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🎲 Verbal Play

The sheer delight of language at its most inventive—puns, wordplay, linguistic acrobatics, and the joy of bending words into unexpected shapes and meanings.
Wit's End
by James Geary • 2018
Wit is the mind's way of connecting opposites, seeing past habit, and holding life lightly.
3.35
479
🧠 Philosophy Of Humor🔗 Metaphor And Analogy🔬 Cognitive Science
Wit's End Summary
Wit's End 88%
Wit is the mind's way of connecting opposites, seeing past habit, and holding life lightly.
by James Geary 2018
3.35
479 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Humor🔗 Metaphor And Analogy🔬 Cognitive Science
How To Write Funny
by Scott Dikkers • 2014
Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.
4.13
960
🎭 Comedy Writing🎯 Satire And Parody⚙️ Joke Mechanics
How To Write Funny Summary
How To Write Funny 88%
Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.
by Scott Dikkers 2014
4.13
960 ratings
🎭 Comedy Writing🎯 Satire And Parody⚙️ Joke Mechanics
The Elements of Eloquence
by Mark Forsyth • 2013
Shakespeare didn't wait for inspiration. He studied the tricks that make phrases stick.
4.35
7k+
🏛️ Classical Rhetoric🗣️ Figures Of Speech✍️ Writing Craft
The Elements of Eloquence Summary
The Elements of Eloquence 88%
Shakespeare didn't wait for inspiration. He studied the tricks that make phrases stick.
by Mark Forsyth 2013
4.35
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Classical Rhetoric🗣️ Figures Of Speech✍️ Writing Craft
Mathematics and Humor
by John Allen Paulos • 1980
The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.
3.40
159
🧮 Mathematical Humor📖 Philosophy Of Humor🧠 Humor Psychology
Mathematics and Humor Summary
Mathematics and Humor 88%
The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.
by John Allen Paulos 1980
3.40
159 ratings
🧮 Mathematical Humor📖 Philosophy Of Humor🧠 Humor Psychology
Word Hero
by Jay Heinrichs • 2011
How to write lines that people repeat, share, and remember: the forgotten art of rhetorical figures.
3.73
280
🎭 Figures Of Speech🏛️ Practical Rhetoric😂 Wordplay And Wit
Word Hero Summary
Word Hero 88%
How to write lines that people repeat, share, and remember: the forgotten art of rhetorical figures.
by Jay Heinrichs 2011
3.73
280 ratings
🎭 Figures Of Speech🏛️ Practical Rhetoric😂 Wordplay And Wit
Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein • 1974
Over a hundred poems and drawings for the part of you that never outgrew nonsense.
4.35
1.5M+
🎭 Nonsense Verse🤪 Absurdist Humor✨ Whimsical Tone
Where the Sidewalk Ends Summary
Where the Sidewalk Ends 87%
Over a hundred poems and drawings for the part of you that never outgrew nonsense.
by Shel Silverstein 1974
4.35
1.5M+ ratings
🎭 Nonsense Verse🤪 Absurdist Humor✨ Whimsical Tone
A World Without "Whom"
by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
3.72
491
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom" 87%
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017
3.72
491 ratings
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution
Laugh Tactics
by Patrick King • 2016
Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.
3.45
139
💬 Conversational Humor🗣️ Repartee🎤 Comic Delivery
Laugh Tactics Summary
Laugh Tactics 87%
Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.
by Patrick King 2016
3.45
139 ratings
💬 Conversational Humor🗣️ Repartee🎤 Comic Delivery
I Think, Therefore I Laugh
by John Allen Paulos • 1985
A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.
3.48
245
🗣️ Philosophy Of Language🔄 Logical Paradoxes🔬 Philosophy Of Science
I Think, Therefore I Laugh Summary
I Think, Therefore I Laugh 87%
A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.
by John Allen Paulos 1985
3.48
245 ratings
🗣️ Philosophy Of Language🔄 Logical Paradoxes🔬 Philosophy Of Science
Comedy Writing Secrets
by Melvin Helitzer • 1987
The six-part engine under every punchline, and the editing rules that turn groans into laughs.
3.66
1k+
🎭 Comedy Writing🧱 Joke Construction🧩 Wordplay Techniques
Comedy Writing Secrets Summary
Comedy Writing Secrets 86%
The six-part engine under every punchline, and the editing rules that turn groans into laughs.
by Melvin Helitzer 1987
3.66
1k+ ratings
🎭 Comedy Writing🧱 Joke Construction🧩 Wordplay Techniques
Neverisms
by Mardy Grothe • 2011
The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.
3.83
102
📚 Quotation Collections💬 Aphorisms🗣️ Proverbs And Sayings
Neverisms Summary
Neverisms 86%
The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.
by Mardy Grothe 2011
3.83
102 ratings
📚 Quotation Collections💬 Aphorisms🗣️ Proverbs And Sayings
Rebel with a Clause
by Ellen Jovin • 2022
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
4.00
1k+
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause 86%
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
by Ellen Jovin 2022
4.00
1k+ ratings
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor
The Pocket Guide to Mischief
by Bart King • 2008
From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.
3.92
106
🃏 Practical Jokes🎬 Pop Culture Trivia💬 Wordplay And Puns
The Pocket Guide to Mischief Summary
The Pocket Guide to Mischief 86%
From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.
by Bart King 2008
3.92
106 ratings
🃏 Practical Jokes🎬 Pop Culture Trivia💬 Wordplay And Puns
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
4.25
6k+
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 86%
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
by Malaclypse the Younger 1965
4.25
6k+ ratings
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud • 2003
A joke is a bribe of pleasure that lets forbidden thoughts past the guard.
3.69
2k+
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory😂 Humor Studies🎭 Comic Theory
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious Summary
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious 86%
A joke is a bribe of pleasure that lets forbidden thoughts past the guard.
by Sigmund Freud 2003
3.69
2k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory😂 Humor Studies🎭 Comic Theory
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
by John Koenig • 2018
The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.
4.45
6k+
💡 Invented Words💬 Emotional Vocabulary🏷️ Naming Emotions
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Summary
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows 86%
The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.
by John Koenig 2018
4.45
6k+ ratings
💡 Invented Words💬 Emotional Vocabulary🏷️ Naming Emotions
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss • 1960
Sam-I-Am won't quit offering green eggs and ham, and one grump's resolve is wearing thin.
4.32
852k+
🎵 Rhyming Picture Book📖 Beginner Reader😊 Persistent Optimist
Green Eggs and Ham Summary
Green Eggs and Ham 86%
Sam-I-Am won't quit offering green eggs and ham, and one grump's resolve is wearing thin.
by Dr. Seuss 1960
4.32
852k+ ratings
🎵 Rhyming Picture Book📖 Beginner Reader😊 Persistent Optimist
Alice Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll • 1871
A girl steps through the parlor mirror to find she is a pawn inside a chessboard.
4.01
144k+
📚 Literary Nonsense🪞 Portal Fantasy💭 Dreamlike Logic
Alice Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice Through the Looking-Glass 86%
A girl steps through the parlor mirror to find she is a pawn inside a chessboard.
by Lewis Carroll 1871
4.01
144k+ ratings
📚 Literary Nonsense🪞 Portal Fantasy💭 Dreamlike Logic
The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land
by Diana Wynne Jones • 1996
The recycled map, obligatory stew, and inevitable dark lord: an A to Z of generic fantasy.
3.95
5k+
🏰 Fantasy Tropes📖 Satirical Glossary✍️ Writing Reference
The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land Summary
The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land 86%
The recycled map, obligatory stew, and inevitable dark lord: an A to Z of generic fantasy.
by Diana Wynne Jones 1996
3.95
5k+ ratings
🏰 Fantasy Tropes📖 Satirical Glossary✍️ Writing Reference
The Mother Tongue
by Bill Bryson • 1990
Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.
3.91
44k+
🗣️ History Of English📚 Popular Linguistics🌍 Language Evolution
The Mother Tongue Summary
The Mother Tongue 86%
Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.
by Bill Bryson 1990
3.91
44k+ ratings
🗣️ History Of English📚 Popular Linguistics🌍 Language Evolution
Words on the Move
by John McWhorter • 2016
Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.
4.14
2k+
🇬🇧 English Language History🔄 Language Change📜 Word Origins
Words on the Move Summary
Words on the Move 86%
Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.
by John McWhorter 2016
4.14
2k+ ratings
🇬🇧 English Language History🔄 Language Change📜 Word Origins
Have You Eaten Grandma?
by Gyles Brandreth • 2018
Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.
3.93
1k+
📝 English Usage❗ Punctuation❌ Common Errors
Have You Eaten Grandma? Summary
Have You Eaten Grandma? 86%
Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.
by Gyles Brandreth 2018
3.93
1k+ ratings
📝 English Usage❗ Punctuation❌ Common Errors
How to Tell a Joke
by Marcus Tullius Cicero • 2021
How Rome's greatest speaker used humor to win any room, and how you can too.
3.19
209
🎤 Public Speaking🏛 Classical Rhetoric😄 Humor For Speakers
How to Tell a Joke Summary
How to Tell a Joke 86%
How Rome's greatest speaker used humor to win any room, and how you can too.
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021
3.19
209 ratings
🎤 Public Speaking🏛 Classical Rhetoric😄 Humor For Speakers
Only a Joke Can Save Us
by Todd McGowan • 2017
When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.
4.32
37
🎭 Comedy Theory🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📖 Continental Philosophy
Only a Joke Can Save Us Summary
Only a Joke Can Save Us 86%
When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.
by Todd McGowan 2017
4.32
37 ratings
🎭 Comedy Theory🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📖 Continental Philosophy
POP!
by Sam Horn • 2006
How to craft a tagline or elevator pitch that stops the scroll and starts the conversation.
3.84
345
🎯 Elevator Pitches🏷️ Taglines🪝 Hook Crafting
POP! Summary
POP! 86%
How to craft a tagline or elevator pitch that stops the scroll and starts the conversation.
by Sam Horn 2006
3.84
345 ratings
🎯 Elevator Pitches🏷️ Taglines🪝 Hook Crafting
Strange Worlds of Lunacy
by Lyndon Perry • 2008
When laughter breaks magic curses and bureaucracy conquers aliens, fairy tales don't stand a chance.
4.67
9
🃏 Comic Fantasy🧚 Fairy Tale Parody🤪 Absurdist Fiction
Strange Worlds of Lunacy Summary
Strange Worlds of Lunacy 86%
When laughter breaks magic curses and bureaucracy conquers aliens, fairy tales don't stand a chance.
by Lyndon Perry 2008
4.67
9 ratings
🃏 Comic Fantasy🧚 Fairy Tale Parody🤪 Absurdist Fiction
Humour
by Terry Eagleton • 2019
From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.
3.19
603
🎭 Philosophy Of Humor📜 History Of Laughter📖 Literary Theory
Humour Summary
Humour 86%
From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.
by Terry Eagleton 2019
3.19
603 ratings
🎭 Philosophy Of Humor📜 History Of Laughter📖 Literary Theory
Woe Is I
by Patricia T. O'Conner • 1996
Most grammar rules aren't rules at all. Here are the few that actually clarify your writing.
3.94
4k+
📖 English Usage😄 Humorous Grammar🧐 Language Myths
Woe Is I Summary
Woe Is I 86%
Most grammar rules aren't rules at all. Here are the few that actually clarify your writing.
by Patricia T. O'Conner 1996
3.94
4k+ ratings
📖 English Usage😄 Humorous Grammar🧐 Language Myths
Last Words
by George Carlin • 2009
Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.
3.97
15k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Taboo Language
Last Words Summary
Last Words 86%
Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.
by George Carlin 2009
3.97
15k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Taboo Language
Because Internet
by Gretchen McCulloch • 2019
Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.
4.04
13k+
🖥️ Internet Linguistics✍️ Informal Writing👋 Digital Gestures
Because Internet Summary
Because Internet 86%
Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.
by Gretchen McCulloch 2019
4.04
13k+ ratings
🖥️ Internet Linguistics✍️ Informal Writing👋 Digital Gestures
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham
by Robert Kapilow • 1996
A relentless optimist won't stop until a stubborn grump tries the weirdest breakfast.
4.48
138k+
🍽️ Picky Eaters📜 Rhyming Text🐣 Early Reader
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham Summary
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham 86%
A relentless optimist won't stop until a stubborn grump tries the weirdest breakfast.
by Robert Kapilow 1996
4.48
138k+ ratings
🍽️ Picky Eaters📜 Rhyming Text🐣 Early Reader
And Here's the Kicker
by Mike Sacks • 2009
21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.
4.05
2k+
🎭 Humor Writing📖 Interview Anthology🧠 Comedy Theory
And Here's the Kicker Summary
And Here's the Kicker 85%
21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.
by Mike Sacks 2009
4.05
2k+ ratings
🎭 Humor Writing📖 Interview Anthology🧠 Comedy Theory
The Triggering Town
by Richard Hugo • 1978
Poems don't record feelings; they discover them. Abandon the facts and follow the sound.
4.17
3k+
✍️ Poetry Craft🏫 Teaching Poetry🎶 Sound And Rhythm
The Triggering Town Summary
The Triggering Town 85%
Poems don't record feelings; they discover them. Abandon the facts and follow the sound.
by Richard Hugo 1978
4.17
3k+ ratings
✍️ Poetry Craft🏫 Teaching Poetry🎶 Sound And Rhythm
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book
by Robert M. Martin • 1992
Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.
4.01
247
🧩 Philosophical Puzzles💭 Thought Experiments🔄 Paradoxes
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book 85%
Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.
by Robert M. Martin 1992
4.01
247 ratings
🧩 Philosophical Puzzles💭 Thought Experiments🔄 Paradoxes
Semicolon
by Cecelia Watson • 2019
How a semicolon started a grammar war: the rules we invented, the people they hurt.
3.68
2k+
🖋️ Grammar And Style📜 Language History🔍 Cultural Microhistory
Semicolon Summary
Semicolon 85%
How a semicolon started a grammar war: the rules we invented, the people they hurt.
by Cecelia Watson 2019
3.68
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Grammar And Style📜 Language History🔍 Cultural Microhistory
The Puzzler
by A.J. Jacobs • 2022
Puzzles teach us to reframe problems, erase bad answers, and love the struggle. One man's proof.
3.93
4k+
🔍 Immersive Journalism🧩 Puzzle Culture📜 Puzzle History
The Puzzler Summary
The Puzzler 85%
Puzzles teach us to reframe problems, erase bad answers, and love the struggle. One man's proof.
by A.J. Jacobs 2022
3.93
4k+ ratings
🔍 Immersive Journalism🧩 Puzzle Culture📜 Puzzle History
Finite and Infinite Games
by James P. Carse • 1986
Everything you do is a game. Knowing which kind you're in changes who you become.
3.73
8k+
🎲 Philosophy Of Play🎮 Life As A Game🔄 Zero-Sum Thinking
Finite and Infinite Games Summary
Finite and Infinite Games 85%
Everything you do is a game. Knowing which kind you're in changes who you become.
by James P. Carse 1986
3.73
8k+ ratings
🎲 Philosophy Of Play🎮 Life As A Game🔄 Zero-Sum Thinking
The Art of the Poetic Line
by James Longenbach • 2007
The 'line break' is a misnomer. A poet-critic reveals what actually happens where lines end.
4.03
694
🛠️ Poetic Craft🎵 Prosody🔍 Close Reading
The Art of the Poetic Line Summary
The Art of the Poetic Line 85%
The 'line break' is a misnomer. A poet-critic reveals what actually happens where lines end.
by James Longenbach 2007
4.03
694 ratings
🛠️ Poetic Craft🎵 Prosody🔍 Close Reading
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
by John Lithgow • 2020
A bulbous king demands a crown: satirical poems that rhyme the Trump years into infamy.
4.21
2k+
🖋️ Political Poetry🎭 Satirical Verse🐘 Trump Presidency
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown Summary
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown 85%
A bulbous king demands a crown: satirical poems that rhyme the Trump years into infamy.
by John Lithgow 2020
4.21
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Political Poetry🎭 Satirical Verse🐘 Trump Presidency
Cat Kid Comic Club
by Dav Pilkey • 2020
Cat Kid starts a comic club for frogs who have big imaginations and zero comic-making skills.
3.96
58k+
🎨 Making Comics📖 Stories Within A Story🤝 Creative Collaboration
Cat Kid Comic Club Summary
Cat Kid Comic Club 85%
Cat Kid starts a comic club for frogs who have big imaginations and zero comic-making skills.
by Dav Pilkey 2020
3.96
58k+ ratings
🎨 Making Comics📖 Stories Within A Story🤝 Creative Collaboration
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt • 2005
The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.
3.58
16k+
🧠 Analytic Philosophy💬 Philosophy Of Language🗣️ Social Commentary
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit 85%
The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005
3.58
16k+ ratings
🧠 Analytic Philosophy💬 Philosophy Of Language🗣️ Social Commentary
Seriously Funny
by Terry Pratchett • 2016
Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.
4.28
483
🎭 British Humor💬 Wit And Wisdom🧠 Human Nature
Seriously Funny Summary
Seriously Funny 85%
Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.
by Terry Pratchett 2016
4.28
483 ratings
🎭 British Humor💬 Wit And Wisdom🧠 Human Nature
Dreyer's English
by Benjamin Dreyer • 2019
A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.
4.34
9k+
✂️ Copyediting📖 Usage Guides📚 Style Guides
Dreyer's English Summary
Dreyer's English 85%
A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.
by Benjamin Dreyer 2019
4.34
9k+ ratings
✂️ Copyediting📖 Usage Guides📚 Style Guides
The Simpsons and Philosophy
by William Irwin • 2001
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
3.45
4k+
📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism
The Simpsons and Philosophy Summary
The Simpsons and Philosophy 85%
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
by William Irwin 2001
3.45
4k+ ratings
📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard • 1982
A playwright falls for his friend's wife, then struggles to tell real love from performance.
3.91
5k+
🎭 Play Within A Play💔 Infidelity🗣️ Witty Banter
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing 85%
A playwright falls for his friend's wife, then struggles to tell real love from performance.
by Tom Stoppard 1982
3.91
5k+ ratings
🎭 Play Within A Play💔 Infidelity🗣️ Witty Banter
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll • 1871
Alice falls into a wonderland of vanishing cats, living cards, and a queen who collects heads.
4.06
614k+
🚪 Portal Fantasy🃏 Literary Nonsense🛌 Dream World Adventure
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 85%
Alice falls into a wonderland of vanishing cats, living cards, and a queen who collects heads.
by Lewis Carroll 1871
4.06
614k+ ratings
🚪 Portal Fantasy🃏 Literary Nonsense🛌 Dream World Adventure
Connect Using Humor and Story
by Ramakrishna Reddy • 2016
A humor equation that turns a rambling draft into a tight seven minutes of laughter.
3.82
105
🎤 Public Speaking✍️ Speechwriting😂 Humor Writing
Connect Using Humor and Story Summary
Connect Using Humor and Story 85%
A humor equation that turns a rambling draft into a tight seven minutes of laughter.
by Ramakrishna Reddy 2016
3.82
105 ratings
🎤 Public Speaking✍️ Speechwriting😂 Humor Writing
What If?
by Randall Munroe • 2014
Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.
4.14
197k+
⚛️ Pop Physics💭 Thought Experiments😂 Physics Humor
What If? Summary
What If? 85%
Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.
by Randall Munroe 2014
4.14
197k+ ratings
⚛️ Pop Physics💭 Thought Experiments😂 Physics Humor
Can You Solve My Problems?
by Alex Bellos • 2016
A wolf, a goat, a cabbage, and the puzzles that teach you to think in proofs.
4.03
387
🧩 Recreational Mathematics📚 Puzzle Collections🧠 Mathematical Thinking
Can You Solve My Problems? Summary
Can You Solve My Problems? 85%
A wolf, a goat, a cabbage, and the puzzles that teach you to think in proofs.
by Alex Bellos 2016
4.03
387 ratings
🧩 Recreational Mathematics📚 Puzzle Collections🧠 Mathematical Thinking
Julio Cortázar
by Robert Brody • 1976
The novel that made the reader an accomplice: its mechanisms and meanings, fully decoded.
4.37
8k+
🥁 Latin American Boom📕 Postmodern Literature🔬 Experimental Fiction
Julio Cortázar Summary
Julio Cortázar 85%
The novel that made the reader an accomplice: its mechanisms and meanings, fully decoded.
by Robert Brody 1976
4.37
8k+ ratings
🥁 Latin American Boom📕 Postmodern Literature🔬 Experimental Fiction
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