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The Art of Photography
by Bruce Barnbaum • 1994
Stop following rules. See light, compose with intent, and print photographs that are truly yours.
4.28
2k+
The Art of Photography Summary
The Art of Photography 89%
Stop following rules. See light, compose with intent, and print photographs that are truly yours.
by Bruce Barnbaum 1994
4.28
2k+ ratings
This Is Gonna Hurt
by Nikki Sixx • 2011
Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.
4.17
5k+
This Is Gonna Hurt Summary
This Is Gonna Hurt 89%
Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.
by Nikki Sixx 2011
4.17
5k+ ratings
Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies
by David D. Busch • 2004
Get off Auto. Master exposure, lenses, and lighting to take the photos you actually pictured.
3.57
328
Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies Summary
Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies 89%
Get off Auto. Master exposure, lenses, and lighting to take the photos you actually pictured.
by David D. Busch 2004
3.57
328 ratings
Mastering Digital Cameras
by Al Judge • 2013
Ditch auto: sharpness comes from sensor size, lens quality, and a three-way balance of light.
4.12
146
Mastering Digital Cameras Summary
Mastering Digital Cameras 89%
Ditch auto: sharpness comes from sensor size, lens quality, and a three-way balance of light.
by Al Judge 2013
4.12
146 ratings
Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People
by Henry Carroll • 2015
People photography is a silent negotiation. Master it with mood and light, not rules.
4.12
1k+
Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People Summary
Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People 89%
People photography is a silent negotiation. Master it with mood and light, not rules.
by Henry Carroll 2015
4.12
1k+ ratings
Humans of New York
by Brandon Stanton • 2015
Ten thousand New Yorkers, one photographer, and the question that revealed a city's hidden soul.
4.55
20k+
Humans of New York Summary
Humans of New York 88%
Ten thousand New Yorkers, one photographer, and the question that revealed a city's hidden soul.
by Brandon Stanton 2015
4.55
20k+ ratings
The Digital Photography Book
by Scott Kelby • 2006
The cheat sheet for professional photos: exact settings and techniques, no theory required.
4.10
5k+
The Digital Photography Book Summary
The Digital Photography Book 88%
The cheat sheet for professional photos: exact settings and techniques, no theory required.
by Scott Kelby 2006
4.10
5k+ ratings
How Do I Do That in Photoshop?
by Scott Kelby • 2016
From skin tones to lens distortion: every Photoshop fix, with the slider name and the shortcut.
4.27
84
How Do I Do That in Photoshop? Summary
How Do I Do That in Photoshop? 88%
From skin tones to lens distortion: every Photoshop fix, with the slider name and the shortcut.
by Scott Kelby 2016
4.27
84 ratings
Understanding Exposure
by Bryan Peterson • 1990
Your camera knows light. Master its three controls and it finally listens to your vision.
4.33
7k+
Understanding Exposure Summary
Understanding Exposure 88%
Your camera knows light. Master its three controls and it finally listens to your vision.
by Bryan Peterson 1990
4.33
7k+ ratings
Pieces of Light
by Charles Fernyhough • 2012
Your memories aren't recordings; they're stories rebuilt fresh each time, and the edit never ends.
3.53
468
Pieces of Light Summary
Pieces of Light 88%
Your memories aren't recordings; they're stories rebuilt fresh each time, and the edit never ends.
by Charles Fernyhough 2012
3.53
468 ratings
Therapeutic Photography
by Neil Gibson • 2018
A camera can reach what talk therapy cannot: the visual path to self-esteem and resilience.
4.25
12
Therapeutic Photography Summary
Therapeutic Photography 88%
A camera can reach what talk therapy cannot: the visual path to self-esteem and resilience.
by Neil Gibson 2018
4.25
12 ratings
Photography Q&A
by Zack Arias • 2013
The gear won't teach you to see. Candid answers to questions working photographers actually ask.
4.28
493
Photography Q&A Summary
Photography Q&A 87%
The gear won't teach you to see. Candid answers to questions working photographers actually ask.
by Zack Arias 2013
4.28
493 ratings
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
by Penelope Lively • 2013
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
3.65
1k+
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites 87%
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
by Penelope Lively 2013
3.65
1k+ ratings
How to Change a Memory
by Steve Ramirez • 2025
Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.
4.17
54
How to Change a Memory Summary
How to Change a Memory 87%
Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.
by Steve Ramirez 2025
4.17
54 ratings
Moonwalking with Einstein
by Joshua Foer • 2011
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
3.88
95k+
Moonwalking with Einstein Summary
Moonwalking with Einstein 87%
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
by Joshua Foer 2011
3.88
95k+ ratings
The Memory Palace
by Mira Bartok • 2011
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
3.55
8k+
The Memory Palace Summary
The Memory Palace 87%
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
by Mira Bartok 2011
3.55
8k+ ratings
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback
by Michael Rabiger • 1987
From research to final cut: the documentary director's craft, where ethics and story meet the lens.
4.21
336
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback Summary
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback 87%
From research to final cut: the documentary director's craft, where ethics and story meet the lens.
by Michael Rabiger 1987
4.21
336 ratings
Istanbul
by Orhan Pamuk • 2003
An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.
3.82
22k+
Istanbul Summary
Istanbul 87%
An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.
by Orhan Pamuk 2003
3.82
22k+ ratings
Your Memory
by Alan Baddeley • 1982
Memory is several systems, not one. Each forgets differently, and the architecture predicts when.
3.77
271
Your Memory Summary
Your Memory 87%
Memory is several systems, not one. Each forgets differently, and the architecture predicts when.
by Alan Baddeley 1982
3.77
271 ratings
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory
by Kevin Trudeau • 1997
Pictures stick. Words slide off. A thirty-minute daily method for remembering anything.
3.64
221
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory Summary
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory 87%
Pictures stick. Words slide off. A thirty-minute daily method for remembering anything.
by Kevin Trudeau 1997
3.64
221 ratings
The Visual Story
by Bruce Block • 2007
Stop guessing at visual impact. A system for making every frame serve your story deliberately.
4.30
772
The Visual Story Summary
The Visual Story 87%
Stop guessing at visual impact. A system for making every frame serve your story deliberately.
by Bruce Block 2007
4.30
772 ratings
The Memory Illusion
by Julia Shaw • 2016
You can be led to remember a crime you never committed; the method is just conversation.
3.94
2k+
The Memory Illusion Summary
The Memory Illusion 87%
You can be led to remember a crime you never committed; the method is just conversation.
by Julia Shaw 2016
3.94
2k+ ratings
How to Develop a Perfect Memory
by Dominic O'Brien • 1993
Turn numbers into faces, lists into walks, and names into images that last a lifetime.
4.16
335
How to Develop a Perfect Memory Summary
How to Develop a Perfect Memory 87%
Turn numbers into faces, lists into walks, and names into images that last a lifetime.
by Dominic O'Brien 1993
4.16
335 ratings
The Princess Diarist
by Carrie Fisher • 2016
She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.
3.70
92k+
The Princess Diarist Summary
The Princess Diarist 87%
She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.
by Carrie Fisher 2016
3.70
92k+ ratings
Forgetting
by Scott A. Small • 2021
Forgetting is not a glitch: it is biology's tool for intelligence, resilience, and imagination.
3.76
554
Forgetting Summary
Forgetting 86%
Forgetting is not a glitch: it is biology's tool for intelligence, resilience, and imagination.
by Scott A. Small 2021
3.76
554 ratings
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition
by Daniel L. Schacter • 2001
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
3.88
2k+
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition Summary
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition 86%
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
by Daniel L. Schacter 2001
3.88
2k+ ratings
You Can Have an Amazing Memory
by Dominic O'Brien • 2011
Turn numbers into familiar faces and lists into journeys through your own home.
4.06
981
You Can Have an Amazing Memory Summary
You Can Have an Amazing Memory 86%
Turn numbers into familiar faces and lists into journeys through your own home.
by Dominic O'Brien 2011
4.06
981 ratings
I'll Never Write My Memoirs
by Grace Jones • 2015
How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.
3.76
2k+
I'll Never Write My Memoirs Summary
I'll Never Write My Memoirs 86%
How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.
by Grace Jones 2015
3.76
2k+ ratings
Remember It!
by Nelson Dellis • 2018
Picture it, place it, and make it weird: the memory athlete's formula for remembering anything.
3.96
833
Remember It! Summary
Remember It! 86%
Picture it, place it, and make it weird: the memory athlete's formula for remembering anything.
by Nelson Dellis 2018
3.96
833 ratings
The Complete Guide to Memory
by Richard Restak • 2022
Memory isn't fixed. The neuroscience and techniques that can sharpen yours at any age.
3.67
423
The Complete Guide to Memory Summary
The Complete Guide to Memory 86%
Memory isn't fixed. The neuroscience and techniques that can sharpen yours at any age.
by Richard Restak 2022
3.67
423 ratings
Memory Craft
by Lynne Kelly • 2020
Your memory isn't failing. You just stopped using the techniques every ancient culture mastered.
4.22
682
Memory Craft Summary
Memory Craft 86%
Your memory isn't failing. You just stopped using the techniques every ancient culture mastered.
by Lynne Kelly 2020
4.22
682 ratings
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
by Nina Sankovitch • 2011
365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.
3.48
7k+
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair Summary
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair 86%
365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.
by Nina Sankovitch 2011
3.48
7k+ ratings
In Search of Memory
by Eric R. Kandel • 2006
How a sea slug's simple nervous system taught a Vienna refugee the universal recipe for memory.
4.14
5k+
In Search of Memory Summary
In Search of Memory 86%
How a sea slug's simple nervous system taught a Vienna refugee the universal recipe for memory.
by Eric R. Kandel 2006
4.14
5k+ ratings
Highcastle
by Stanisław Lem • 1966
Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.
3.65
635
Highcastle Summary
Highcastle 86%
Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.
by Stanisław Lem 1966
3.65
635 ratings
Roman by Polanski
by Roman Polański • 2007
He watched propaganda films through barbed wire. Then he made Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby.
4.12
827
Roman by Polanski Summary
Roman by Polanski 86%
He watched propaganda films through barbed wire. Then he made Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby.
by Roman Polański 2007
4.12
827 ratings
Imagine a City
by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
3.65
422
Imagine a City Summary
Imagine a City 86%
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022
3.65
422 ratings
365 Journal Writing Ideas
by Rossi Fox • 2013
One prompt a day for a year of memories, self-reflection, and creativity. The blank page loses.
3.84
446
365 Journal Writing Ideas Summary
365 Journal Writing Ideas 86%
One prompt a day for a year of memories, self-reflection, and creativity. The blank page loses.
by Rossi Fox 2013
3.84
446 ratings
Art as Therapy
by Alain de Botton • 2013
Art as your emotional toolkit: how to find hope, memory, and balance without a therapist.
4.08
5k+
Art as Therapy Summary
Art as Therapy 86%
Art as your emotional toolkit: how to find hope, memory, and balance without a therapist.
by Alain de Botton 2013
4.08
5k+ ratings
Mastering Memory
by Brad Zupp • 2019
Stop missing names, keys, and meetings: the techniques that make everyday memory stick.
3.76
33
Mastering Memory Summary
Mastering Memory 86%
Stop missing names, keys, and meetings: the techniques that make everyday memory stick.
by Brad Zupp 2019
3.76
33 ratings
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1974
One summer, her ninety-year-old mother forgot her. Four generations in one house. No one was ready.
4.16
3k+
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother Summary
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother 86%
One summer, her ninety-year-old mother forgot her. Four generations in one house. No one was ready.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1974
4.16
3k+ ratings
The Sunset Route
by Carrot Quinn • 2021
A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.
4.16
2k+
The Sunset Route Summary
The Sunset Route 86%
A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.
by Carrot Quinn 2021
4.16
2k+ ratings
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
by Walter Benjamin • 1936
Why does a perfect copy feel less real? Benjamin's answer upends art and politics.
4.08
25k+
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Summary
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 86%
Why does a perfect copy feel less real? Benjamin's answer upends art and politics.
by Walter Benjamin 1936
4.08
25k+ ratings
My Invented Country
by Isabel Allende • 2003
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
3.89
13k+
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country 86%
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
by Isabel Allende 2003
3.89
13k+ ratings
Susan Sontag
by Jonathan Cott • 1978
Intelligence as a pulse, illness as biology, art as a body: the complete Sontag interview.
4.22
3k+
Susan Sontag Summary
Susan Sontag 86%
Intelligence as a pulse, illness as biology, art as a body: the complete Sontag interview.
by Jonathan Cott 1978
4.22
3k+ ratings
Room to Dream
by David Lynch • 2018
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
4.39
9k+
Room to Dream Summary
Room to Dream 86%
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
by David Lynch 2018
4.39
9k+ ratings
The Visual Story
by Bruce Block • 2021
How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.
4.67
3
The Visual Story Summary
The Visual Story 86%
How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.
by Bruce Block 2021
4.67
3 ratings
Why We Remember
by Charan Ranganath • 2024
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
3.91
3k+
Why We Remember Summary
Why We Remember 86%
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
by Charan Ranganath 2024
3.91
3k+ ratings
How to Memorize Anything
by Aditi Singhal • 2015
Names, numbers, facts: turn any of them into vivid mental pictures and recall them on command.
4.04
323
How to Memorize Anything Summary
How to Memorize Anything 86%
Names, numbers, facts: turn any of them into vivid mental pictures and recall them on command.
by Aditi Singhal 2015
4.04
323 ratings
Say Everything
by Ione Skye • 2025
Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.
3.99
8k+
Say Everything Summary
Say Everything 86%
Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.
by Ione Skye 2025
3.99
8k+ ratings
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
by Andy Warhol • 1975
The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.
3.85
49k+
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol Summary
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol 86%
The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.
by Andy Warhol 1975
3.85
49k+ ratings
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