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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Mitchell Zuckoff’s & et al 13 Hours and NOT the original book. Preview: 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff and the surviving members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) annex in Benghazi is a narrative recounting of the events surrounding the...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Judy Blume’s In the Unlikely Event and NOT the original book. Preview: In the Unlikely Event is a fictional account of a real series of plane crashes that took place between December 1951 and August 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Inside...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Julia Baird's Victoria The Queen and NOT the original book. Preview: Julia Baird’s Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire (2017) is a biography of Victoria, who reigned as queen of England from 1837 to 1901....

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Romanovs and NOT the original book. Preview: Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Romanovs: 1613-1918 is a chronicle of the Romanov dynasty over its 300-year reign in Russia. The book focuses on the personalities, choices,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Philip E. Tetlock's & et al Superforecasting and NOT the original book. Preview: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction is a nonfiction book about the accuracy of forecasting. It recounts the efforts of Philip E. Tetlock, a professor...

Summary, Analysis & Review of James D. Hornfischer’s The Fleet at Flood Tide by Instaread Preview:   James D. Hornfischer’s The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 is a history of the Pacific naval battles that led to American victory at...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Marshall Goldsmith’s & et al Triggers and NOT the original book. Preview: Triggers, written by executive coach Marshall Goldsmith, with Mark Reiter, his agent and writing partner, is a nonfiction self-help book designed for people who need...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to McChrystal’s Team of Teams and NOT the original book. Preview: Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal is an examination of the process he began of restructuring the Joint Special Operations Command management style, from a rigid command structure...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Gary Keller’s & et al The ONE Thing and NOT the original book. Preview: The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan is a business-centered, self-help book about finding a more narrow focus in life. Keller’s business life was busy and cluttered...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and NOT the original book. Preview: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a self-help book that outlines seven skills to develop in order to increase efficiency and have more rewarding...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to David Allen’s Getting Things Done and NOT the original book. Preview: Getting Things Done by David Allen is the revised second edition of a book on organization and productivity originally published in 2001. Allen takes readers through the implementation...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Amy Cuddy’s Presence and NOT the original book. Preview: Have you ever bombed a job interview or fumbled an “elevator pitch”? Based on a number of social psychology studies, Presence is a book by Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Judson Brewer’s The Craving Mind and NOT the original book. Preview: In The Craving Mind (2017), Judson Brewer argues that addiction is the result of behavioral conditioning. Certain behaviors are initiated by triggers and are associated with specific...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Charles G. Koch's Good Profit and NOT the original book. Preview: Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World’s Most Successful Companies is a nonfiction book that outlines the management strategy of Charles G. Koch, the chief...