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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
Success and Luck Summary
Success and Luck
Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
by Robert H. Frank 2016 208 pages
3.70
1.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Psychology
Cognitive Surplus Summary
Cognitive Surplus
Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
by Clay Shirky 2010 256 pages
3.83
5.8K ratings
Technology
Business
Psychology
Just Babies Summary
Just Babies
The Origins of Good and Evil
by Paul Bloom 2013 273 pages
3.72
3.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Thick Summary
Thick
And Other Essays
by Tressie McMillan Cottom 2019 248 pages
4.43
18.0K ratings
Essays
Feminism
Race
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
I Got Schooled Summary
I Got Schooled
The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America's Education Gap
by M. Night Shyamalan 2013 321 pages
3.67
320 ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
American Girls Summary
American Girls
Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
by Nancy Jo Sales 2016 418 pages
3.60
2.8K ratings
Parenting
Sociology
Feminism
جوهر الإنسان Summary
جوهر الإنسان
by Erich Fromm 1944 203 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Work Won't Love You Back Summary
Work Won't Love You Back
How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
by Sarah Jaffe 2021 432 pages
3.96
5.1K ratings
Politics
Business
Labor
Call of the Mall Summary
Call of the Mall
The Geography of Shopping
by Paco Underhill 2004 240 pages
3.63
1.1K ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
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
Politics
Economics
Seduction Summary
Seduction
Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy
by Rachel O'Neill 2018 256 pages
4.60
35 ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
The Strange Death of Europe Summary
The Strange Death of Europe
Immigration, Identity, Islam
by Douglas Murray 2017 352 pages
4.15
12.1K ratings
Politics
History
Religion
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game
The Working Poor in the Inner City
by Katherine S. Newman 1999 416 pages
3.76
462 ratings
Sociology
Poverty
Economics
Wild Faith Summary
Wild Faith
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
by Talia Lavin 2024 304 pages
4.25
1.4K ratings
Politics
Religion
History
The Misinformation Age Summary
The Misinformation Age
How False Beliefs Spread
by Cailin O'Connor 2018 280 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Psychology
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.78
10.8K ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
The Nones Summary
The Nones
Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going
by Ryan P. Burge 2021 157 pages
3.81
349 ratings
Religion
Sociology
History
Duped Summary
Duped
Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception
by Timothy R. Levine 2019 384 pages
3.52
190 ratings
Psychology
Science
Social
The People’s Republic of Walmart Summary
The People’s Republic of Walmart
How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
by Leigh Phillips 2019 257 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology
by Elliot Aronson 1973 633 pages
4.02
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Textbooks
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
Sociology
Faster Summary
Faster
The Acceleration of Just About Everything
by James Gleick 1999 330 pages
3.52
1.7K ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
by Noam Chomsky 2020 388 pages
4.36
1.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
A Force More Powerful Summary
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Non-Violent Conflict
by Peter Ackerman 2000 560 pages
4.14
296 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017 167 pages
3.75
893 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
توتالیتاریسم Summary
توتالیتاریسم
by Hannah Arendt 1968 365 pages
4.16
758 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Here Comes Everybody Summary
Here Comes Everybody
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
by Clay Shirky 2008 336 pages
3.78
7.1K ratings
Business
Technology
Sociology
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Summary
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
by Alain de Botton 2008 336 pages
3.62
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Self-Renewal Summary
Self-Renewal
The Individual and the Innovative Society
by John W. Gardner 1964 170 pages
4.00
233 ratings
Psychology
Leadership
Personal Development
Cultures and Organizations Summary
Cultures and Organizations
Software of the Mind
by Geert Hofstede 1993 300 pages
4.11
1.3K ratings
Business
Cultural
Psychology
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
Sexuality
Psychology
Everything Bad is Good for You Summary
Everything Bad is Good for You
How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter
by Steven Johnson 2005 254 pages
3.49
5.1K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
Can't Even Summary
Can't Even
How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
by Anne Helen Petersen 2020 304 pages
3.92
8.8K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Self Help
Understanding Organizations Summary
Understanding Organizations
by Charles B. Handy 1976 448 pages
3.87
297 ratings
Business
Management
Psychology
Dedicated Summary
Dedicated
The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
by Pete Davis 2021 272 pages
3.78
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The World Cafe Summary
The World Cafe
Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter
by Juanita Brown 2005 264 pages
4.10
441 ratings
Leadership
Business
Communication
What About Men? Summary
What About Men?
by Caitlin Moran 2023 319 pages
3.69
2.9K ratings
Feminism
Humor
Gender
The Death of Expertise Summary
The Death of Expertise
The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
by Thomas M. Nichols 2017 272 pages
3.82
9.5K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Science
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
Philosophy
Smarter Than You Think Summary
Smarter Than You Think
How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better
by Clive Thompson 2013 352 pages
3.94
2.5K ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
The Art of Community Summary
The Art of Community
Seven Principles for Belonging
by Charles H. Vogl 2016 216 pages
3.69
977 ratings
Business
Sociology
Leadership
Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
by Nick Srnicek 2015 245 pages
3.98
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 293 pages
4.20
4.0K ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
The Sharing Economy Summary
The Sharing Economy
The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism
by Arun Sundararajan 2016 240 pages
3.66
482 ratings
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Dumbing Us Down Summary
Dumbing Us Down
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2002 142 pages
4.14
11.5K ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
Less Than Nothing Summary
Less Than Nothing
Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism
by Slavoj Žižek 2012 1056 pages
4.17
609 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Spent Summary
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
by Geoffrey Miller 2009 384 pages
3.84
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
Heavens on Earth Summary
Heavens on Earth
The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
by Michael Shermer 2018 320 pages
3.88
597 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
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