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The Upside of Stress Summary
The Upside of Stress
Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
by Kelly McGonigal 2012 294 pages
4.09
7.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Health
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Ben Dupré 2007 208 pages
3.69
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Science
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine
How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
by Andy Clark 2023 320 pages
3.92
861 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future Summary
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
by John MacCormick 2012 219 pages
3.89
1.6K ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
The Art of Electronics Summary
The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz 1980 1125 pages
4.40
1.6K ratings
Engineering
Science
Reference
Molecular Biology of the Cell Summary
Molecular Biology of the Cell
by Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 pages
4.35
2.5K ratings
Science
Biology
Textbooks
The Medici Effect Summary
The Medici Effect
What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation
by Frans Johansson 2004 207 pages
3.92
2.7K ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
Entangled Minds Summary
Entangled Minds
Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality
by Dean Radin 2006 368 pages
4.00
1.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
Innumeracy Summary
Innumeracy
Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
by John Allen Paulos 1988 180 pages
3.78
5.2K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Psychology
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed Yong 2022 464 pages
4.47
31.3K ratings
Science
Nature
Animals
The Sense of Style Summary
The Sense of Style
The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
by Steven Pinker 2014 368 pages
4.04
9.0K ratings
Writing
Language
Linguistics
Logically Fallacious Summary
Logically Fallacious
The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies - Academic Edition
by Bo Bennett 2012 460 pages
3.85
596 ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Psychology
Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness Summary
Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness
by Dawn Clifford 2015 276 pages
4.40
341 ratings
Nutrition
Health
Fitness
Health Design Thinking Summary
Health Design Thinking
Creating Products and Services for Better Health
by Bon Ku 2020 228 pages
4.10
154 ratings
Design
Health Care
Health
Lucid Dreaming Summary
Lucid Dreaming
Gateway to the Inner Self
by Robert Waggoner 2008 320 pages
4.09
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
The Next 100 Years Summary
The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
by George Friedman 2008 272 pages
3.67
10.9K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Rationality Summary
Rationality
by Steven Pinker 2021 432 pages
3.84
6.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Rewire Your OCD Brain Summary
Rewire Your OCD Brain
Powerful Neuroscience-Based Skills to Break Free from Obsessive Thoughts and Fears
by Catherine M. Pittman 2021 216 pages
4.18
385 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Big Gods Summary
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
by Ara Norenzayan 2013 257 pages
4.02
372 ratings
Religion
History
Psychology
The Miraculous Results of Extremely High Doses of Vitamin D3 Summary
The Miraculous Results of Extremely High Doses of Vitamin D3
A year-long Experiment With Huge Doses of the Sunshine Hormone From 25,000 to 100,000 IU/Day
by Jeff T. Bowles 2013 209 pages
4.05
982 ratings
Health
Medical
Nutrition
Dirty Genes Summary
Dirty Genes
A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health
by Ben Lynch 2018 384 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
You Can Have an Amazing Memory Summary
You Can Have an Amazing Memory
Learn Life-Changing Techniques and Tips from the Memory Maestro
by Dominic O'Brien 2011 208 pages
4.06
960 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales 1998 295 pages
3.94
14.0K ratings
Psychology
Survival
Adventure
Altered Traits Summary
Altered Traits
Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
by Daniel Goleman 2017 336 pages
3.91
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Rethinking Positive Thinking Summary
Rethinking Positive Thinking
Inside the New Science of Motivation
by Gabriele Oettingen 2014 240 pages
3.69
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Productivity
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 271 pages
4.11
14.2K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
You Are the Universe Summary
You Are the Universe
Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
by Deepak Chopra 2017
3.59
2.8K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science
by Michael Nielsen 2011 272 pages
3.94
641 ratings
Science
Technology
History
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain
A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
by V.S. Ramachandran 2010 384 pages
4.15
10.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Great Cholesterol Myth Summary
The Great Cholesterol Myth
Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan That Will
by Jonny Bowden 2012 240 pages
4.32
2.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Healing at the Speed of Sound Summary
Healing at the Speed of Sound
How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives
by Don Campbell 2011 288 pages
3.69
222 ratings
Psychology
Music
Health
The AI Revolution in Medicine Summary
The AI Revolution in Medicine
GPT-4 and Beyond
by Peter Lee 2023 304 pages
3.90
491 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Medicine
Science
Yoga Anatomy Summary
Yoga Anatomy
by Leslie Kaminoff 2007 221 pages
4.28
6.8K ratings
Health
Reference
Fitness
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2003 333 pages
4.20
86.9K ratings
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung Summary
The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung
by C.G. Jung 1991 736 pages
4.16
462 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Troublemakers Summary
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
by Leslie Berlin 2017 512 pages
4.09
748 ratings
History
Technology
Business
Bad Blood Summary
Bad Blood
Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by John Carreyrou 2018 339 pages
4.41
273.9K ratings
Business
True Crime
Science
Drug Use for Grown-Ups Summary
Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
by Carl L. Hart 2021 304 pages
4.02
4.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
The Internet of Money Summary
The Internet of Money
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2016 200 pages
4.06
4.0K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming Summary
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming
Mastering the Art of Oneironautics
by Dylan Tuccillo 2012 274 pages
3.96
2.6K ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
Saving Normal Summary
Saving Normal
An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life
by Allen Frances 2013 336 pages
3.85
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Psychiatry
The Longevity Diet Summary
The Longevity Diet
Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight
by Valter Longo 2016 300 pages
3.87
4.4K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide Summary
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys
by James Fadiman 2011 352 pages
4.17
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Spirituality
The Irrational Bundle Summary
The Irrational Bundle
Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
by Dan Ariely 2013 797 pages
4.32
450 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
Fiber Fueled Summary
Fiber Fueled
The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, andOptimizing Your Microbiome
by Will Bulsiewicz 2020 400 pages
4.05
11.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
On Language Summary
On Language
by Noam Chomsky 1998 481 pages
3.82
1.0K ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
Siddhartha's Brain Summary
Siddhartha's Brain
Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment
by James Kingsland 2016 352 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Buddhism
Psychology
Science
The Brain and Emotional Intelligence Summary
The Brain and Emotional Intelligence
New Insights
by Daniel Goleman 2011 72 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Trying Not to Try Summary
Trying Not to Try
The Art and Science of Spontaneity
by Edward Slingerland 2014 304 pages
3.74
1.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog Summary
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog
by Chad Orzel 2009 296 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
Physics
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