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Marathoning for Mortals Summary
Marathoning for Mortals
A Regular Person's Guide to the Joy of Running or Walking a Half-Marathon or Marathon
by John Bingham 2003 272 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Health
Sports
Fitness
The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn Summary
The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn
by Florence Scovel Shinn 1989 384 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Inspirational
Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies Summary
Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies
by Lee Livingood 2000 296 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Dogs
Animals
Reference
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship Summary
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship
Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends
by Natalie Madorsky Elman 2003 340 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Self Help
Leadership Jazz Summary
Leadership Jazz
The Essential Elements of a Great Leader
by Max DePree 1992 240 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Nutrition Diva's Secrets for a Healthy Diet Summary
Nutrition Diva's Secrets for a Healthy Diet
What to Eat, What to Avoid, and What to Stop Worrying About
by Monica Reinagel 2011 256 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Science of Harry Potter Summary
The Science of Harry Potter
How Magic Really Works
by Roger Highfield 2002 322 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Science
Books About Books
Magic
The Competitive Runner's Handbook Summary
The Competitive Runner's Handbook
by Bob Glover 1983 688 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Fitness
Sports
Health
10,000 Dreams Interpreted Summary
10,000 Dreams Interpreted
by Pamela Ball 1996 560 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Reference
Psychology
Research
SQL Antipatterns Summary
SQL Antipatterns
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming
by Bill Karwin 2010 334 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
How to Take Charge of Your Life Summary
How to Take Charge of Your Life
The User’s Guide to NLP
by Richard Bandler 2014 160 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Stop Avoiding Stuff Summary
Stop Avoiding Stuff
25 Microskills to Face Your Fears and Do It Anyway
by Matthew S. Boone 2020 192 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Prescription for Nutritional Healing Summary
Prescription for Nutritional Healing
A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements
by Phyllis A. Balch 1990 896 pages
4.40
6k+ ratings
Health
Reference
Nutrition
Writing Is Designing Summary
Writing Is Designing
Words and the User Experience
by Michael J. Metts 2020 200 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Design
Writing
Business
Thriving with Adult ADHD Summary
Thriving with Adult ADHD
Skills to Strengthen Executive Functioning
by Phil Boissiere 2018 157 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Adhd
Self Help
Psychology
Intelligence-Driven Incident Response Summary
Intelligence-Driven Incident Response
Outwitting the Adversary
by Scott J. Roberts 2017 282 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Technology
Technical
Reference
The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Summary
The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing
Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book
by Marilyn Ross 1989 576 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Business
Proverbs Summary
Proverbs
Wisdom That Works
by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. 2012 224 pages
4.47
100+ ratings
Christian
Theology
Reference
ChatGPT For Dummies (For Dummies Summary
ChatGPT For Dummies (For Dummies
by Pamela Baker 2023 176 pages
3.36
100+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Reference
Carrots Love Tomatoes Summary
Carrots Love Tomatoes
Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
by Louise Riotte 1975 219 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Gardening
Reference
Food
Python for Kids Summary
Python for Kids
A Playful Introduction to Programming
by Jason R. Briggs 2012 344 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Programming
Coding
Childrens
Logically Fallacious Summary
Logically Fallacious
The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies - Academic Edition
by Bo Bennett 2012 460 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Psychology
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic Summary
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
by Michael Jay Geier 2010 316 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Reference
Engineering
Technology
Emotional Intelligence For Dummies Summary
Emotional Intelligence For Dummies
by Steven J. Stein 2009 362 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
HTML5 for Web Designers Summary
HTML5 for Web Designers
by Jeremy Keith 2010 87 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
Technology
Design
Reference
On Becoming Baby Wise Summary
On Becoming Baby Wise
Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep
by Gary Ezzo 1993 252 pages
3.68
16k+ ratings
Parenting
Self Help
Family
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters Summary
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters
Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
by Michael Tierno 2002 191 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Writing
Film
Philosophy
Storyteller Summary
Storyteller
Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
by Kate Wilhelm 2005 200 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Reference
Laundry Love Summary
Laundry Love
Finding Joy in a Common Chore
by Patric Richardson 2021 208 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Reference
How To
Math Doesn't Suck Summary
Math Doesn't Suck
How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail
by Danica McKellar 2007 320 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Mathematics
Education
Reference
Math for Grownups Summary
Math for Grownups
by Laura Laing 2011 256 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Reference
School
Self Help
If You Want to Write Summary
If You Want to Write
A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
by Brenda Ueland 2012 179 pages
4.12
8k+ ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Hooked Summary
Hooked
Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go
by Les Edgerton 2007 256 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Word Hero Summary
Word Hero
A Fiendishly Clever Guide to Crafting the Lines that Get Laughs, Go Viral, and Live Forever
by Jay Heinrichs 2011 352 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint Summary
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint
Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
by Nancy Kress 2005 232 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Talk Triggers Summary
Talk Triggers
The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word of Mouth
by Jay Baer 2018 272 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Business
Buisness
Communication
Reiki For Dummies Summary
Reiki For Dummies
by Nina L. Paul 2005 356 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Health
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Art of War for Writers Summary
The Art of War for Writers
Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises
by James Scott Bell 2009 259 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
The Art of Nonfiction Summary
The Art of Nonfiction
A Guide for Writers and Readers
by Ayn Rand 2001 208 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Writing
Philosophy
Reference
Theories of Childhood Summary
Theories of Childhood
An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky
by Carol Garhart Mooney 2000 120 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Psychology
How to Write a Damn Good Thriller Summary
How to Write a Damn Good Thriller
A Step-by-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters
by James N. Frey 2010 306 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Writing
How To
Research
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture Summary
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
by David S. Kidder 2008 378 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Reference
History
Trivia
Meeting the Shadow Summary
Meeting the Shadow
The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature
by Connie Zweig 1991 335 pages
4.30
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Teach Like a Champion Summary
Teach Like a Champion
49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College
by Doug Lemov 2010 332 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms Summary
The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms
by William Walker Atkinson 1912 98 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Reference
Discover Your Psychic Type Summary
Discover Your Psychic Type
Developing and Using Your Natural Intuition
by Sherrie Dillard
3.85
500+ ratings
Spirituality
New Age
Metaphysics
Networking For Dummies Summary
Networking For Dummies
by Doug Lowe 2000 432 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Computers
Computer Science
Technology
10 Mindframes for Visible Learning Summary
10 Mindframes for Visible Learning
Teaching for Success
by John Hattie 2017 180 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Reference
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages
4.18
85k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 325 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
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