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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Anders Ericsson's & et al Peak and NOT the original book. Preview: Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise offers practical, evidence-based insight into what creates top performers and experts across a wide range of disciplines. There...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Gardner’s Crash & Burn and NOT the original book. Preview: Crash & Burn by Lisa Gardner is a psychological thriller that tells the story of Nicky Frank, a woman who cannot escape the memories that reside inside her head. After suffering...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Emma Cline’s The Girls and NOT the original book. Preview: The Girls by Emma Cline is a novel loosely based on the events leading up to the Manson Family murders in the summer of 1969. Lured by sexual desire and the prospect of female friendship,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sara Gruen’s At the Water’s Edge and NOT the original book. Preview: At Water’s Edge, a novel by Sara Gruen, takes place in the waning days of World War II. Maddie Hyde’s dissolute husband, Ellis, decides to search for the Loch Ness monster...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sejal Badani’s Trail of Broken Wings and NOT the original book. Preview: Trail of Broken Wings is a novel by Sejal Badani. The novel follows the story of a family who immigrated to California from India, focusing mainly on three sisters who suffered...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein and NOT the original book. Preview: Moonwalking with Einstein recounts author Joshua Foer’s yearlong journey from participant-journalist covering the national memory championships to becoming the 2006 USA...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Patrick J. Kennedy’s & et al A Common Struggle and NOT the original book. Preview: A Common Struggle by Patrick Kennedy is a memoir chronicling his struggles with mental illness and addiction. Patrick uses himself and his family as an...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sean Carroll’s The Big Picture and NOT the original book. Preview: The Big Picture by Sean Carroll is a scientific exploration of many essential questions of humanity, such as the meaning of life and the origin of the universe, considered from...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Crystal Paine's Money Making Mom and NOT the original book.   Preview: Money Making Mom by Crystal Paine is a finance guide that encourages women to generate greater income streams through creative, entrepreneurial business ideas. It...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Michael Eric Dyson's Tears We Cannot Stop and NOT the original book. Preview: Michael Eric Dyson’s Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America is a book about racism in the United States. Dyson argues that white Americans need to understand...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Tana French's The Trespasser and NOT the original book. Preview: The Trespasser by Tana French is a mystery novel in which Detective Antoinette Conway investigates the death of a young woman who was murdered. Although the circumstances surrounding...

Red Notice by Bill Browder | Includes Analysis   Preview: Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice by Bill Browder is a unique story that blends biography, entrepreneurial business narrative, history, true crime, and a human rights crusade...

Summary of Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli | Includes Analysis   Preview: So much has been written about the late Steve Jobs that Brent Schlender and his co-author, Rick Tetzeli, wisely begin their biography with a prologue that explains why they wrote...

Summary of Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis | Includes Analysis   Preview: Liar's Poker is the story of the investment banking firm Salomon Brothers during the tenure of CEO John Gutfreund, lasting from 1978-1991, and to a lesser extent, a description of the wider financial world...