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Notes on the Synthesis of Form Summary
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
by Christopher W. Alexander 1964 224 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Design
Architecture
Philosophy
The Way of Silence Summary
The Way of Silence
Engaging the Sacred in Daily Life
by Br. David Steindl-Rast 2016 176 pages
4.09
193 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Christianity
Indiana Jones and Philosophy Summary
Indiana Jones and Philosophy
Why Did it Have to be Socrates?
by Dean Kowalski 2023 272 pages
3.71
21 ratings
Philosophy
On Desire Summary
On Desire
Why We Want What We Want
by William B. Irvine 2005 336 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
İrade Terbiyesi Summary
İrade Terbiyesi
by Jules Payot 1895 200 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Cults Summary
Cults
Faith, Healing and Coercion
by Marc Galanter 1989 304 pages
3.77
111 ratings
Cults
Psychology
Religion
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic
How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation
by Greg Epstein 2024 368 pages
3.51
147 ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Religion
Dialogism Summary
Dialogism
Bakhtin and His World
by Michael Holquist 1990 228 pages
4.09
88 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Criticism
Coming Back to Life Summary
Coming Back to Life
The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects
by Joanna Macy 1998 376 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Environment
Nature
The Neuropsychology of Anxiety Summary
The Neuropsychology of Anxiety
An Enquiry into the Functions of the Septo-Hippocampal System
by Jeffrey A. Gray 1982 448 pages
4.19
48 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
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
3.38
16 ratings
Philosophy
Distinction Summary
Distinction
by Pierre Bourdieu 1979 640 pages
4.16
3k+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Theory
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
3.60
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
Oligarchy Summary
Oligarchy
by Jeffrey A. Winters 2011 344 pages
4.30
166 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Summary
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
by Annie Dillard 1974 288 pages
4.08
30k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Essays
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism Summary
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West
by Wendy Brown 2019 264 pages
4.11
480 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Resilience Summary
Resilience
How Your Inner Strength Can Set You Free from the Past
by Boris Cyrulnik 2003 200 pages
3.80
173 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Philosophy
In the Dust of This Planet Summary
In the Dust of This Planet
by Eugene Thacker 2011 179 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Horror
Theory
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
3.70
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Che Guevara Reader Summary
Che Guevara Reader
Writings on Politics & Revolution
by Ernesto Che Guevara 1997 420 pages
4.08
359 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
12 Commandments Summary
12 Commandments
For Extraordinary People To Master Ordinary Life
by Hanzi Freinacht 2022 415 pages
4.40
42 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Summary
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
by Émile Durkheim 1912 416 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
The Everyday Stoic Summary
The Everyday Stoic
Simple Rules for a Good Life
by William Mulligan 2024 256 pages
4.03
409 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Collections
The Great Delusion Summary
The Great Delusion
Liberal Dreams and International Realities
by John J. Mearsheimer 2018 328 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
The Guru Papers Summary
The Guru Papers
Masks of Authoritarian Power
by Joel Kramer 1993 408 pages
4.25
153 ratings
Psychology
Cults
Religion
How We Change Summary
How We Change
by Ross Ellenhorn 2020 391 pages
3.84
435 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Meditations from Conversations with God Summary
Meditations from Conversations with God
A Personal Journal
by Neale Donald Walsch 1996 387 pages
4.16
27k+ ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
Islam and the Destiny of Man Summary
Islam and the Destiny of Man
by Charles Le Gai Eaton 1985 256 pages
4.40
1k+ ratings
Islam
Religion
Philosophy
Decoding Jung's Metaphysics Summary
Decoding Jung's Metaphysics
The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe
by Bernardo Kastrup 2021 160 pages
4.49
435 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Metaphysics
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946 256 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
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
148 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Meaning of Your Life Summary
The Meaning of Your Life
Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
by Arthur C. Brooks 2026 304 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
Carpe Diem Summary
Carpe Diem
Seizing the Day in a Distracted World
by Roman Alexander Krznaric 2017 288 pages
3.76
385 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Development as Freedom Summary
Development as Freedom
by Amartya Sen 1999 366 pages
4.10
7k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Lions and Scavengers Summary
Lions and Scavengers
The True Story of America
by Ben Shapiro 2025 256 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Number Summary
Number
The Language of Science
by Tobias Dantzig 1930 416 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
The Meaning of Human Existence Summary
The Meaning of Human Existence
by Edward O. Wilson 2014 207 pages
3.85
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Biology
The Theory of Economic Development Summary
The Theory of Economic Development
by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1934 320 pages
4.14
241 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
El arte de pensar Summary
El arte de pensar
by José Carlos Ruiz 2018 226 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Furious Minds Summary
Furious Minds
The Making of the MAGA New Right
by Laura K. Field 2025 432 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
No Nonsense Spirituality Summary
No Nonsense Spirituality
All the Tools No Belief Required
by Brittney Hartley 2024 272 pages
4.47
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
Escape from Capitalism Summary
Escape from Capitalism
An Intervention
by Clara E. Mattei 2026 224 pages
4.22
275 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 1 Summary
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 1
by Seneca 243 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Division of Labor in Society Summary
The Division of Labor in Society
by Émile Durkheim 1893 416 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Economics
Hayek's Bastards Summary
Hayek's Bastards
Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right
by Quinn Slobodian 2025 272 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Pyrrhonism Summary
Pyrrhonism
How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism
by Adrian Kuzminski 2008 170 pages
4.01
70 ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
History
Democracy Summary
Democracy
Eleven writers and leaders on what it is – and why it matters
by Margaret Atwood 2024 144 pages
3.97
280 ratings
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
The Common Good Summary
The Common Good
by Robert B. Reich 2018 208 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Words and Rules Summary
Words and Rules
by Steven Pinker 1999 397 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
The Consequences of Modernity Summary
The Consequences of Modernity
by Anthony Giddens 1988 200 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
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