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Book Preview: #1 The two men were looking for a schooner that was small enough to be handled by four sailors, but strongly built as well. They wanted the ship to be cheap, since they had little funding for the ambitious venture they planned.
#2 The two men, François Raynal and Thomas Musgrave, were looking for a ship to take them on their adventure. They found the Grafton, a coal...
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Get the Summary of Michael Lewis's Flash Boys in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post—financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they...
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#1 The mood in the helicopter was upbeat, especially from Ronnie Means. He had taken a job building concrete silos before joining the Army, and he looked like he was giddy. I didn't hit it off with him until we spent five hours together on a bus.
#2 I had always known cold and snow in December, but here, the air was so thick and muggy that I struggled to take deep breaths....
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Get the Summary of David de Jong's Nazi Billionaires in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In 1946, Günther Quandt-patriarch of Germany's most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW-was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his archrival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him....
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Get the Summary of Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over 15 years - a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population.
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#1 When Franklin Roosevelt was nominated for president in 1932, some doubted whether he had the strength to lead the country out of the worst economic depression in its history. But his physical courage buoyed his worried listeners, and he enjoyed himself on the campaign trail.
#2 Eleanor Roosevelt was not involved in the political discussions that took place around...
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#1 In 1947, Vail Ennis was the sheriff of Beeville, Texas, and he killed seven men in under a month. His death would gray the memory of his own killings.
#2 The American Café in Beeville, Texas, in 1947, was the last gathering of the old-style sheriffs of Texas. They were ribbed about their hunting skills, but they knew about guns and knew how they could do damage.
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#1 The word Celtic is being used more and more in popular culture. It is being used to boost sales, and it is being used to promote the Celtic lifestyle.
#2 The word Celt is used to describe many things. It is used to describe a shared heritage among many political movements, and it is used to describe the people who live in the Celtic countries. But some archaeologists...
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#1 We expect writers to know the rules before they can write, and this expectation creates insecurity and inadequacy.
#2 The world is filled with writing that is no fun and not optional, and we can't eliminate the five-paragraph theme or the what-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation essay, but we can invest them with meaning beyond the assignment affliction.
#3 The personal...
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Imagine if you received personal letters from God? In VanWingerden's book, "Love Letters From God" is the experience that every modern Christian will need for their walk with God. These devotionals will help deepen your relationship with God and inspire to live your life to the testament of his love.
A collection of fictionalized letters based on the truths that we find in God's Word. Imagine if you received personal letters from God. This is one...
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#1 I will be giving the Kesterton Lecture at Carleton's School of Journalism and Communication. The title of my small talk is Scientific Romancing. Its cover story is that it's about science fiction. Its subtext is probably What is fiction for. or something like that.
#2 The intersection between science and fiction is a point of interest for me. I want to understand...
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#1 In 2001, the Taliban were still extremely fierce. They drove into the heart of the enemy camp, inside the high walls and inner courtyards of the Qala-i-Janghi, the House of War.
#2 I was among a group of Western journalists who jostled forward as the Taliban car door opened.
#3 In 2001, the Taliban had come close to achieving their goal of establishing...
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#1 Levon Brooks, a charming and optimistic man, had been working as a night guard at the Santa Barbara Club in Macon, Mississippi. The early '90s were the club's heyday. Old school blues musicians still played at the more established juke joints, but the Santa Barbara lacked authenticity.
#2 Brooksville, Mississippi, was a quiet old prairie town with old-fashioned homes...
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Get the Summary of Tracy Kidder's Rough Sleepers in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Tracy Kidder has been described by The Baltimore Sun as a "master of the nonfiction narrative." In Rough Sleepers, Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story of Dr. Jim O'Connell, a gifted man who invented ways to create a community of care for a city's unhoused population,...
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#1 New York was a city that had made up its mind that whatever existed was dispensable and replaceable, as long as some more profitable use could be found for it. The past was not New York's concern; its concern was the future, and Progress.
#2 While New York was building taller and taller buildings, it was also suffering from a poor self-image. The city lacked the exuberance...
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#1 The relationship between the native peoples in the United States and the European settlers was initially friendly. However, as the settlers were able to achieve some level of security, they began to spread and take the land they wanted.
#2 The American colonists and the natives were never safe from each other, as the colonists would break their peace treaties...
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Get the Summary of Robert Gaudi's The War of Jenkins' Ear in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: In the early 18th century, the British and Spanish Empires were fighting for economic supremacy in the Americas. Tensions between the two powers were high, and wars blossomed like violent flowers for nearly a hundred years, from the War of Spanish Succession (sometimes known as Queen Anne's War...
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#1 The Romans were not the only ones to adopt a polytheistic religion. The Jews in the West and the Zoroastrians in the East rejected these ideas about the gods, and instead adopted a morally demanding monotheism.
#2 Despite worshiping many gods, societies were not religiously diverse. The primary mission of pagan temples was to ensure that the gods favored...
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#1 The photos showed fields, forests, and winding country roads, and seemed innocuous. But they showed missile trailers, which could carry nuclear warheads, next to a launcher erector.
#2 The Cuban missile crisis began when Kennedy received an initial intelligence briefing. His national security adviser, McGeorge Bundy, knocked on the door of his bedroom, on the second...
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#1 Because of the political slander and bile that marred Washington's two administrations, the first president soon came to be regarded as a demigod.
#2 George Washington was born in 1732, the first President of the United States. He was taught by his family and friends, and he was a man of hands rather than brains. He was, however, extremely practical.
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