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Metaphysics of War Summary
Metaphysics of War
by Julius Evola 1996 154 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
War
The Concept of the Political Summary
The Concept of the Political
by Carl Schmitt 1927 144 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Great World Religions Summary
Great World Religions
Islam
by John L. Esposito 2003 6 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
The Quakers Summary
The Quakers
A Very Short Introduction
by Pink Dandelion 2008 142 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition Summary
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition
by Michael Tomasello 1999 256 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Ethics and Infinity Summary
Ethics and Infinity
Conversations with Philippe Nemo
by Emmanuel Levinas 1982 126 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Religion
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) Summary
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)
Adventures in Math and Science
by Adam Rutherford 2021 304 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
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
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Occult
General System Theory Summary
General System Theory
Foundations, Development, Applications
by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy 1969 296 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Roger Scruton 2017 151 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Then I Am Myself the World Summary
Then I Am Myself the World
What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
by Christof Koch 2024 288 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Neuroscience
Sovereignty Summary
Sovereignty
The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Men
by Ryan Michler 2018 268 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
The Examined Life Summary
The Examined Life
How We Lose and Find Ourselves
by Stephen Grosz 2012 240 pages
3.94
16k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Cynicism Summary
Cynicism
by Ansgar Allen 2014 280 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
God Is a Verb Summary
God Is a Verb
Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism
by David A. Cooper 1997 333 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Judaism
Religion
Spirituality
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Magnificent Rebels Summary
Magnificent Rebels
The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
by Andrea Wulf 2022 512 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff 2019 150 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Dialectical Imagination Summary
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
by Martin Jay 1973 420 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Exploring Happiness Summary
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
by Sissela Bok 2010 224 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Schadenfreude Summary
Schadenfreude
The Joy of Another's Misfortune
by Tiffany Watt Smith 2018 157 pages
3.37
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2003 224 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Beyond Biocentrism Summary
Beyond Biocentrism
Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death
by Robert Lanza 2016 224 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Staying with the Trouble Summary
Staying with the Trouble
Making Kin in the Chthulucene
by Donna J. Haraway 2016 312 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Feminism
Theory
Abundance Summary
Abundance
The Inner Path to Wealth
by Deepak Chopra 2022 272 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Psychology
The Legal Analyst Summary
The Legal Analyst
A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law
by Ward Farnsworth 2007 326 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Law
Politics
Economics
Pink Floyd and Philosophy Summary
Pink Floyd and Philosophy
Careful with that Axiom, Eugene!
by George A. Reisch 2010 288 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Music
Cultural
Transcendental Meditation Summary
Transcendental Meditation
The Essential Teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The classic text revised and updated
by Jack Forem 1973 384 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Religion
The Fundamentals of Ethics Summary
The Fundamentals of Ethics
by Russ Shafer-Landau 2009 322 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Philosophy
School
Textbooks
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
by Christopher F. Rufo 2023 352 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Are Numbers Real? Summary
Are Numbers Real?
The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
by Brian Clegg 2016 304 pages
3.56
100+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Thinking Like a Lawyer Summary
Thinking Like a Lawyer
A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning
by Frederick Schauer 2009 256 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Law
Philosophy
Politics
Beyond the Occult Summary
Beyond the Occult
by Colin Wilson 1989 381 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Occult
Paranormal
Philosophy
Productivity Is For Robots Summary
Productivity Is For Robots
How To (re)Connect, Get Creative, And Stay Human In The New World
by Corey McComb 2020 236 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Health
The Conscious Universe Summary
The Conscious Universe
The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena
by Dean Radin 1997 384 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Science
Paranormal
Psychology
Beyond the Robot Summary
Beyond the Robot
The Life and Work of Colin Wilson
by Gary Lachman 2016 416 pages
4.40
100+ ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
by Gary Lachman 2017 145 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Occult
The Way of the Explorer Summary
The Way of the Explorer
An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds
by Edgar D. Mitchell 1996 240 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Memoir
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell 1920 122 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Thinking In Numbers Summary
Thinking In Numbers
On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
by Daniel Tammet 2012 288 pages
3.53
1k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Essays
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior Summary
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior
The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
by Paul Strathern 2009 412 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Italy
Super Consciousness Summary
Super Consciousness
The Quest for the Peak Experience
by Colin Wilson 2007 224 pages
3.93
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Servile State Summary
The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc 1912 208 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Yoga Summary
Yoga
The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness
by Erich Schiffmann 1996 357 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Health
Spirituality
Reference
World Without Mind Summary
World Without Mind
The Existential Threat of Big Tech
by Franklin Foer 2017 272 pages
3.62
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Business
The Soundscape Summary
The Soundscape
Our Environment and the Tuning of the World
by R. Murray Schafer 1977 320 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Music
Art
Science
Authors of the Impossible Summary
Authors of the Impossible
The Paranormal and the Sacred
by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2010 332 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Paranormal
Religion
Philosophy
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