Milkyway Media: 151 books

Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street (2017) by SheelahKolhatkar is a nonfiction legal thriller about the US government’s attempt to take down billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. (Steve) Cohen for insider trading, as well...

The Fountainhead (1943) by Ayn Rand is a novel about a group of fictional architects and their critics in the 1920s and ’30s. Set mostly in New York City, the story follows Howard Roark, a young, preternaturally assured architect, and Peter Keating, his fair-weather friend and quasi-rival, through...

PLEASE NOTE: This is an Analysis of Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow and NOT the original book. Preview: Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) by Daniel Kahneman is a primer on the strategies that people use to make decisions and evaluate risks, a psychological subdiscipline known...

Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love & Wisdom (2009), by Rick Hanson with Richard Mendius, combines the ancient wisdom of the Buddha with the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience. Establishing links between contemplative traditions and scientific research, Buddha’s...

Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin, and Free (2017) by Susan Peirce Thompson offers a weight-loss and maintenance strategy that relies on strict dietary eliminations instead of eating in moderation. By changing their habits, dieters can lose weight and be released from the powerful...

Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement (1986) by Tony Robbins is a self-help book that shares strategies for promoting personal and professional success. With the power of practical tools and positive thought, people can unlock unlimited reservoirs of potential in themselves… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) by Robert Pirsig is a heavily autobiographical novel about the author’s cross-country motorcycle ride with his 11-year-old son, Chris. Haunted by his own history of mental illness, and worried about Chris, who recently received a similar diagnosis,...

The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety (1951) by Alan W. Watts argues that the cause of human frustration and anxiety is people’s inability to live fully in the present, and their futile quest for psychological security. Drawing on Eastern philosophy and religion, with an emphasis...

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (2015) by Jack Canfield is a self-help book designed to help people achieve their personal and professional goals. By focusing on one business principle per chapter, the co-founder of the Chicken Soup for the Soul mega-series...

In When Things Fall Apart (1997), American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön offers lessons on how to move through life’s painful moments. Chödrön acknowledges that encountering fear and pain is an inevitable aspect of the human experience... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s What Happened (2017) is a memoir of Clinton’s experience running for president of the United States in 2016. In the November general election, she won the popular vote by more than 3 million votes but won fewer delegates to the electoral college, which elects the president of the United States… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (2017) by Scott Kelly is the memoir of a retired American astronaut who spent nearly a year on the International Space Station (ISS) starting in 2015. Alternating between scenes from the ISS and the story of his life, Scott describes the emotional...

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work (2010) is a bestselling book by Shawn Achor which posits that happiness is a precursor to success. Achor outlines practical steps that individual workers and team leaders can take to increase...

Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff (2017) by Chip Gaines is a collection of life lessons that Gaines gathered from his experiences as a business owner, husband, father, and television personality. Gaines realized at an early age that he was not a gifted student, but he was still talented in other ways. Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.