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Weapons of Mass Instruction Summary
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2008 192 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
FREEDOM Summary
FREEDOM
The End of the Human Condition
by Jeremy Griffith 2016 798 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
In Praise of Slowness Summary
In Praise of Slowness
Challenging the Cult of Speed
by Carl Honoré 2004 321 pages
3.65
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Women Who Love Psychopaths Summary
Women Who Love Psychopaths
by Sandra L. Brown 2008 185 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
Misbelief Summary
Misbelief
What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
by Dan Ariely 2023 320 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Broken Code Summary
Broken Code
Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets
by Jeff Horwitz 2023 528 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Technology
Business
Politics
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution Summary
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution
by Gustave Le Bon 2015 286 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Sex by Numbers Summary
Sex by Numbers
What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour
by David Spiegelhalter 2015 369 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Science
Sexuality
Psychology
The Social Construction of Reality Summary
The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
by Peter L. Berger 1966 219 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
The Winner-Take-All Society Summary
The Winner-Take-All Society
Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us
by Robert H. Frank 1995 288 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
Friends Summary
Friends
Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2021 432 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Psychology
Relationships
Science
The Unschooled Mind Summary
The Unschooled Mind
How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach
by Howard Gardner 1991 320 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Parenting
Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci 1947 483 pages
4.20
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Struggle for Recognition Summary
The Struggle for Recognition
The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts
by Axel Honneth 1992 240 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Revenge of the Tipping Point Summary
Revenge of the Tipping Point
Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
by Malcolm Gladwell 2024 368 pages
4.06
25k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Org Summary
The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
by Ray Fisman 2013 320 pages
3.35
100+ ratings
Business
Management
Economics
The Road to Freedom Summary
The Road to Freedom
Economics and the Good Society
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024 384 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Summary
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by Max Weber 1904 320 pages
3.91
14k+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Inside the Criminal Mind Summary
Inside the Criminal Mind
by Stanton E. Samenow 1984 288 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Crime
Dialectic of Enlightenment Summary
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Philosophical Fragments
by Max Horkheimer 1947 304 pages
4.11
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
iGen Summary
iGen
Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy — and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us
by Jean M. Twenge 2017 352 pages
3.79
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Sociology
Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages
3.80
42k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
Infectious Generosity Summary
Infectious Generosity
The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
by Chris J. Anderson 2024 272 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold J. Toynbee 1947 640 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018 240 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
Decoded Summary
Decoded
The Science Behind Why We Buy
by Phil P. Barden 2013 280 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Imagined Communities Summary
Imagined Communities
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
by Benedict Anderson 1983 224 pages
4.11
15k+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Tearing Us Apart Summary
Tearing Us Apart
How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
by Ryan T. Anderson 2022 320 pages
4.49
100+ ratings
Cultural
Politics
Philosophy
Connected Summary
Connected
The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
by Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 pages
3.73
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Butterfly Economics Summary
Butterfly Economics
A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior
by Paul Ormerod 1998 217 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Business
Linked Summary
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
by Albert-László Barabási 2002 304 pages
3.94
5k+ ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
Bursts Summary
Bursts
The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
by Albert-László Barabási 2010 310 pages
3.31
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Hey, Hun Summary
Hey, Hun
Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023 384 pages
3.60
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Cults
Feminism
The Origins of Political Order Summary
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama 2011 585 pages
4.18
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Anti-Oedipus Summary
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1972 400 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
Liberty Summary
Liberty
Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
by Isaiah Berlin 1969 416 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Think! Summary
Think!
Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
by Michael R. LeGault 2006 355 pages
3.09
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Narrow Corridor Summary
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2019 560 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Wired for Culture Summary
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
by Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Saving the Modern Soul Summary
Saving the Modern Soul
Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help
by Eva Illouz 2008 304 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Self Help
Why Love Hurts Summary
Why Love Hurts
A Sociological Explanation
by Eva Illouz 2011 293 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Feminism
Pendulum Summary
Pendulum
How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future
by Roy H. Williams 2012
3.72
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Faster Summary
Faster
The Acceleration of Just About Everything
by James Gleick 1999 330 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
Conformity Summary
Conformity
The Power of Social Influences
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 192 pages
3.43
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Society of the Spectacle Summary
The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord 1967 154 pages
4.03
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams 1902 88 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Anthro-Vision Summary
Anthro-Vision
A New Way to See in Business and Life
by Gillian Tett 2021 304 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Anthropology
Business
Economics
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Theology
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club
How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
by Tina Rosenberg 2011 432 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
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