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Exercised: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
We are often told that exercise is the obvious answer to modern health problems. But Daniel Lieberman’s Exercised asks a more interesting…
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The Art of Loving: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
What if our biggest problem in love is not finding the right person, but learning how to love well? Erich Fromm’s The…
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The Jains: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Jainism is often introduced through one wordahimsa, non-violence. But Paul Dundas’s The Jains shows how much larger the tradition is. Jainism combines…
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The Screwtape Letters: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters reverses the usual perspective of religious instruction. Instead of a human being receiving advice about temptation,…
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Autobiography of a Yogi: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi is part spiritual autobiography, part pilgrimage and part introduction to Indian yogic traditions. Yogananda describes his…
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Consciousness Explained: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
What is consciousness made of? Is there a single place in the brain where the self lives, or is the feeling of…
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Pale Blue Dot: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot begins with an image that radically changes scale: Earth photographed from a vast distance, appearing as a…
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Can the universe really be introduced through seven brief lessons? Carlo Rovelli’s Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is a compact tour through…
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The Guide: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
R. K. Narayan’s The Guide begins with Raju, a man whose life has been built around improvisation. He becomes a railway guide,…
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces asks why stories separated by geography and centuries so often seem to contain familiar…
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