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Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety Summary
Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety
by Renee Engeln 2017 416 pages
4.14
6.1K ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Self Help
Why We're Polarized Summary
Why We're Polarized
by Ezra Klein 2020 336 pages
4.22
18.0K ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Connected Summary
Connected
The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
by Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 pages
3.73
4.0K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
The World Beyond Your Head Summary
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
by Matthew B. Crawford 2015 257 pages
3.79
2.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Open Socrates Summary
Open Socrates
The Case for a Philosophical Life
by Agnes Callard 2025 416 pages
4.00
276 ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 448 pages
4.01
144 ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East Summary
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
by Bernard Lewis 2001 186 pages
3.54
3.9K ratings
History
Islam
Religion
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages
4.19
854 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Social Identity Summary
Social Identity
by Richard Jenkins 1996 232 pages
3.68
127 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies
An Introduction
by Andrew Heywood 1992 382 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Politics
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Political Science
Emergence Summary
Emergence
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
by Steven Johnson 2001 288 pages
3.95
3.5K ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
The Sane Society Summary
The Sane Society
by Erich Fromm 1955 386 pages
4.25
2.8K ratings
Psychology
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Sociology
Social Physics Summary
Social Physics
How Good Ideas Spread— The Lessons from a New Science
by Alex Pentland 2014 320 pages
3.53
1.4K ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
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
Business
Sociology
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
Sociology
Travel
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.15
210 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
When to Rob a Bank Summary
When to Rob a Bank
...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
by Steven D. Levitt 2015 387 pages
3.53
14.8K ratings
Economics
Business
Psychology
The Art of Life Summary
The Art of Life
by Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 pages
3.77
822 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Selfless Summary
Selfless
The Social Creation of “You”
by Brian Lowery 2023 272 pages
3.78
354 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Peoplewatching Summary
Peoplewatching
The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
by Desmond Morris 1977 400 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
Psychology
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Anthropology
Sway Summary
Sway
The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
by Ori Brafman 2008 206 pages
3.78
19.7K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Struggle for Recognition Summary
The Struggle for Recognition
The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts
by Axel Honneth 1992 240 pages
4.12
276 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Men Who Hate Women Summary
Men Who Hate Women
by Laura Bates 2020 366 pages
4.34
22.8K ratings
Feminism
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Sociology
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Summary
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942 460 pages
3.99
2.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
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
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works
by Jason F. Stanley 2015 376 pages
3.56
700 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
On Rumors Summary
On Rumors
How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done
by Cass R. Sunstein 2009 112 pages
3.27
290 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
"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
Politics
History
Economics
Why Men Fight Summary
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 1916 280 pages
3.95
233 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
FREEDOM Summary
FREEDOM
The End of the Human Condition
by Jeremy Griffith 2016 798 pages
3.60
367 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
by Michel Foucault 1966 416 pages
4.12
9.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
Tribe Summary
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger 2016 182 pages
4.02
47.8K ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
We Have Never Been Woke Summary
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
by Musa al-Gharbi 2024 432 pages
4.29
489 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
Cynical Theories Summary
Cynical Theories
How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
by Helen Pluckrose 2020 348 pages
4.11
5.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Identity and Violence Summary
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
by Amartya Sen 2006 240 pages
3.84
2.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Saving the Modern Soul Summary
Saving the Modern Soul
Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help
by Eva Illouz 2008 304 pages
4.12
163 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Self Help
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Summary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn 1962 226 pages
4.03
28.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The War for Kindness Summary
The War for Kindness
Building Empathy in a Fractured World
by Jamil Zaki 2019 263 pages
3.93
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Human Instinct Summary
Human Instinct
How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives
by Robert Winston 2002 352 pages
4.00
456 ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Worshipping False Gods Summary
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
by Arun Shourie 1997 680 pages
3.81
352 ratings
History
India
Politics
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell 1932 160 pages
4.00
204 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority Summary
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
by Martin Gurri 2014 362 pages
4.22
1.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Homo Sacer Summary
Homo Sacer
Sovereign Power and Bare Life
by Giorgio Agamben 1994 208 pages
4.06
4.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Hey, Hun Summary
Hey, Hun
Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023 384 pages
3.60
12.4K ratings
Memoir
Cults
Feminism
Acting with Power Summary
Acting with Power
Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe
by Deborah Gruenfeld 2020 272 pages
3.85
438 ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Luxury Fever Summary
Luxury Fever
by Robert H. Frank 1999 326 pages
3.78
180 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Psychology
The Authority Gap Summary
The Authority Gap
Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages
4.34
3.0K ratings
Feminism
Politics
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
Revolutionary Wealth Summary
Revolutionary Wealth
How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives
by Alvin Toffler 2006 512 pages
3.89
661 ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
The Hidden Brain Summary
The Hidden Brain
How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives
by Shankar Vedantam 2009 270 pages
3.99
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
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