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Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green
Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution
by Frederic C. Rich 2016 368 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
The Rational Optimist Summary
The Rational Optimist
How Prosperity Evolves
by Matt Ridley 2010 448 pages
3.98
12k+ ratings
Economics
History
Science
My Planet Summary
My Planet
Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
by Mary Roach 2013 191 pages
3.67
3k+ ratings
Humor
Science
Essays
Healthy at 100 Summary
Healthy at 100
The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the Worlds Healthiest & Longest-Lived Peoples
by John Robbins 2006 384 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
END OF OIL Summary
END OF OIL
by Paul Roberts 2004 412 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Politics
Science
Environment
On Becoming a Person Summary
On Becoming a Person
A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
by Carl R. Rogers 1961 420 pages
4.16
17k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Counselling
Social Acceleration Summary
Social Acceleration
A New Theory of Modernity
by Hartmut Rosa 2005 470 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
History
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect Summary
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect
by Bob Rotella 1995 224 pages
4.36
6k+ ratings
Sports
Self Help
Psychology
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Summary
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by Carlo Rovelli 2014 81 pages
3.99
62k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Hallucinations Summary
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks 2012 326 pages
3.93
24k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Leadership and the New Science Summary
Leadership and the New Science
Discovering Order in a Chaotic World
by Margaret J. Wheatley 1992 248 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Science
Healing Back Pain Summary
Healing Back Pain
The Mind-Body Connection
by John E. Sarno 1982 193 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
The Optimism Bias Summary
The Optimism Bias
A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
by Tali Sharot 2011 272 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Python for Informatics Summary
Python for Informatics
Exploring Information: Exploring Information
by Charles Severance 2002 246 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Programming
Reference
Computer Science
Science and Spiritual Practices Summary
Science and Spiritual Practices
Reconnecting through direct experience
by Rupert Sheldrake 2017 255 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Science
Spirituality
Religion
Heavens on Earth Summary
Heavens on Earth
The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
by Michael Shermer 2018 320 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Food
Agriculture
Politics
Creativity Summary
Creativity
Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1996 466 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Animal Liberation Summary
Animal Liberation
by Peter Singer 1975 324 pages
4.30
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Vegan
Practical Ethics Summary
Practical Ethics
by Peter Singer 1979 411 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
The Data Detective Summary
The Data Detective
Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
by Tim Harford 2020 334 pages
4.12
7k+ ratings
Science
Economics
Business
Trick or Treatment Summary
Trick or Treatment
The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
by Simon Singh 2008 352 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
Rage Inside the Machine Summary
Rage Inside the Machine
The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All
by Robert Elliott Smith 2019 344 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Technology
Science
Politics
Socrates in the City Summary
Socrates in the City
Conversations on "Life, God, and Other Small Topics"
by Eric Metaxas 2011 400 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Christian
Religion
The Good Gut Summary
The Good Gut
Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health
by Justin Sonnenburg 2015 320 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
400k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food
An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan 2008 205 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
Parasitic Mind Summary
Parasitic Mind
How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
by Gad Saad 2020 264 pages
3.95
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Deep Medicine Summary
Deep Medicine
How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again
by Eric J. Topol 2019 400 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health Care
The Winner's Curse Summary
The Winner's Curse
Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life
by Richard H. Thaler 1991 240 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Psychology
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
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
The Wim Hof Method Summary
The Wim Hof Method
Activate Your Full Human Potential
by Wim Hof 2020 232 pages
3.82
16k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
Letters to a Young Mathematician Summary
Letters to a Young Mathematician
by Ian Stewart 2006 224 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics of Life Summary
Mathematics of Life
by Ian Stewart 2011 368 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Biology
My Age of Anxiety Summary
My Age of Anxiety
Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
by Scott Stossel 2014 416 pages
3.85
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
DMT Summary
DMT
The Spirit Molecule
by Rick Strassman 2000 363 pages
4.16
10k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy
An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future
by David Suzuki 2010 128 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Environment
Science
Sustainability
Rebel Ideas Summary
Rebel Ideas
The Power of Diverse Thinking
by Matthew Syed 2019 320 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Leadership
Skin in the Game Summary
Skin in the Game
The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018 272 pages
3.91
29k+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
Grown Up Digital Summary
Grown Up Digital
How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
by Don Tapscott 2008 384 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Technology
Education
Business
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together
Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by Sherry Turkle 2011 360 pages
3.62
6k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Letters From An Astrophysicist Summary
Letters From An Astrophysicist
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2019 272 pages
4.06
8k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Pragmatics of Human Communication Summary
Pragmatics of Human Communication
A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes
by Paul Watzlawick 1967 296 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Psychology
Communication
Philosophy
The Big Nine Summary
The Big Nine
How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
by Amy Webb 2019 336 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Science
Everything Is Miscellaneous Summary
Everything Is Miscellaneous
The Power of the New Digital Disorder
by David Weinberger 2007 288 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Technology
Library Science
Information Science
The Optimist's Telescope Summary
The Optimist's Telescope
Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
by Bina Venkataraman 2019
3.46
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Business
The Alignment Problem Summary
The Alignment Problem
Machine Learning and Human Values
by Brian Christian 2020 496 pages
4.36
4k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria 2020 320 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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