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A Tear at the Edge of Creation Summary
A Tear at the Edge of Creation
A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe
by Marcelo Gleiser 2010 304 pages
3.88
390 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Fire Up Your Writing Brain Summary
Fire Up Your Writing Brain
How to Use Proven Neuroscience to Become a More Creative, Productive, and Successful Writer
by Susan Reynolds 2015 272 pages
3.82
185 ratings
Writing
Science
Psychology
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
by Christine Kenneally 2014 355 pages
3.81
1.6K ratings
Science
History
Genetics
Mutants Summary
Mutants
On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
by Armand Marie Leroi 2003 448 pages
4.05
3.9K ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
Beyond Coffee Summary
Beyond Coffee
A Sustainable Guide to Nootropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms
by James Beshara 2019 146 pages
3.30
221 ratings
Health
Science
Food
The Pride Guide Summary
The Pride Guide
A Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth
by Jo Langford 2018 363 pages
4.06
115 ratings
LGBT
Queer
Sexuality
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death Summary
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
by Caitlin Doughty 2019 200 pages
4.13
45.7K ratings
Science
Humor
Death
Earth in Human Hands Summary
Earth in Human Hands
Shaping Our Planet's Future
by David Grinspoon 2016 544 pages
4.19
309 ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Whole Earth Summary
Whole Earth
The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
by John Markoff 2022 416 pages
3.91
231 ratings
Biography
Science
History
What Type Am I? Summary
What Type Am I?
The Myers-Brigg Type Indication Made Easy
by Renee Baron 1998 171 pages
3.94
527 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Reference
A God That Could be Real Summary
A God That Could be Real
Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet
by Nancy Ellen Abrams 2015 200 pages
3.73
274 ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Theology
Gathering Moss Summary
Gathering Moss
A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003 168 pages
4.38
19.2K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
The Elements of Choice Summary
The Elements of Choice
Why the Way We Decide Matters
by Eric J. Johnson 2021 400 pages
3.91
491 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
by David Sloan Wilson 2019 288 pages
3.96
354 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Anxious in Love Summary
Anxious in Love
How to Manage Your Anxiety, Reduce Conflict, and Reconnect with Your Partner
by Carolyn Daitch 2012 208 pages
3.57
244 ratings
Self Help
Relationships
Mental Health
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands Summary
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain
by Dasha Kiper 2023 272 pages
4.20
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Norm Chronicles Summary
Norm Chronicles
by Michael Blastland 2014 383 pages
3.59
560 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Popular Science
How Infrastructure Works Summary
How Infrastructure Works
Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
by Deb Chachra 2023 320 pages
3.66
802 ratings
Science
Technology
History
Whatever Happened to the Metric System? Summary
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
How America Kept Its Feet
by John Bemelmans Marciano 2013 320 pages
3.62
317 ratings
History
Science
Mathematics
The Blindspots Between Us Summary
The Blindspots Between Us
How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships
by Gleb Tsipursky 2020 216 pages
3.94
270 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
The Harvard Psychedelic Club Summary
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
by Don Lattin 2010 256 pages
3.92
2.0K ratings
History
Psychology
Biography
Bad Ideas? Summary
Bad Ideas?
An Arresting History of Our Inventions
by Robert Winston 2009 432 pages
3.56
143 ratings
Science
History
Creation Summary
Creation
How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
by Adam Rutherford 2013 288 pages
3.98
748 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Life and How To Survive It Summary
Life and How To Survive It
by Robin Skynner 1993 304 pages
4.10
425 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Memory Summary
Memory
by Alan Baddeley 1982 464 pages
3.80
216 ratings
Psychology
Science
Textbooks
Newton's Football Summary
Newton's Football
The Science Behind America's Game
by Allen St. John 2013 272 pages
3.86
180 ratings
Sports
Science
Football
Buddhist Biology Summary
Buddhist Biology
Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science
by David Philip Barash 2013 216 pages
3.79
107 ratings
Science
Buddhism
Philosophy
The Family Gene Summary
The Family Gene
A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance into a Hopeful Future
by Joselin Linder 2017 272 pages
4.04
1.1K ratings
Memoir
Science
Medical
The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
by Simon Winchester 2018 416 pages
4.15
6.4K ratings
History
Science
Engineering
The Occasional Human Sacrifice Summary
The Occasional Human Sacrifice
Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No
by Carl Elliott 2024 368 pages
3.94
356 ratings
Science
History
Medical
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
by Hannah Testa 2020 64 pages
3.88
601 ratings
Science
Social Justice
Activism
The Other Side of Happiness Summary
The Other Side of Happiness
Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living
by Brock Bastian 2018 187 pages
3.86
296 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Bad Advice Summary
Bad Advice
Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information
by Paul A. Offit 2018 272 pages
4.10
567 ratings
Science
Medical
Medicine
A Beautiful Math Summary
A Beautiful Math
John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
by Tom Siegfried 2006 272 pages
3.60
379 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
p53 Summary
p53
The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code
by Sue Armstrong 2014 288 pages
4.07
617 ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
What Happens When We Die? Summary
What Happens When We Die?
A Groundbreaking Study into the Nature of Life and Death
by Sam Parnia 2005 240 pages
3.61
282 ratings
Science
Death
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Summary
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
by American Psychiatric Association 1952 943 pages
3.90
12.1K ratings
Psychology
Reference
Mental Health
Alcoholics Anonymous Summary
Alcoholics Anonymous
The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism
by Alcoholics Anonymous 1991 605 pages
3.96
340 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Eye of the Beholder Summary
Eye of the Beholder
Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
by Laura J. Snyder 2015 448 pages
3.94
378 ratings
History
Science
Art
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 468 pages
3.66
441 ratings
Science
History
Sociology
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages
4.12
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
Science
Change Your Mind--And Keep the Change Summary
Change Your Mind--And Keep the Change
Advanced NLP Submodalities Interventions
by Connirae Andreas 1987 218 pages
3.94
105 ratings
Psychology
Brain
Science
California Burning Summary
California Burning
The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
by Katherine Blunt 2022 350 pages
4.28
1.4K ratings
History
Business
Politics
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party Summary
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party
How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
by Edward Dolnick 2024 338 pages
3.76
2.1K ratings
History
Science
Nature
Practical Intelligence Summary
Practical Intelligence
The Art and Science of Common Sense
by Karl Albrecht 2007 416 pages
3.73
149 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
How to Dunk a Doughnut Summary
How to Dunk a Doughnut
The Science Of Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2002 272 pages
3.34
268 ratings
Science
Physics
Food
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Microbes
by Jason Tetro 2013 272 pages
3.75
142 ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
Natural Disaster Summary
Natural Disaster
I Cover Them. I am One.
by Ginger Zee 2017 288 pages
4.02
3.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Generation Sleepless Summary
Generation Sleepless
Why Tweens and Teens Aren't Sleeping Enough and How We Can Help Them
by Heather Turgeon MFT 2022 304 pages
4.05
151 ratings
Parenting
Health
Psychology
Crash Test Girl Summary
Crash Test Girl
An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life’s Toughest Questions
by Kari Byron 2018 254 pages
3.92
1.0K ratings
Biography
Science
Memoir
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