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The Mind & the Brain Summary
The Mind & the Brain
Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001 432 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Body by Science Summary
Body by Science
A Research-Based Program for Strength Training, Body Building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week
by John Little 2008 312 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Science
Why We Believe in God(s) Summary
Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
by J. Anderson Thomson 2011 144 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Religion
Science
Psychology
Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof 2008 248 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Finance
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012 231 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses Summary
Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses
Part Two from What the Dog Saw
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 120 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Statistics for Dummies Summary
Statistics for Dummies
by Deborah J. Rumsey 2003 384 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Reference
The Perfection Point Summary
The Perfection Point
Sport Science Predicts the Fastest Man, the Highest Jump, and the Limits of Athletic Performance
by John Brenkus 2010 256 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Sports
Science
Baseball
Sexual Intelligence Summary
Sexual Intelligence
What We Really Want from Sex
by Marty Klein 2012 256 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Sexuality
Psychology
Self Help
The Science of Everyday Life Summary
The Science of Everyday Life
by Jay Ingram 1989 200 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Science
Canada
Reference
Broken Words Summary
Broken Words
The Abuse of Science and Faith in American Politics
by Jonathan Dudley 2011 208 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Religion
Science
Politics
The Signal and the Noise Summary
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
by Nate Silver 2012 544 pages
3.97
51k+ ratings
Science
Business
Economics
The Idea Factory Summary
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
by Jon Gertner 2012 432 pages
4.20
8k+ ratings
History
Business
Science
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland 1992 256 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Noonday Demon Summary
The Noonday Demon
An Atlas of Depression
by Andrew Solomon 2000 576 pages
4.19
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
The Willpower Instinct Summary
The Willpower Instinct
How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
by Kelly McGonigal 2011 275 pages
4.13
32k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Big Questions from Little People Summary
Big Questions from Little People
And Simple Answers from Great Minds
by Gemma Elwin Harris 2012 336 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Childrens
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
by Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Science
Skepticism
Psychology
How to Create a Mind Summary
How to Create a Mind
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
by Ray Kurzweil 2012 336 pages
3.97
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal
How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.70
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Writing
Science
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living Summary
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living
by Jeff S. Volek 2011 316 pages
4.21
2k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Diets
The Blue Zones Summary
The Blue Zones
Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
by Dan Buettner 2008 304 pages
4.07
12k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
by Michael Shermer 2011 400 pages
3.93
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Religion
Brain Power Summary
Brain Power
Improve Your Mind as You Age
by Michael J. Gelb 2011 248 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Brain
Bounce Summary
Bounce
Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
by Matthew Syed 2010 320 pages
4.06
9k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2011 271 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Food Revolution Summary
The Food Revolution
How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
by John Robbins 2001 449 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Plastic Summary
Plastic
A Toxic Love Story
by Susan Freinkel 2011 336 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
History
The Science of Yoga Summary
The Science of Yoga
The Risks and the Rewards
by William J. Broad 2012 298 pages
3.74
3k+ ratings
Science
Health
Fitness
The Healthy Keto Plan Summary
The Healthy Keto Plan
Get Healthy, Lose Weight & Feel Great
by Eric Berg 2006 388 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Diets
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.78
10k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
Liespotting Summary
Liespotting
Proven Techniques to Detect Deception
by Pamela Meyer 2010 256 pages
3.52
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Blindspot Summary
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
by Mahzarin R. Banaji 2013 254 pages
3.72
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
On Killing Summary
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman 1995 367 pages
4.12
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
Metaphors We Live By Summary
Metaphors We Live By
by George Lakoff 1980 276 pages
4.09
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Linguistics
Psychology
Exploding the Phone Summary
Exploding the Phone
The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell
by Phil Lapsley 2013 431 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
History
Technology
True Crime
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
2k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Salt Sugar Fat Summary
Salt Sugar Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by Michael Moss 2013 480 pages
4.01
32k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
When the Body Says No Summary
When the Body Says No
The Cost of Hidden Stress
by Gabor Maté 2003 320 pages
4.21
28k+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
Dollars and Sex Summary
Dollars and Sex
How Economics Influences Sex and Love
by Marina Adshade 2013 272 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Economics
Relationships
Psychology
The Wisdom of Psychopaths Summary
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
by Kevin Dutton 2012 222 pages
3.75
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Automate This Summary
Automate This
How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
by Christopher Steiner 2012 256 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Naked Statistics Summary
Naked Statistics
Stripping the Dread from the Data
by Charles Wheelan 2012 304 pages
3.96
14k+ ratings
Science
Business
Mathematics
Think Like a Cat Summary
Think Like a Cat
How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat—Not a Sour Puss
by Miriam M. Gonzalez Hernandez 2000 413 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Cats
Animals
Reference
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
3.88
1k+ ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
The Tiger That Isn't Summary
The Tiger That Isn't
Seeing Through a World of Numbers
by Michael Blastland 2007 184 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf Summary
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
by John Coates 2012 320 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Finance
Science
Pieces of Light Summary
Pieces of Light
The New Science of Memory
by Charles Fernyhough 2012 344 pages
3.53
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Contagious Summary
Contagious
Why Things Catch On
by Jonah Berger 2013 210 pages
3.98
31k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
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