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This is a summary of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. The book was named one of The New York Times's Ten Best Books of the Year, Winner of National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, a Chicago Tribune Best Book,NPR "Great Reads" Book, a Newsday Top 10 Book, a Washington Post...

​The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business by Charles Duhigg| Book Summary | Readtrepreneur (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book, but an unofficial summary.) Habits form a large part of our lives. It dictates what we do on a daily basis and has a profound effect...

​Option B by Sheryl Sandberg | Book Summary | Readtrepreneur (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. but an unofficial summary.) Is everything not going as smooth as you thought? If you're feeling sad, lost and depressed, out of the ashes you will rise. Option B is a book of resilience....

Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg | Book Summary | Readtrepreneur (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book, but an unofficial summary.) The philosophy of success is independent of the field. If you master these...

**Blink: by Malcolm Gladwell | Summary & Analysis ** A Smarter You In 15 Minutes… What is your time worth? If you ever wonder what’s behind the decision making process, this book is for you. It’s all about the Blink, or the first two seconds of looking, or the instant that comes...

ABOUT THE BOOK I first read Hemingway’s posthumously-published memoir, A Moveable Feast (1964), when I was spending my junior year abroad studying at the University of Exeter in England, and I fell in love with the book. I think it appealed to me especially since I imagined...

ABOUT THE BOOK It’s rare that one can take a year or so away from family, friends, and work to travel the globe. It’s even more rare that someone can write an eloquent book that documents every minute of that travel, the glamorous moments and the scary moments, and make you feel like you...

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd: Conversation Starters A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation...

**The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel by Nina George | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation...

Yes Please by Amy Poehler | Digest & Review With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • A digest of the Yes Please • Content for your book club or other group event. • Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know • The book's impact and its important to read •...

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder | Conversation Starters Political events in the past decade in Europe and America have seen Russia’s strong interference -- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s denunciation of the European Union, the Brexit referendum,...

Memory Man by David Baldacci | Digest & Review David Baldacci returns with an intriguing book about Amos Decker, a man blessed with a perfect memory. He works as a detective but his life takes a sudden U-turn when he returns home one night to find his wife, daughter, and brother-in-law...

The Common Good by Robert B. Reich | Conversation Starters Robert B. Reich has worked for three US Presidents and witnessed how cynicism and distrust toward American government, media, banks, corporations, police and religious institutions have steadily grown over the past 50 years. He thinks...

ABOUT THE BOOK Like most people my age, I grew up with Grimm’s Fairytales, and much like most of us, I didn’t even know it. It was through watching Disney movies as a child that I was first exposed to many of the Grimms’ stories. Stories like ‘Little Red Cap’ and ‘Briar Rose’...