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The New Geography Of Jobs Summary
The New Geography Of Jobs
by Enrico Moretti 2013 304 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Trust Me, I'm Lying Summary
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
by Ryan Holiday 2012 259 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Politics
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip Zimbardo 2008 576 pages
3.92
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Liars and Outliers Summary
Liars and Outliers
Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
by Bruce Schneier 2012 382 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Science
Six Degrees Summary
Six Degrees
The Science of a Connected Age
by Duncan J. Watts 2004 384 pages
3.9
1k+ ratings
Science
Sociology
Mathematics
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 376 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 2007 352 pages
4.32
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Moral Tribes Summary
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
by Joshua Greene 2013 432 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
David and Goliath Summary
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell 2013 320 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Liquid Surveillance Summary
Liquid Surveillance
A Conversation
by Zygmunt Bauman 2013 200 pages
3.8
100+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 2001 592 pages
3.87
28k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
Why Civil Resistance Works Summary
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare)
by Erica Chenoweth 2012 320 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Activism
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
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
Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge Summary
Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge
A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
by Elizabeth Hunt Mangesh Hattikudur Will Pearson 2004 345 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Reference
Trivia
Humor
the-introvert-advantage Summary
the-introvert-advantage
by Marti Olsen Laney 2002 330 pages
3.87
17k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Art of Manliness Summary
The Art of Manliness
Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man
by Brett McKay 2009 288 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Better Angels of Our Nature Summary
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker 2012 832 pages
4.16
28k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Future Minds Summary
Future Minds
How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It
by Richard Watson 2010 228 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Migrations to Solitude Summary
Migrations to Solitude
by Sue Halpern 2011 225 pages
3.37
100+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
The News Summary
The News
A User's Manual
by Alain De Botton 2014 272 pages
3.59
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Journalism
Politics
Mindwise Summary
Mindwise
How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
by Nicholas Epley 2014 272 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
by Gary A. Haugen 2014 368 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 288 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
On Rumors Summary
On Rumors
How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, and What Can Be Done
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 128 pages
3.29
100+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
A Bigger Prize Summary
A Bigger Prize
How We Can Do Better than the Competition
by Margaret Heffernan 2014 416 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Self Help
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 336 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology Summary
Sociology
A Very Short Introduction
by Steve Bruce 2000 120 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
Sociology
Science
Psychology
Social Physics Summary
Social Physics
How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science
by Alex Pentland 2014 320 pages
3.53
1k+ ratings
Science
Sociology
Psychology
Why We Buy Summary
Why We Buy
The Science Of Shopping
by Paco Underhill 1999 256 pages
3.89
13k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Call of the Mall Summary
Call of the Mall
The Geography of Shopping by the Author of Why We Buy
by Paco Underhill 2004 240 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
The Diversity Delusion Summary
The Diversity Delusion
How Immigration Broke Britain & How to Solve It
by Ed West 2013 288 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The Culture Map Summary
The Culture Map
Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
by Erin Meyer 2014 288 pages
4.34
23k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Leadership
Pornland Summary
Pornland
How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
by Gail Dines 2011 240 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
The Narcissist Next Door Summary
The Narcissist Next Door
Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed - In Your World
by Jeffrey Kluger 2014 288 pages
3.11
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
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
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
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
Automation and Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
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
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 356 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
by Theodore Dalrymple 2011 256 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Essays
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
New Passages Summary
New Passages
Mapping Your Life Across Time
by Gail Sheehy 1996 528 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
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
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 2001 544 pages
3.84
7k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
A Brief History of Misogyny Summary
A Brief History of Misogyny
The World's Oldest Prejudice (Brief Histories)
by Jack Holland 2019 336 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Gender
Community Summary
Community
The Structure of Belonging
by Peter Block 2008 240 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Sociology
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