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A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming Summary
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming
Mastering the Art of Oneironautics
by Dylan Tuccillo 2013 288 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Switch on Your Brain Summary
Switch on Your Brain
The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
by Caroline Leaf 2013 240 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
Sway Summary
Sway
The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
by Ori Brafman 2008 206 pages
3.78
19k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Harvard Psychedelic Club Summary
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
by Don Lattin 2010 272 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Biography
The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction
Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 2013 304 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Technology
The Right Chemistry Summary
The Right Chemistry
108 Enlightening, Nutritious, Health-Conscious and Occasionally Bizarre Inquiries into the Science of Everyday Life
by Joe Schwarcz 2012 304 pages
3.78
50+ ratings
Science
Chemistry
The Sports Gene Summary
The Sports Gene
Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
by David Epstein 2013 352 pages
4.20
15k+ ratings
Sports
Science
Health
Master Switch Summary
Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 368 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
Technology
History
Business
Stumbling on Happiness Summary
Stumbling on Happiness
by Daniel Todd Gilbert 2006 304 pages
3.83
61k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan 1986 288 pages
4.19
20k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
Split-Second Persuasion Summary
Split-Second Persuasion
The Ancient Art and New Science of Changing Minds
by Kevin Dutton 2010 400 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Against the Gods Summary
Against the Gods
The Remarkable Story of Risk
by Peter L. Bernstein 1998 400 pages
3.96
13k+ ratings
Finance
History
Business
Drunk Tank Pink Summary
Drunk Tank Pink
And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
by Adam Alter 2013 272 pages
3.55
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams 1991 220 pages
4.32
24k+ ratings
Science
Travel
Nature
It's Been a Good Life Summary
It's Been a Good Life
by Isaac Asimov 2002 310 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
by Vaclav Smil 2013 256 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
History
The Healing Code Summary
The Healing Code
6 Minutes to Heal the Source of Your Health, Success, or Relationship Issue
by Alexander Loyd 2011 320 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age Summary
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age
Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day
by Daniel G. Amen 2012 384 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Spark Summary
Spark
The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
by John J. Ratey 2008 294 pages
4.13
16k+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Summary
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure
by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. 2007 320 pages
4.39
4k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Say Goodnight to Insomnia Summary
Say Goodnight to Insomnia
by Gregg D. Jacobs 2009 256 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Sugar Nation Summary
Sugar Nation
The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It
by Jeff O'Connell 2011 320 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Yes! Summary
Yes!
50 secrets from the science of persuasion
by Noah J. Goldstein 2007 250 pages
3.97
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Evolve Your Brain Summary
Evolve Your Brain
The Science of Changing Your Mind
by Joe Dispenza 2007 508 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
The Female Brain Summary
The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine 2007 279 pages
3.84
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Musicophilia Summary
Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition
by Oliver Sacks 2008 425 pages
3.95
69k+ ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
Effective Unit Testing Summary
Effective Unit Testing
A guide for Java developers
by Lasse Koskela 2013 248 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter D. Schiff 2010 256 pages
4.16
5k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Should We Eat Meat? Summary
Should We Eat Meat?
Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory
by Vaclav Smil 2013 280 pages
3.53
500+ ratings
Science
Food
Health
The Design of Everyday Things Summary
The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman 2002 288 pages
4.16
43k+ ratings
Design
Business
Psychology
The Physics of Wall Street Summary
The Physics of Wall Street
A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable
by James Owen Weatherall 2013 286 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Science
Earthing Summary
Earthing
The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
by Clinton Ober 2010 260 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Spirituality
Self Comes to Mind Summary
Self Comes to Mind
Constructing the Conscious Brain
by António Damásio 2010 384 pages
3.96
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Daniels' Running Formula Summary
Daniels' Running Formula
by Jack Daniels 2004 304 pages
4.25
4k+ ratings
Sports
Fitness
Health
The Holotropic Mind Summary
The Holotropic Mind
The Three Levels of Human Consciousness and How They Shape Our Lives
by Stanislav Grof 1992 240 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Psych 101 Summary
Psych 101
Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!
by Paul Kleinman 2012 288 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
Transcend Summary
Transcend
Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
by Ray Kurzweil 2009 480 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Time Warped Summary
Time Warped
by Claudia Hammond 2012 342 pages
3.53
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Mind Hacks Summary
Mind Hacks
Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain
by Tom Stafford 2004 394 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Virus of the Mind Summary
Virus of the Mind
The New Science of the Meme
by Richard Brodie 2011 256 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot Summary
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot
Unleashing Your Brain's Potential
by Richard Restak 2002 220 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed
Ten Commands for a Digital Age
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010 140 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Programming
mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge Summary
mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge
A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
by Will Pearson 2004 345 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Reference
Trivia
Humor
Conversations on Consciousness Summary
Conversations on Consciousness
What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human
by Susan Blackmore 2006 288 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Life and How to Survive It Summary
Life and How to Survive It
An Entertaining and Mind-Stretching Search for What Really Matters in Life
by A.C. Robin Skynner 1996 436 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan 2007 710 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Food
Science
Health
The Talent Code Summary
The Talent Code
Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
by Daniel Coyle 2009 288 pages
4.04
25k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
The Introvert Advantage Summary
The Introvert Advantage
How to Thrive in an Extrovert World
by Marti Olsen Laney 2002 330 pages
3.87
17k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Cosmos Summary
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan 1985 324 pages
4.39
100k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Memory Book Summary
The Memory Book
The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
by Harry Lorayne 1996 237 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
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