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The Consequences of Modernity Summary
The Consequences of Modernity
by Anthony Giddens 1988 200 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
The Book of Job Summary
The Book of Job
by Anonymous 176 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Religion
Classics
Poetry
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles Summary
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles
by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851 86 pages
4.13
135 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Religion
Flourish Summary
Flourish
The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment
by Daniel Coyle 2026 208 pages
4.13
495 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Proof Summary
Proof
The Art and Science of Certainty
by Adam Kucharski 2025 368 pages
3.81
317 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays Summary
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays
by Richard M. Ebeling 1978 125 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Fear Factor Summary
The Fear Factor
How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between
by Abigail Marsh 2017 302 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence Summary
Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence
by A. Severan 2021 108 pages
4.23
43 ratings
Philosophy
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 2007 544 pages
3.78
456 ratings
History
World History
Ancient History
Shaolin Spirit Summary
Shaolin Spirit
The Way to Self-Mastery
by Shi Heng Yi 2026 288 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Spirituality
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late Summary
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late
by Luca Dellanna 2019 189 pages
4.16
116 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
Me Summary
Me
by Mel R. Thompson 2009 160 pages
3.55
203 ratings
Philosophy
The Loom of Language Summary
The Loom of Language
An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages
by Frederick Bodmer 1943 720 pages
4.16
398 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Misquoting Truth Summary
Misquoting Truth
A Guide to the Fallacies of Bart Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus"
by Timothy Paul Jones 2007 176 pages
3.46
272 ratings
Religion
Theology
Christianity
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Summary
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
by Erving Goffman 1959 259 pages
4.04
6k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Habits of the Heart Summary
Habits of the Heart
Individualism and Commitment in American Life
by Robert N. Bellah 1985 376 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Philosophy
Iota Unum Summary
Iota Unum
A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the Xxth Century
by Romano Amerio 1996 786 pages
4.34
61 ratings
Religion
Theology
Catholic
Instant Enlightenment Summary
Instant Enlightenment
Fast, Deep, and Sexy
by David Deida 2007 256 pages
3.40
271 ratings
Spirituality
Personal Development
Philosophy
Madilog Summary
Madilog
by Tan Malaka 1946 539 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Wars and Capital (Semiotext Summary
Wars and Capital (Semiotext
by Éric Alliez 2016 453 pages
3.93
29 ratings
Philosophy
War
Politics
Me, Myself, and Us Summary
Me, Myself, and Us
The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being
by Brian Little 2012 288 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Red Book Summary
The Red Book
A Reader's Edition by Jung, Carl Gustav, Shamdasani, Sonu, Peck, John, Kyburz, Mar
by C.G. Jung
4.39
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Gnosticism Summary
Gnosticism
From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas
by David Brakke 2015 13 pages
4.18
320 ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
Stoicism Summary
Stoicism
Ultimate Handbook To Stoic Philosophy, Wisdom And Way Of Life
by Thomas Beckett 2015 180 pages
3.66
115 ratings
Philosophy
An Introduction to Ontology Summary
An Introduction to Ontology
by Nikk Effingham 2013 224 pages
3.58
59 ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
The Great Experiment Summary
The Great Experiment
Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
by Yascha Mounk 2022 368 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Black Book of Communism Summary
The Black Book of Communism
Crimes, Terror, Repression
by Stéphane Courtois 1997 858 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
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
3.95
209 ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
The Case Against Socialism Summary
The Case Against Socialism
by Rand Paul 2019 373 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
On History Summary
On History
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1997 416 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Essays
The Bet Summary
The Bet
by Anton Chekhov 1889 48 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Russian Literature
Heaven and Hell Summary
Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley 1956 80 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Fall of Public Man Summary
The Fall of Public Man
by Richard Sennett 1977 512 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Frontiers of Knowledge Summary
The Frontiers of Knowledge
What We Know about Science, History and the Mind
by A.C. Grayling 2021 432 pages
3.99
344 ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Understanding Living Systems Summary
Understanding Living Systems
by Raymond Noble 2023 196 pages
3.84
56 ratings
Biology
Science
Philosophy
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
3.69
45 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
EL PRÍNCIPE - Maquiavelo Summary
EL PRÍNCIPE - Maquiavelo
by Nicolás Maquiavelo 2023 125 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Social Darwinism in American Thought Summary
Social Darwinism in American Thought
by Richard Hofstadter 1955 278 pages
3.78
290 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Summary
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States
by Albert O. Hirschman 1970 176 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
How To Think About AI Summary
How To Think About AI
A Guide For The Perplexed
by Richard Susskind 2025 224 pages
3.85
434 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Civilization on Trial Summary
Civilization on Trial
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1948
3.83
152 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
Panentheism Summary
Panentheism
The Other God of the Philosophers--From Plato to the Present
by John W. Cooper 2006 368 pages
4.23
48 ratings
Philosophy
Theology
Religion
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Summary
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Why the Greeks Matter
by Thomas Cahill 2004 304 pages
3.75
3k+ ratings
History
Greece
Ancient History
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos Summary
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos
Humanity and the New Story
by Brian Swimme 1996 115 pages
4.25
223 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Spirituality
A Brief History of Equality Summary
A Brief History of Equality
by Thomas Piketty 2021 288 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
You Are Now Less Dumb Summary
You Are Now Less Dumb
How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Outsmart Yourself
by David McRaney 2013 320 pages
3.95
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
A Study of History, abridged Summary
A Study of History, abridged
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1957 576 pages
4.10
224 ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
Feminist Theory Summary
Feminist Theory
From Margin to Center
by bell hooks 1984 174 pages
4.44
9k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Theory
The Atomic Human Summary
The Atomic Human
Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI
by Neil D. Lawrence 2024 428 pages
3.43
181 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
Awake! Summary
Awake!
William Blake and the Power of the Imagination
by Mark Vernon 2025 312 pages
4.37
49 ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Biography
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