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An Introduction to Ontology Summary
An Introduction to Ontology
by Nikk Effingham 2013 224 pages
3.55
58 ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
On Desire Summary
On Desire
Why We Want What We Want
by William B. Irvine 2005 336 pages
3.92
694 ratings
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Self Help
When the Past Is Present Summary
When the Past Is Present
Healing the Emotional Wounds That Sabotage Our Relationships
by David Richo 2008 224 pages
4.13
867 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Excuses Begone! Summary
Excuses Begone!
by Wayne W. Dyer 2009 257 pages
4.12
9.4K ratings
Self Help
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Personal Development
The Question of God Summary
The Question of God
C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life
by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. 2003 295 pages
4.02
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
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The New Science of the Mind Summary
The New Science of the Mind
From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology
by Mark Rowlands 2010 249 pages
3.7
44 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Book of Self Mastery Summary
The Book of Self Mastery
Timeless Quotes About Knowing, Changing, and Mastering Yourself
by Ryan A. Bush 2020 157 pages
4.25
147 ratings
Self Help
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Psychology
The Essential Edgar Cayce Summary
The Essential Edgar Cayce
by Edgar Evans Cayce 2004 287 pages
3.9
173 ratings
Spirituality
Metaphysics
Paranormal
Active Hope Summary
Active Hope
How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy
by Joanna Macy 2012
4.1
1.6K ratings
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Environment
Activism
Panentheism Summary
Panentheism
The Other God of the Philosophers--From Plato to the Present
by John W. Cooper 2006 368 pages
4.28
47 ratings
Philosophy
Theology
Religion
The Sense of Being Stared at Summary
The Sense of Being Stared at
And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind
by Rupert Sheldrake 2011 369 pages
3.79
506 ratings
Science
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Spirituality
A History of Histories Summary
A History of Histories
Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century
by J.W. Burrow 2008 544 pages
3.78
456 ratings
History
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Ancient History
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy Summary
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
by Feng Youlan 1997 400 pages
4.33
683 ratings
Philosophy
China
History
The Systems View of Life Summary
The Systems View of Life
A Unifying Vision
by Fritjof Capra 2014 510 pages
4.3
777 ratings
Science
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Biology
The Necessity of Exile Summary
The Necessity of Exile
Essays from a Distance
by Shaul Magid 2023 295 pages
4.22
241 ratings
Judaism
Jewish
Religion
Bronze Age Mindset Summary
Bronze Age Mindset
by Bronze Age Pervert 2018 198 pages
3.82
3.9K ratings
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History
An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper Summary
An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper
by Roberta Corvi 1996 224 pages
4
14 ratings
Philosophy
The Birth of the Clinic Summary
The Birth of the Clinic
An Archaeology of Medical Perception
by Michel Foucault 1994 240 pages
3.95
2.5K ratings
Philosophy
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The View from Ninety Summary
The View from Ninety
Reflections on How to Live a Long, Contented Life
by Charles B. Handy 2025 187 pages
4.06
85 ratings
Memoir
Management
Biography
Empathy Summary
Empathy
Why It Matters, and How to Get It
by Roman Krznaric 2014 272 pages
3.76
962 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Heaven and Hell Summary
Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley 1956 80 pages
3.52
1.3K ratings
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Classics
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The Myth of the State Summary
The Myth of the State
by Ernst Cassirer 1961 303 pages
3.91
206 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Invicto Summary
Invicto
Logra más, sufre menos
by Marcos Vázquez García 2019 214 pages
4.29
4.1K ratings
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Personal Development
There is a River Summary
There is a River
The Story of Edgar Cayce
by Thomas Joseph Sugrue 2003
4.24
2.2K ratings
Biography
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Paranormal
How to Know Higher Worlds Summary
How to Know Higher Worlds
A Modern Path of Initiation
by Rudolf Steiner 1994 259 pages
4.22
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Occult
Goliath's Curse Summary
Goliath's Curse
The History and Future of Societal Collapse
by Luke Kemp 2025 592 pages
4.16
511 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Stoicism For Dummies Summary
Stoicism For Dummies
by Tom Morris 2024 400 pages
4.03
40 ratings
Philosophy
On History Summary
On History
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1998 416 pages
3.99
578 ratings
History
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Essays
Limits to Medicine Summary
Limits to Medicine
Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
by Ivan Illich 1976 320 pages
4.04
599 ratings
Philosophy
Medicine
Health
The Science of Free Will Summary
The Science of Free Will
How Determinism Affects Everything from the Future of AI to Traffic to God to Bees
by Samir Varma 2025 249 pages
3.54
13 ratings
Philosophy
Science
The Mass Psychology of Fascism Summary
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
by Wilhelm Reich 1980 395 pages
4.03
1.4K ratings
Psychology
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Philosophy
Philosophy For Dummies Summary
Philosophy For Dummies
by Tom Morris 1999 384 pages
3.57
815 ratings
Philosophy
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Zen Summary
Zen
The Path of Paradox
by Osho 2003 192 pages
4.22
415 ratings
Spirituality
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Buddhism
Awake! Summary
Awake!
William Blake and the Power of the Imagination
by Mark Vernon 2025 312 pages
4.5
20 ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Biography
The Everyday Stoic Summary
The Everyday Stoic
Simple Rules for a Good Life
by William Mulligan 2024 256 pages
4.02
364 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Collections
The Perfect You Summary
The Perfect You
A Blueprint for Identity
by Caroline Leaf 2017 320 pages
4.01
489 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
Demian / Siddhartha Summary
Demian / Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1998 0 pages
4.2
12.6K ratings
Classics
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Literature
Diversity and Complexity Summary
Diversity and Complexity
by Scott E. Page 2010 304 pages
4.12
207 ratings
Science
Economics
Business
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late Summary
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late
by Luca Dellanna 2019 189 pages
4.18
113 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
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
How to Live a Good Life Summary
How to Live a Good Life
Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom
by Jonathan Fields 2016 257 pages
3.81
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran Summary
The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran
by Robert Spencer 2009 260 pages
3.71
882 ratings
Religion
Islam
Politics
Persephone Rising Summary
Persephone Rising
Awakening the Heroine Within
by Carol S. Pearson 2015 400 pages
4.01
193 ratings
Mythology
Psychology
Self Help
Unshakable Freedom Summary
Unshakable Freedom
Ancient Stoic Secrets Applied to Modern Life
by Chuck Chakrapani 2016 163 pages
4.3
207 ratings
Philosophy
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Self Help
Marcus Aurelius Summary
Marcus Aurelius
A Guide for the Perplexed
by William O. Stephens 2012 208 pages
4.07
61 ratings
Philosophy
History
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
Mexifornia Summary
Mexifornia
A State of Becoming
by Victor Davis Hanson 2003 179 pages
3.93
760 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Human Universe Summary
Human Universe
by Brian Cox 2014 288 pages
4.28
5.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Space
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
Returning to Eden Summary
Returning to Eden
A Field Guide for the Spiritual Journey
by Heather Hamilton 2023 308 pages
4.21
85 ratings
Christian
Spirituality
Philosophy
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