Best Psychology Books | Summaries & Audio

Psychology Book Summaries

The Menu

by Aaron Clarey • 2022

Marriage is no longer guaranteed. The practical path to purpose and fulfillment without it.

4.05

188

🏠 Solo Living 🎯 Personal Agency 🔧 Self-Reliance 🎨 Life Design 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Menu

Marriage is no longer guaranteed. The practical path to purpose and fulfillment without it.

by Aaron Clarey 2022 90 pages

4.05

188 ratings

🏠 Solo Living 🎯 Personal Agency 🔧 Self-Reliance 🎨 Life Design 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Building Motivational Interviewing Skills

by David B. Rosengren • 2009

Turn conversations into catalysts for change: a skill-building workbook for helping professionals.

4.13

380

🗣️ Motivational Interviewing 🧠 Behavior Change Counseling 👂 Reflective Listening 🏛️ Client-Centered Therapy 🤝 Therapeutic Alliance

Building Motivational Interviewing Skills

Turn conversations into catalysts for change: a skill-building workbook for helping professionals.

by David B. Rosengren 2009 335 pages

4.13

380 ratings

🗣️ Motivational Interviewing 🧠 Behavior Change Counseling 👂 Reflective Listening 🏛️ Client-Centered Therapy 🤝 Therapeutic Alliance

Twelve and a Half

by Gary Vaynerchuk • 2021

Your business's ceiling is set by your emotional intelligence. A practical method for raising it.

3.79

2k+

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 📋 Accountability 🗣️ Feedback Culture 😊 Positive Psychology

Twelve and a Half

Your business's ceiling is set by your emotional intelligence. A practical method for raising it.

by Gary Vaynerchuk 2021 202 pages

3.79

2k+ ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 📋 Accountability 🗣️ Feedback Culture 😊 Positive Psychology

Triggers

by David Richo • 2019

Old wounds hide inside every trigger. Learn to find them, grieve, and respond instead of react.

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500+

🧠 Emotional Regulation 💔 Trauma Recovery 👶 Inner Child Work 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🌧️ Grief Work

Triggers

Old wounds hide inside every trigger. Learn to find them, grieve, and respond instead of react.

by David Richo 2019 200 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🧠 Emotional Regulation 💔 Trauma Recovery 👶 Inner Child Work 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🌧️ Grief Work

Managing in the Gray

by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. • 2016

When no rulebook covers it: wrestling messy, career-defining decisions leaders face.

3.53

128

🧭 Management Judgment ⚖️ Business Ethics 🧱 Decision Frameworks 🦉 Practical Wisdom 🤝 Stakeholder Tradeoffs

Managing in the Gray

When no rulebook covers it: wrestling messy, career-defining decisions leaders face.

by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. 2016 200 pages

3.53

128 ratings

🧭 Management Judgment ⚖️ Business Ethics 🧱 Decision Frameworks 🦉 Practical Wisdom 🤝 Stakeholder Tradeoffs

Couple Skills

by Matthew McKay • 1994

Skills, not soulmates: the listening, asking, and cooling-down tools that make a relationship work.

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352

💑 Couples Therapy 🗣️ Communication Skills 🤝 Conflict Resolution ✊ Assertiveness 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral

Couple Skills

Skills, not soulmates: the listening, asking, and cooling-down tools that make a relationship work.

by Matthew McKay 1994 328 pages

3.93

352 ratings

💑 Couples Therapy 🗣️ Communication Skills 🤝 Conflict Resolution ✊ Assertiveness 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral

The Heart of the Soul

by Gary Zukav • 2001

Your energy system speaks through physical sensation. Learn its language, and pain becomes a guide.

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1k+

🧘 Emotional Awareness ⚡ Energy Healing 🏔️ Inner Work 🌑 Shadow Work 🫀 Mind-Body Connection

The Heart of the Soul

Your energy system speaks through physical sensation. Learn its language, and pain becomes a guide.

by Gary Zukav 2001 316 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🧘 Emotional Awareness ⚡ Energy Healing 🏔️ Inner Work 🌑 Shadow Work 🫀 Mind-Body Connection

Do What You Are

by Paul D. Tieger • 1992

A four-part formula for career fit that goes deeper than skills, interests, or values.

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5k+

🧭 Career Guidance 💼 Workplace Personality 🔍 Self-Assessment 🏛️ Myers-Briggs 📋 Temperament Theory

Do What You Are

A four-part formula for career fit that goes deeper than skills, interests, or values.

by Paul D. Tieger 1992 416 pages

3.78

5k+ ratings

🧭 Career Guidance 💼 Workplace Personality 🔍 Self-Assessment 🏛️ Myers-Briggs 📋 Temperament Theory

The Heart-Mind Matrix

by Joseph Chilton Pearce • 2012

Failed nurturing traps us in survival mode; the heart's intelligence offers a biological escape.

4.16

🫀 Heart-Brain Coherence 🧠 Developmental Trauma 🌱 Conscious Evolution 🔮 Transpersonal Psychology 🤱 Emotional Nurturing

The Heart-Mind Matrix

Failed nurturing traps us in survival mode; the heart's intelligence offers a biological escape.

by Joseph Chilton Pearce 2012 224 pages

4.16

85 ratings

🫀 Heart-Brain Coherence 🧠 Developmental Trauma 🌱 Conscious Evolution 🔮 Transpersonal Psychology 🤱 Emotional Nurturing

Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets

by Andy Stanley • 2020

Five questions that cut through self-deception and expose the hidden cost of your next move.

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1k+

🧭 Decision Frameworks 🪞 Self-Deception 🚫 Regret Prevention 🏛️ Legacy Mindset ❤️ Relational Ethics

Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets

Five questions that cut through self-deception and expose the hidden cost of your next move.

by Andy Stanley 2020 185 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

🧭 Decision Frameworks 🪞 Self-Deception 🚫 Regret Prevention 🏛️ Legacy Mindset ❤️ Relational Ethics

The Explosive Child [Sixth Edition]

by Ross W.Greene • 2021

Consequences aren't working because your child is lacking skills, not will. The collaborative fix.

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1k+

🧠 Developmental Parenting 🧩 Behavioral Challenges 🌿 Gentle Parenting 🧘 Emotion Regulation 🤝 Cooperative Parenting

The Explosive Child [Sixth Edition]

Consequences aren't working because your child is lacking skills, not will. The collaborative fix.

by Ross W.Greene 2021

4.19

1k+ ratings

🧠 Developmental Parenting 🧩 Behavioral Challenges 🌿 Gentle Parenting 🧘 Emotion Regulation 🤝 Cooperative Parenting

Big Friendship

by Aminatou Sow • 2020

Friendship is the only important relationship we expect to maintain without instruction.

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25k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendship 👯 Women's Friendships 🏠 Chosen Family 🔧 Friendship Maintenance 🩹 Conflict Repair

Big Friendship

Friendship is the only important relationship we expect to maintain without instruction.

by Aminatou Sow 2020 251 pages

3.74

25k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendship 👯 Women's Friendships 🏠 Chosen Family 🔧 Friendship Maintenance 🩹 Conflict Repair

Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know

by Barbara De Angelis • 1990

Why giving him everything pushes him away, and what to do instead.

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1k+

🧬 Gender Differences 👫 Straight Relationships 🧠 Male Psychology 💼 Emotional Labor 💬 Couples Communication

Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know

Why giving him everything pushes him away, and what to do instead.

by Barbara De Angelis 1990 304 pages

3.60

1k+ ratings

🧬 Gender Differences 👫 Straight Relationships 🧠 Male Psychology 💼 Emotional Labor 💬 Couples Communication

Good Services

by Lou Downe • 2020

Your service assumes a normal user. That user doesn't exist. The design rules that work anyway.

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500+

🧩 Service Design 🤲 Human-Centered Design ♿ Inclusive Design 💻 Digital Transformation 🔍 User Research

Good Services

Your service assumes a normal user. That user doesn't exist. The design rules that work anyway.

by Lou Downe 2020 224 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

🧩 Service Design 🤲 Human-Centered Design ♿ Inclusive Design 💻 Digital Transformation 🔍 User Research

Interviewing Users

by Steve Portigal • 2013

Your assumptions about users are wrong. A systematic way to find out what they actually need.

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1k+

🔍 User Research 📋 Qualitative Research 💬 Interview Techniques 👂 Active Listening ❓ Question Design

Interviewing Users

Your assumptions about users are wrong. A systematic way to find out what they actually need.

by Steve Portigal 2013 176 pages

4.13

1k+ ratings

🔍 User Research 📋 Qualitative Research 💬 Interview Techniques 👂 Active Listening ❓ Question Design

Objectivism

by Leonard Peikoff • 1991

Reality comes first, reason is mandatory, and your life is the moral standard. The complete chain.

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5k+

🧠 Rational Self-Interest 🏛️ Systematic Philosophy 📐 Axiomatic Reasoning 🔍 Reason And Rationality 🌍 Philosophical Realism

Objectivism

Reality comes first, reason is mandatory, and your life is the moral standard. The complete chain.

by Leonard Peikoff 1991 493 pages

3.77

5k+ ratings

🧠 Rational Self-Interest 🏛️ Systematic Philosophy 📐 Axiomatic Reasoning 🔍 Reason And Rationality 🌍 Philosophical Realism

The Lazy Man's Way to Riches

by Joe Karbo • 1973

A daily mental drill rewrites your self-image ceiling; the rest is mail-order math.

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🪞 Self-Image Psychology 🧠 Subconscious Mind 🔊 Affirmations 📬 Direct Response Marketing 📊 Media Buying

The Lazy Man's Way to Riches

A daily mental drill rewrites your self-image ceiling; the rest is mail-order math.

by Joe Karbo 1973 156 pages

3.66

121 ratings

🪞 Self-Image Psychology 🧠 Subconscious Mind 🔊 Affirmations 📬 Direct Response Marketing 📊 Media Buying

A Simpler Life

by The School of Life • 2022

Modern life's curse is too much of everything. The real upgrade is learning how to subtract.

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2k+

🏡 Voluntary Simplicity 🧭 Intentional Living 🪞 Self-Reflection 🫂 Meaningful Connection ⚖️ Work-Life Alignment

A Simpler Life

Modern life's curse is too much of everything. The real upgrade is learning how to subtract.

by The School of Life 2022 216 pages

3.98

2k+ ratings

🏡 Voluntary Simplicity 🧭 Intentional Living 🪞 Self-Reflection 🫂 Meaningful Connection ⚖️ Work-Life Alignment

The Art of Empathy

by Karla McLaren • 2013

Empathy is a practice, not a trait. The six skills and boundaries that make connection sustainable.

3.89

473

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Empathy Skills 🌊 Emotion Regulation 🚧 Boundary Setting 💧 Compassion Fatigue

The Art of Empathy

Empathy is a practice, not a trait. The six skills and boundaries that make connection sustainable.

by Karla McLaren 2013 328 pages

3.89

473 ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Empathy Skills 🌊 Emotion Regulation 🚧 Boundary Setting 💧 Compassion Fatigue

Finite and Infinite Games

by James P. Carse • 1986

Everything you do is a game. Knowing which kind you're in changes who you become.

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7k+

🎲 Philosophy Of Play 🎮 Life As A Game 🔄 Zero-Sum Thinking 🗣️ Metaphor And Language ⚖️ Ethic Of Play

Finite and Infinite Games

Everything you do is a game. Knowing which kind you're in changes who you become.

by James P. Carse 1986 256 pages

3.73

7k+ ratings

🎲 Philosophy Of Play 🎮 Life As A Game 🔄 Zero-Sum Thinking 🗣️ Metaphor And Language ⚖️ Ethic Of Play

The Circle

by Laura Day • 2001

Embody one wish before it arrives, and use rituals to align your life with the outcome.

3.80

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✨ Manifestation Techniques 🧲 Law Of Attraction 🌌 Conscious Creation 🎯 Intention Setting 🕯️ Ritual Design

The Circle

Embody one wish before it arrives, and use rituals to align your life with the outcome.

by Laura Day 2001 105 pages

3.80

394 ratings

✨ Manifestation Techniques 🧲 Law Of Attraction 🌌 Conscious Creation 🎯 Intention Setting 🕯️ Ritual Design

Daily Self-Discipline

by Martin Meadows • 2015

Forget the motivational quotes. Daily doses of voluntary discomfort build the discipline that lasts.

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1k+

📅 Daily Habits 🧠 Mental Toughness 🥶 Embracing Discomfort 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Daily Self-Discipline

Forget the motivational quotes. Daily doses of voluntary discomfort build the discipline that lasts.

by Martin Meadows 2015 148 pages

3.56

1k+ ratings

📅 Daily Habits 🧠 Mental Toughness 🥶 Embracing Discomfort 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Pursuit of Perfect

by Tal Ben-Shahar • 2009

Perfectionism is not high standards. It's a refusal of reality, and it can be unlearned.

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2k+

🧪 Positive Psychology 🔧 Perfectionism Recovery 🌱 Growth Mindset 💗 Self-Compassion ⚖️ Work Life Balance

The Pursuit of Perfect

Perfectionism is not high standards. It's a refusal of reality, and it can be unlearned.

by Tal Ben-Shahar 2009 246 pages

4.01

2k+ ratings

🧪 Positive Psychology 🔧 Perfectionism Recovery 🌱 Growth Mindset 💗 Self-Compassion ⚖️ Work Life Balance

Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive

by Harvey MacKay • 1988

The 66-point customer profile that turns contacts into leverage, and the power of a smiling no.

3.93

6k+

🧑‍💼 Business Negotiations 📈 Sales Techniques 🤝 Customer Relationships 🗣️ Persuasion And Influence 🏆 Competitive Strategy

Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive

The 66-point customer profile that turns contacts into leverage, and the power of a smiling no.

by Harvey MacKay 1988 288 pages

3.93

6k+ ratings

🧑‍💼 Business Negotiations 📈 Sales Techniques 🤝 Customer Relationships 🗣️ Persuasion And Influence 🏆 Competitive Strategy

Stop Acting Rich

by Thomas J. Stanley • 2009

Most people driving luxury cars aren't rich. The data reveals who actually builds wealth.

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2k+

💰 Financial Independence 📊 Millionaire Habits 🎭 Conspicuous Consumption 📈 Lifestyle Inflation 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Stop Acting Rich

Most people driving luxury cars aren't rich. The data reveals who actually builds wealth.

by Thomas J. Stanley 2009 288 pages

3.86

2k+ ratings

💰 Financial Independence 📊 Millionaire Habits 🎭 Conspicuous Consumption 📈 Lifestyle Inflation 🧠 Behavioral Finance

The Reciprocating Self

by Jack O. Balswick • 2005

Developmental theories map growth but skip the destination. The Trinity supplies an answer.

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🧒 Developmental Psychology 📖 Theological Anthropology ✝️ Trinitarian Theology 🤝 Christian Integration 🔗 Relational Self

The Reciprocating Self

Developmental theories map growth but skip the destination. The Trinity supplies an answer.

by Jack O. Balswick 2005 334 pages

3.80

244 ratings

🧒 Developmental Psychology 📖 Theological Anthropology ✝️ Trinitarian Theology 🤝 Christian Integration 🔗 Relational Self

Have a New Kid by Friday

by Kevin Leman • 2008

Five days to change your child's attitude by changing the parent they receive every morning.

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3k+

🛡️ Tough Love Parenting 🔁 Consistent Parenting ⚡ Natural Consequences 🧭 Character Development 🧠 Adlerian Psychology

Have a New Kid by Friday

Five days to change your child's attitude by changing the parent they receive every morning.

by Kevin Leman 2008 304 pages

3.83

3k+ ratings

🛡️ Tough Love Parenting 🔁 Consistent Parenting ⚡ Natural Consequences 🧭 Character Development 🧠 Adlerian Psychology

Head First Python

by Paul Barry • 2010

A brain-friendly Python guide that also dismantles the machinery of mass manipulation.

3.91

500+

🐍 Python Programming 🏛️ Social Control 🎭 Mass Persuasion 🧠 Perception Management 🧐 Critical Thinking

Head First Python

A brain-friendly Python guide that also dismantles the machinery of mass manipulation.

by Paul Barry 2010 491 pages

3.91

500+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 🏛️ Social Control 🎭 Mass Persuasion 🧠 Perception Management 🧐 Critical Thinking

Let Go Now

by Karen Casey • 2010

The illusion of control is exhausting you. Detachment, done right, is how you get your life back.

4.16

500+

🪢 Codependency Recovery 🚧 Relationship Boundaries 🍃 Letting Go 🪜 12-Step Principles ☮️ Inner Peace

Let Go Now

The illusion of control is exhausting you. Detachment, done right, is how you get your life back.

by Karen Casey 2010 232 pages

4.16

500+ ratings

🪢 Codependency Recovery 🚧 Relationship Boundaries 🍃 Letting Go 🪜 12-Step Principles ☮️ Inner Peace

Mind over Money

by Brad Klontz • 2009

Why you sabotage your budget: childhood money beliefs, and how to rewrite them.

3.80

405

💰 Financial Therapy 💸 Money And Emotions 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Money Patterns 🛒 Emotional Spending 🧠 Scarcity Mindset

Mind over Money

Why you sabotage your budget: childhood money beliefs, and how to rewrite them.

by Brad Klontz 2009 299 pages

3.80

405 ratings

💰 Financial Therapy 💸 Money And Emotions 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Money Patterns 🛒 Emotional Spending 🧠 Scarcity Mindset

Conscious Dreaming

by Robert Moss • 1996

Step inside a dream, awake. Meet guides, face nightmares, rehearse the future.

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500+

🛌 Dreamwork 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🪄 Shamanic Practices ✨ Creativity Techniques 🌀 Altered States

Conscious Dreaming

Step inside a dream, awake. Meet guides, face nightmares, rehearse the future.

by Robert Moss 1996 366 pages

4.24

500+ ratings

🛌 Dreamwork 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🪄 Shamanic Practices ✨ Creativity Techniques 🌀 Altered States

The Difference Maker

by John C. Maxwell • 2006

You cannot control what happens to you. But one internal choice reshapes everything that follows.

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3k+

🔄 Attitude Shifts 🧭 Personal Leadership 🎯 Personal Agency 🔍 Reframing Setbacks ⚡ Overcoming Fear

The Difference Maker

You cannot control what happens to you. But one internal choice reshapes everything that follows.

by John C. Maxwell 2006 208 pages

4.20

3k+ ratings

🔄 Attitude Shifts 🧭 Personal Leadership 🎯 Personal Agency 🔍 Reframing Setbacks ⚡ Overcoming Fear

The Legal Analyst

by Ward Farnsworth • 2007

The interdisciplinary toolkit for predicting a legal ruling's impact before it is made.

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500+

🏛️ Legal Reasoning 💼 Law And Economics 🧠 Cognitive Tools 🎯 Incentive Design 🎲 Game Theory

The Legal Analyst

The interdisciplinary toolkit for predicting a legal ruling's impact before it is made.

by Ward Farnsworth 2007 326 pages

4.26

500+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Reasoning 💼 Law And Economics 🧠 Cognitive Tools 🎯 Incentive Design 🎲 Game Theory

The News

by Alain de Botton • 2014

Modern news breeds panic and distraction. A humanistic guide to staying sane amid the headlines.

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3k+

📰 Media Criticism 🧠 Media Literacy ⚠️ Negativity Bias ⏳ Attention Economy 🎭 Cultural Criticism

The News

Modern news breeds panic and distraction. A humanistic guide to staying sane amid the headlines.

by Alain de Botton 2014 272 pages

3.58

3k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 🧠 Media Literacy ⚠️ Negativity Bias ⏳ Attention Economy 🎭 Cultural Criticism

The Good News About Bad Behavior

by Katherine Reynolds Lewis • 2018

Why time-outs and sticker charts fail, and a model that builds self-control from connection outward.

3.92

500+

🧒 Modern Parenting 🧠 Child Self-Regulation 🤝 Positive Discipline 🗣️ Collaborative Problem Solving 🗂️ Executive Function

The Good News About Bad Behavior

Why time-outs and sticker charts fail, and a model that builds self-control from connection outward.

by Katherine Reynolds Lewis 2018 288 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

🧒 Modern Parenting 🧠 Child Self-Regulation 🤝 Positive Discipline 🗣️ Collaborative Problem Solving 🗂️ Executive Function

Executive Functions

by Russell A. Barkley • 2012

Executive functions didn't evolve for cognition. They evolved to survive group life with strangers.

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🧠 Executive Function ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Mental Time Travel 🤝 Social Cognition

Executive Functions

Executive functions didn't evolve for cognition. They evolved to survive group life with strangers.

by Russell A. Barkley 2012 244 pages

4.06

126 ratings

🧠 Executive Function ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Mental Time Travel 🤝 Social Cognition

Marketing to Gen Z

by Jeff Fromm • 2018

The next consumer majority trusts peers over ads, speaks visually, and buys based on values.

3.78

121

🧬 Generational Marketing 🧠 Consumer Behavior 📱 Digital Marketing 🎯 Brand Purpose 📲 Social Media Strategy

Marketing to Gen Z

The next consumer majority trusts peers over ads, speaks visually, and buys based on values.

by Jeff Fromm 2018 217 pages

3.78

121 ratings

🧬 Generational Marketing 🧠 Consumer Behavior 📱 Digital Marketing 🎯 Brand Purpose 📲 Social Media Strategy

Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly • 1887

A reporter faked madness and got committed. Ten days among 1,600 women, freezing and starved.

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24k+

🗞️ Muckraking Journalism 🏥 Psychiatric Abuse ⚖️ Wrongful Commitment 🕵️ Undercover Journalism 🩺 Patient Mistreatment

Ten Days in a Mad-House

A reporter faked madness and got committed. Ten days among 1,600 women, freezing and starved.

by Nellie Bly 1887 97 pages

3.86

24k+ ratings

🗞️ Muckraking Journalism 🏥 Psychiatric Abuse ⚖️ Wrongful Commitment 🕵️ Undercover Journalism 🩺 Patient Mistreatment

Killing the Witches

by Bill O'Reilly • 2023

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

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16k+

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria ⛪ Religious Persecution 📜 Puritanism

Killing the Witches

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

by Bill O'Reilly 2023 291 pages

3.62

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria ⛪ Religious Persecution 📜 Puritanism

The Art of Happiness

by Dalai Lama XIV • 1998

Happiness is a skill: mental training, not circumstances, brings lasting joy, says the Dalai Lama.

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100k+

🧠 Buddhist Psychology 💞 Compassion Practice ☮️ Inner Peace 🍂 Impermanence 🏋️ Mental Training

The Art of Happiness

Happiness is a skill: mental training, not circumstances, brings lasting joy, says the Dalai Lama.

by Dalai Lama XIV 1998 352 pages

4.17

100k+ ratings

🧠 Buddhist Psychology 💞 Compassion Practice ☮️ Inner Peace 🍂 Impermanence 🏋️ Mental Training

Introduction to Phenomenology

by Robert Sokolowski • 1999

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

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🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

Introduction to Phenomenology

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

by Robert Sokolowski 1999 248 pages

4.03

500+ ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

Big Money Energy

by Ryan Serhant • 2021

Project the confidence of a self-made millionaire, then build the systems that make it real.

4.17

1k+

🧥 Personal Branding 🚀 Confidence Building ⏳ Time Management 💼 Sales Techniques 🤝 Networking

Big Money Energy

Project the confidence of a self-made millionaire, then build the systems that make it real.

by Ryan Serhant 2021 241 pages

4.17

1k+ ratings

🧥 Personal Branding 🚀 Confidence Building ⏳ Time Management 💼 Sales Techniques 🤝 Networking

Fierce Attachments

by Vivian Gornick • 1987

Decades of walks, a mother and daughter, and a bond that felt like a locked room.

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20k+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Literary Memoir 🏭 Working Class Memoir 🌱 Women's Coming Of Age 💡 Intellectual Awakening

Fierce Attachments

Decades of walks, a mother and daughter, and a bond that felt like a locked room.

by Vivian Gornick 1987 216 pages

4.02

20k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Literary Memoir 🏭 Working Class Memoir 🌱 Women's Coming Of Age 💡 Intellectual Awakening

A Generation of Sociopaths

by Bruce Cannon Gibney • 2017

A generation raised with no limits grew up, seized power, and wrote its appetite into law.

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2k+

👴 Baby Boomer History 🗳️ Demographic Politics 🧾 Tax Policy 💸 Debt And Deficits 🏥 Entitlement Reform

A Generation of Sociopaths

A generation raised with no limits grew up, seized power, and wrote its appetite into law.

by Bruce Cannon Gibney 2017 430 pages

3.55

2k+ ratings

👴 Baby Boomer History 🗳️ Demographic Politics 🧾 Tax Policy 💸 Debt And Deficits 🏥 Entitlement Reform

The Journal of Best Practices

by David Finch • 2012

Diagnosed with Asperger's at 30, he engineered his failing marriage, one journal entry at a time.

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7k+

🧩 Autism And Relationships 📖 Aspergers Memoir 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Marriage Repair 👂 Active Listening 🗣️ Social Scripts

The Journal of Best Practices

Diagnosed with Asperger's at 30, he engineered his failing marriage, one journal entry at a time.

by David Finch 2012 224 pages

3.88

7k+ ratings

🧩 Autism And Relationships 📖 Aspergers Memoir 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Marriage Repair 👂 Active Listening 🗣️ Social Scripts

The Algorithmic Leader

by Mike Walsh • 2019

Stop competing with machines. Redesign the work so humans do what only humans can.

3.88

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🔄 Digital Transformation 🤖 Ai Strategy 🔮 Future Of Work 💻 Technology Leadership 🧩 Computational Thinking

The Algorithmic Leader

Stop competing with machines. Redesign the work so humans do what only humans can.

by Mike Walsh 2019 256 pages

3.88

255 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 🤖 Ai Strategy 🔮 Future Of Work 💻 Technology Leadership 🧩 Computational Thinking

On Becoming Baby Wise

by Robert Bucknam M.D. • 1993

Routine feeds, not demand feeds, teach a baby nighttime sleep. The marriage benefits too.

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16k+

👶 New Parents 🍼 Newborn Routines 🔄 Routine-Based Parenting 🌙 Infant Sleep Methods ⏰ Scheduled Feeding

On Becoming Baby Wise

Routine feeds, not demand feeds, teach a baby nighttime sleep. The marriage benefits too.

by Robert Bucknam M.D. 1993 279 pages

3.69

16k+ ratings

👶 New Parents 🍼 Newborn Routines 🔄 Routine-Based Parenting 🌙 Infant Sleep Methods ⏰ Scheduled Feeding

Methods of Persuasion

by Nick Kolenda • 2013

Every decision rides on invisible psychological rails. Here is how to lay the track.

4.14

1k+

🧠 Persuasion Psychology 👥 Social Influence 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤝 Compliance Tactics

Methods of Persuasion

Every decision rides on invisible psychological rails. Here is how to lay the track.

by Nick Kolenda 2013 240 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🧠 Persuasion Psychology 👥 Social Influence 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤝 Compliance Tactics

How to Think Bigger

by Martin Meadows • 2015

Your brain sees big goals as threats. The mindset shifts that override its alarm system.

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2k+

🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Self-Sabotage 🎯 Strategic Focus 👥 Social Modeling 💪 Self-Efficacy

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Night waking is normal, not a sleep failure. Gentle no-cry strategies for ages 0-5.

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