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Unmasking the Face Summary
Unmasking the Face
A Guide to Recognizing Emotions From Facial Expressions
by Paul Ekman 2003 232 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Gravitation and Cosmology Summary
Gravitation and Cosmology
Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity
by Steven Weinberg 1972 657 pages
4.48
100+ ratings
Physics
Science
Mathematics
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation Summary
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
by Olivia Judson 2002 320 pages
4.06
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Humor
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Summary
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
by John Brockman 2006 301 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Feeling Good Summary
Feeling Good
The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns 1999 706 pages
4.05
32k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The God Delusion Summary
The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins 2006 416 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Religion
Science
Philosophy
The Luck Factor Summary
The Luck Factor
The Scientific Study of the Lucky Mind
by Richard Wiseman 2004 240 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1999 336 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Endless Universe Summary
Endless Universe
Beyond the Big Bang
by Paul J. Steinhardt 2007 304 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Rewire Your Brain Summary
Rewire Your Brain
Think Your Way to a Better Life
by John B. Arden 2010 256 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Brain
The First Three Minutes Summary
The First Three Minutes
A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
by Steven Weinberg 1993 224 pages
4.10
12k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1997 336 pages
4.08
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
Flow Summary
Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1990 303 pages
4.11
82k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes
From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts
by Terry Burnham 2000 263 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Sex at Dawn Summary
Sex at Dawn
The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by Christopher Ryan 2010 416 pages
3.98
30k+ ratings
Science
History
Sexuality
The Physics of Superheroes Summary
The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios 2006 384 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Comics
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules
An Eater's Manual
by Michael Pollan 2009 114 pages
3.99
47k+ ratings
Food
Health
Nutrition
Crimes Against Logic Summary
Crimes Against Logic
Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders
by Jamie Whyte 2004 157 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Politics
The Way We Eat Summary
The Way We Eat
Why Our Food Choices Matter
by Peter Singer 2006 336 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Food
Philosophy
Health
59 Seconds Summary
59 Seconds
Think a Little, Change a Lot
by Richard Wiseman 2010 357 pages
3.8
10k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Naked Economics Summary
Naked Economics
Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan 2010 385 pages
4.03
18k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Fooled by Randomness Summary
Fooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2004 312 pages
4.08
65k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Technopoly Summary
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
by Neil Postman 1993 240 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Sociology
The Upside of Irrationality Summary
The Upside of Irrationality
The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
by Dan Ariely 2010 334 pages
4.03
35k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Little Book of Economics Summary
The Little Book of Economics
How the Economy Works in the Real World
by Greg Ip 2010 272 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Born to Run Summary
Born to Run
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
by Christopher McDougall 2009 308 pages
4.31
200k+ ratings
Sports
Health
Fitness
The Shallows Summary
The Shallows
What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
by Nicholas Carr 2010 288 pages
3.89
30k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Technology
Out of Our Minds Summary
Out of Our Minds
Learning to Be Creative
by Ken Robinson 2001 288 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Business
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong
Adventures in the Margin of Error
by Kathryn Schulz 2010 420 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain
A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
by V.S. Ramachandran 2011 384 pages
4.15
10k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2007 296 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Heroes of the Environment Summary
Heroes of the Environment
True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect Our Planet
by Harriet Rohmer 2010 113 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Science
Biography
Environment
Why Don't Students Like School? Summary
Why Don't Students Like School?
by Daniel T. Willingham 2010 240 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
Age of Empathy Summary
Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
by Frans de Waal 2010 304 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Animals
Numbers Rule Your World Summary
Numbers Rule Your World
The Hidden Influence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do
by Fung 2010 208 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
Hamlet's BlackBerry Summary
Hamlet's BlackBerry
A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
by William Powers 2010 288 pages
3.59
1k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Bed of Procrustes Summary
The Bed of Procrustes
Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2010 112 pages
3.79
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Business
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Secrets Behind What You Eat
by Richie Chevat 2009 352 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales 2004 318 pages
3.94
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Survival
Adventure
Freedom Evolves Summary
Freedom Evolves
by Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Outliers Summary
Outliers
The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell 2008 309 pages
4.19
800k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Why We Get Fat Summary
Why We Get Fat
And What to Do About It
by Gary Taubes 2010 273 pages
4.03
21k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Bad Ideas? Summary
Bad Ideas?
An Arresting History of Our Inventions
by Robert Winston 2010 432 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Science
History
The Moral Landscape Summary
The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values
by Sam Harris 2010
3.90
23k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
Creativity Summary
Creativity
Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 2009 466 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Social Animal Summary
The Social Animal
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
by David Brooks 2011 472 pages
3.87
23k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2009 332 pages
4.19
85k+ ratings
Biography
Medicine
Memoir
The Genius in All of Us Summary
The Genius in All of Us
Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
by David Shenk 2010 320 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Art of Choosing Summary
The Art of Choosing
by Sheena Iyengar 2011 368 pages
3.84
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
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