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Peace Is Every Breath Summary
Peace Is Every Breath
A Practice for Our Busy Lives
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2011 160 pages
4.13
4.2K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Finance and the Good Society Summary
Finance and the Good Society
by Robert J. Shiller 2012 304 pages
3.65
789 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Ståsteder Summary
Ståsteder
by Svend Brinkmann 2018 200 pages
3.77
743 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Danish
Being You, Changing the World Summary
Being You, Changing the World
by Dain Heer 2011 320 pages
4.29
995 ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
A Return to Modesty Summary
A Return to Modesty
Discovering the Lost Virtue
by Wendy Shalit 1998 304 pages
3.79
1.4K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Sexuality
How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Why The Truth Matters More Than You Think Summary
How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Why The Truth Matters More Than You Think
by Andy Andrews 2011 83 pages
4.06
4.0K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Eight Limbs of Yoga Summary
The Eight Limbs of Yoga
A Handbook for Living Yoga Philosophy
by Stuart Ray Sarbacker 2015 92 pages
4.17
506 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Hinduism
Ways To Go Beyond And Why They Work Summary
Ways To Go Beyond And Why They Work
by Rupert Sheldrake 2019
3.95
170 ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Showing Up for Life Summary
Showing Up for Life
Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
by Bill Gates Sr. 2009 208 pages
3.76
1.2K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Self Help
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant
Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
by John Brockman 2018 515 pages
3.83
640 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Beyond Biocentrism Summary
Beyond Biocentrism
Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death
by Robert Lanza 2016 224 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Science and Religion Summary
Science and Religion
A Very Short Introduction
by Thomas Dixon 1903 168 pages
3.67
485 ratings
Religion
Science
Philosophy
The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events Summary
The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events
A Seth Book
by Jane Roberts 1982 313 pages
4.61
597 ratings
Spirituality
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Gunning for God Summary
Gunning for God
A Critique of the New Atheism
by John C. Lennox 2011 248 pages
4.31
787 ratings
Christian
Religion
Philosophy
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book
by Robert M. Martin 1992 327 pages
4.01
240 ratings
Philosophy
Puzzles
Science
The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People Summary
The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People
What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It
by David Niven 2000 224 pages
3.60
2.2K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Quantum Enigma Summary
Quantum Enigma
Physics Encounters Consciousness
by Bruce Rosenblum 2006 211 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Being And Event Summary
Being And Event
by Alain Badiou 1988 560 pages
4.02
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Mathematics
The Tao of Abundance Summary
The Tao of Abundance
Eight Ancient Principles for Abundant Living
by Laurence G. Boldt 1999 353 pages
4.10
155 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
The Mind is Flat Summary
The Mind is Flat
by Nick Chater 2018 272 pages
3.75
778 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.71
930 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Tocqueville Summary
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages
3.51
150 ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Sorrows of Work Summary
The Sorrows of Work
by The School of Life 2019 104 pages
3.98
403 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Adam and Eve After the Pill Summary
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 pages
3.98
498 ratings
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
God and Stephen Hawking Summary
God and Stephen Hawking
Whose design is it anyway?
by John C. Lennox 2011 96 pages
4.10
1.1K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Christian
Acts of Faith Summary
Acts of Faith
Daily Meditations for People of Color
by Iyanla Vanzant 1993 400 pages
4.46
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Religion
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
by John-Paul Flintoff 2012 170 pages
3.73
928 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Politics
Feng Shui Modern Summary
Feng Shui Modern
by Cliff Tan 2022 192 pages
4.15
1.4K ratings
Design
Self Help
Architecture
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger
by Malaclypse 1965 95 pages
4.26
5.6K ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Occult
The Little Book of Contentment Summary
The Little Book of Contentment
A Guide to Becoming Happy with Life and Who You Are, While Getting Things Done
by Leo Babauta 2013 112 pages
3.85
995 ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think
Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
by Eduardo Kohn 2013 267 pages
3.86
970 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
Nature
Your Music and People Summary
Your Music and People
creative and considerate fame
by Derek Sivers 2020 136 pages
4.42
541 ratings
Business
Music
Self Help
Heaven and Hell Summary
Heaven and Hell
The Psychology of the Emotions
by Neel Burton 2015 250 pages
3.61
239 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 544 pages
4.02
501 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Quantum Psychology Summary
Quantum Psychology
How Brain Software Programs You & Your World
by Robert Anton Wilson 1990 202 pages
4.23
2.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Dancing Wu Li Masters Summary
Dancing Wu Li Masters
An Overview of the New Physics
by Gary Zukav 1979 416 pages
4.01
10.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Misquoting Muhammad Summary
Misquoting Muhammad
The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy
by Jonathan A.C. Brown 2014 384 pages
4.35
1.1K ratings
Islam
Religion
History
This Book Has Issues Summary
This Book Has Issues
by Christian Jarrett 2008 160 pages
3.55
333 ratings
Psychology
Science
Education
The Longing for Less Summary
The Longing for Less
Living with Minimalism
by Kyle Chayka 2020 272 pages
3.48
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Art
Design
Clock of the Long Now Summary
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand 1999 208 pages
4.10
790 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Political Ponerology Summary
Political Ponerology
A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes
by Andrew M. Lobaczewski 2006 244 pages
4.08
365 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy Summary
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
by Jacob M. Held 2011 304 pages
4.14
432 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens
Passwords Summary
Passwords
by Jean Baudrillard 2000 120 pages
3.74
389 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
On Kindness Summary
On Kindness
by Adam Phillips 2009 128 pages
3.55
663 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
The Conquest of Bread Summary
The Conquest of Bread
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1892 224 pages
4.07
9.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Schadenfreude Summary
Schadenfreude
The Joy of Another's Misfortune
by Tiffany Watt Smith 2018 157 pages
3.36
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
How to Win a Cosmic War Summary
How to Win a Cosmic War
God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
by Reza Aslan 2009 228 pages
3.99
1.7K ratings
Religion
Politics
History
The New Vichy Syndrome Summary
The New Vichy Syndrome
Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 160 pages
3.91
232 ratings
Politics
History
Essays
Political Philosophy Summary
Political Philosophy
A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians
by Adam Swift 2001 208 pages
3.92
406 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
Behold the Spirit Summary
Behold the Spirit
A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion
by Alan W. Watts 1971 257 pages
4.30
433 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
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