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The Art of Simple Food Summary
The Art of Simple Food
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Life and How to Survive It Summary
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The Art of Manliness Summary
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The Men's Health Home Workout Bible Summary
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Plot & Structure Summary
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3.77
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The Expectant Father Summary
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3.82
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Designing with the Mind in Mind Summary
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The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter Summary
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4.02
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100 Ways to Improve Your Writing Summary
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4.03
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3.57
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The Creative Compass Summary
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3.98
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The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty Summary
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3.69
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50 Psychology Classics Summary
50 Psychology Classics
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4.03
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Just Your Type Summary
Just Your Type
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by Paul D. Tieger 2003
3.97
100+ ratings
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Small Business For Dummies Summary
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3.72
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The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi Summary
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The Hormone Cure Summary
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3.96
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The Power of Social Intelligence Summary
The Power of Social Intelligence
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3.47
500+ ratings
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Write Your Novel From The Middle Summary
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4.2
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The Art of Talking to Anyone Summary
The Art of Talking to Anyone
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3.24
100+ ratings
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The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Anxiety Summary
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4.15
100+ ratings
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50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know
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3.46
500+ ratings
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On Food and Cooking Summary
On Food and Cooking
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by Harold McGee 2007 908 pages
4.46
15k+ ratings
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How to Read a Paper Summary
How to Read a Paper
The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine
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4.02
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The Sense of Style Summary
The Sense of Style
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4.04
8k+ ratings
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Guesstimation Summary
Guesstimation
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by Lawrence Weinstein 2008 320 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
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e-Learning by Design Summary
e-Learning by Design
by William Horton 2006 640 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Summary
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
by Betty Edwards 1999 291 pages
3.87
300k+ ratings
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Python Cookbook Summary
Python Cookbook
by David Beazley 2005 846 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
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The Comedy Bible Summary
The Comedy Bible
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by Judy Carter 2001 368 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
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Practical Programming for Strength Training Summary
Practical Programming for Strength Training
by Mark Rippetoe 2014 256 pages
4.32
2k+ ratings
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The All-Day Energy Diet Summary
The All-Day Energy Diet
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by Yuri Elkaim 2014 240 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
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Everybody Writes Summary
Everybody Writes
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by Ann Handley 2014 320 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
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Cannabis Pharmacy Summary
Cannabis Pharmacy
The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana
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4.28
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Keto Clarity Summary
Keto Clarity
Your Definitive Guide to the Benefits of a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet
by Jimmy Moore 2014 256 pages
4.01
3k+ ratings
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The Art of Social Media Summary
The Art of Social Media
Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki 2014 176 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
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Writer's Guide to Character Traits Summary
Writer's Guide to Character Traits
by Linda N. Edelstein 2006 384 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
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ACT Made Simple Summary
ACT Made Simple
An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
by Russ Harris 2009 280 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
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The Art of Character Summary
The Art of Character
Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV
by David Corbett 2013 383 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
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Value Proposition Design Summary
Value Proposition Design
How to Create Products and Services Customers Want
by Alexander Osterwalder 2014 320 pages
4.21
6k+ ratings
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Social Security, Medicare and Government Pensions Summary
Social Security, Medicare and Government Pensions
Get the Most Out of Your Retirement and Medical Benefits
by Joseph L. Matthews 2014 488 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
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