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The Power of Bad Summary
The Power of Bad
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by John Tierney 2019 325 pages
3.86
1.4K 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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Criminology Summary
Criminology
A Very Short Introduction
by Tim Newburn 2018 160 pages
3.84
138 ratings
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The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
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by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
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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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Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
by Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek 2014 208 pages
3.73
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Brandwashed Summary
Brandwashed
Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2011 304 pages
3.81
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A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
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3.76
4.6K ratings
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Overbooked Summary
Overbooked
The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism
by Elizabeth Becker 2013 464 pages
3.80
840 ratings
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Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman 1969 219 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
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The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique MoΓ―si 2008 192 pages
3.64
487 ratings
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Summary
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
by Anne Case 2020 288 pages
3.81
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The Ten Types of Human Summary
The Ten Types of Human
Who We Are and Who We Can Be
by Dexter Dias 2018 816 pages
4.17
2.1K ratings
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Coming of Age in Samoa Summary
Coming of Age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
by Margaret Mead 1928 223 pages
3.55
3.2K ratings
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Voluntary Simplicity Summary
Voluntary Simplicity
Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
by Duane Elgin 1981 240 pages
3.62
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Sustainability
Seduction Summary
Seduction
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by Rachel O'Neill 2018 256 pages
4.60
35 ratings
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Six Degrees Summary
Six Degrees
The Science of a Connected Age
by Duncan J. Watts 2003 384 pages
3.90
1.2K ratings
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An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West Summary
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
by Konstantin Kisin 2022 288 pages
4.26
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Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 512 pages
3.90
11.1K ratings
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The Black Swan Summary
The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 480 pages
3.96
121.1K ratings
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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
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Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation
The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
by Sherry Turkle 2015 448 pages
3.81
5.0K ratings
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Communication
Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.53
153.8K ratings
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Social Justice
Hey, Hun Summary
Hey, Hun
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by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023 384 pages
3.60
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Memoir
Cults
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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
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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
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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
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Ψ¬ΩˆΩ‡Ψ± Ψ§Ω„Ψ₯Ω†Ψ³Ψ§Ω† Summary
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by Erich Fromm 1944 203 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
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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
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Superclass Summary
Superclass
The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
by David Rothkopf 2008 400 pages
3.58
480 ratings
Politics
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The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.26
325 ratings
History
Biography
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You Are What You Watch Summary
You Are What You Watch
by Walter Hickey 2023 240 pages
3.65
761 ratings
Psychology
Film
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Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2011 256 pages
4.08
10.9K ratings
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History
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
Sociology Summary
Sociology
A Very Short Introduction
by Steve Bruce 1999 128 pages
3.39
872 ratings
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
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
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
by Kalle Lasn 1999 272 pages
3.62
1.8K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 293 pages
4.20
4.0K ratings
Politics
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The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It
Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
by Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 pages
4.06
126 ratings
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History
Stolen Pride Summary
Stolen Pride
Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 400 pages
4.07
904 ratings
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History
Resilience Summary
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
by Andrew Zolli 2012 336 pages
3.62
777 ratings
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Spent Summary
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
by Geoffrey Miller 2009 384 pages
3.84
1.3K ratings
Psychology
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The Misinformation Age Summary
The Misinformation Age
How False Beliefs Spread
by Cailin O'Connor 2018 280 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Politics
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Psychology
Moral Combat Summary
Moral Combat
Why the War on Violent Video Games Is Wrong
by Patrick M. Markey 2017 256 pages
4.19
160 ratings
Psychology
Video Games
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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
The Happiness Effect Summary
The Happiness Effect
How Social Media is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost
by Donna Freitas 2017 368 pages
3.33
260 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Social Media
Framers Summary
Framers
Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by Kenneth Cukier 2021 272 pages
3.54
538 ratings
Psychology
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Breaking the Spell Summary
Breaking the Spell
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
by Daniel C. Dennett 2006 464 pages
3.89
12.8K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Atheism
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
by Thomas Sowell 1998 516 pages
4.43
896 ratings
History
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Politics
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
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Society
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