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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
Terror, Love and Brainwashing Summary
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
by Alexandra Stein 2017 236 pages
4.02
457 ratings
Psychology
Cults
Politics
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy Summary
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy
by Emmy Van Deurzen 2011 176 pages
4.32
113 ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Philosophy
Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
by Nick Srnicek 2015 245 pages
3.98
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Existentialist's Survival Guide Summary
The Existentialist's Survival Guide
How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age
by Gordon Marino 2018 272 pages
3.69
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Introduction to Phenomenology Summary
Introduction to Phenomenology
by Robert Sokolowski 1999 248 pages
4.02
518 ratings
Philosophy
Academic
Textbooks
Mahabharata Summary
Mahabharata
by Vyasa 1951 483 pages
4.32
11.7K ratings
Classics
Mythology
Religion
The Monk and the Riddle Summary
The Monk and the Riddle
The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
by Randy Komisar 2000 192 pages
3.87
3.0K ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
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Essays
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save
How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty
by Peter Singer 2009 302 pages
4.15
6.6K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
As One Is Summary
As One Is
To Free the Mind from All Conditioning
by J. Krishnamurti 2007 147 pages
4.47
551 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
The Book of Minds Summary
The Book of Minds
How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens
by Philip Ball 2022 512 pages
4.01
175 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Real Price of Everything Summary
The Real Price of Everything
Rediscovering The Six Classics of Economics
by Michael Lewis 2007 1467 pages
3.71
127 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The First Man Summary
The First Man
by Albert Camus 1994 359 pages
3.97
11.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Wisdom from the Four Agreements Summary
Wisdom from the Four Agreements
by Miguel Ruiz 2003 96 pages
4.39
1.8K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Deepest Acceptance Summary
The Deepest Acceptance
Radical Awakening in Ordinary Life
by Jeff Foster 2012 288 pages
4.29
616 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
Lectures on the Will to Know Summary
Lectures on the Will to Know
Lectures at the Collège de France, 1970-1971, & Oedipal Knowledge
by Michel Foucault 2014 293 pages
4.27
233 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
France
Love Is Letting Go of Fear Summary
Love Is Letting Go of Fear
by Gerald G. Jampolsky 1979 152 pages
4.15
3.8K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
A Thousand Plateaus Summary
A Thousand Plateaus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1980 632 pages
4.33
6.8K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
The Classics
by Nigel Warburton 2000 280 pages
3.95
791 ratings
Philosophy
History
Theology
The Saad Truth about Happiness Summary
The Saad Truth about Happiness
8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
by Gad Saad 2023 251 pages
3.69
489 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Animal Liberation Now Summary
Animal Liberation Now
The Definitive Classic Renewed
by Peter Singer 2023 368 pages
4.53
964 ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Politics
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Summary
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
by Bertrand Russell 1957 266 pages
4.01
21.8K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
Surviving AI Summary
Surviving AI
The promise and peril of artificial intelligence
by Calum Chace 2015 261 pages
3.88
607 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Big Questions of Life Summary
The Big Questions of Life
by Om Swami 2020 158 pages
4.39
898 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
How to Do the Right Thing Summary
How to Do the Right Thing
An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly
by Seneca 2023 288 pages
3.73
174 ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth Summary
Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth
by Peter Kelder 1998 106 pages
3.95
1.5K ratings
Health
Spirituality
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
Descartes' Baby Summary
Descartes' Baby
How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
by Paul Bloom 2004 288 pages
3.90
305 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Be What You Wish Summary
Be What You Wish
by Neville Goddard 2015 46 pages
4.31
699 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Personal Development
Democracy in America Summary
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages
4.05
26.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Being In Balance Summary
Being In Balance
by Wayne W. Dyer 2006 181 pages
4.17
2.5K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
Unlearn Summary
Unlearn
101 Simple Truths for a Better Life
by Humble the Poet 2014 320 pages
4.00
3.3K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
On Being Human Summary
On Being Human
by Erich Fromm 1991 180 pages
3.94
541 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Bruce Lee The Art of Expressing the Human Body Summary
Bruce Lee The Art of Expressing the Human Body
by Bruce Lee 1998 256 pages
4.25
1.5K ratings
Martial Arts
Fitness
Philosophy
Déjame que te cuente Summary
Déjame que te cuente
by Jorge Bucay 1994 240 pages
4.10
15.0K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Short Stories
Very Good Lives Summary
Very Good Lives
The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
by J.K. Rowling 2015 74 pages
4.09
28.6K ratings
Self Help
Essays
Inspirational
Success and Luck Summary
Success and Luck
Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
by Robert H. Frank 2016 208 pages
3.70
1.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Psychology
The Art Spirit Summary
The Art Spirit
by Robert Henri 1929 284 pages
3.93
24.3K ratings
Art
Philosophy
Art History
Philosophy of Art Summary
Philosophy of Art
A Contemporary Introduction
by Noël Carroll 1999 288 pages
3.87
195 ratings
Philosophy
Art
Reference
Saint Thomas Aquinas Summary
Saint Thomas Aquinas
by G.K. Chesterton 1933 167 pages
4.10
5.3K ratings
Biography
Religion
Philosophy
The Big Three in Economics Summary
The Big Three in Economics
Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes
by Mark Skousen 2007 264 pages
3.59
831 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Meditations on Violence Summary
Meditations on Violence
A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence
by Rory Miller 2008 202 pages
4.33
1.8K ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Philosophy
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation Summary
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
by Chögyam Trungpa 1976 219 pages
4.27
2.1K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Harnessing Complexity Summary
Harnessing Complexity
by Robert Axelrod 2000 207 pages
3.74
144 ratings
Science
Business
Management
Living the Wisdom of the Tao Summary
Living the Wisdom of the Tao
by Wayne W. Dyer 2008 176 pages
4.30
891 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
by Noam Chomsky 2020 388 pages
4.36
1.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The New Human Rights Movement Summary
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
by Peter Joseph 2017 448 pages
4.34
604 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy Summary
The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1912 116 pages
3.90
17.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
You Are the Happiness You Seek Summary
You Are the Happiness You Seek
Uncovering the Awareness of Being
by Rupert Spira 2011 200 pages
4.67
592 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
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