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Happiness Summary
Happiness
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by Richard Layard 2005 320 pages
3.71
1.1K ratings
Psychology
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities Summary
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs 1961 472 pages
4.29
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Architecture
Urban Planning
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In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary
In Defense of a Liberal Education
by Fareed Zakaria 2015 208 pages
3.83
3.1K ratings
Education
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To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
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The Folly of Technological Solutionism
by Evgeny Morozov 2013 415 pages
3.68
1.4K ratings
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The New Urban Crisis Summary
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
by Richard Florida 2017 336 pages
3.51
1.3K ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
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Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages
4.19
854 ratings
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Human Instinct Summary
Human Instinct
How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives
by Robert Winston 2002 352 pages
4.00
456 ratings
Science
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Evolution
Identity Summary
Identity
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by Francis Fukuyama 2018 240 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
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History
Revolutionary Wealth Summary
Revolutionary Wealth
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by Alvin Toffler 2006 512 pages
3.89
661 ratings
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When to Rob a Bank Summary
When to Rob a Bank
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by Steven D. Levitt 2015 387 pages
3.53
14.8K ratings
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A Job to Love Summary
A Job to Love
by The School of Life 2017 142 pages
4.03
1.4K ratings
Self Help
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Lectures on the Will to Know Summary
Lectures on the Will to Know
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by Michel Foucault 2014 293 pages
4.27
233 ratings
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Sex by Numbers Summary
Sex by Numbers
What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour
by David Spiegelhalter 2015 369 pages
3.86
199 ratings
Science
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Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
by Slavoj Žižek 2014 208 pages
3.73
1.4K ratings
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The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson 1956 320 pages
4.03
4.4K ratings
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Public Relations Summary
Public Relations
by Edward L. Bernays 1952 374 pages
3.98
171 ratings
Psychology
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A World Without Men Summary
A World Without Men
An Analysis of an All-Female Economy
by Aaron Clarey 2023 141 pages
4.06
110 ratings
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Society
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
by David Grazian 2010 256 pages
3.50
104 ratings
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School
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Why Men Fight Summary
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 1916 280 pages
3.95
233 ratings
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History
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 272 pages
4.26
606 ratings
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Social Justice
History
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
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Self Help
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 pages
3.69
118 ratings
History
Climate Change
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LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand
A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages
4.32
382 ratings
History
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Conscience Summary
Conscience
The Origins of Moral Intuition
by Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 pages
3.77
406 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier 2010 221 pages
3.56
6.3K ratings
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Science
Winners Take All Summary
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
by Anand Giridharadas 2018 288 pages
4.13
16.8K ratings
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War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.18
854 ratings
History
Politics
War
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
598 ratings
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History
Economics
The Science of Happiness Summary
The Science of Happiness
Seven Lessons for Living Well
by Bruce Hood 2024 271 pages
3.86
279 ratings
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Self Help
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Thick Summary
Thick
And Other Essays
by Tressie McMillan Cottom 2019 248 pages
4.43
18.0K ratings
Essays
Feminism
Race
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari
by Darren McGarvey 2017 224 pages
4.02
6.3K ratings
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Memoir
Sociology
The Power of Bad Summary
The Power of Bad
How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It
by John Tierney 2019 325 pages
3.86
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save
How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty
by Peter Singer 2009 302 pages
4.15
6.6K ratings
Philosophy
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Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
by Kate Fox 2004 424 pages
3.91
11.0K ratings
Anthropology
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Travel
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again Summary
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
by Katherine Angel 2021 160 pages
4.07
5.6K ratings
Feminism
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Essays
Just Babies Summary
Just Babies
The Origins of Good and Evil
by Paul Bloom 2013 273 pages
3.72
3.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
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The End of Burnout Summary
The End of Burnout
Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives
by Jonathan Malesic 2022 288 pages
3.77
530 ratings
Psychology
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Sociology
Hope for Cynics Summary
Hope for Cynics
The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
by Jamil Zaki 2024 288 pages
3.92
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Art of Community Summary
The Art of Community
Seven Principles for Belonging
by Charles H. Vogl 2016 216 pages
3.69
977 ratings
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Leadership
When Men Behave Badly Summary
When Men Behave Badly
The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
by David M. Buss 2021 336 pages
4.10
839 ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation
The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
by Sherry Turkle 2015 448 pages
3.81
5.0K ratings
Psychology
Technology
Communication
Brandwashed Summary
Brandwashed
Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2011 304 pages
3.81
4.3K ratings
Business
Psychology
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Pendulum Summary
Pendulum
How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future: PDF Included
by Roy H. Williams 2012
3.71
396 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Woke Racism Summary
Woke Racism
How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
by John McWhorter 2021 224 pages
3.93
6.4K ratings
Politics
Race
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Because Internet Summary
Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch 2019 327 pages
4.05
12.1K ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman 1969 219 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
Overbooked Summary
Overbooked
The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism
by Elizabeth Becker 2013 464 pages
3.80
840 ratings
Travel
Economics
Business
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Summary
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
by Carlo M. Cipolla 1976 96 pages
3.86
10.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Humor
How Pleasure Works Summary
How Pleasure Works
The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
by Paul Bloom 2010 304 pages
3.71
3.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
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