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50 Economics Classics Summary
50 Economics Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2017 386 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
On the Good Life Summary
On the Good Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 384 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
All Things Wise and Wonderful Summary
All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot 1978 448 pages
4.44
36k+ ratings
Animals
Memoir
Biography
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence
by Marcus Aurelius 208 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
40k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success Summary
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success
How to Win Friends and Influence People & How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
by Dale Carnegie 2010 438 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success Summary
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success
How to Win Friends and Influence People & How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
by Dale Carnegie 2010 438 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
My Life And Work Summary
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford 1922 140 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
Musashi's Book of Five Rings Summary
Musashi's Book of Five Rings
The Definitive Interpertation of Miyomoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
by Stephen F. Kaufman 2012 128 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Classics
How to Win an Argument Summary
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
How to Win an Election Summary
How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
by Quintus Tullius Cicero 128 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Classics
A Vindication of the Rights of Women Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 224 pages
3.91
25k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
The Mis-Education of the Negro Summary
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson 1933 215 pages
4.48
9k+ ratings
History
Education
Race
The Little Locksmith Summary
The Little Locksmith
by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943 272 pages
3.66
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Classics
Biography
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X 1965 466 pages
4.36
200k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
The Art of Worldly Wisdom Summary
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
A Pocket Oracle
by Baltasar Gracián 1647 208 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe 1899 160 pages
3.85
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
Emily Post's Etiquette Summary
Emily Post's Etiquette
by Peggy Post 1922 896 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Reference
Self Help
Classics
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 183 pages
4.02
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Dialogues and Essays Summary
Dialogues and Essays
by Seneca 304 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
How to Be a Friend Summary
How to Be a Friend
An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 188 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness
by Epicurus 266 pages
3.82
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Confucius from the Heart Summary
Confucius from the Heart
by Dan YU 2006 192 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Philosophy
China
Self Help
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm 1941 301 pages
4.27
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
The Concise Laws of Human Nature Summary
The Concise Laws of Human Nature
by Robert Greene 2020 287 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
by Julia Annas 2001 133 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
How to Tell a Joke Summary
How to Tell a Joke
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021 321 pages
3.23
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Humor
جوهر الإنسان Summary
جوهر الإنسان
by Erich Fromm 1944 203 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Stoic Six Pack (Illustrated) Summary
Stoic Six Pack (Illustrated)
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
by Marcus Aurelius 2014 520 pages
4.40
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu 170 pages
3.95
500k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
War
What I Believe Summary
What I Believe
by Leo Tolstoy 1884 244 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Russia
Self-Reliance Summary
Self-Reliance
An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 51 pages
4.00
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
The Inner Citadel Summary
The Inner Citadel
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
by Pierre Hadot 1992 368 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Letters to a Young Poet Summary
Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929 80 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
The Magic Ladder to Success Summary
The Magic Ladder to Success
by Napoleon Hill 2002 224 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
As You Think Summary
As You Think
by James Allen 1987 112 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
How We Think Summary
How We Think
by John Dewey 1910 240 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
The Story of Philosophy Summary
The Story of Philosophy
The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
by Will Durant 1926 704 pages
4.15
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
How to Have a Life Summary
How to Have a Life
An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely
by Seneca 200 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Personal Development
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette Summary
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
by Eleanor Roosevelt 1962 665 pages
3.93
50+ ratings
Self Help
Classics
Historical
Live Alone and Like It Summary
Live Alone and Like It
by Marjorie Hillis 1936 154 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Feminism
Womens
School Education Summary
School Education
Developing A Curriculum
by Charlotte M. Mason 1905 367 pages
4.62
100+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Classics
Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 1996 207 pages
4.01
1.1M+ ratings
Biography
Adventure
Classics
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly 1887 92 pages
3.87
22k+ ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
The Story of My Life Summary
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller 1902 240 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
What Is Existentialism? Summary
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir 1944 128 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
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