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Bachelor Girl Summary
Bachelor Girl
The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century
by Betsy Israel 2002 304 pages
3.71
1.0K ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
by Mitchell Duneier 2015 304 pages
3.74
571 ratings
History
Sociology
Race
The Dawn of Everything Summary
The Dawn of Everything
A New History of Humanity
by David Graeber 2021 692 pages
4.19
23.5K ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
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
Moral Mazes Summary
Moral Mazes
The World of Corporate Managers
by Robert Jackall 1988 272 pages
3.96
448 ratings
Business
Sociology
Psychology
Selfless Summary
Selfless
The Social Creation of “You”
by Brian Lowery 2023 272 pages
3.78
354 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Privacy is Power Summary
Privacy is Power
Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data
by Carissa Véliz 2020 224 pages
4.03
1.1K ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
For the Love of Men Summary
For the Love of Men
A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity
by Liz Plank 2019 325 pages
4.29
7.1K ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender
The Teachers Summary
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
by Alexandra Robbins 2023 372 pages
4.17
3.9K ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem Summary
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
by Gregg Colburn 2022 284 pages
4.22
1.1K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Urbanism
The Wealth of Networks Summary
The Wealth of Networks
How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
by Yochai Benkler 2006 528 pages
3.96
1.7K ratings
Economics
Technology
Business
Nonzero Summary
Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright 2001 448 pages
3.98
2.8K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Narcissism Epidemic Summary
The Narcissism Epidemic
Living in the Age of Entitlement
by Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 pages
3.61
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Cultural
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World
by Gideon Rachman 2022 288 pages
4.05
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
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
The Logic of Life Summary
The Logic of Life
The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
by Tim Harford 2008 213 pages
3.81
5.8K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
Sway Summary
Sway
The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
by Ori Brafman 2008 206 pages
3.78
19.7K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
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
Grown Up Digital Summary
Grown Up Digital
How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
by Don Tapscott 2008 384 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
Technology
Education
Business
Shop Class as Soulcraft Summary
Shop Class as Soulcraft
An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
by Matthew B. Crawford 2009 241 pages
3.75
10.7K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Self Help
Diffusion of Innovations Summary
Diffusion of Innovations
by Everett M. Rogers 1982 576 pages
4.09
1.5K ratings
Business
Sociology
Management
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
Dialectic of Enlightenment Summary
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Philosophical Fragments
by Max Horkheimer 1947 304 pages
4.11
7.9K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
The Happiness Industry Summary
The Happiness Industry
How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
by William Davies 2015 320 pages
3.65
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Against the Grain Summary
Against the Grain
A Deep History of the Earliest States
by James C. Scott 2017 312 pages
4.13
4.5K ratings
History
Anthropology
Politics
The Broken Ladder Summary
The Broken Ladder
How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
by Keith Payne 2018 256 pages
4.21
3.9K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Economics
The Grift Summary
The Grift
The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
by Clay Cane 2024 400 pages
4.27
622 ratings
Politics
History
Race
Black-and-White Thinking Summary
Black-and-White Thinking
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
by Kevin Dutton 2021 400 pages
3.57
452 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Outcasts United Summary
Outcasts United
A Refugee Team, an American Town
by Warren St. John 2009 320 pages
3.84
8.3K ratings
Sports
Soccer
Book Club
The Rise of the Creative Class Summary
The Rise of the Creative Class
And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
by Richard Florida 2002 434 pages
3.68
3.3K ratings
Sociology
Economics
Business
The Silo Effect Summary
The Silo Effect
The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers
by Gillian Tett 2014 304 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
On Being Human Summary
On Being Human
by Erich Fromm 1991 180 pages
3.94
541 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Growth Summary
Growth
A Reckoning
by Daniel Susskind 2024
3.79
449 ratings
Economics
History
Business
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 320 pages
4.08
256 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
Liberty Summary
Liberty
Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
by Isaiah Berlin 1969 416 pages
4.15
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Redirect Summary
Redirect
The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
by Timothy D. Wilson 2009 288 pages
3.76
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Utopia for Realists Summary
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
by Rutger Bregman 2014 262 pages
4.22
40.8K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Conformity Summary
Conformity
The Power of Social Influences
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 192 pages
3.45
377 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
Hidden Games Summary
Hidden Games
The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior
by Erez Yoeli 2022 368 pages
3.68
315 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
Fix the System, Not the Women Summary
Fix the System, Not the Women
by Laura Bates 2022 208 pages
4.50
4.9K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Womens
What Is Populism? Summary
What Is Populism?
by Jan-Werner Müller 2014 136 pages
3.82
2.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
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
Escape from Evil Summary
Escape from Evil
by Ernest Becker 1975 208 pages
4.39
753 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Unconscious Branding Summary
Unconscious Branding
How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing
by Douglas Van Praet 2012 288 pages
3.93
334 ratings
Business
Psychology
Neuroscience
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 Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
4.00
6.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017 504 pages
3.97
302 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
Happy as a Dane Summary
Happy as a Dane
10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
by Malene Rydahl 2014 142 pages
3.46
694 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
In Praise of Slowness Summary
In Praise of Slowness
Challenging the Cult of Speed
by Carl Honoré 2004 321 pages
3.65
6.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
توتالیتاریسم Summary
توتالیتاریسم
by Hannah Arendt 1968 365 pages
4.16
758 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
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