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Summary of LaRose by Louise Erdrich | Includes Analysis   Preview:   LaRose by Louise Erdrich is a novel about two little boys who are torn from their families and the infinite sorrow that’s left in their wake of their separations. As the repercussions of a tragic hunting...

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain | Includes Analysis   Preview of the earlier Chapters: Chapter 1 Nine-year-old Anthony became a foodie when his father took the family on a trip to his native France. A fisherman took the family out on his boat one day. He asked...

Summary of Born to Run by Christopher McDougall | Includes Analysis   Preview: Born to Run is a book about the natural virtues of running, based on Christopher McDougall’s own experiences, research, and training. It is centered on the Tarahumara, an indigenous Mexican tribe...

With Instaread Summaries, you can get the summary of a book in 30 minutes or less. We read every chapter, summarize and analyze it for your convenience.    Summary of The One & Only by Emily Giffin | Includes Analysis Description: Chapter One Shea...

Summary of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Into Thin Air was published in 1997 by journalist and outdoorsman Jon Krakauer. The book focuses on the events surrounding the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, of which the author was a survivor....

Love Does by Bob Goff | Includes Analysis   Preview: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff is a memoir of the lawyer’s journey through faith as a Christian. As a young child, Goff injured his eye when he was playing with his...

Summary of A Passion for Leadership by Robert Gates | Includes Analysis   Preview: A Passion for Leadership is an advice manual for those who want to enact reform from a position of leadership in a bureaucratic organization. It also examines the challenges of reforming...

Summary of Drive by Daniel Pink | Includes Analysis   Preview: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011) is a book about human motivations. Many of the prevailing ideas about why humans make decisions and operate the way they do aren’t true or, at least, they...

Summary of Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty | Includes Analysis   Preview: Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a study of inequity, both historically and in the present. The book describes how the concentration of wealth has changed...

Summary of Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton | Includes Analysis   Preview: Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton is a guide to using principled negotiation techniques, rather than positional bargaining that makes for less successful...

Summary of Platform Revolution by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Choudary | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Platform Revolution by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Choudary is a comprehensive look at the emergence of platforms as market...

Summary of Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman | Includes Analysis   Preview: Daniel Kahneman, author of the book Thinking, Fast and Slow, sets out to create a new vocabulary of words and definitions to describe mental errors. He hopes that readers will recognize these errors...

Summary of The Billion Dollar Spy: by David E. Hoffman | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman chronicles the six year relationship between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and engineer, Adolf...

Summary of The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a philosophical treatment of Taleb's research on highly improbable, high-impact events. These events, which Taleb calls “Black Swans,”...