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The Turning Point Summary
The Turning Point
Science, Society, and the Rising Culture
by Fritjof Capra 1982 464 pages
4.11
1.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Sociology
Radical Compassion Summary
Radical Compassion
Shambhala Publications Authors on the Path of Boundless Love
by Shambhala Publications 2014 117 pages
4.05
260 ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Libido Dominandi Summary
Libido Dominandi
Sexual Liberation and Political Control
by E. Michael Jones 1999 668 pages
4.28
292 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Corpus Hermeticum Summary
Corpus Hermeticum
by Hermes Trismegistus 1998 72 pages
4.13
876 ratings
Philosophy
Occult
Religion
To Heal a Fractured World Summary
To Heal a Fractured World
The Ethics of Responsibility
by Jonathan Sacks 2005 288 pages
4.55
630 ratings
Judaism
Jewish
Philosophy
Life After Google Summary
Life After Google
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
by George Gilder 2018 256 pages
3.56
2.3K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.73
10.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
Somehow Summary
Somehow
Thoughts on Love
by Anne Lamott 2024 204 pages
3.90
5.9K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Spirituality
Hamlet's BlackBerry Summary
Hamlet's BlackBerry
A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
by William Powers 2010 267 pages
3.59
1.9K ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Self Help
Love People, Use Things Summary
Love People, Use Things
Because the Opposite Never Works
by Joshua Fields Millburn 2021 336 pages
3.78
4.5K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Relationships
Possible Minds Summary
Possible Minds
25 Ways of Looking at AI
by John Brockman 2019 320 pages
3.77
809 ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
God Is a Verb Summary
God Is a Verb
Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism
by David A. Cooper 1997 333 pages
4.29
804 ratings
Judaism
Religion
Spirituality
How to Overcome Your Childhood Summary
How to Overcome Your Childhood
by The School of Life 2019 91 pages
4.08
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Language in Thought and Action Summary
Language in Thought and Action
by S.I. Hayakawa 1939 224 pages
4.22
1.3K ratings
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
Reason and Religious Belief Summary
Reason and Religious Belief
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
by Michael Peterson 1990 336 pages
3.86
264 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
The Artist's Journey Summary
The Artist's Journey
The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
by Steven Pressfield 2018 194 pages
4.14
1.5K ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Knowledge and Power Summary
Knowledge and Power
The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World
by George Gilder 2013 370 pages
3.94
428 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America
Culture and Agriculture
by Wendell Berry 1977 246 pages
4.33
6.8K ratings
Agriculture
History
Food
A Brief History of Thought Summary
A Brief History of Thought
A Philosophical Guide to Living
by Luc Ferry 1996 304 pages
3.96
4.2K ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Elements of Critical Thinking Summary
Elements of Critical Thinking
A Fundamental Guide to Effective Decision Making, Deep Analysis, Intelligent Reasoning, and Independent Thinking
by Albert Rutherford 2018 278 pages
3.98
101 ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Business
Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It Summary
Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It
Unlocking the Nine Secrets of People Who Changed the World
by Richard Koch 2020 352 pages
3.84
288 ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies Summary
Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies
by RenΓ© Descartes 1641 265 pages
3.74
2.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
by Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pages
3.61
1.3K ratings
Science
Skepticism
Psychology
What's Your Worldview? Summary
What's Your Worldview?
An Interactive Approach to Life's Big Questions
by James N. Anderson 2014 112 pages
3.75
680 ratings
Theology
Philosophy
Christian
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
Royal Science of God-Realization
by Paramahansa Yogananda 1940 1173 pages
4.60
1.3K ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
The Sovereign Child Summary
The Sovereign Child
How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents
by Aaron Stupple 2025
3.42
211 ratings
Parenting
Philosophy
Childrens
Science Fictions Summary
Science Fictions
by Stuart Ritchie 2020 368 pages
4.36
2.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Political Ecology Summary
Political Ecology
A Critical Introduction
by Paul Robbins 2004 242 pages
3.92
205 ratings
Environment
Politics
Anthropology
Selections from The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Summary
Selections from The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
by Vivekananda 2001 572 pages
4.44
165 ratings
Philosophy
Why Meditate Summary
Why Meditate
Working with Thoughts and Emotions
by Matthieu Ricard 2008 168 pages
3.99
2.1K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Summary
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
by Arthur Herman 2001 400 pages
3.94
6.9K ratings
History
Scotland
Philosophy
The Aladdin Factor Summary
The Aladdin Factor
How to Ask for What You Want--and Get It
by Jack Canfield 1995 304 pages
3.99
1.4K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
What Matters Most Summary
What Matters Most
Living a More Considered Life
by James Hollis 2008 288 pages
4.29
805 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.07
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Discrimination and Disparities Summary
Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell 2018 192 pages
4.47
5.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Summary
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 416 pages
4.14
15.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Looking Out for #1 Summary
Looking Out for #1
by Robert J. Ringer 1955 352 pages
3.87
505 ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Pink Floyd and Philosophy Summary
Pink Floyd and Philosophy
Careful with that Axiom, Eugene!
by George A. Reisch 2010 288 pages
3.81
272 ratings
Philosophy
Music
Cultural
Lost in Math Summary
Lost in Math
How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2018 291 pages
4.06
3.3K ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Feeding Your Demons Summary
Feeding Your Demons
Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict
by Tsultrim Allione 2008 288 pages
4.10
1.4K ratings
Buddhism
Psychology
Spirituality
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
by Adam Greenfield 2017 368 pages
4.02
1.0K ratings
Technology
Design
Politics
Why We Can't Wait Summary
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964 223 pages
4.55
9.2K ratings
History
Politics
Race
The God Who Weeps Summary
The God Who Weeps
How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life
by Terryl L. Givens 2012 160 pages
4.33
3.6K ratings
Religion
Lds
Church
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger
by Malaclypse 1965 95 pages
4.26
5.6K ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Occult
Be Who You Want Summary
Be Who You Want
Unlocking the Science of Personality Change
by Christian Jarrett 2021 304 pages
3.72
251 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath
Violence and the Remaking of a Self
by Susan J. Brison 2001 184 pages
4.35
486 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Feminism
The Swerve Summary
The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
by Stephen Greenblatt 2011 356 pages
3.87
35.5K ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
Nation of Victims Summary
Nation of Victims
Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022 288 pages
3.92
938 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Essential Talmud Summary
The Essential Talmud
by Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz 1976 327 pages
4.03
701 ratings
Judaism
Religion
Jewish
How To Think More About Sex Summary
How To Think More About Sex
The School of Life
by Alain de Botton 2012 161 pages
3.47
5.6K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sexuality
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