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Fire in the Belly Summary
Fire in the Belly
On Being a Man
by Sam Keen 1992 288 pages
3.81
1.4K ratings
Psychology
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The Divine Dance Summary
The Divine Dance
The Trinity and Your Transformation
by Richard Rohr 2016 224 pages
4.2
4.0K ratings
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How to Know Higher Worlds Summary
How to Know Higher Worlds
A Modern Path of Initiation
by Rudolf Steiner 1994 259 pages
4.22
1.9K ratings
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من Summary
من
by Mel R. Thompson 2009 204 pages
3.54
195 ratings
Philosophy
Deviate Summary
Deviate
The Science of Seeing Differently
by Beau Lotto 2017 352 pages
3.73
1.5K ratings
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Freedom of Mind Summary
Freedom of Mind
Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults, and Beliefs
by Steven Hassan 2012 268 pages
4.20
328 ratings
Cults
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Self Help
Active Hope Summary
Active Hope
How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy
by Joanna Macy 2012 272 pages
4.10
1.7K ratings
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The Great Leveler Summary
The Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
by Walter Scheidel 2017 528 pages
3.81
1.6K ratings
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The Tao Made Easy Summary
The Tao Made Easy
Timeless Wisdom to Navigate a Changing World
by Alan Cohen 2018 233 pages
4.36
291 ratings
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Lila Summary
Lila
An Inquiry Into Morals
by Robert M. Pirsig 1992 480 pages
3.84
7.5K ratings
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Complexity Summary
Complexity
The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
by M. Mitchell Waldrop 1992 384 pages
4.05
3.1K ratings
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On Looking Summary
On Looking
Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
by Alexandra Horowitz 2013 308 pages
3.51
5.1K ratings
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The Social Conquest of Earth Summary
The Social Conquest of Earth
by Edward O. Wilson 2012 352 pages
4.02
4.3K ratings
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Biology
Blue Truth Summary
Blue Truth
by David Deida 2005 184 pages
4.12
651 ratings
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History of the Peloponnesian War Summary
History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides 1972 648 pages
3.94
40.6K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Against the Web Summary
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
by Michael Brooks 2020 96 pages
4.1
1.9K ratings
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Essays
Empathy Summary
Empathy
Why It Matters, and How to Get It
by Roman Krznaric 2014 272 pages
3.76
962 ratings
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Self Help
Personal Development
The Immortal Mind Summary
The Immortal Mind
A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of the Soul
by Michael Egnor 2025 272 pages
4.39
151 ratings
Science
Psychology
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The Sense of Being Stared at Summary
The Sense of Being Stared at
And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind
by Rupert Sheldrake 2003 369 pages
3.79
509 ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
by Ben Shapiro 2020 288 pages
4.08
5.0K ratings
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The Embodied Mind Summary
The Embodied Mind
Cognitive Science and Human Experience
by Francisco J. Varela 1992 328 pages
4.14
1.3K ratings
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Psychology
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On Quality Summary
On Quality
by Robert M. Pirsig 2021 224 pages
3.63
370 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
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Ethics for the New Millennium Summary
Ethics for the New Millennium
by Dalai Lama XIV 2001 237 pages
4.08
4.5K ratings
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Religion
Stoicism Summary
Stoicism
Ultimate Handbook To Stoic Philosophy, Wisdom And Way Of Life
by Thomas Beckett 2015 180 pages
3.66
116 ratings
Philosophy
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life Summary
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life
A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing our View of Human Nature
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2011 256 pages
3.56
672 ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
Your Soul's Plan Summary
Your Soul's Plan
Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born
by Robert Schwartz 2010 344 pages
4.34
3.9K ratings
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Self Help
Philosophy For Dummies Summary
Philosophy For Dummies
by Tom Morris 1999 384 pages
3.57
815 ratings
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An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper Summary
An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper
by Roberta Corvi 1996 224 pages
4
14 ratings
Philosophy
The Rise Summary
The Rise
Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery
by Sarah Lewis 2014 272 pages
3.66
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Anatomy of Dependence Summary
The Anatomy of Dependence
The key analysis of Japanese behavior
by Takeo Doi 1973 192 pages
3.71
319 ratings
Japan
Psychology
Japanese Literature
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays Summary
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays
by Richard M. Ebeling 1996 125 pages
4.16
601 ratings
Economics
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Politics
When the Past Is Present Summary
When the Past Is Present
Healing the Emotional Wounds That Sabotage Our Relationships
by David Richo 2008 224 pages
4.13
867 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840 310 pages
3.78
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
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In a Flight of Starlings Summary
In a Flight of Starlings
The Wonder of Complex Systems
by Giorgio Parisi 2023 144 pages
3.41
1.6K ratings
Science
Physics
Nature
Limits to Medicine Summary
Limits to Medicine
Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
by Ivan Illich 1976 320 pages
4.04
599 ratings
Philosophy
Medicine
Health
The Robots' Rebellion Summary
The Robots' Rebellion
The Story of the Spiritual Renaissance
by David Icke 1994 347 pages
3.92
237 ratings
Science
Conspiracy Theories
Spirituality
Human Universe Summary
Human Universe
by Brian Cox 2014 288 pages
4.28
5.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Space
The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism Summary
The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism
The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens
by Christopher Hitchens 2011 332 pages
4.11
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Wittgenstein Summary
Wittgenstein
A Very Short Introduction
by A.C. Grayling 1988 160 pages
3.72
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Question of God Summary
The Question of God
C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life
by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. 2003 295 pages
4.02
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
Being There Summary
Being There
Putting Brain, Body, and World Together Again
by Andy Clark 1998 292 pages
4.15
217 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Ages of Globalization Summary
The Ages of Globalization
Geography, Technology, and Institutions
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2020 280 pages
3.9
401 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
How to Live a Good Life Summary
How to Live a Good Life
Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom
by Jonathan Fields 2016 257 pages
3.81
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Pyrrhonism Summary
Pyrrhonism
How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism
by Adrian Kuzminski 2008 170 pages
4.01
70 ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
History
Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
by Thomas Sowell 2005 372 pages
4.37
9.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Theory U Summary
Theory U
Leading from the Future as it Emerges
by C. Otto Scharmer 2007 560 pages
4.04
1.5K ratings
Leadership
Business
Psychology
No Straight Road Takes You There Summary
No Straight Road Takes You There
Essays for Uneven Terrain
by Rebecca Solnit 2025 176 pages
4.17
801 ratings
Essays
Politics
Feminism
Who Would You Be Without Your Story? Summary
Who Would You Be Without Your Story?
Dialogues with Byron Katie
by Byron Katie 2008 330 pages
4.27
602 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
Noam Chomsky and the Media
by Mark Achbar 1994 264 pages
4.4
677 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Health Guide Summary
Health Guide
by Mahatma Gandhi 2004 212 pages
3.58
146 ratings
Health
Philosophy
Biology
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