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Toward a Psychology of Being Summary
Toward a Psychology of Being
by Abraham H. Maslow 2013 228 pages
4.17
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Superintelligence Summary
Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages
3.86
19k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
The Upside of Your Dark Side Summary
The Upside of Your Dark Side
Why Being Your Whole Self — Not Just Your "Good" Self--Drives Success and Fulfillment
by Todd Kashdan 2014 304 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Happiness Hypothesis Summary
The Happiness Hypothesis
Putting Ancient Wisdom and Philosophy to the Test of Modern Science
by Jonathan Haidt 2007 297 pages
4.1
40k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Hidden Order Summary
Hidden Order
The Economics of Everyday Life
by David D. Friedman 1996 352 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Confidence Game Summary
The Confidence Game
Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
by Maria Konnikova 2016 352 pages
3.66
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
by Adam Steltzner 2016 256 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Science
Space
Leadership
Small Data Summary
Small Data
The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends
by Martin Lindstrom 2016 256 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
At Home in the Universe Summary
At Home in the Universe
The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
by Stuart Kauffman 1996 336 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Sync Summary
Sync
by Steven Strogatz 2004 351 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Thinking in Systems Summary
Thinking in Systems
International Bestseller
by Donella H. Meadows 2008 240 pages
4.21
17k+ ratings
Business
Science
Design
The Upcycle Summary
The Upcycle
Beyond Sustainability — Designing for Abundance
by William McDonough 2013 257 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Design
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards Summary
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
How Our Children Really Learn — and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less
by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff 2004 320 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
Anatomy of Love Summary
Anatomy of Love
A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray
by Helen Fisher 2016 464 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Rewire Your Anxious Brain Summary
Rewire Your Anxious Brain
How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
by Catherine M Pittman PhD 2015 232 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Food of the Gods Summary
Food of the Gods
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
by Terence McKenna 1993 311 pages
4.13
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
Peak Summary
Peak
Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
by Anders Ericsson 2016 336 pages
4.21
17k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Heuristics and Biases Summary
Heuristics and Biases
The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment
by Daniel Kahneman Dale Griffin Thomas Gilovich 2002 882 pages
4.39
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire
by Alan Miller 2008 272 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
TRIZ For Dummies Summary
TRIZ For Dummies
by Lilly Haines-Gadd 2016 352 pages
4.1
50+ ratings
Science
Business
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
by David Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Skepticism
The Sleep Revolution Summary
The Sleep Revolution
Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
by Arianna Huffington 2016 382 pages
3.43
7k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising Summary
My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising
by Claude Hopkins 1966 336 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Psychology
The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis Summary
The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
by Richard J. Heuer 2010 210 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Inevitable Summary
The Inevitable
Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
by Kevin Kelly 2016 336 pages
3.9
11k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Science
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
by Sean M. Carroll 2016 475 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Algorithms to Live By Summary
Algorithms to Live By
The Computer Science of Human Decisions
by Brian Christian 2016 368 pages
4.13
32k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Computer Science
Why You Love Music Summary
Why You Love Music
From Mozart to Metallica — The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds
by John Powell 2016 320 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Science
The User's Guide to the Human Mind Summary
The User's Guide to the Human Mind
Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It
by Shawn T. Smith PsyD 2011 216 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Invisible Influence Summary
Invisible Influence
The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
by Jonah Berger 2016 272 pages
3.69
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
On Language by Chomsky Noam Author ON Jan 30 1998 Paperback Summary
On Language by Chomsky Noam Author ON Jan 30 1998 Paperback
by Noam Chomsky 1998 269 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
The Power of Neuroplasticity Summary
The Power of Neuroplasticity
by Shad Helmstetter Ph.D. 2014 291 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Self Help
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
History
Getting Gamers Summary
Getting Gamers
The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them
by Jamie Madigan 2015 320 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Psychology
Video Games
Game Design
A Book About Love Summary
A Book About Love
by Jonah Lehrer 2016 304 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Polyvagal Theory Summary
The Polyvagal Theory
Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by Stephen W. Porges 2011 347 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Cyber Effect Summary
The Cyber Effect
A Pioneering Cyberpsychologist Explains How Human Behavior Changes Online
by Mary Aiken 2016 400 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Science
100 Million Years of Food Summary
100 Million Years of Food
What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today
by Stephen Le 2016 320 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Food
History
Health
The Internet of Money Summary
The Internet of Money
A collection of talks by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2016 152 pages
4.06
3k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Technology
God's Undertaker Summary
God's Undertaker
Has Science Buried God?
by Professor John C Lennox 2009 224 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Science
Religion
Christian
Jason Fung Collection 3 Books Set (The Obesity Code, The Obesity Code Cookbook, The Complete Guide to Fasting) Summary
Jason Fung Collection 3 Books Set (The Obesity Code, The Obesity Code Cookbook, The Complete Guide to Fasting)
by Jason Fung 2021 304 pages
4.26
14k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
The Great Transition Summary
The Great Transition
Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
by Lester R. Brown 2015 194 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
Payoff Summary
Payoff
The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations (TED Books)
by Dan Ariely 2016 128 pages
3.71
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists Summary
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
50 Essential Concepts
by Peter Bruce 2017 318 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Computer Science
Mathematics
Science
Habits of a Happy Brain Summary
Habits of a Happy Brain
Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2015 238 pages
4.02
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Armchair Economist Summary
The Armchair Economist
Economics and Everyday Life
by Steven E. Landsburg 2012 336 pages
3.74
3k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Undoing Project Summary
The Undoing Project
A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
by Michael Lewis 2016 368 pages
3.99
60k+ ratings
Psychology
Biography
Science
Snakes in Suits Summary
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
by Dr. Paul Babiak 2007 352 pages
3.67
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Genius of Birds Summary
The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 pages
4.04
11k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Birds
Power, Sex, Suicide Summary
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by Nick Lane 2006 368 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
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