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The Essential HR Handbook Summary
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The Gentle Sleep Book Summary
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The Art of Problem Solving Summary
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Think Like a Cat Summary
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Outlining Your Novel Summary
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Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot Summary
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The Lean Farm Summary
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The 4-Hour Body Summary
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Cognitive Psychology Summary
Cognitive Psychology
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The Fashion Designer Survival Guide Summary
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide
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The Art of Civilized Conversation Summary
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3.59
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Kettlebell Simple & Sinister Summary
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Existentialism Summary
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The 36-Hour Day Summary
The 36-Hour Day
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How To Get What You Want And Want What You Have Summary
How To Get What You Want And Want What You Have
by John Gray 2001 336 pages
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Agile Project Management for Beginners Summary
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Mind Mapping Summary
Mind Mapping
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3.69
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The Successful Business Plan Summary
The Successful Business Plan
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by Rhonda Abrams 1991 417 pages
3.90
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Breakthrough Rapid Reading Summary
Breakthrough Rapid Reading
by Peter Kump 1979 276 pages
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Making Your Case Summary
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by Bryan A. Garner 2007 269 pages
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Drawing the Head and Hands Summary
Drawing the Head and Hands
by Andrew Loomis 1956 154 pages
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The Witch's Book of Self-Care Summary
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Head First Java Summary
Head First Java
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4.24
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The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+ Summary
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The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy Summary
The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy
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Brand Failures Summary
Brand Failures
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by Matt Haig 2003 310 pages
3.58
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Stretching Summary
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by Bob Anderson 1975 196 pages
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The World Atlas of Coffee Summary
The World Atlas of Coffee
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by James Hoffmann 2014 256 pages
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Stein on Writing Summary
Stein on Writing
by Sol Stein 1995 320 pages
4.28
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Python for Everybody Summary
Python for Everybody
Exploring Data in Python 3
by Charles Severance 2016 387 pages
4.27
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The Logical Thinking Process Summary
The Logical Thinking Process
A Systems Approach to Complex Problem Solving
by H. William Dettmer 2007 444 pages
4.37
157 ratings
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