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Life Lessons From Nietzsche Summary
Life Lessons From Nietzsche
by John Armstrong 2013 128 pages
3.4
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Unfinished
Life Lessons From Freud Summary
Life Lessons From Freud
by Brett Kahr 1600 118 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
Automation and Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
Discourses and Selected Writings Summary
Discourses and Selected Writings
by Epictetus 2008 304 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Power Of Less Summary
The Power Of Less
The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential
by Leo Babauta 2009 192 pages
3.72
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Personal Development
One Small Step Can Change Your Life Summary
One Small Step Can Change Your Life
The Kaizen Way
by Robert Maurer 2004 228 pages
4.01
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 356 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult Of Sentimentality
by Theodore Dalrymple 2011 256 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Essays
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
The Quest for a Moral Compass Summary
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
by Kenan Malik 2001 400 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
Being Logical Summary
Being Logical
A Guide to Good Thinking
by D.Q. McInerny 2004 160 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Self Help
When Science Meets Religion Summary
When Science Meets Religion
Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?
by Ian G. Barbour 2000 205 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
Not Always So Summary
Not Always So
Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
by Shunryu Suzuki 2009 176 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Zen
Philosophy
This Is Water Summary
This Is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
by David Foster Wallace 2009 137 pages
4.48
33k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Self Help
The Middle Passage Summary
The Middle Passage
From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
by James Hollis 1993 128 pages
4.44
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
When Things Fall Apart Summary
When Things Fall Apart
Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön 2000 210 pages
4.28
56k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Buddhism
No Mud, No Lotus Summary
No Mud, No Lotus
The Art of Transforming Suffering
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2014 128 pages
4.25
11k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
The Great Agnostic Summary
The Great Agnostic
Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought
by Susan Jacoby 2014 256 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Religion
A Short Guide to a Happy Life Summary
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen 2000 64 pages
3.96
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO Summary
The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO
A Remarkable Story about Living Your Heart's Desires
by Robin S. Sharma 2003 240 pages
4.04
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Silence Summary
Silence
The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2015 208 pages
4.29
7k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Buddhism
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
by Bronnie Ware 2012 256 pages
3.79
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
True Meditation Summary
True Meditation
Discover the Freedom of Pure Awareness
by Adyashanti 2006 104 pages
4.43
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Philosophy
The End of Faith Summary
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris 2006 336 pages
3.9
41k+ ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Avicenna's Medicine Summary
Avicenna's Medicine
A New Translation of the 11th-Century Canon with Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care
by Avicenna 2013 480 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Medicine
Philosophy
Science
The Art of Taking Action Summary
The Art of Taking Action
Lessons from Japanese Psychology
by Gregg Krech 2014 236 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Productivity
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day
And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015 224 pages
4.22
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Short Stories
A Life Worth Living Summary
A Life Worth Living
Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning
by Robert Zaretsky 2013 240 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
France
The World Beyond Your Head Summary
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
by Matthew B. Crawford 2015 320 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary
In Defense of a Liberal Education
by Fareed Zakaria 2015 208 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
The Most Good You Can Do Summary
The Most Good You Can Do
How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
by Peter Singer 2015 211 pages
3.81
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Economics
The Road to Character Summary
The Road to Character
by David Brooks 2015 320 pages
3.66
24k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
A Complaint Free World Summary
A Complaint Free World
How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted
by Will Bowen 2013 306 pages
3.9
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
50 Spiritual Classics Summary
50 Spiritual Classics
Timeless Wisdom from 50 Great Books of Inner Discovery, Enlightenment and Purpose
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2010 328 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Self Help
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology Summary
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior
by Scott O. Lilienfeld 2011 240 pages
3.66
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012 219 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
Gardening
Agriculture
Food
The Universe in a Single Atom Summary
The Universe in a Single Atom
The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
by Dalai Lama 2005 224 pages
4.03
9k+ ratings
Science
Buddhism
Philosophy
If the Oceans Were Ink Summary
If the Oceans Were Ink
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
by Carla Power 2015 352 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Islam
Religion
Memoir
The Happiness Industry Summary
The Happiness Industry
How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
by William Davies 2015 320 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Irrationally yours Summary
Irrationally yours
On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles
by Dan Ariely 2015 240 pages
3.47
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
The Fifth Agreement Summary
The Fifth Agreement
A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery
by Miguel Ruiz 2011 248 pages
4.11
15k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Finding Your Element Summary
Finding Your Element
How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life
by Ken Robinson 2014 320 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Education
Psychology
Change Summary
Change
Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution
by Paul Watzlawick 2011 200 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Orbital Perspective Summary
The Orbital Perspective
Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles
by Ron Garan 2015 208 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Space
Science
Astronomy
Antifragile Summary
Antifragile
How to Live in a World We Don't Understand
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 544 pages
4.1
52k+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
Messages from the Masters Summary
Messages from the Masters
Tapping into the Power of Love
by Brian L. Weiss 2001 262 pages
4.34
6k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
The Synchronicity Key Summary
The Synchronicity Key
The Hidden Intelligence Guiding the Universe and You
by David Wilcock 2014 544 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Thick Face, Black Heart Summary
Thick Face, Black Heart
The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life
by Chin-Ning Chu 1994 384 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Psychology
The Rational Male – Preventive Medicine Summary
The Rational Male – Preventive Medicine
by Rollo Tomassi 2015 232 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Complete Game of Life and How to Play It Summary
The Complete Game of Life and How to Play It
by Florence Scovel Shinn 2015 144 pages
4.09
14k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
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