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Born for Love Summary
Born for Love
Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered
by Bruce D. Perry 2009 384 pages
4.33
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Self Help
A Cancer in the Family Summary
A Cancer in the Family
Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance
by Theodora Ross 2016 304 pages
4.13
181 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
The Blindspots Between Us Summary
The Blindspots Between Us
How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships
by Gleb Tsipursky 2020 216 pages
3.94
270 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Metabolic Autophagy Summary
Metabolic Autophagy
Practice Intermittent Fasting and Resistance Training to Build Muscle and Promote Longevity
by Siim Land 2019 429 pages
4.22
193 ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Introduction to Real Analysis Summary
Introduction to Real Analysis
by Robert G. Bartle 1982 388 pages
3.99
304 ratings
Mathematics
Textbooks
Science
Riveted Summary
Riveted
The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe: The Science of Why Jokes Make ... Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe
by Jim Davies 2014 288 pages
3.70
401 ratings
Psychology
Science
Religion
Models of My Life Summary
Models of My Life
by Herbert A. Simon 1991 415 pages
3.77
420 ratings
Biography
Science
Philosophy
Gratitude Works! Summary
Gratitude Works!
A 21-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity
by Robert A. Emmons 2013 208 pages
3.91
365 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Highly Sensitive Man Summary
The Highly Sensitive Man
How Mastering Natural Insticts, Ethics, and Empathy Can Enrich Men's Lives and the Lives of Those Who Love Them
by Tom Falkenstein 2017 260 pages
4.02
437 ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love
A Memoir
by Diane Ackerman 2011 336 pages
3.85
1.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Pencil Summary
The Pencil
A History of Design and Circumstance
by Henry Petroski 1992 434 pages
3.81
641 ratings
History
Science
Engineering
Cesar's Rules Summary
Cesar's Rules
Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog
by Cesar Millan 2006 320 pages
3.70
1.7K ratings
Dogs
Animals
Unfinished
Innovation Summary
Innovation
A Very Short Introduction
by Mark Dodgson 2010 162 pages
3.30
185 ratings
Economics
Science
Psychology
Physics and Philosophy Summary
Physics and Philosophy
The Revolution in Modern Science
by Werner Heisenberg 1958 176 pages
4.03
3.0K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Uncontrolled Spread Summary
Uncontrolled Spread
Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
by Scott Gottlieb 2021 480 pages
4.07
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Health
What Type Am I? Summary
What Type Am I?
The Myers-Brigg Type Indication Made Easy
by Renee Baron 1998 171 pages
3.94
527 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Reference
The Journey of Humanity Summary
The Journey of Humanity
The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
by Oded Galor 2022 304 pages
3.83
1.7K ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
Earth in Human Hands Summary
Earth in Human Hands
Shaping Our Planet's Future
by David Grinspoon 2016 544 pages
4.19
309 ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Against the Grain Summary
Against the Grain
A Deep History of the Earliest States
by James C. Scott 2017 312 pages
4.13
4.5K ratings
History
Anthropology
Politics
The Science of Everyday Life Summary
The Science of Everyday Life
by Jay Ingram 1989 200 pages
3.75
231 ratings
Science
Canada
Reference
Mother of Invention Summary
Mother of Invention
How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men
by Katrine Marçal 2020 296 pages
3.90
2.3K ratings
Feminism
History
Economics
The No Self, No Problem Workbook Summary
The No Self, No Problem Workbook
Exercises & Practices from Neuropsychology and Buddhism to Help You Lose Your Mind
by Chris Niebauer 2023 181 pages
4.34
122 ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Science
Once Upon A Number Summary
Once Upon A Number
The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories
by John Allen Paulos 1998 224 pages
3.37
222 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Writing
The Unfolding of Language Summary
The Unfolding of Language
An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
by Guy Deutscher 2005 368 pages
4.22
3.9K ratings
Linguistics
Language
History
The Grand Biocentric Design Summary
The Grand Biocentric Design
How Life Creates Reality
by Robert Lanza 2020 298 pages
4.09
625 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
by Hannah Testa 2020 64 pages
3.88
601 ratings
Science
Social Justice
Activism
What Is Real? Summary
What Is Real?
The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
by Adam Becker 2018 384 pages
4.28
3.5K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Psychology of Intelligence Summary
The Psychology of Intelligence
by Jean Piaget 1947 202 pages
4.09
3.3K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food
An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan 2008 205 pages
4.07
118.2K ratings
Food
Health
Science
El cerebro del niño explicado a los padres Summary
El cerebro del niño explicado a los padres
by Álvaro Bilbao 2015 249 pages
4.44
2.9K ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
Buddhist Biology Summary
Buddhist Biology
Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science
by David Philip Barash 2013 216 pages
3.79
107 ratings
Science
Buddhism
Philosophy
I Think, Therefore I Laugh Summary
I Think, Therefore I Laugh
by John Allen Paulos 1985 192 pages
3.49
239 ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Science
A Tear at the Edge of Creation Summary
A Tear at the Edge of Creation
A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe
by Marcelo Gleiser 2010 304 pages
3.88
390 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Gravity Summary
Gravity
An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity
by James B. Hartle 2002 608 pages
4.24
154 ratings
Physics
Science
Textbooks
Materials Science and Engineering Summary
Materials Science and Engineering
An Introduction
by William D. Callister Jr. 1985 848 pages
4.09
848 ratings
Engineering
Textbooks
Science
Planet on Fire Summary
Planet on Fire
A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown
by Mathew Lawrence 2021 289 pages
3.66
168 ratings
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
How the Mind Changed Summary
How the Mind Changed
A Human History of Our Evolving Brain
by Joseph Jebelli 2022 320 pages
4.07
290 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Tribe of Hackers Summary
Tribe of Hackers
Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World
by Marcus J. Carey 2019 412 pages
3.88
256 ratings
Technology
Hackers
Computer Science
Pictures of the Mind Summary
Pictures of the Mind
What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are
by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald 2009 177 pages
3.76
890 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Forensics Summary
Forensics
What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
by Val McDermid 2014 310 pages
4.09
12.0K ratings
Science
True Crime
Crime
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets Summary
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot 1997 352 pages
4.09
5.9K ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
Black Holes Summary
Black Holes
A Very Short Introduction
by Katherine Blundell 2014 120 pages
3.86
361 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The End of Everything Summary
The End of Everything
by Katie Mack 2020 226 pages
4.26
11.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Case of the Female Orgasm Summary
The Case of the Female Orgasm
Bias in the Science of Evolution
by Elisabeth A. Lloyd 2005 320 pages
3.97
123 ratings
Science
Sexuality
Feminism
Confessions of a Surgeon Summary
Confessions of a Surgeon
The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated...Life Behind the O.R. Doors
by Paul A. Ruggieri 2012 272 pages
3.75
2.2K ratings
Medical
Medicine
Memoir
A Letter to Liberals Summary
A Letter to Liberals
Censorship and COVID: An Attack on Science and American Ideals
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022 123 pages
4.40
331 ratings
Politics
Science
Medical
Super Consciousness Summary
Super Consciousness
The Quest for the Peak Experience
by Colin Wilson 2007 224 pages
3.93
247 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Dr. Quantum's Little Book Of Big Ideas Summary
Dr. Quantum's Little Book Of Big Ideas
Where Science Meets Spirit
by Fred Alan Wolf 2005 160 pages
4.09
117 ratings
Physics
Science
Metaphysics
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Summary
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
by Marcia Bartusiak 2000 272 pages
4.03
194 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Decoding Love Summary
Decoding Love
Why It Takes Twelve Frogs to Find a Prince, and Other Revelations from the Science of Attraction
by Andrew S. Trees 2009 264 pages
3.64
328 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
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