Milkyway Media: 151 books

1984 by George Orwell (1949) is a cautionary novel about the abuses of totalitarian government. It tells the story of 39-year-old Winston Smith, a lowly bureaucrat who tries and fails to fight back against his oppressive overlords… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha (2003) by Tara Brach is a self-help book grounded in Buddhist teachings and practices. Western society is trapped in a cycle in which people constantly critique themselves and question their self-worth… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? (2018) by Mark Hyman aims to help people cut through conflicting messages about what a healthy diet entails. Hyman sifts through the latest nutrition research to demonstrate that the industrial food system is harmful to human and environmental health… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) is an account of Benjamin Franklin's different lives, as a statesman, satirist, and scientist. The book traces Franklin's journey from his modest beginnings as a printer in Philadelphia to the pivotal role he played in the American Revolution... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts (2018) explores how probabilistic thinkingcan help individuals make better choices. World Series of Poker champion Annie Duke explains how the tactics that professional poker players use can be applied to everyday situations... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

The Highly Sensitive Person: How To Thrive When The World Overwhelms You (2013) by Elaine N. Aron explores what it's like to be a Highly Sensitive Person, or HSP, a personality type characterized primarily by heightened sensitivity to external stimuli. Using case studies, research, and personal anecdotes,...

This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness, & Change Your Life (2018) by Annie Grace is designed to show people the truth behind alcohol abuse. Alcohol, she warns, is an addictive substance, and therefore anyone can develop an alcohol addiction... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an acclaimed novel about the glamour and moral bankruptcy of the Jazz Age. The title refers to Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire who is the talk of his ritzy Long Island community… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom (1962) is an overview of some of the ideas that made Friedman one of the most influential economists in history. Although John F. Kennedy’s 1961 call to the American people, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,”...

The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance (2017) by Tom Brady, the quarterback of the New England Patriots, is an athletic training manual that reveals the details of Brady’s famously strict personal training regimen, which he uses to complement team training exercise....

The Seat of the Soul (1989), Gary Zukav’s first book about spirituality, describes how humans in the late twentieth century began evolving into more intuitive, soulful beings. Truly evolved people attune their faculties so they can perceive phenomena beyond the material world—that is, beyond what...

Robert Wright’s Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (2017) considers Buddhism through the lens of evolutionary psychology, a discipline that regards natural selection as the provenance of many mental traits. Focusing on his personal experience with mindfulness...

The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth (1978) by M. Scott Peck is a self-help text that focuses on personal development. The author, who was a psychiatrist with many years of clinical practice, draws on the psychoanalytic tradition to explore four...

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President (2017) is a collection of essays by medical professionals and others who argue that Donald Trump is unfit to be president. Together they assert that medical professionals have a duty to warn the public of a president’s mental unfitness… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.