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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction and NOT the original book. Preview: The Sixth Extinction is a book by award winning journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert. In this book, the author demonstrates that species are dying out at a rate comparable to the...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret and NOT the original book. Preview: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a book in the New Thought tradition that theorizes thought is the most powerful force in the universe… Inside this companion: Overview...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Aziz Ansari’s & et al Modern Romance and NOT the original book. Preview: Modern Romance is a nonfiction book by the comedian Aziz Ansari and New York University sociologist Eric Klinenberg. For years, Ansari has been doing comedy on the absurdities...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and NOT the original book.  Preview: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (2017) by Neil deGrasse Tyson is a collection of essays covering a variety of topics in astrophysics. Physicists...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Richard Dawkins's Brief Candle and NOT the original book. Preview: Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science by Richard Dawkins is an autobiographical depiction of his experiences as a world-renowned scientist and atheist. Dawkins has experienced...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Nadia Bolz-Weber’s Accidental Saints and NOT the original book. Preview: Accidental Saints: Finding God in all the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber is a book about an unconventional pastor’s journey through the peaks and valleys of life as a...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child and NOT the original book. Preview: God Help the Child by Toni Morrison is a dramatic novel that focuses on how adults are affected by what happened to them when they were children. Bride, a successful, young,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to The Arbinger Institute's The Anatomy of Peace and NOT the original book. Preview: The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, Second Edition, is an expanded version, including additional appendices, of a successful 2006 publication by...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Mitchell Zuckoff’s & et al 13 Hours and NOT the original book. Preview: 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff and the surviving members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) annex in Benghazi is a narrative recounting of the events surrounding the...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Judy Blume’s In the Unlikely Event and NOT the original book. Preview: In the Unlikely Event is a fictional account of a real series of plane crashes that took place between December 1951 and August 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Inside...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Julia Baird's Victoria The Queen and NOT the original book. Preview: Julia Baird’s Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire (2017) is a biography of Victoria, who reigned as queen of England from 1837 to 1901....

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Romanovs and NOT the original book. Preview: Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Romanovs: 1613-1918 is a chronicle of the Romanov dynasty over its 300-year reign in Russia. The book focuses on the personalities, choices,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Philip E. Tetlock's & et al Superforecasting and NOT the original book. Preview: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction is a nonfiction book about the accuracy of forecasting. It recounts the efforts of Philip E. Tetlock, a professor...

ABOUT THE BOOK I think entrepreneurs, because of their high level of achievement and drive, are constantly looking at ways to do things faster, better, smarter; I am no exception. As an overly busy businesswoman, I was drawn to the title of the book, as I was looking for productivity tools...