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Building a Better Teacher Summary
Building a Better Teacher
How Teaching Works
by Elizabeth Green 2014 384 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Parenting
Evolution Summary
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer 2001 528 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by Sam Kean 2014 416 pages
4.26
13k+ ratings
Science
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Psychology
The Golden Ratio Summary
The Golden Ratio
The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
by Mario Livio 2002 294 pages
3.79
6k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Three Cups of Deceit Summary
Three Cups of Deceit
How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
by Jon Krakauer 2011 77 pages
3.72
11k+ ratings
Biography
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The Road to Ruin Summary
The Road to Ruin
The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis
by James Rickards 2016 352 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
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The Devil in the White City Summary
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Emile, or On Education Summary
Emile, or On Education
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1762 501 pages
3.58
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Riddles in Hinduism Summary
Riddles in Hinduism
The Annotated Critical Selection
by B.R. Ambedkar 1954 296 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Religion
India
History
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
by Helena Rosenblatt 2018 368 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
History
Politics
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The Pattern Seekers Summary
The Pattern Seekers
How Autism Drives Human Invention
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2020 272 pages
3.50
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
The Elephant in the Universe Summary
The Elephant in the Universe
Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
by Govert Schilling 2022 376 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Science
Physics
Space
The Least of All Possible Evils Summary
The Least of All Possible Evils
Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza
by Eyal Weizman 2012 208 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Day We Found the Universe Summary
The Day We Found the Universe
by Marcia Bartusiak 2009 368 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Astronomy
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Summary
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
by Marcia Bartusiak 2000 272 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Dispatches from Planet 3 Summary
Dispatches from Planet 3
Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
by Marcia Bartusiak 2018 320 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Science
Astronomy
History
Nothing to Envy Summary
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick 2009 316 pages
4.45
92k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
We Two Summary
We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
by Gillian Gill 2009 460 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
History
Biography
British Literature
Hijacking Bitcoin Summary
Hijacking Bitcoin
The Hidden History of BTC
by Roger Ver 2024 306 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
Economics
Technology
Finance
Persian Fire Summary
Persian Fire
The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland 2005 418 pages
4.17
10k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Ancient
Hume Summary
Hume
A Very Short Introduction
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1980 125 pages
3.14
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Religion
Counsels and Maxims Summary
Counsels and Maxims
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 116 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Math and the Mona Lisa Summary
Math and the Mona Lisa
by BΓΌlent Atalay 2004 314 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Science
History
Mathematics
Butler to the World Summary
Butler to the World
How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
by Oliver Bullough 2022 288 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Mathematics Summary
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers 2002 143 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
What Has Government Done to Our Money? Summary
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
by Murray N. Rothbard 2018 116 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
To Explain the World Summary
To Explain the World
The Discovery of Modern Science
by Steven Weinberg 2015 432 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Physics
To Dye For Summary
To Dye For
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick β€” and How We Can Fight Back
by Alden Wicker 2023 303 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Fashion
Science
Health
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2004 341 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
The Return of Great Powers Summary
The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
by Jim Sciutto 2024 368 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Politics
History
China
Genesis Summary
Genesis
Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
by Henry A. Kissinger 2024 288 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Medieval Philosophy Summary
Medieval Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2005 352 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
The Rise of Modern Philosophy Summary
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2006 356 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Philosophy in the Modern World Summary
Philosophy in the Modern World
by Anthony Kenny 2007 368 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Hit Men Summary
Hit Men
Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
by Fredric Dannen 1990 432 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Music
History
Business
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Socrates Summary
Socrates
A Man for Our Times
by Paul Johnson 2011 224 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Dancing Universe Summary
The Dancing Universe
From Creation Myths to the Big Bang
by Marcelo Gleiser 1997 352 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1710 224 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
Opus Summary
Opus
The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church
by Gareth Gore 2024 447 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Religion
Khomeinism Summary
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
by Ervand Abrahamian 1993 200 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Iran
History
Politics
A Sense of the Mysterious Summary
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
by Alan Lightman 2005 224 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
A Century of War Summary
A Century of War
Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order
by F. William Engdahl 1992 312 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Monopoly Capital Summary
Monopoly Capital
An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order
by Paul A. Baran 1966 416 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Money Kings Summary
The Money Kings
The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
by Daniel Schulman 2023 592 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Business
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014 256 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Indigenous
Politics
History
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament Summary
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible
by John H. Walton 2006 368 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
Theology
History
Religion
The Lost World of Adam and Eve Summary
The Lost World of Adam and Eve
Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate
by John H. Walton 2010 256 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Theology
Christian
Religion
The Nvidia Way Summary
The Nvidia Way
Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant
by Tae Kim 2024 268 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
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