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Phishing for Phools Summary
Phishing for Phools
The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
by George A. Akerlof 2015 288 pages
3.42
2k+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
The Evolution of Everything Summary
The Evolution of Everything
How New Ideas Emerge
by Matt Ridley 2015 368 pages
3.92
3k+ ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Love Sense Summary
Love Sense
The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
by Sue Johnson 2013 352 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Relationships
Psychology
Self Help
Economics Rules Summary
Economics Rules
The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
by Dani Rodrik 2015 272 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir
A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 pages
4.38
8k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Animals
At the Water's Edge Summary
At the Water's Edge
Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
by Carl Zimmer 1998 290 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
A Life in Physics
by Kenneth W. Ford 1998 380 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Science
Physics
Biography
How Not to Die Summary
How Not to Die
Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
by Michael Greger 2015 576 pages
4.42
47k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
80/20 Running Summary
80/20 Running
Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower
by Matt Fitzgerald 2014 272 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
Sports
Fitness
Health
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
by Joel Best 1998 190 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Politics
Science
Mathematics
Fooled by Randomness Summary
Fooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001 368 pages
4.08
67k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
Brain Rules Summary
Brain Rules
12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
by John Medina 2008 301 pages
4.01
33k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog Summary
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
by Bruce D. Perry 2007 288 pages
4.59
37k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Science
A Whole New Mind Summary
A Whole New Mind
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
by Daniel H. Pink 2004 275 pages
3.92
29k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Eating on the Wild Side Summary
Eating on the Wild Side
The Missing Link to Optimum Health
by Jo Robinson 2013 416 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
Food
Health
Nutrition
Wizard Summary
Wizard
The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
by Marc J. Seifer 1996 542 pages
3.73
6k+ ratings
Biography
Science
History
The Autistic Brain Summary
The Autistic Brain
Thinking Across the Spectrum
by Temple Grandin 2013 240 pages
4.11
10k+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Science
The Future of Everything Summary
The Future of Everything
The Science of Prediction
by David Orrell 2006 464 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
Science
The High Price of Materialism Summary
The High Price of Materialism
by Tim Kasser 2002 166 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
The Inner History of Devices Summary
The Inner History of Devices
by Sherry Turkle 2008 208 pages
3.82
50+ ratings
History
Technology
Science
The Marriage of Sense and Soul Summary
The Marriage of Sense and Soul
Integrating Science and Religion
by Ken Wilber 1998 223 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Religion
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Summary
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
by Richard P. Feynman 1999 270 pages
4.23
13k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Biography
The Quantum Universe Summary
The Quantum Universe
Everything That Can Happen Does Happen
by Brian Cox 2011 256 pages
3.76
4k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
The Tell Summary
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
by Matthew Hertenstein 2013 288 pages
3.19
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Toward a Psychology of Being Summary
Toward a Psychology of Being
by Abraham H. Maslow 1961 274 pages
4.17
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Strangers Drowning Summary
Strangers Drowning
Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
by Larissa MacFarquhar 2015 336 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Superintelligence Summary
Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages
3.86
19k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned Summary
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned
The Myth of the Objective
by Kenneth O. Stanley 2015 154 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Business
The Upside of Your Dark Side Summary
The Upside of Your Dark Side
Why Being Your Whole Self — Not Just Your "Good" Self--Drives Success and Fulfillment
by Todd Kashdan 2014 304 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Happiness Hypothesis Summary
The Happiness Hypothesis
Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 pages
4.10
42k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character Summary
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman 1988 256 pages
4.19
29k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
Hidden Order Summary
Hidden Order
The Economics of Everyday Life
by David D. Friedman 1996 352 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Confidence Game Summary
The Confidence Game
Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
by Maria Konnikova 2015 352 pages
3.66
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The End of Average Summary
The End of Average
How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
by Todd Rose 2016 256 pages
4.05
4k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Business
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
by Adam Steltzner 2015 256 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Science
Space
Business
The Industries of the Future Summary
The Industries of the Future
by Alec J. Ross 2016 320 pages
3.97
8k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Small Data Summary
Small Data
The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends
by Martin Lindstrom 2016 256 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Thirty Million Words Summary
Thirty Million Words
Building a Child's Brain
by Dana Suskind 2015 320 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
The Art of Risk Summary
The Art of Risk
The New Science of Courage, Caution, and Chance
by Kayt Sukel 2016 288 pages
3.52
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
At Home in the Universe Summary
At Home in the Universe
The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
by Stuart A. Kauffman 1995 336 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Sync Summary
Sync
The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
by Steven H. Strogatz 2003 338 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Thinking In Systems Summary
Thinking In Systems
A Primer
by Donella H. Meadows 2008 218 pages
4.20
19k+ ratings
Business
Science
Design
The Upcycle Summary
The Upcycle
Beyond Sustainability — Designing for Abundance
by William McDonough 2013 257 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Design
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards Summary
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
How Our Children Really Learn — and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less
by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek 2003 320 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
Anatomy of Love Summary
Anatomy of Love
A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray
by Helen Fisher 1992 464 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Unlocking the Emotional Brain Summary
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation
by Bruce Ecker 2012 265 pages
4.46
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Internet of Us Summary
The Internet of Us
Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016 256 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
Rewire Your Anxious Brain Summary
Rewire Your Anxious Brain
How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
by Catherine M. Pittman 2015 232 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Food of the Gods Summary
Food of the Gods
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
by Terence McKenna 1992 311 pages
4.13
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
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