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The Unthinkable Summary
The Unthinkable
Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why
by Amanda Ripley 2008 266 pages
4.19
9.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Survival
A Field Guide to Earthlings Summary
A Field Guide to Earthlings
An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior
by Ian Ford 2010 220 pages
3.81
347 ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Self Help
Giants Summary
Giants
The Global Power Elite
by Peter Phillips 2018 355 pages
3.8
254 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Carpe Diem Summary
Carpe Diem
Seizing the Day in a Distracted World
by Roman Alexander Krznaric 2017 288 pages
3.76
383 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Age of Abundance Summary
The Age of Abundance
How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture
by Brink Lindsey 2007 400 pages
3.51
135 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Quantified Self Summary
The Quantified Self
by Deborah Lupton 2016 240 pages
3.82
85 ratings
Technology
Sociology
Academic
Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
by Thomas Sowell 2005 372 pages
4.37
9.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
A Slap in the Face Summary
A Slap in the Face
Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't
by William B. Irvine 2013 264 pages
3.7
514 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
De ce este România altfel? Summary
De ce este România altfel?
by Lucian Boia 2012 128 pages
3.85
2.7K ratings
History
Romania
Romanian Literature
The Lost and the Found Summary
The Lost and the Found
A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances
by Kevin Fagan 2025 288 pages
4.28
773 ratings
Memoir
Sociology
Social Issues
Future Babble Summary
Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
by Dan Gardner 2010 320 pages
3.8
737 ratings
Psychology
Science
History
The Strange Order of Things Summary
The Strange Order of Things
Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures
by António Damásio 2018 336 pages
3.75
2.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic
How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation
by Greg Epstein 2024 368 pages
3.51
137 ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Science
A Lot of People Are Saying Summary
A Lot of People Are Saying
The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy
by Russell Muirhead 2019 232 pages
3.61
770 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
Tales of Marx and Marxism
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011 470 pages
3.88
976 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Captains Of Consciousness Summary
Captains Of Consciousness
Advertising And The Social Roots Of The Consumer Culture
by Stuart Ewen 2001 272 pages
4.11
229 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
Diversity and Complexity Summary
Diversity and Complexity
by Scott E. Page 2010 304 pages
4.12
207 ratings
Science
Economics
Business
Intimate Relationships Summary
Intimate Relationships
by Rowland S. Miller 2006 608 pages
4.29
872 ratings
Psychology
Relationships
School
Listen Summary
Listen
On Music, Sound and Us
by Michel Faber 2023 516 pages
3.31
365 ratings
Music
21st Century
Sociology
A Genocide Foretold Summary
A Genocide Foretold
Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine
by Chris Hedges 2025 208 pages
4.59
424 ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
The Project Summary
The Project
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
by David A. Graham 2025 138 pages
4.02
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Second Summary
The Second
Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
by Carol Anderson 2021 272 pages
4.32
1.5K ratings
History
Politics
Race
Angrynomics Summary
Angrynomics
by Eric Lonergan 2020 192 pages
3.9
839 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
An Inconvenient Minority Summary
An Inconvenient Minority
The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy
by Kenny Xu 2021 274 pages
3.95
281 ratings
Politics
Education
History
Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens Summary
Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens
by Robert-Vincent Joule 2004 286 pages
3.78
731 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
African Religions & Philosophy Summary
African Religions & Philosophy
by John S. Mbiti 1990 288 pages
3.86
266 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Africa
The Common Good Summary
The Common Good
by Robert B. Reich 2018 208 pages
4.11
2.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
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