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How We Learn Summary
How We Learn
The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
by Benedict Carey 2014 272 pages
3.91
7k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Science
The Microbiome Diet Summary
The Microbiome Diet
The Scientifically Proven Way to Restore Your Gut Health and Achieve Permanent Weight Loss
by Raphael Kellman 2014 352 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
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
8k+ ratings
Writing
Language
Linguistics
Guesstimation Summary
Guesstimation
Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin
by Lawrence Weinstein 2008 320 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Business
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL REV ED HIDDEN FORCES THAT SHAPE [Paperback] Summary
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL REV ED HIDDEN FORCES THAT SHAPE [Paperback]
by Dan Ariely 2010 380 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
by Steven D. Levitt 2005
4.01
800k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Summary
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
by Daniel G. Amen 1999 337 pages
3.97
12k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Self-Analysis Summary
Self-Analysis
by Karen Horney 1994 280 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Self Help
How We Got to Now Summary
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
by Steven Johnson 2014 304 pages
4.11
14k+ ratings
History
Science
Technology
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) Summary
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)
by Gerald M. Weinberg 2001 320 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Science
Business
Computer Science
The Marshmallow Test Summary
The Marshmallow Test
Mastering Self-Control
by Walter Mischel 2014 336 pages
3.73
9k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Innovators Summary
The Innovators
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by Walter Isaacson 2014 560 pages
4.11
37k+ ratings
History
Biography
Business
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
by Martine Rothblatt PhD 2014 368 pages
3.47
100+ ratings
Science
Technology
Philosophy
Ada's Algorithm Summary
Ada's Algorithm
How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
by James Essinger 2014 272 pages
3.27
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Science
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
Automation and Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
Think Twice Summary
Think Twice
Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
by Michael J. Mauboussin 2009 224 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Finance
The Rise of Superman Summary
The Rise of Superman
Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
by Steven Kotler 2014 256 pages
3.92
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Personal Development
Cannabis Pharmacy Summary
Cannabis Pharmacy
The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana
by Michael Backes 2014 320 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Reference
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
by Christine Kenneally 2014 370 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Genetics
Smarter Than You Think Summary
Smarter Than You Think
How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better
by Clive Thompson 2014 352 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Science
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
by Paul Ormerod 2007 272 pages
3.47
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Scarcity Summary
Scarcity
Why Having Too Little Means So Much
by Sendhil Mullainathan 2013 304 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
Being Logical Summary
Being Logical
A Guide to Good Thinking
by D.Q. McInerny 2004 160 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Self Help
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
Dunbar’s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks
by Robin Dunbar 2010 312 pages
3.53
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
When Science Meets Religion Summary
When Science Meets Religion
Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?
by Ian G. Barbour 2000 205 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
by Jason Tetro 2013 274 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
The Honeymoon Effect Summary
The Honeymoon Effect
The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth
by Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D. Ph.D. 2013 193 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
Complications Summary
Complications
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande 2003 269 pages
4.27
49k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The Brain's Way of Healing Summary
The Brain's Way of Healing
Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
by Norman Doidge 2015 450 pages
4.2
5k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
How to Fly a Horse Summary
How to Fly a Horse
The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
by Kevin Ashton 2015 336 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Business
History
Science
Psychotherapy Summary
Psychotherapy
A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Tom Burns 2015 144 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Psychiatry
The End of Faith Summary
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris 2006 336 pages
3.9
41k+ ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Bold Summary
Bold
How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World (Exponential Technology Series)
by Peter H. Diamandis 2015 336 pages
3.97
9k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
In an Unspoken Voice Summary
In an Unspoken Voice
How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
by Peter A. Levine 2010 384 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
The Future of Violence Summary
The Future of Violence
Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones-Confronting A New Age of Threat
by Benjamin Wittes 2015 336 pages
3.39
100+ ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
Technology
Avicenna's Medicine Summary
Avicenna's Medicine
A New Translation of the 11th-Century Canon with Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care
by Mones Abu-Asab Ph.D. 2013 480 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Medicine
Philosophy
Science
Sleep Smarter Summary
Sleep Smarter
21 Proven Tips to Sleep Your Way To a Better Body, Better Health and Bigger Success
by Shawn Stevenson 2014 160 pages
3.97
8k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
Why Him? Why Her? Summary
Why Him? Why Her?
Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type
by Helen Fisher 2009 304 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
Science for Life Summary
Science for Life
Using the Latest Science to Change our Lives for the Better
by Brian Clegg 2015 400 pages
3.44
100+ ratings
Science
Self Help
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015 191 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Science
Race
History
Cool Summary
Cool
How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World
by Steven Quartz 2015 304 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
Good Calories, Bad Calories Summary
Good Calories, Bad Calories
by Gary Taubes 2007 1026 pages
4.17
9k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Cooked Summary
Cooked
by Michael Pollan 2013 480 pages
4.08
25k+ ratings
Food
Cooking
Science
Follow Your Gut Summary
Follow Your Gut
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes (TED Books)
by Rob Knight 2015 129 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
On the Move Summary
On the Move
A Life
by Oliver Sacks 2015 416 pages
4.02
20k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Science
The Little Book of Economics Summary
The Little Book of Economics
by Greg Ip 2010 272 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The 3-Season Diet Summary
The 3-Season Diet
Eat the Way Nature Intended: Lose Weight, Beat Food Cravings, and Get Fit
by John Douillard 2007 326 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology Summary
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
by Scott O. Lilienfeld 2011 240 pages
3.66
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective
How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
by Robert Mann 2007 272 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
When to Rob a Bank Summary
When to Rob a Bank
...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
by Steven D. Levitt 2015 400 pages
3.52
14k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Psychology
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