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Summary of Adam Hochschild's Spain In Our Hearts is an account of the involvement of US citizens in the Spanish Civil War. It focuses on the experiences of a number of individual volunteers and reporters and provides a broad view of how the war affected Spain, the United States, and Europe.
The Spanish Civil War began as a conflict between a democratically elected left-wing government, the Spanish Republic, and right-wing military officers led by...
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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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Summary of Gregory Berns's How Dogs Love Us chronicles the early days of his efforts to use brain imaging scans for the first time to study how dogs think and feel emotions including love. Berns argues that many dog owners and trainers limit their understanding of dog psychology to behavior, or how dogs physically react to different situations…
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Summary of Michelle Obama's Becoming recounts the familial, educational, romantic, and political experiences that culminated in her tenure as first lady of the United States between 2009 and 2017. A native of Chicago, Michelle was an ambitious student who grew into a driven adult...
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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 Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat is a non-fiction account of the remarkable life story of Joe Rantz. Rantz was a determined young man who overcame personal tragedy and hardship to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics as a member of the US rowing team.
When Joe was four, his mother, Nellie, died of throat cancer. His father, Harry, went to Canada. He sent Joe to Pennsylvania to live with his Aunt Alma while his older brother, Fred,...
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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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Summary of Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, and John Willis's The DevOps Handbook is a manual for technology companies looking to improve their ability to deliver high-value products to consumers. In the 1980s, Toyota revolutionized manufacturing with its application of the Lean production philosophy…
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Delia Owens's Where the Crawdads Sing
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In Where the Crawdads Sing (2018), Delia Owens juxtaposes a coming of age story and a murder mystery. She reminds readers of the child that is within them, while also subjecting them to the violent yet beautiful secrets of nature.
Isolation influences behavior, and Kya, the protagonist, endures much mistreatment and abandonment by her parents, siblings,...
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Summary of Bob Woodward's Fear details the political and personal tribulations that faced an ever-shifting cast of White House staffers during the turbulent first year and a half of Donald Trump's presidency. Renowned journalist Bob Woodward uses his access to Washington insiders to create a revealing portrait of an administration increasingly crippled by its need to guide, delay, and even hinder Trump's whims...
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Summary of Jon Krakauer's Missoula is a close examination of the cause and effect of a series of alleged sexual assaults in a Montana college town.
Missoula is the second largest city in Montana, and the Missoula-based University of Montana (UM) Grizzlies football team is a source of significant local pride. In December 2010, a scandal began in which four members of the football team were accused of gang rape, but were not charged with a crime. A...
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Summary of John Grisham's Gray Mountain is a legal thriller by John Grisham that is set during the recession of 2008. The book begins when associate lawyer, Samantha Kofer, is furloughed, or laid off, due to the recession, from a New York City law firm. Samantha is hired by Mattie Wyatt, a lawyer and the executive director of the Mountain Legal Aid Clinic in Brady, Virginia, as a volunteer at the clinic.
Samantha meets Mattie's nephew, Donovan Gray,...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Vanessa Van Edwards's Cues
It's not just about what you say. It's about how you say it. It's about your voice, your words, your facial expression, your posture, your body language… it's about your cues. In Vanessa Van Edwards's Cues (2022), you will learn about every aspect of communication, with the goal of becoming a warm, competent, and charismatic speaker. Leaders who want to make a positive impact will...
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Summary of David Perlmutter's Grain Brain is an urgent appeal for people everywhere to reconsider their beliefs regarding the cause of increasingly common brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, dementia, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Author David Perlmutter issues a call for his readers to recognize that human fate does not decree that each of us reach the end of life in a fog of dementia as the brain naturally declines with age…
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed
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1) "You'll Never Walk Alone" is a song written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. It is a song that inspires hope, and although cheesy it has been adopted as the official anthem of the English soccer club Liverpool, with the title etched on the iron gate of its official stadium.
2) Each species on earth has a temporal range, which is the length...
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Martin Pistorius, who lost all his memories after a childhood illness, tells the story of his miraculous reawakening in his memoir, Ghost Boy.
Martin was a sweet, but shy boy. He was a wizard with computers and electronics. He loved his Legos and his dog, Pookie. Martin learned from overheard conversations that his illness began when he came home from school with a sore throat. His condition rapidly deteriorated and he soon could not walk. Within...
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Summary of Chris Matthews's Bobby Kennedy chronicles the life of Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and a political force in his own right. The Kennedy brothers were third-generation Irish-American Catholics from a wealthy Massachusetts family…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit
Everyone today understands the importance of managers and leaders coaching their team. However, not many know exactly how to coach. Michael Bungay Stanier wants to change that, and coach you at coaching.
In The Coaching Habit (2016), he shows how to make coaching a regular part of your day, so that you and your team get a boost in productivity and impact.
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