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Aristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion Summary
Aristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion
How Ancient Rhetoric, Taylor Swift, and Your Own Soul Can Help You Change Your Life
by Jay Heinrichs 2025 288 pages
3.52
98 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Perennial Philosophy Summary
The Perennial Philosophy
by Aldous Huxley 1945 336 pages
4.12
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
Trying Not to Try Summary
Trying Not to Try
The Art and Science of Spontaneity
by Edward Slingerland 2014 304 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior Summary
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
by John von Neumann 1944 776 pages
4.17
389 ratings
Economics
Science
Mathematics
Oneness With All Life Summary
Oneness With All Life
Awaken to a Life of Purpose and Presence
by Eckhart Tolle 2018 160 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Adultério Summary
Adultério
by Paulo Coelho 2012 240 pages
3.09
60k+ ratings
Romance
Novels
Contemporary
The Power of Ritual Summary
The Power of Ritual
How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
by Casper ter Kuile 2020 224 pages
3.86
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Psychology
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal
How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages
4.05
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought Summary
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought
by Sun Tzu 2013 760 pages
4.14
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Anthology of Balaji Summary
The Anthology of Balaji
A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
by Eric Jorgenson 2023 290 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Business
Philosophy
Technology
A New History of Western Philosophy Summary
A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2007 1058 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Textbooks
How to Tell a Joke Summary
How to Tell a Joke
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021 328 pages
3.19
209 ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Philosophy of Science Summary
Philosophy of Science
A Very Short Introduction
by Samir Okasha 2002 144 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
History
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Summary
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869
4.21
200k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Summary
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
by Donald J. Robertson 2019 304 pages
4.34
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Metaphysics of War Summary
Metaphysics of War
by Julius Evola 1996 154 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
War
How to Be an Adult Summary
How to Be an Adult
A Handbook on Psychological And Spritual Integration
by David Richo 1991 117 pages
4.38
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
What Are You Doing With Your Life Summary
What Are You Doing With Your Life
by J. Krishnamurti 1899 272 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
Teaching Critical Thinking Summary
Teaching Critical Thinking
Practical Wisdom
by bell hooks 2009 191 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Feminism
The Grand Design Summary
The Grand Design
by Stephen W. Hawking 2010 199 pages
4.06
77k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Studies in Pessimism Summary
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890 76 pages
3.88
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Psychocybernetics and Self-fulfillment Summary
Psychocybernetics and Self-fulfillment
by Maxwell Maltz 1970 256 pages
4.10
406 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Stuff of Thought Summary
The Stuff of Thought
Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2007 499 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Linguistics
Why Information Grows Summary
Why Information Grows
The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
by César A. Hidalgo 2015 256 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Economics
Science
Technology
Think Summary
Think
A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
by Simon Blackburn 1999 312 pages
3.73
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Academic
History
Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market Summary
Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market
Government and Economy
by Murray N. Rothbard 1962 1544 pages
4.48
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Love Your Enemies Summary
Love Your Enemies
How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
by Arthur C. Brooks 2019 256 pages
4.29
3k+ ratings
Politics
Self Help
Psychology
The Holy Science Summary
The Holy Science
by Yukteswar Giri 1894 128 pages
4.48
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Why Smart People Hurt Summary
Why Smart People Hurt
A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative
by Eric Maisel 2013 230 pages
3.26
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 123 pages
3.94
22k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
The Wisdom Of Finance Summary
The Wisdom Of Finance
Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
by Mihir Desai 2017 223 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
The Secret to Love, Health, and Money Summary
The Secret to Love, Health, and Money
A Masterclass
by Rhonda Byrne 2022 352 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Spirituality
Embracing Your Inner Critic Summary
Embracing Your Inner Critic
Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset – Voice Dialogue Exercises to Transform Your Adversary into an Intelligent, Supportive Ally
by Hal Stone 1993 224 pages
4.02
454 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Aspiration Summary
Aspiration
The Agency of Becoming
by Agnes Callard 2018 304 pages
3.76
204 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
In Praise of Idleness Summary
In Praise of Idleness
by Bertrand Russell 1935
4.03
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
The Chemical Muse Summary
The Chemical Muse
Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization
by D.C.A. Hillman 2008 256 pages
3.89
177 ratings
History
Drugs
Philosophy
Attitude Is Your Superpower Summary
Attitude Is Your Superpower
How to Create Incredible Life-Changing Success
by Eduardo Clemente 2021 180 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Living I Ching Summary
The Living I Ching
Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life – A Taoist Guide to Divination, Hexagrams, and Practical Answers
by Ming-Dao Deng 2006 456 pages
4.29
113 ratings
Philosophy
Taoism
Spirituality
Shadow Dance Summary
Shadow Dance
Liberating the Power & Creativity of Your Dark Side
by David Richo 1999 336 pages
4.22
367 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
The Secret Letters Of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Summary
The Secret Letters Of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
by Robin Sharma 2011 240 pages
4.04
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
by Michel Foucault 1966 416 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
Confessions Summary
Confessions
by Augustine of Hippo 341 pages
4.00
75k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
Midlife Summary
Midlife
A Philosophical Guide
by Kieran Setiya 2017 189 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Still the Mind Summary
Still the Mind
An Introduction to Meditation
by Alan W. Watts 2000 128 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Meditation
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility
by Waqas Ahmed 2019 336 pages
3.86
413 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan Summary
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan
The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
by Jacques Lacan 1973 304 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Philosophy
Cognitive Psychology Summary
Cognitive Psychology
by Robert J. Sternberg 2005 624 pages
3.88
453 ratings
Psychology
Science
Textbooks
Letters To A Young Poet Summary
Letters To A Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929 123 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 pages
4.19
78k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Philosophy
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
by James Fulcher 2001 160 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
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