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On Killing Summary
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman 1995 367 pages
4.12
11.7K ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
Caffeine Blues Summary
Caffeine Blues
Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug
by Stephen Cherniske MS 1998 451 pages
4.07
732 ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions
The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
by Shankar Vedantam 2021 259 pages
3.84
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Rewire Your Anxious Brain Summary
Rewire Your Anxious Brain
How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
by Catherine M. Pittman 2015 232 pages
4.12
4.9K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Outsmart Your Brain Summary
Outsmart Your Brain
Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy
by Daniel T. Willingham 2023 336 pages
3.96
1.0K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Education
How to Solve It Summary
How to Solve It
A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
by G. Pólya 1944 288 pages
4.13
5.0K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Programming
The Gift of Fear Summary
The Gift of Fear
Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
by Gavin de Becker 1997 352 pages
4.18
48.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
True Crime
The Anthropocene Reviewed Summary
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
by John Green 2021 304 pages
4.36
154.6K ratings
Essays
Memoir
History
Humans are not from Earth Summary
Humans are not from Earth
a scientific evaluation of the evidence
by Ellis Silver 2013 57 pages
3.73
775 ratings
Science
Evolution
History
The Theory of Everything Summary
The Theory of Everything
The Origin and Fate of the Universe
by Stephen Hawking 2002 176 pages
4.18
27.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Immune Summary
Immune
a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
by Philipp Dettmer 2021 341 pages
4.59
11.8K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Self-theories Summary
Self-theories
Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology)
by Carol S. Dweck 1999 212 pages
4.13
679 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Education
Tactical Barbell Summary
Tactical Barbell
Definitive Strength Training for the Operational Athlete
by K. Black 2014 140 pages
4.52
1.2K ratings
Fitness
Health
Sports
Motivation and Personality Summary
Motivation and Personality
by Abraham H. Maslow 1954 336 pages
4.19
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Molecules Of Emotion Summary
Molecules Of Emotion
The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine
by Candace B. Pert 1997 368 pages
4.15
4.2K ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
1491 Summary
1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann 2005 563 pages
4.05
92.2K ratings
History
American History
Anthropology
The Luck Factor Summary
The Luck Factor
Changing Your Luck, Changing Your Life - The Four Essential Principles
by Richard Wiseman 2003 240 pages
3.84
2.0K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Power of Neurodiversity Summary
The Power of Neurodiversity
Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain
by Thomas Armstrong 2010 275 pages
3.87
965 ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Adhd
Judgment Under Uncertainty Summary
Judgment Under Uncertainty
Heuristics and Biases
by Daniel Kahneman 1982 544 pages
4.17
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
The Joy of X Summary
The Joy of X
A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
by Steven H. Strogatz 2012 316 pages
4.06
8.5K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
The Open Society and Its Enemies Summary
The Open Society and Its Enemies
by Karl Popper 1956 920 pages
4.23
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Wisdom of Crowds Summary
The Wisdom of Crowds
by James Surowiecki 2004 306 pages
3.82
24.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
The Elephant in the Brain Summary
The Elephant in the Brain
Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
by Kevin Simler 2017 408 pages
3.97
8.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris 2007 292 pages
4.04
28.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Good Life Summary
The Good Life
Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
by Robert Waldinger 2023 352 pages
4.15
10.9K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Ignited Minds Summary
Ignited Minds
Unleashing the Power Within India
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2002 222 pages
4.03
11.8K ratings
India
Self Help
Inspirational
Finding Flow Summary
Finding Flow
The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1995 181 pages
3.89
6.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language Summary
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 1996 240 pages
4.17
661 ratings
Science
Anthropology
Language
Dissolving Illusions Summary
Dissolving Illusions
Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History
by Suzanne Humphries 2013 530 pages
4.63
1.6K ratings
Health
History
Science
Frequency Summary
Frequency
The Power of Personal Vibration
by Penney Peirce 2009 271 pages
3.99
3.1K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Science
The Nature of Technology Summary
The Nature of Technology
What It Is and How It Evolves
by W. Brian Arthur 2009 256 pages
3.96
814 ratings
Technology
Science
Economics
The Teenage Brain Summary
The Teenage Brain
A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
by Frances E. Jensen 2014 384 pages
3.77
5.8K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Science
30-Second Psychology Summary
30-Second Psychology
The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute
by Christian Jarrett 2011 160 pages
3.75
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Reference
Lab Girl Summary
Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren 2016 290 pages
3.98
70.4K ratings
Science
Memoir
Biography
Just Six Numbers Summary
Just Six Numbers
The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe
by Martin J. Rees 1999 208 pages
3.96
5.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned Summary
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned
The Myth of the Objective
by Kenneth O. Stanley 2015 154 pages
4.01
981 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Business
Prometheus Rising Summary
Prometheus Rising
by Robert Anton Wilson 1983 284 pages
4.25
7.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Occult
Computing machinery and intelligence Summary
Computing machinery and intelligence
by Alan M. Turing 1950 24 pages
4.16
534 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Computer Science
The Master Switch Summary
The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 384 pages
3.89
7.9K ratings
History
Technology
Business
The Vagus nerve reset Summary
The Vagus nerve reset
train your body to heal stress, trauma and anxiety
by Anna Ferguson 2023 272 pages
3.53
746 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Fiber Fueled Summary
Fiber Fueled
The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, andOptimizing Your Microbiome
by Will Bulsiewicz 2020 400 pages
4.05
11.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle 1995 256 pages
3.90
919 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Into the Magic Shop Summary
Into the Magic Shop
A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
by James R. Doty 2016 288 pages
4.22
25.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Memoir
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.70
6.9K ratings
Psychology
Writing
Science
Naked Economics Summary
Naked Economics
Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan 2002 384 pages
4.03
19.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Expecting Better Summary
Expecting Better
Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know
by Emily Oster 2013 336 pages
4.30
48.6K ratings
Parenting
Science
Health
The Art of Invisibility Summary
The Art of Invisibility
The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2017 320 pages
3.98
5.3K ratings
Technology
Science
Computer Science
Mindreader Summary
Mindreader
The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
by David J. Lieberman 2022 240 pages
3.85
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Science of Running Summary
Science of Running
Analyze your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize your Training
by Chris Napier 2020 224 pages
4.25
663 ratings
Health
Sports
Fitness
Born to Run Summary
Born to Run
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
by Christopher McDougall 2009 287 pages
4.31
226.5K ratings
Sports
Health
Fitness
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