paulos 2008 158 pages
3.66
2.2K ratings
Atheism
Science
Philosophy
Reality Unveiled Summary
Reality Unveiled
by Ziad Masri 2017 216 pages
4.24
1.7K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Metaphysics
The Other Side of Nothing Summary
The Other Side of Nothing
The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being
by Brad Warner 2022 400 pages
4.40
205 ratings
Zen
Buddhism
Philosophy
Ethics in the Real World Summary
Ethics in the Real World
86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter
by Peter Singer 2016 336 pages
3.93
4.7K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Somehow Summary
Somehow
Thoughts on Love
by Anne Lamott 2024 204 pages
3.91
5.2K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Spirituality
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Summary
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace 1996 353 pages
4.14
52.0K ratings
Essays
Humor
Short Stories
Fallen Leaves Summary
Fallen Leaves
Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God
by Will Durant 2014 208 pages
3.93
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
History
Essays
After Buddhism Summary
After Buddhism
Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age
by Stephen Batchelor 2015 381 pages
4.21
864 ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Spirituality
Chanakya Neeti Summary
Chanakya Neeti
by B.K. Chaturvedi 2009 235 pages
3.76
645 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Business
How Luck Happens Summary
How Luck Happens
Using the Science of Luck to Transform Work, Love, and Life
by Janice Kaplan 2018 352 pages
3.64
611 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
The Zohar Summary
The Zohar
Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1
by Daniel C. Matt 2003 584 pages
4.41
248 ratings
Religion
Judaism
Spirituality
Nation of Victims Summary
Nation of Victims
Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022 288 pages
3.92
938 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Misinformation Age Summary
The Misinformation Age
How False Beliefs Spread
by Cailin O'Connor 2018 280 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Psychology
Grow Rich! With Peace of Mind Summary
Grow Rich! With Peace of Mind
by Napoleon Hill 1982 256 pages
4.26
847 ratings
Self Help
Business
Philosophy
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism Summary
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
by D.T. Suzuki 1934 132 pages
3.95
5.2K ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Zen
Thought-Forms Summary
Thought-Forms
by Annie Besant 1905 108 pages
3.85
606 ratings
Occult
Art
Spirituality
Happiness Is a Choice Summary
Happiness Is a Choice
by Barry Neil Kaufman 1991 304 pages
3.94
311 ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
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
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market Summary
Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market
Government and Economy
by Murray N. Rothbard 1962 1544 pages
4.48
1.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
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