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The Idea Factory Summary
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
by Pepper White 1991
3.85
254 ratings
Education
Science
Biography
Hitler's Cross Summary
Hitler's Cross
The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ was Used as a symbol of the Nazi Agenda
by Erwin W.. Lutzer 1995 224 pages
4.20
838 ratings
History
Christian
World War II
The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
by Aaron Swartz 2015 359 pages
4.19
467 ratings
Biography
Politics
Essays
Jew[ish] Summary
Jew[ish]
by Matt Greene 2020 199 pages
3.54
2.1K ratings
Memoir
Religion
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More Than Enough Summary
More Than Enough
Claiming Space for Who You Are
by Elaine Welteroth 2019 336 pages
4.39
10.7K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
We Are the Change We Seek Summary
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
by Joy-Ann Reid 2017 368 pages
4.34
550 ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8.7K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Fitness Confidential Summary
Fitness Confidential
by Vinnie Tortorich 2013 250 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
Fitness
Health
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American Wife Summary
American Wife
Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
by Taya Kyle 2015 329 pages
4.27
4.9K ratings
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Memoir
Military Fiction
The Next Big Story Summary
The Next Big Story
My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
by Soledad O'Brien 2010 336 pages
3.69
235 ratings
Biography
Memoir
African American
The Way of The Iceman Summary
The Way of The Iceman
How The Wim Hof Method Creates Radiant, Longterm Health―Using The Science and Secrets of Breath Control, Cold-Training and Commitment
by Wim Hof 2015 168 pages
3.71
2.7K ratings
Health
Self Help
Personal Development
My Autobiography Summary
My Autobiography
by Charles Chaplin 1964 512 pages
4.03
8.1K ratings
Biography
Film
Autobiography
Memoirs Summary
Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda 1974 378 pages
4.16
4.6K ratings
Memoir
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Poetry
حكمة ستيف جوبز التجارية Summary
حكمة ستيف جوبز التجارية
مئتان وخمسون شاهداً مأثوراً من المبتكر الذي غير العالم
by Alan Ken Thomas 2011 152 pages
3.28
352 ratings
Business
Biography
Self Help
The Ministry of Truth Summary
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
by Dorian Lynskey 2019 368 pages
4.13
1.3K ratings
History
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Politics
How Dante Can Save Your Life Summary
How Dante Can Save Your Life
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
by Rod Dreher 2015 320 pages
3.98
1.2K ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
Fate Is the Hunter Summary
Fate Is the Hunter
by Ernest K. Gann 1961 416 pages
4.56
3.1K ratings
Aviation
History
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A Lab of One's Own Summary
A Lab of One's Own
One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
by Rita Colwell 2020 288 pages
4.26
669 ratings
Science
Feminism
Memoir
Iacocca Summary
Iacocca
An Autobiography
by Lee Iacocca 1984 366 pages
3.99
10.6K ratings
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Ice Summary
Ice
A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood
by Ice-T 2011 251 pages
3.88
1.6K ratings
Biography
Music
Memoir
The PayPal Wars Summary
The PayPal Wars
Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth
by Eric M. Jackson 2004 230 pages
3.99
1.1K ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Play Nice But Win Summary
Play Nice But Win
A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
by Michael Dell 2021 336 pages
4.14
2.1K ratings
Business
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Leadership
Capital Gaines Summary
Capital Gaines
Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
by Chip Gaines 2017 224 pages
3.99
18.1K ratings
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Business
Poster Child Summary
Poster Child
A Memoir
by Emily Rapp 2006 226 pages
3.72
641 ratings
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny Summary
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Life Lessons from Teaching
by Phillip Done 2005 304 pages
4.38
2.3K ratings
Education
Teaching
Humor
Girl Walks into a Bar . . . Summary
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
by Rachel Dratch 2012 248 pages
3.62
26.4K ratings
Memoir
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Comedy
Zero Regrets Summary
Zero Regrets
Be Greater Than Yesterday
by Apolo Anton Ohno 2010 292 pages
4.22
612 ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Home Summary
Home
A Memoir of My Early Years
by Julie Andrews Edwards 2008 339 pages
3.96
20.9K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Hedge Hogging Summary
Hedge Hogging
by Barton Biggs 2005 308 pages
3.75
1.6K ratings
Finance
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Economics
The Wives Summary
The Wives
A Memoir
by Simone Gorrindo 2024 416 pages
3.77
7.9K ratings
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Military Fiction
Eichmann in My Hands Summary
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
by Peter Z. Malkin 1990 267 pages
4.43
864 ratings
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Before I Forget Summary
Before I Forget
Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer's
by B. Smith 2016 302 pages
4.20
1.0K ratings
Biography
Health
Memoir
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy Summary
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
And Other Rules to Live By
by David Mitchell 2019 264 pages
3.67
5.1K ratings
Comedy
Humor
Politics
Return to the Little Kingdom Summary
Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
by Michael Moritz 2009 352 pages
3.99
1.2K ratings
Business
Biography
Apple
Supreme Commander Summary
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages
4.10
217 ratings
History
Biography
Japan
How to Think Like Bill Gates Summary
How to Think Like Bill Gates
by Daniel Smith 2015 224 pages
3.72
264 ratings
Biography
Business
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost Summary
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
by Rachel Friedman 2011 295 pages
3.80
4.1K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
Thinking Differently
by Patricia Lakin 2011 192 pages
3.84
375 ratings
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
Wealth and Power Summary
Wealth and Power
China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
by Orville Schell 2013 478 pages
4.24
1.1K ratings
China
History
Politics
Eternity in Their Hearts Summary
Eternity in Their Hearts
Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World
by Don Richardson 1980 223 pages
4.29
4.0K ratings
Christian
Theology
Christianity
Windswept & Interesting Summary
Windswept & Interesting
My Autobiography
by Billy Connolly 2021 356 pages
4.41
10.2K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Humor
The Great Guide Summary
The Great Guide
What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well
by Julian Baggini 2021 328 pages
3.85
177 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Self Help
In Defense of Open Society Summary
In Defense of Open Society
by George Soros 2019 224 pages
3.40
376 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Audacity to Win Summary
The Audacity to Win
The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
by David Plouffe 2009 400 pages
4.00
3.8K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Habsburgs Summary
The Habsburgs
To Rule the World
by Martyn Rady 2020 416 pages
3.85
2.7K ratings
History
European History
Biography
You Are an Ironman Summary
You Are an Ironman
How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Triathlon
by Jacques Steinberg 2011 304 pages
3.84
1.6K ratings
Sports
Fitness
Biography
The Faith of Elvis Summary
The Faith of Elvis
A Story Only a Brother Can Tell
by Billy Stanley 2022 256 pages
4.23
321 ratings
Christian
Biography
Religion
Microbe Hunters Summary
Microbe Hunters
by Paul de Kruif 1926 372 pages
4.13
4.3K ratings
Science
History
Biology
Goodbye, Sweet Girl Summary
Goodbye, Sweet Girl
A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival
by Kelly Sundberg 2018 272 pages
3.84
2.2K ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller
Tales of Life and Music
by Dave Grohl 2021 384 pages
4.45
160.1K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
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