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Summary of Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius | Includes Analysis   Preview of this Instaread: 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...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Amy Myers's The Thyroid Connection and NOT the original book. Preview: The Thyroid Connection by functional medicine doctor Amy Myers is a self-help book for people who suffer from thyroid dysfunction or suspect that they do. Myers took up her mission...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Laws of Medicine and NOT the original book. Preview: The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science is a book that outlines the guiding rules that govern medicine. It is based on the experience of the author,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to DeVita’s Jr., M.D & et al The Death of Cancer and NOT the original book. Preview: The Death of Cancer is a comprehensive look at the trajectory of cancer treatment in America over the last fifty years, as told through the lens of Vincent DeVita’s...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Marco Borges’s The 22-Day Revolution and NOT the original book. Preview: The 22-Day Revolution by Marco Borges outlines a plant-based diet plan for weight loss and disease prevention. Plant-based, vegan and vegetarian diets are one of the healthiest,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Erik Larson's Dead Wake and NOT the original book. Preview: Dead Wake by Erik Larson is a non-fiction account of the German Unterseeboot, or U-boat, sinking of Lusitania, a British merchant vessel belonging to Cunard Line, on May 7, 1915 and its...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Henry Marsh’s Do No Harm and NOT the original book. Preview: Do No Harm is neurosurgeon Henry Marsh’s memoir, with a particular focus on his mistakes and regrets. Marsh admits that he grew up privileged. He began his college career studying...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Dan Lyons’s Disrupted and NOT the original book. Preview: Disrupted by Dan Lyons is a memoir about Lyons’s experiences as a middle-aged career journalist who takes a job in marketing at a startup. For years, Lyons wrote for Newsweek about technology...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Luttrell’s Lone Survivor and NOT the original book. Preview: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson is a gritty and compelling narrative that recounts...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to David McCullough’s 1776 and NOT the original book. Preview: 1776 by David McCullough traces the military conflicts between the American and the British armies during the first 18 months of the Revolutionary War. The author chooses three of the...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Tom Rath’s & et al Strengths Based Leadership and NOT the original book. Preview: Strengths Based Leadership by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie introduces readers to the Gallup-designed survey that identifies a person’s unique leadership strengths....

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Guide to Michael Greger's, M.D. & et al How Not To Die and NOT the original book. Preview: How Not to Die by Michael Greger is primarily focused on the use of diet and lifestyle to help prevent the most common causes of death. Greger’s grandmother...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sarah Waters’s The Paying Guests and NOT the original book. Preview: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters is a historical romance novel and crime story. It is set just outside postwar London in the year 1922. Frances...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Mitch Albom’s The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto and NOT the original book. Preview: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom is a novel about the fictional musician Frankie Presto and his amazing journey through music and life. Frankie’s...