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Virtuous Violence Summary
Virtuous Violence
Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships
by Alan Page Fiske 2014 384 pages
3.90
77 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Gender Trouble Summary
Gender Trouble
Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
by Judith Butler 1989 236 pages
4.04
19k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Gender
The Myth of Nations Summary
The Myth of Nations
The Medieval Origins of Europe
by Patrick J. Geary 2001 216 pages
3.83
409 ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Ancient Worlds Summary
Ancient Worlds
An Epic History of East and West
by Michael Scott 2016 402 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Classics
Start Making Sense Summary
Start Making Sense
How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times
by Steven J. Heine 2025 352 pages
3.96
84 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Born to win Summary
Born to win
transactional analysis with gestalt experiments
by and Jongeward Dorothy James Muriel 1971
4.07
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism Summary
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
by Daniel Bell 1976 363 pages
3.83
301 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Why Leaders Lie Summary
Why Leaders Lie
The Truth About Lying in International Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer 2010 160 pages
3.47
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
The Reactionary Spirit Summary
The Reactionary Spirit
How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World
by Zack Beauchamp 2024 263 pages
4.02
159 ratings
Politics
History
Essays
The Conservative Sensibility Summary
The Conservative Sensibility
by George F. Will 2019 640 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Behavioral Economics When Psychology and Economics Collide Summary
Behavioral Economics When Psychology and Economics Collide
by Scott A. Huettel 2013 12 pages
3.95
386 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
The Visible Hand Summary
The Visible Hand
The Managerial Revolution in American Business
by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. 1977 624 pages
4.05
348 ratings
History
Business
Economics
The Death of Truth Summary
The Death of Truth
Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
by Michiko Kakutani 2018 208 pages
3.79
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The First Scientist Summary
The First Scientist
Anaximander and His Legacy
by Carlo Rovelli 2005 256 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
Could Should Might Don't Summary
Could Should Might Don't
How We Think About the Future
by Nick Foster 2025 352 pages
3.68
212 ratings
Psychology
Design
Business
Democracy Summary
Democracy
A Life
by Paul Cartledge 2016 416 pages
3.80
215 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Le suicide français Summary
Le suicide français
by Éric Zemmour 2014 544 pages
3.51
294 ratings
France
Politics
History
The Acquisitive Society Summary
The Acquisitive Society
by R.H. Tawney 1920 192 pages
4.09
110 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
The War on the West Summary
The War on the West
by Douglas Murray 2022 308 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Making Gay Okay Summary
Making Gay Okay
How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything
by Robert R. Reilly 2014 250 pages
3.67
357 ratings
Cultural
Politics
Catholic
The Age of Responsibility Summary
The Age of Responsibility
Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State
by Yascha Mounk 2017 288 pages
3.66
82 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus Summary
The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus
by Epictetus 124 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Reality of Being Summary
The Reality of Being
The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
by Jeanne de Salzmann 2010 320 pages
4.35
299 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Mysticism
The Quest for Community Summary
The Quest for Community
A Study in the Ethics of Order & Freedom
by Robert A. Nisbet 1953 272 pages
4.26
358 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
History of Beauty Summary
History of Beauty
by Umberto Eco 2004 438 pages
3.82
68k+ ratings
Art
History
Philosophy
L'homme qui voulait être heureux Summary
L'homme qui voulait être heureux
by Laurent Gounelle 2008 168 pages
3.84
11k+ ratings
Self Help
France
Philosophy
Explaining Postmodernism Summary
Explaining Postmodernism
Skepticism And Socialism From Rousseau To Foucault
by Stephen R.C. Hicks 2004 230 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Wretched of the Earth Summary
The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon 1961 251 pages
4.35
33k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Les vertus de l'échec Summary
Les vertus de l'échec
by Charles Pépin 2016 157 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Theodicy of Love Summary
Theodicy of Love
Cosmic Conflict and the Problem of Evil
by John C. Peckham 2018 222 pages
4.70
145 ratings
Theology
Christian
Religion
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection Summary
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection
An Extraterrestrial Perspective
by Carl Sagan 1973 302 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Science
Astronomy
Physics
The Right Summary
The Right
The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
by Matthew Continetti 2022
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Why Nudge? Summary
Why Nudge?
The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 208 pages
3.47
245 ratings
Politics
Economics
Psychology
Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It Summary
Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It
by Mark Coeckelbergh 2024 144 pages
3.29
45 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' Summary
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'
by G.I. Gurdjieff 1975 192 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Mysticism
The Good Society Summary
The Good Society
by Robert N. Bellah 1991 368 pages
3.66
105 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Society
Marcus Aurelius Summary
Marcus Aurelius
A Guide for the Perplexed
by William O. Stephens 2011 208 pages
4.03
62 ratings
Philosophy
History
Inner Christianity Summary
Inner Christianity
A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition
by Richard Smoley 2002 292 pages
4.14
359 ratings
Christianity
Religion
Mysticism
The Act of Living Summary
The Act of Living
What the Great Psychologists Can Teach Us About Finding Fulfillment
by Frank Tallis 2020 336 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Passions and the Interests Summary
The Passions and the Interests
Political Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph
by Albert O. Hirschman 1977 180 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Progressivism Summary
Progressivism
A Very Short Introduction
by Walter Nugent 2009 160 pages
3.48
125 ratings
Politics
History
Ebooks
More Guns, Less Crime Summary
More Guns, Less Crime
Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
by John R. Lott Jr. 1998 321 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Politics
Law
Economics
The Quiet Before Summary
The Quiet Before
On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
by Gal Beckerman 2022 352 pages
3.79
485 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Apocrypha Summary
The Apocrypha
by Anonymous 1938 528 pages
3.84
378 ratings
Religion
Theology
Christianity
The Greatest Show on Earth Summary
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Evidence for Evolution
by Richard Dawkins 2009 470 pages
4.16
56k+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living
The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy
by John Sellars 2003 240 pages
4.09
75 ratings
Philosophy
Doorways to Light Summary
Doorways to Light
by Krishnananda Trobe 2006 154 pages
4.28
160 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
A Theory of Justice Summary
A Theory of Justice
by John Rawls 1971 824 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
Toward a Meaningful Life Summary
Toward a Meaningful Life
The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson
by Simon Jacobson 1995 352 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Judaism
Jewish
Spirituality
The Logic of Failure Summary
The Logic of Failure
Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations
by Dietrich Dörner 1996 240 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
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