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The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity Summary
The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity
A Modern Practical Guide to the Ancient Way
by Daniel Reid 1989 432 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Health
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Art of Possibility Summary
The Art of Possibility
Transforming Professional and Personal Life
by Rosamund Stone Zander 2000 210 pages
3.93
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Living in the Light Summary
Living in the Light
A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation
by Shakti Gawain 1985 224 pages
4.09
5k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
New Age
God Is Not Great Summary
God Is Not Great
How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens 2007 307 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 Summary
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
by Tina Seelig 2009 184 pages
3.81
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
The Way of Zen Summary
The Way of Zen
by Alan W. Watts 1957 236 pages
4.17
22k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Buddhism
The True Believer Summary
The True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
by Eric Hoffer 1951 177 pages
4.20
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011 321 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science
by Michael Nielsen 2011 272 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Science
Technology
History
How the World Works (Real Story Summary
How the World Works (Real Story
by Noam Chomsky 2011 416 pages
4.13
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 256 pages
3.77
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Stuff of Thought Summary
The Stuff of Thought
Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2007 499 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Linguistics
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney 2011 302 pages
3.86
35k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Ego Tunnel Summary
The Ego Tunnel
The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
by Thomas Metzinger 2009 288 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Wisdom of Wilderness Summary
The Wisdom of Wilderness
Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature
by Gerald G. May 2006 224 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Nature
Philosophy
Debt Summary
Debt
The First 5,000 Years
by David Graeber 2011 534 pages
4.21
24k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
The Places That Scare You Summary
The Places That Scare You
A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön 2001 187 pages
4.23
20k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1957 1168 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save
How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty
by Peter Singer 2009 302 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Pocket Pema Chodron Summary
The Pocket Pema Chodron
by Pema Chödrön 2008 176 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Master and His Emissary Summary
The Master and His Emissary
The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
by Iain McGilchrist 2009 608 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Providence Summary
Providence
The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest
by Daniel Quinn 1994 175 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Memoir
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages
4.09
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Wisdom Summary
Wisdom
From Philosophy to Neuroscience
by Stephen S. Hall 2010 352 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Last Lecture Summary
The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch 2008 206 pages
4.26
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Ecological Intelligence Summary
Ecological Intelligence
Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature
by Ian McCallum 2005 239 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Nature
Freedomnomics Summary
Freedomnomics
Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
by John R. Lott Jr. 2007 275 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Warrior Ethos Summary
The Warrior Ethos
by Steven Pressfield 2011 112 pages
4.07
4k+ ratings
Military Fiction
Philosophy
History
The Art of Non-Conformity Summary
The Art of Non-Conformity
Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World
by Chris Guillebeau 2014 170 pages
3.81
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
The Four Agreements Summary
The Four Agreements
A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
by Miguel Ruiz 1997 152 pages
4.19
400k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Zen and the Art of Making a Living Summary
Zen and the Art of Making a Living
A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design
by Laurence G. Boldt 1992 704 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 1997 384 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It
Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
by Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Element Summary
The Element
How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
by Ken Robinson 2009 288 pages
3.86
18k+ ratings
Education
Self Help
Psychology
The Mind & the Brain Summary
The Mind & the Brain
Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001 432 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Power of Coincidence Summary
The Power of Coincidence
How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know
by David Richo 2007 208 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Reinventing Yourself Summary
Reinventing Yourself
How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be
by Steve Chandler 1998 224 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Why We Believe in God(s) Summary
Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
by J. Anderson Thomson 2011 144 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Religion
Science
Psychology
The Geography of Bliss Summary
The Geography of Bliss
One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by Eric Weiner 2008 335 pages
3.84
37k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Psychology
In Praise of Prejudice Summary
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 129 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012 231 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
Beyond Religion Summary
Beyond Religion
Ethics for a Whole World
by Dalai Lama XIV 2011 188 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
The Pilgrimage Summary
The Pilgrimage
by Paulo Coelho 1987 226 pages
3.65
64k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Travel
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Summary
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
by Paulo Coelho 1994 180 pages
3.57
100k+ ratings
Romance
Philosophy
Novels
The Guy's Guide to Feminism Summary
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
by Michael Kaufman 2011 208 pages
3.53
100+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender and Sexuality
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland 1992 256 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Embracing Your Inner Critic Summary
Embracing Your Inner Critic
Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset
by Hal Stone 1993 224 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Big Questions from Little People Summary
Big Questions from Little People
And Simple Answers from Great Minds
by Gemma Elwin Harris 2012 336 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Childrens
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
by Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Science
Skepticism
Psychology
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