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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Willie Nelson’s It’s a Long Story and NOT the original book. Preview: It’s a Long Story: My Life is country singer Willie Nelson’s memoir. The book chronicles his life as a musician, songwriter, and social activist and delves into his turbulent...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jimmy Carter’s A Full Life and NOT the original book. Preview: As he was turning 90, Jimmy Carter decided it was a good time to write a book about his life. He has written previous books about specific times or events, from life on his childhood...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Michael V. Hayden’s Playing to the Edge and NOT the original book. Preview: Playing to the Edge considers the changing role of the US intelligence community from 1999 to 2015. The author, Michael Hayden, served as the head of both the National...

Summary of The Terror Years by Lawrence Wright | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Lawrence Wright’s The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State is a collection of Wright’s essays from The New Yorker and other venues about radical Islamic terror in the 2000s. Terrorist...

Summary of Spain In Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild | Includes Analysis   Preview: Adam Hochschild’s Spain In Our Hearts is an account of the involvement of US citizens in the Spanish Civil War. It focuses on the experiences of a number of individual volunteers and reporters...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Kroc's Grinding It Out and NOT the original book. Preview: Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s is Ray Kroc’s rags-to-riches story of how he built the fast-food behemoth McDonald’s from the ground up. His book has been widely recognized...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jaycee Dugard’s Freedom and NOT the original book. Preview: Freedom (2016) is the sequel to the memoir A Stolen Life (2011) by Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped in 1991 at age 11 and held captive in a hidden backyard compound in California for 18...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to James Andrew Miller’s Powerhouse and NOT the original book. Preview: James Andrew Miller’s Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency is an oral history of Creative Artists Agency, one of the most powerful talent agencies...

Summary of Red Platoon: by Clinton Romesha | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor by Clinton Romesha is a memoir of the October 2009 Battle of Kamdesh, in which hundreds of Taliban insurgents attacked Keating, the most remote American...

Summary of John Adams by David McCullough | Includes Analysis   Preview: David McCullough’s John Adams is a biography designed to establish Adams’s place beside, or even above, better known figures such as Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington in the...

Summary, Analysis & Review of Ronald C. White’s American Ulysses by Instaread   Preview:   Ronald C. White's American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant is a biography of general, president, and statesman Ulysses S. Grant. During his lifetime, Grant was considered...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson and NOT the original book. Preview: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger is an historical account of one of the earliest wars the...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Ron Chernow’s Washington and NOT the original book. Preview: Ron Chernow’s 2010 biography Washington: A Life is a Pulitzer Prize-winning account of George Washington’s life from birth to death. It is based on newly available archival material...

Summary, Analysis & Review of Megyn Kelly’s Settle for More by Instaread   Preview:   In her memoir Settle for More, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly looks back on her life and describes her winding road to fame and the many obstacles she encountered along the way. From...