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Jack Welch and the GE Way Summary
Jack Welch and the GE Way
Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO
by Robert Slater 1998 328 pages
3.70
496 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Killing Jesus Summary
Killing Jesus
A History
by Bill O'Reilly 2013 293 pages
3.98
39.0K ratings
History
Religion
Biography
Growing Up Laughing Summary
Growing Up Laughing
My Story and the Story of Funny
by Marlo Thomas 2010 382 pages
3.85
1.9K ratings
Biography
Humor
Memoir
41-Love Summary
41-Love
by Scarlett Thomas 2022 384 pages
3.31
158 ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Getting Castaneda Summary
Getting Castaneda
Understanding Carlos Castaneda
by Peter Luce 2017 188 pages
4.08
115 ratings
Biography
I Used to Be Charming Summary
I Used to Be Charming
The Rest of Eve Babitz
by Eve Babitz 2019 448 pages
4.16
1.3K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
Firefighters Summary
Firefighters
Their Lives in Their Own Words
by Dennis Smith 1988 352 pages
4.09
175 ratings
History
Biography
Emergency Services
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy Summary
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
by Jacob M. Held 2011 304 pages
4.14
432 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens
Elon Musk Summary
Elon Musk
The Life, Lessons & Rules For Success
by Influential Individuals 2017 68 pages
4.15
375 ratings
Entrepreneurship
Biography
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening Summary
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening
How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart
by Carol Wall 2014 294 pages
3.66
3.4K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Gardening
Notes on a Silencing Summary
Notes on a Silencing
A Memoir
by Lacy Crawford 2020 400 pages
4.25
9.2K ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
Seven Letters from Paris Summary
Seven Letters from Paris
by Samantha Verant 2014 272 pages
3.55
2.1K ratings
Memoir
Romance
France
The Hero's Journey Summary
The Hero's Journey
Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
by Joseph Campbell 1990 288 pages
4.30
2.6K ratings
Mythology
Writing
Philosophy
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please Summary
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please
Essays
by Tom Segura 2022 229 pages
4.01
17.2K ratings
Humor
Memoir
Comedy
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me Summary
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me
Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor
by Rain Pryor 2006 224 pages
3.85
629 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Comedy
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain
Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 256 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Memoir
Health
Science
Force of Nature Summary
Force of Nature
Mind, Body, Soul
by Laird Hamilton 2008 256 pages
3.89
837 ratings
Biography
Sports
Fitness
Black Like Me Summary
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin 1961 208 pages
4.11
69.0K ratings
History
Memoir
Classics
The Ones We've Been Waiting for Summary
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
by Charlotte Alter 2020 368 pages
4.20
850 ratings
Politics
History
Leadership
English Lessons Summary
English Lessons
The Crooked Path of Growing Toward Faith
by Andrea Lucado 2017 240 pages
4.01
458 ratings
Memoir
Christian
Faith
I Must Say Summary
I Must Say
My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
by Martin Short 2014 336 pages
4.12
17.5K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Midnights with the Mystic Summary
Midnights with the Mystic
A Little Guide to Freedom and Bliss
by Cheryl Simone 2008 328 pages
4.20
1.4K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
The Lost Continent Summary
The Lost Continent
Travels in Small-Town America
by Bill Bryson 1989 299 pages
3.81
63.8K ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
Lucky Summary
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
by Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pages
3.86
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Inevitability of Tragedy Summary
The Inevitability of Tragedy
Henry Kissinger and His World
by Barry Gewen 2020 480 pages
4.03
461 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Frontiersmen Summary
The Frontiersmen
by Allan W. Eckert 1967 626 pages
4.47
4.5K ratings
History
American History
Historical
The Harvard Psychedelic Club Summary
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
by Don Lattin 2010 256 pages
3.92
2.0K ratings
History
Psychology
Biography
Little Earthquakes Summary
Little Earthquakes
A Memoir
by Sarah Mandel 2023 288 pages
4.18
445 ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Unfinished
The Mind of Wall Street Summary
The Mind of Wall Street
by Leon Levy 2002 236 pages
3.50
127 ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
Let Your Mind Run Summary
Let Your Mind Run
A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
by Deena Kastor 2018 286 pages
4.36
11.6K ratings
Memoir
Sports
Health
Obama Summary
Obama
From Promise to Power
by David Mendell 2007 416 pages
4.17
2.7K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Accidental Admiral Summary
The Accidental Admiral
A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
by James G. Stavridis 2014 288 pages
3.98
240 ratings
Military Fiction
Biography
Leadership
Shivaji Summary
Shivaji
The Grand Rebel
by Dennis Kincaid 1937 346 pages
4.17
859 ratings
History
Biography
India
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love
A Memoir
by Diane Ackerman 2011 336 pages
3.85
1.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Acne Summary
Acne
by Laura Chinn 2022 320 pages
4.28
1.3K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Summary
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
by Allison Hoover Bartlett 2009 274 pages
3.44
13.6K ratings
Books About Books
True Crime
Biography
Writings of Abraham Lincoln Summary
Writings of Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham Lincoln 1953
4.12
308 ratings
History
Biography
Civil War
Power Play Summary
Power Play
Breaking Through Bias, Barriers & Boys Clubs
by Julia Banks 2021 256 pages
3.95
447 ratings
Politics
Feminism
Australia
Unfollow Summary
Unfollow
A Journey from Hatred to Hope
by Megan Phelps-Roper 2019 306 pages
4.15
18.3K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
The Einstein of Money Summary
The Einstein of Money
The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham
by Joe Carlen 2012 368 pages
3.88
256 ratings
Biography
Finance
Business
Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! Summary
Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!
Make Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality
by Lori Greiner 2014 288 pages
3.98
588 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Fly Girls Summary
Fly Girls
How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
by Keith O'Brien 2018 352 pages
3.92
9.0K ratings
History
Biography
Aviation
Politics Summary
Politics
Between the Extremes
by Nick Clegg 2016 262 pages
3.73
1.1K ratings
Politics
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Happy Medium Summary
The Happy Medium
Life Lessons from the Other Side
by Kim Russo 2016 240 pages
4.33
1.1K ratings
Spirituality
Paranormal
Memoir
Happiness Is a Choice You Make Summary
Happiness Is a Choice You Make
Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
by John Leland 2018 256 pages
3.72
3.4K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
The Man Who Ran Washington Summary
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
by Peter Baker 2020 688 pages
4.44
2.8K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Old Rage Summary
Old Rage
by Sheila Hancock 2022 272 pages
4.08
911 ratings
Memoir
Autobiography
Book Club
The Book of Drugs Summary
The Book of Drugs
A Memoir
by Mike Doughty 2012 256 pages
3.63
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Music
Biography
A Fierce Love Summary
A Fierce Love
One Woman’s Courageous Journey to Save Her Marriage
by Shauna Shanks 2017 240 pages
4.32
457 ratings
Christian
Marriage
Biography
Exile on Wall Street Summary
Exile on Wall Street
One Analyst's Fight to Save the Big Banks from Themselves
by Mike Mayo 2011 208 pages
3.69
253 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
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