Tag: society

4 books with this tag.

Susan Cain · 2012

Cain traces the Extrovert Ideal from Harvard Business School to open offices and defends the power of quiet.

2,898-word summary · 13 min read

Steven D. Levitt · 2005

Levitt asks why cheating teachers, sumo wrestlers and crime drops share incentives.

4,055-word summary · 18 min read

Jane Austen · 1815

Emma Woodhouse matchmakes Harriet Smith in Highbury while missing Mr Knightley beside her.

3,369-word summary · 15 min read

Leo Tolstoy · 1878

Anna leaves Karenin for Vronsky while Levin seeks faith and farming outside Moscow.

3,942-word summary · 18 min read