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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Dave Rubin's Don't Burn This Book
Has the contemporary left abandoned the true values of liberalism? In Don't Burn This Book (2020), Dave Rubin examines the state of the political left in today's world and finds that it suffers from mob mentality and threatens our freedoms. Rubin offers a guide to a classical liberal approach to politics and life, based on his experiences and views of the world. Simultaneously,...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Alina Chan and Matt Ridley's Viral
Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 (2021) explores the possible origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-authors Alina Chan and Matt Ridley examine both the lab leak and natural origin theories while making clear that more research is needed to prevent such occurrences from happening again. They provide a transparent and comprehensive account of the events that have taken...
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Summary of Philippa Gregory's Three Sisters, Three Queens is a novel that follows more than 30 years in the life of Margaret Tudor. Starting in 1501, when she's 11 years old, the story traces Margaret's movements between England and Scotland, where she struggles to maintain her grip on power after the death of her husband, the king. Through moments of triumph and sorrow, she maintains an impassioned correspondence with Mary and Katherine, her sister...
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Summary of Walter Isaacson's Einstein is a meticulous and engaging account of the life of Albert Einstein, best known for discovering the principle of relativity. The narrative uncovers Einstein's nuanced personality and describes the ways in which his passions governed his personal, political, and scientific life…
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Summary of Allan Pease and Barbara Pease's The Definitive Book of Body Language is a comprehensive guide to non-verbal communication. An expanded version of Allen Pease's Body Language (1981), The Definitive Book of Body Language outlines the basics of body language, including expressions, gestures, and physical movements, and offers supporting scientific data to explain what body language telegraphs in everyday exchanges...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Indra Nooyi's My Life in Full
Indra Nooyi was the first female chief executive officer of PepsiCo, the multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation worth more than $78 billion. Yet, the most incredible thing Nooyi will say she's accomplished was balancing her work life with her equally impressive family life.
In Nooyi's memoir My Life in Full, she explains her incredible journey from growing up in India...
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Summary of Ryder Carroll's The Bullet Journal Method introduces a simple, effective organizational method that uses only a pen and notebook to improve productivity and enhance introspection. Author and Bullet Journal creator Ryder Carroll explains how readers can lead a more meaningful life, vanquish challenging tasks, and streamline their workflow by creating a custom planner using the book's journaling system.
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Summary of Allen Carr's The Easy Way to Stop Smoking is a self-help book designed to help smokers kick the habit and find freedom from the tyranny of their addiction. To date, Carr's unique method has helped millions of people stop using cigarettes, tobacco, and other forms of nicotine…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from David Richo's How to be an Adult in Relationships
The human heart has much more love in it than it can possibly give out in a lifetime. Psychotherapist David Richo's How to Be an Adult in Relationships (2002) lays out a strategy for realizing that limitless potential of love through the five A's: Attention, Acceptance, Appreciation, Affection, and Allowing.
Intimate love is mysterious and demanding; many of...
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Inspired after binge-watching Downton Abbey, a British television show about the relationship between a titled family and their servants, journalist Kate Andersen Brower decided to take a close look at the upstairs-downstairs dynamic of America's grandest home, the White House, in her book, The Residence…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Emily Oster's Expecting Better
Pregnancy, without a doubt one of adulthood's most profound and meaningful experiences, can reduce perfectly competent women to, well, babies.
In Expecting Better (2013), award-winning economist Emily Oster applies scientific rigor to conventional pregnancy advice. Her goal is to empower pregnant women by providing concrete numbers and hard facts from trustworthy research.
Pregnancy,...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Casey Wilson's The Wreckage of My Presence
Casey Wilson is an actress, comedian, mother, and above all, lifetime fan of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Wilson's book, The Wreckage of My Presence (2021), is her unflinching thoughts and feelings about a smattering of subjects, from cults and spin classes (which aren't all that different) to the reality of spiritual healers in Hollywood. But the book also...
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Summary of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations are a series of reflections written by the famed Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180) as a personal diary. The aim of Aurelius' text was self-improvement through Stoicism, a philosophical movement that the emperor embraced and sought to internalize...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Kristin Neff's Self-Compassion
In Self-Compassion, Kristen Neff provides a comprehensive guide to developing self-compassion as a way of life, based on empirical research and her own lived experiences.
Contemporary society pushes the idea that having a healthy self-esteem is the ultimate aim. Pursuing self-esteem, however, results in social and psychological instability. Self-compassion is a beneficial alternative...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Charles Schwab's Invested
In his memoir Invested (2019), Charles Schwab recounts the story of the brokerage firm that revolutionized the industry. Despite suffering from dyslexia and struggling through many financial crises, he managed to keep the Charles Schwab Corporation afloat and grow it into an industry giant. The key to his success was his client-oriented approach and constant implementation of innovative...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Bradley Nelson's The Emotion Code
In The Emotion Code (2019), Bradley Nelson reveals how emotions can get trapped in our subconscious mind and offers a step-by-step guide to healing. After unsettling events, or through a hereditary cycle, emotions may get trapped inside you, leading to physical and mental discomfort. Life becomes less enjoyable and you shut down from the world around you. Through healing methods...
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Summary of Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic self-help book. It instructs readers on ways to improve their standing with others and convince others to do things using strategic courtesy, conversational techniques, and proven methods of motivation.