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The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction
Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 2013 304 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Technology
Who's Your City? Summary
Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
by Richard Florida 2008 352 pages
3.46
1k+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Urbanism
The Man Who Shocked The World Summary
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
by Thomas Blass 2004 392 pages
3.93
220 ratings
Psychology
Biography
Science
The Information Diet Summary
The Information Diet
A Case for Conscious Consumption
by Clay A. Johnson 2011 150 pages
3.50
2k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Self Help
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness Summary
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
by Miya Tokumitsu 2015 192 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Sociology
Self Help
Politics
The Tell Summary
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
by Matthew Hertenstein 2013 288 pages
3.20
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A Bigger Prize Summary
A Bigger Prize
How We Can Do Better than the Competition
by Margaret Heffernan 2014 416 pages
3.81
184 ratings
Business
Sociology
Self Help
The Anarchist In The Library Summary
The Anarchist In The Library
How The Clash Between Freedom And Control Is Hacking The Real World And Crashing The System
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pages
3.50
175 ratings
Library Science
Technology
Politics
Chief Culture Officer Summary
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
by Grant McCracken 2009
3.76
254 ratings
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
The Conversation Summary
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
by Robert Livingston 2021 368 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Race
Business
Social Justice
The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 280 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Attack from Within Summary
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade 2024 385 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Technology
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages
3.95
243 ratings
History
American History
Economics
Hype Summary
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 pages
3.32
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
Demanding the Impossible Summary
Demanding the Impossible
A History of Anarchism
by Peter H. Marshall 1992 767 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
by Gary Rivlin 2010 358 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Poverty
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.60
287 ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
by John Hope Bryant 2014 176 pages
3.99
210 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Static Summary
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman 2006 338 pages
4.05
384 ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
Aging Thoughtfully Summary
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
by Martha C. Nussbaum 2017 261 pages
3.42
119 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Self Help
Voodoo Histories Summary
Voodoo Histories
The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
by David Aaronovitch 2009 358 pages
3.54
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
Think! Summary
Think!
Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
by Michael R. LeGault 2006 355 pages
3.10
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Birth of the Clinic Summary
The Birth of the Clinic
An Archaeology of Medical Perception
by Michel Foucault 1963 240 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Medicine
The Guy's Guide to Feminism Summary
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
by Michael Kaufman 2011 208 pages
3.54
380 ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender and Sexuality
The Dialectical Imagination Summary
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
by Martin Jay 1973 420 pages
4.07
423 ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Riveted Summary
Riveted
The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe: The Science of Why Jokes Make ... Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe
by Jim Davies 2014 288 pages
3.70
406 ratings
Psychology
Science
Religion
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Why Do Prosperouse Blacks Still Have the Blues? – A Controversial Look at Race-Related Anger and Pain Among Educated and Wealthy African Americans
by Ellis Cose 1993 210 pages
3.97
160 ratings
Race
Sociology
Politics
Under the Influence Summary
Under the Influence
Putting Peer Pressure to Work
by Robert H. Frank 2020 312 pages
3.75
154 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
by David Sloan Wilson 2019 288 pages
3.96
372 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 242 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
How Woke Won Summary
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
by Joanna Williams 2022 305 pages
4.09
175 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Assassination Generation Summary
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
by Dave Grossman 2016 224 pages
3.71
351 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds Summary
The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds
by John Bowlby 1979 224 pages
4.06
383 ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Relationships
Batı'nın İnsan Doğası Yanılsaması Summary
Batı'nın İnsan Doğası Yanılsaması
by Marshall Sahlins 2008 133 pages
4.10
322 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 6 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Profit Paradox Summary
The Profit Paradox
How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work
by Jan Eeckhout 2021 336 pages
3.91
302 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Behind the Kitchen Door Summary
Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman 2013 208 pages
3.65
489 ratings
Food
Social Justice
Politics
What's Mine Is Yours Summary
What's Mine Is Yours
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption – A Landmark Guide to the Ecology of Commerce and Sustainability
by Rachel Botsman 2010 304 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Sustainability
Jackpot Summary
Jackpot
How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
by Michael Mechanic 2021 416 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Human Frontiers Summary
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
by Michael Bhaskar 2021 432 pages
3.83
126 ratings
Science
Technology
Sociology
Billy No-Mates Summary
Billy No-Mates
How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem
by Max Dickins 2022 337 pages
4.16
463 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Gender
Butterfly Economics Summary
Butterfly Economics
A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior
by Paul Ormerod 1998 217 pages
3.69
223 ratings
Economics
Social Science
Business
Equal Is Unfair Summary
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
by Don Watkins 2016 268 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
White Rage Summary
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson 2016 246 pages
4.46
14k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
Is There Anything Good About Men? Summary
Is There Anything Good About Men?
How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men
by Roy F. Baumeister 2016 320 pages
3.74
356 ratings
Psychology
Gender
Sociology
I, Mammal Summary
I, Mammal
How to Make Peace With the Animal Urge for Social Power
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2011 312 pages
4.24
134 ratings
Psychology
Science
Biology
One Nation Under Therapy Summary
One Nation Under Therapy
How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance
by Christina Hoff Sommers 2005 320 pages
3.60
376 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
437 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
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