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Average Is Over Summary
Average Is Over
Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
by Tyler Cowen 2013 304 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction
Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 2013 304 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Technology
The Founder's Dilemmas Summary
The Founder's Dilemmas
Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup
by Noam Wasserman 2012 480 pages
4.02
5k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Bank 3.0 Summary
Bank 3.0
Why Banking Is No Longer Somewhere You Go But Something You Do
by Brett King 2012 396 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Business
Finance
Banking
Master Switch Summary
Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 368 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
Technology
History
Business
High Performance JavaScript Summary
High Performance JavaScript
Build Faster Web Application Interfaces
by Nicholas C. Zakas 2010 232 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
Without Their Permission Summary
Without Their Permission
How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed
by Alexis Ohanian 2013 272 pages
3.7
2k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Developing Backbone.js Applications Summary
Developing Backbone.js Applications
Building Better JavaScript Applications
by Addy Osmani 2013 371 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Programming
Technical
Technology
Designing for Behavior Change Summary
Designing for Behavior Change
Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics
by Stephen Wendel 2013 394 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Design
Psychology
Business
Lean UX Summary
Lean UX
Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
by Josh Seiden 2013 152 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Design
Business
Technology
Design Thinking Summary
Design Thinking
Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value
by Thomas Lockwood 2009 304 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Design
Business
Art
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed
Ten Commands for a Digital Age
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010 140 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Programming
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs Summary
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
by Carmine Gallo 2010 272 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Management
Scrum Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners Summary
Scrum Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners
Agile Tactics, Tools & Tips (Addison-Wesley Signature Series
by Ilan Goldstein 2013 208 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Management
Business
Technology
High Performance Web Sites Summary
High Performance Web Sites
by Steve Souders 2007 168 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Gamers at Work Summary
Gamers at Work
Stories Behind the Games People Play
by Morgan Ramsay 2012 369 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Video Games
Games
Game Design
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
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Summary
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
What Everyone Needs to Know®
by P.W. Singer 2014 320 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
Big Bang Disruption Summary
Big Bang Disruption
Strategy in the Age of Devastating Inovation
by Larry Downes 1977 272 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Designing with the Mind in Mind Summary
Designing with the Mind in Mind
Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Guidelines
by Jeff Johnson 2014 250 pages
4.1
1k+ ratings
Design
Psychology
Business
Smashing WordPress Summary
Smashing WordPress
Beyond the Blog
by Thord Daniel Hedengren 2012 352 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Reference
Website Design
Computers
High Performance Browser Networking Summary
High Performance Browser Networking
What every web developer should know about networking and web performance
by Ilya Grigorik 2013 398 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Flash Boys Summary
Flash Boys
by Michael Lewis 2015 320 pages
4.14
84k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Apprenticeship Patterns Summary
Apprenticeship Patterns
Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
by Dave Hoover 2009 165 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Mastering Bitcoin Summary
Mastering Bitcoin
Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2014 298 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
Finance
Technology
Computer Science
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
Functional Programming in Java Summary
Functional Programming in Java
Harnessing the Power Of Java 8 Lambda Expressions
by Venkat Subramaniam 2014 196 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
How to Speak Tech Summary
How to Speak Tech
The Non-Techie's Guide to Technology Basics in Business
by Vinay Trivedi 2013 148 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Technology
Communication
Computers
Dependency Injection in .NET Summary
Dependency Injection in .NET
by Mark Seemann 2011 584 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
The Elements of Content Strategy Summary
The Elements of Content Strategy
by Erin Kissane 2011 90 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Design
Business
Website Design
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 256 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Traction Summary
Traction
A Startup Guide to Getting Customers
by Gabriel Weinberg 2014 258 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Buisness
How Google Works Summary
How Google Works
by Eric Schmidt 2014 304 pages
4.05
28k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Programming C# Summary
Programming C#
by Jesse Liberty 2001 688 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Programming
Reference
Technology
Python Cookbook Summary
Python Cookbook
by David Beazley 2005 846 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Reference
Neuro Web Design Summary
Neuro Web Design
What Makes Them Click?
by Susan M. Weinschenk 2009 162 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Design
Psychology
Business
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 Summary
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
by Gerald M. Weinberg 2001 320 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Science
Business
Computer Science
Netflixed Summary
Netflixed
The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
by Gina Keating 2012 304 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
History
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 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
Hooked Summary
Hooked
A Guide to Building Habit-Forming Technology
by Nir Eyal 2013 192 pages
4.11
45k+ ratings
Business
Design
Psychology
Bitcoin Summary
Bitcoin
The Future of Money?
by Dominic Frisby 2014 304 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
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
Viral Loop Summary
Viral Loop
From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves
by Adam L. Penenberg 2009 288 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Building Microservices Summary
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
by Sam Newman 2015 280 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Jony Ive Summary
Jony Ive
The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
by Leander Kahney 2013 320 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Biography
Design
Business
Future Crimes Summary
Future Crimes
by Marc Goodman 2015 464 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Business
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