Summary Station: 196 books

Dreamers and DeceiversTrue Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made AmericaSummary and AnalysisBy Summary StationDreamers and Deceivers is an astonishing book. Although these are factual accounts from our past, it does not read like a history book. Rather the author, Glenn Beck, has presented...

Summary ofThe InnovatorsFrom Walter IsaacsonSummary StationAda Lovelace, and many like her, believed humans and machines work best together. Considering Deep Blue and Watson, both machines were more efficient when partnered with humans. If this continues to be true, Licklider's concept...

Summary ofGrinding it OutFrom Ray KrocThe Making of McDonald’sBy Summary StationSurprisingly, Ray Kroc’s business success may appear to be fate. At least, it was predicted in his early years by a phrenologist – a person, who specializes in predicting the future. Nobody exactly...

Hand to MouthThe Truth About Being Poor in a Wealthy WorldFrom Linda TiradoSummary and AnalysisSummary StationLinda Tirado begins her introduction with her answer to a question she saw on an internet forum: Why do poor people do things that seem so self destructive? The answer she gave is a...

Summary ofThe Nazi Officer’s WifeFrom Edith Hahn BeerSummary StationThis book begins with a preface that explains that the story is a true one. Edith Hahn Beer fled from the Gestapo by living under a false identity in Nazi Germany. In 1997, she sold her archive of wartime documents,...

Summary ofHidden FiguresFrom Margot Lee ShetterlyKatherine Johnson:One of the Black Woman Mathematicians Who Worked with NASA on the Space RaceBy Summary StationKatherine Coleman Goble Johnson is one of the most important pioneers from the American space movement. She is a physicist...

Summary ofThe General vs. the PresidentFrom H.W. BrandsMacArthur and TrumanAt the Brink of Nuclear WarBy Summary StationTruman relieving General Douglas MacArthur caused a bit of an uproar amongst the American public. His motives were to limit the conflict in Korea, resulting in his...

Summary ofHero of the EmpireFrom Candace MillardThe Boer War, a Daring Escape,and the Making of Winston ChurchillBy Summary StationWinston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on 30 November 1874. He was an heir of a noble family of the Dukes of Marlborough. His ancestor George...

Summary ofThe Magnolia StoryFrom Chip Gaines & Joanna GainesBy Summary StationFixer Upper is a popular reality television series on HGTV, starring Chip and Joanna Gaines and based in Waco, Texas. The pilot episode first aired in May of 2013. Season one began nearly one year later, in...

Summary ofHidden FiguresFrom Margot Lee ShetterlyDorothy VaughanBy Summary StationDorothy Vaughan, an American mathematician and the first African-American woman to become a head of personnel at NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), was born on September 1910 in...

Summary ofHidden FiguresFrom Margot Lee ShetterlyMary JacksonBy Summary StationEvery life on Earth is significant by itself. All the people leave some kind of marking upon civilization with their presence. But some of us, leave clear footprints on the world. Some people are so extraordinary...

Double CrossThe Story of the Mobster Who Controlled AmericaSummary and AnalysisFrom Chuck Giancana & Sam Giancanaby Summary StationThis beautifully written book isn’t merely a tale of a mobster’s life; it reveals the pain of a notorious person’s family. Also, Double Cross is a tale of...

Everything is BullshitThe Greatest Scams on Earth RevealedFrom PriceonomicsSummary and AnalysisSummary StationEverything is Bullshit is a well-researched and written book that peels back the layers of lies and distortions about some of our most cherished and respected social and economic beliefs....

The Death of Money:The Coming Collapse of The International Monetary SystemFrom James RickardsSummary and AnalysisSummary StationThe Death of Money by James Rickards is a fascinating look at both the possibilities and scandals of the global financial market. Written in a light but professional...