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Applied Empathy Summary
Applied Empathy
The New Language of Leadership
by Michael Ventura 2018 288 pages
3.65
316 ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Optimal Illusions Summary
Optimal Illusions
The False Promise of Optimization
by Coco Krumme 2023 256 pages
3.07
210 ratings
Science
Psychology
Technology
The Everlasting Man Summary
The Everlasting Man
by G.K. Chesterton 1925 260 pages
4.16
10.3K ratings
Theology
Religion
Philosophy
'I' is a Door Summary
'I' is a Door
The essence of Advaita as taught by Ramana Maharshi, Atmananda & Nisargadatta Maharaj
by Philip Renard 2017 73 pages
4.38
112 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Mathematica Summary
Mathematica
A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
by David Bessis 2024 344 pages
4.26
423 ratings
Mathematics
Science
France
The Book on the Bookshelf Summary
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski 1999 304 pages
3.75
1.5K ratings
Books About Books
History
Microhistory
Tetralogue Summary
Tetralogue
I'm Right, You're Wrong
by Timothy Williamson 2014 160 pages
3.32
462 ratings
Philosophy
Plays
21st Century
How to Keep Your Cool Summary
How to Keep Your Cool
An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
by Seneca 2019 240 pages
3.86
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Classics
The Life of a Stupid Man Summary
The Life of a Stupid Man
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927 55 pages
3.69
9.2K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Japanese Literature
Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People Summary
Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People
Living the 7 Habits of Highly Successful People Every Day
by Stephen R. Covey 1994 368 pages
3.91
428 ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain
Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature
by Richard H. Smith 2013 238 pages
3.45
259 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 pages
4.01
22.8K ratings
Novels
Feminism
Italian Literature
The Awakening of Intelligence Summary
The Awakening of Intelligence
by J. Krishnamurti 1973 544 pages
4.39
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell 1920 122 pages
3.98
371 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Physics and Philosophy of the Bible Summary
The Physics and Philosophy of the Bible
How Relativity, Quantum Physics, Plato, and History Meld with Biblical Theology to Show That God Exists and That We Can Live Forever
by James Frederick Ivey 2014 318 pages
3.63
257 ratings
Christian
Science
Spirituality
If the Buddha Dated Summary
If the Buddha Dated
A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path
by Charlotte Kasl 1999 212 pages
4.13
3.0K ratings
Relationships
Self Help
Spirituality
We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives Summary
We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives
by Manon Garcia 2018 248 pages
3.91
802 ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Womens
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
409 ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Respect in a World of Inequality Summary
Respect in a World of Inequality
by Richard Sennett 2003 306 pages
3.69
236 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Society
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
by Jan-Werner Müller 2006 304 pages
4.03
147 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Natural Goodness Summary
Natural Goodness
by Philippa Foot 2001 125 pages
3.92
396 ratings
Philosophy
History
School
Indiana Jones and Philosophy Summary
Indiana Jones and Philosophy
Why Did it Have to be Socrates?
by Dean Kowalski 2023 272 pages
3.57
14 ratings
Philosophy
The Intellectual Devotional Summary
The Intellectual Devotional
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
by David S. Kidder 2006 377 pages
3.94
3.5K ratings
History
Reference
Education
How Tyrants Fall Summary
How Tyrants Fall
And How Nations Survive
by Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 pages
4.04
288 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Behind the Mirror Summary
Behind the Mirror
A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge
by Konrad Lorenz 1973 261 pages
4.02
157 ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Identity Summary
Identity
The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
by Francis Fukuyama 2018 240 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Enchanted Life Summary
The Enchanted Life
Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday
by Sharon Blackie 2018 356 pages
4.04
1.5K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Nature
William Blake vs the World Summary
William Blake vs the World
by John Higgs 2021 280 pages
4.16
981 ratings
Biography
Art
Poetry
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka 1996 88 pages
3.85
4.9K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Think Summary
Think
Why You Should Question Everything
by Guy P. Harrison 2013 240 pages
3.37
678 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The End of Everything Summary
The End of Everything
by Katie Mack 2020 226 pages
4.26
11.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Immortality Summary
Immortality
by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages
4.14
41.5K ratings
Philosophy
Czech Literature
Novels
Physics and Philosophy Summary
Physics and Philosophy
The Revolution in Modern Science
by Werner Heisenberg 1958 176 pages
4.03
3.0K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
How to Reform Capitalism Summary
How to Reform Capitalism
by The School of Life 2019 112 pages
3.17
273 ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Money
It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It Summary
It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
by Robert Fulghum 1989 218 pages
4.10
6.1K ratings
Humor
Essays
Self Help
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.95
690 ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
The True Creator of Everything Summary
The True Creator of Everything
How the Human Brain Shaped the Universe as We Know It
by Miguel Nicolelis 2020 376 pages
3.83
137 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Philosophy
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
by Albert Camus 1942 212 pages
4.22
62.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Populist Delusion Summary
The Populist Delusion
by Neema Parvini 2022 174 pages
4.35
472 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
How to Actually Change Your Mind Summary
How to Actually Change Your Mind
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2018 310 pages
4.30
268 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Cosmic Hologram Summary
The Cosmic Hologram
In-formation at the Center of Creation
by Jude Currivan 2017 272 pages
4.06
105 ratings
Science
Spirituality
Physics
One World Summary
One World
The Ethics of Globalization
by Peter Singer 2002 272 pages
3.72
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Supernatural Summary
Supernatural
Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
by Graham Hancock 2005 480 pages
4.23
3.3K ratings
History
Spirituality
Religion
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor
A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics
by Barron H. Lerner 2014 240 pages
3.85
189 ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
The Theory That Would Not Die Summary
The Theory That Would Not Die
How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne 2011 336 pages
3.77
2.7K ratings
Science
History
Mathematics
Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths Summary
Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths
by Eugenia Cheng 2023 328 pages
3.55
512 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
The New Personality Self-Portrait Summary
The New Personality Self-Portrait
Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do
by John M. Oldham 1990 449 pages
4.08
453 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious Summary
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud 1905 229 pages
3.69
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
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