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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 Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese?  and NOT the original book. Preview: A group of old school friends meet to catch up. They end up discussing the unexpected, unforeseen changes to their lives and one friend offers to tell a story about...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to John Gray's Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus and NOT the original book. Preview: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by relationship expert Dr. John Gray is a self-help guide to understanding the opposite sex so that romantic relationships...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Chip Heath’s & et al Switch and NOT the original book. Preview: Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard (2010) is about how to bring about change in an organization. Its main focus is changing behavior by appealing to the rational...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit and NOT the original book. Preview: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg is a thorough examination of several case studies about how habit formation and habit change impact daily life. It details the experiences...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jocko Willink & et al’s Extreme Ownership and NOT the original book. Preview: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin is a guide to applying leadership principles of the United States Navy’s Sea, Air, and Land Teams (SEALs) to business....

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Elizabeth Blackburn’s & et al The Telomere Effect and NOT the original book. Preview: The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel describes advances in the field of gerontology and presents practical information on how to apply...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Heidi Murkoff’s & et al What to Expect When You're Expecting and NOT the original book. Preview: What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel a best selling, step-by-step guide to pregnancy, covering everything from...

ABOUT THE BOOK The story of one of President Theodore Roosevelt’s most dangerous adventures, Candice Millard’s The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, goes beyond telling the tale of Roosevelt’s harrowing passage along an uncharted South American river to explore his...

ABOUT THE BOOK Storytelling has been around as long as humankind, although the ability to be a storyteller or history-keeper is a special gift not everyone possesses. Generations of our ancestors told oral tales of encounters with nature-with wild animals or with the land itself, real...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies and NOT the original book. Preview: All the Single Ladies is an examination of the role of marriage in the lives of women in the United States today and a historical accounting of how the institution arrived...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sebastian Junger’s Tribe and NOT the original book. Preview: Tribe by Sebastian Junger is a scientific and journalistic consideration of the correlation between societies with egalitarian tribal structures and low rates of mental illness, particularly...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Glenn Beck’s It IS About Islam  and NOT the original book. Preview: It Is About Islam: Exposing the Truth About ISIS, al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate, written by Glenn Beck, uncovers the truths about various aspects of Islam and certain...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Martha Stout's The Sociopath Next Door and NOT the original book. Preview: Sociopaths comprise an alarming four percent of the population; that is, one in every 25 people is a sociopath. But this mental disorder is not well understood and many people...