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Resilience Summary
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
by Andrew Zolli 2012 336 pages
3.63
770 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Tools and Weapons Summary
Tools and Weapons
The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
by Brad Smith 2019 368 pages
3.85
1.9K ratings
Technology
Business
Science
The Greatest Summary
The Greatest
The Quest for Sporting Perfection
by Matthew Syed 2017 304 pages
3.74
722 ratings
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Something Deeply Hidden Summary
Something Deeply Hidden
Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
by Sean Carroll 2019 347 pages
4.07
5.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy Summary
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
by Tim Harford 2017 336 pages
4.07
4.0K ratings
Economics
History
Business
Quantum Summary
Quantum
Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
by Manjit Kumar 2007 448 pages
4.26
10.2K ratings
Science
Physics
History
Criminology Summary
Criminology
A Very Short Introduction
by Tim Newburn 2018 160 pages
3.84
138 ratings
Sociology
Crime
Science
Mindless Eating Summary
Mindless Eating
Why We Eat More Than We Think
by Brian Wansink 2006 276 pages
3.93
12.2K ratings
Health
Food
Psychology
Biohack Your Brain Summary
Biohack Your Brain
How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power
by Kristen Willeumier 2020 304 pages
3.86
836 ratings
Health
Science
Neuroscience
Why We Believe What We Believe Summary
Why We Believe What We Believe
Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth
by Andrew B. Newberg 2006 321 pages
4.00
326 ratings
Psychology
Science
Religion
The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Summary
The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy
by Donald J. Robertson 2010 316 pages
4.19
311 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition Summary
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition
Get a Passing Score in Less Time
by Christopher Coughlin 2012 403 pages
4.43
290 ratings
Medical
Science
Matter and Consciousness Summary
Matter and Consciousness
A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
by Paul M. Churchland 1984 196 pages
3.88
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Out of Our Minds Summary
Out of Our Minds
Learning to Be Creative
by Ken Robinson 2001 288 pages
3.94
4.6K ratings
Education
Psychology
Self Help
The Divided Self Summary
The Divided Self
An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
by R.D. Laing 1960 218 pages
4.11
6.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Mental Health
How to Argue With a Racist Summary
How to Argue With a Racist
What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
by Adam Rutherford 2020 224 pages
3.90
6.4K ratings
Science
Race
Politics
The Alchemy of Us Summary
The Alchemy of Us
How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
by Ainissa Ramirez 2020 328 pages
3.91
1.3K ratings
Science
History
Technology
Data Analytics Made Accessible Summary
Data Analytics Made Accessible
by Anil Maheshwari 2014 454 pages
3.75
324 ratings
Business
Science
Technology
Inventing Ourselves Summary
Inventing Ourselves
The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2016 256 pages
3.79
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Parenting
How Luck Happens Summary
How Luck Happens
Using the Science of Luck to Transform Work, Love, and Life
by Janice Kaplan 2018 352 pages
3.64
611 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
Extra Life Summary
Extra Life
A Short History of Living Longer
by Steven Johnson 2023 320 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Science
History
Health
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Secrets Behind What You Eat
by Richie Chevat 2015 298 pages
4.03
3.5K ratings
Food
Health
Science
Blockchain Basics Summary
Blockchain Basics
A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps
by Daniel Drescher 2017 255 pages
3.95
848 ratings
Technology
Business
Science
The Evolution of Everything Summary
The Evolution of Everything
How New Ideas Emerge
by Matt Ridley 2015 368 pages
3.92
3.4K ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Unlocking the Emotional Brain Summary
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation
by Bruce Ecker 2012 265 pages
4.45
235 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Neuroscience
The Conscious Universe Summary
The Conscious Universe
The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena
by Dean Radin 1997 384 pages
3.97
611 ratings
Science
Paranormal
Psychology
Endless Universe Summary
Endless Universe
Beyond the Big Bang
by Paul J. Steinhardt 2007 304 pages
4.12
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Hallucinations Summary
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks 2012 326 pages
3.93
24.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Glute Lab Summary
Glute Lab
The Art and Science of Strength and Physique Training
by Bret Contreras 2019 608 pages
4.65
748 ratings
Fitness
Health
Bodies
The Man Who Couldn't Stop Summary
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
by David Adam 2014 304 pages
3.89
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Descartes' Baby Summary
Descartes' Baby
How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
by Paul Bloom 2004 288 pages
3.90
305 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Mama's Last Hug Summary
Mama's Last Hug
Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
by Frans de Waal 2019 336 pages
4.21
5.4K ratings
Science
Animals
Psychology
Fantastic Voyage Summary
Fantastic Voyage
Live Long Enough to Live Forever
by Ray Kurzweil 2004 452 pages
3.86
909 ratings
Health
Science
Futurism
The Power of Different Summary
The Power of Different
The Link Between Disorder and Genius
by Gail Saltz 2017 256 pages
4.07
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Adhd
Science
Bottle of Lies Summary
Bottle of Lies
The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
by Katherine Eban 2019 512 pages
4.42
7.1K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Moonshot Summary
Moonshot
A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible
by Mike Massimino 2023 210 pages
4.29
578 ratings
Biography
Science
Space
Framers Summary
Framers
Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by Kenneth Cukier 2021 272 pages
3.54
538 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
by Bernard Wood 2005 144 pages
3.63
795 ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Summary
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
by Stephen Webb 2002 304 pages
4.21
1.4K ratings
Science
Space
Philosophy
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2011 271 pages
4.05
26.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
Before You Know It Summary
Before You Know It
The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
by John A. Bargh 2017 354 pages
4.02
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The God Equation Summary
The God Equation
The Quest for a Theory of Everything
by Michio Kaku 2021 225 pages
4.11
7.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence Summary
Artificial Intelligence
The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
by Harvard Business Review 2019 182 pages
3.94
422 ratings
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
What We Believe But Cannot Prove Summary
What We Believe But Cannot Prove
Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
by John Brockman 2005 252 pages
3.65
1.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Artificial Intelligence Summary
Artificial Intelligence
A Very Short Introduction
by Margaret A. Boden 2018 164 pages
3.31
335 ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy
Liver Rescue Summary
Liver Rescue
by Anthony William 2018 469 pages
4.10
2.5K ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Dark Territory Summary
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages
3.90
3.1K ratings
History
Technology
Politics
Imagine Summary
Imagine
How Creativity Works
by Jonah Lehrer 2012 279 pages
3.96
51.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Overflowing Brain Summary
The Overflowing Brain
Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory
by Torkel Klingberg 2007 224 pages
3.52
314 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking Summary
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
by Gerald M. Weinberg 1975 320 pages
3.94
665 ratings
Science
Business
Computer Science
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