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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Kate Atkinson’s A God in Ruins and NOT the original book. Preview: A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson is a novel set primarily in England that is about the horrors of war, the joys and challenges of family, and the fear and sadness of terminal illness....

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Greg McKeown's Essentialism and NOT the original book. Preview: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less is a self-help book by Greg McKeown. The book outlines a minimalist approach to tasks and obligations by focusing on truly important goals...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to -Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me and NOT the original book. Preview: As society has experienced the recent deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner through media coverage, it has begun a dialogue regarding the treatment...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Gavin de Becker’s The Gift of Fear and NOT the original book. Preview: The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker is a self-help book about assessing potential violence and staying safe across a range of environments. After violent episodes, observers...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Philippa Gregory’s Three Sisters, Three Queens and NOT the original book. Preview: Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory is a novel that follows more than 30 years in the life of Margaret Tudor. Starting in 1501, when she’s 11 years...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to to Danielle Steel’s Prodigal Son and NOT the original book. Preview: Prodigal Son is the story of a man who loses everything that he considers important in his life only to discover how much more there is to happiness. His process of self-discovery...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Ann Coulter’s Adios, America and NOT the original book. Preview: Adios, America by Ann Coulter is a book centered around immigration in the United States, including the impact immigration has had on US history, government policies, and society...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Richard Russo’s Everybody’s Fool and NOT the original book. Preview: Everybody’s Fool, a novel by Richard Russo, is set in the fictional town of North Bath in upstate New York. There, over the course of one weekend, a crew of local eccentrics...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North and NOT the original book. Preview: The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a complex novel by writer Richard Flanagan. The novel tells the story of Alwyn Dorrigo Evans, an Australian man who struggles...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Thomas J. Stanley’s & et al The Millionaire Next Door and NOT the original book. Preview: The Millionaire Next Door is a book about US millionaires, including a discussion on how they got to be millionaires. The key finding that surprised the...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Geraldine Brooks’s The Secret Chord and NOT the original book. Preview: The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks is a fictionalized story of the Old Testament hero and king, David. Natan, friend and advisor to King David, receives permission...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic and NOT the original book. Preview: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert is a book of motivational passages, anecdotes, and quotes meant to inspire readers to embrace creativity in whatever form...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Lisa Genova’s Still Alice and NOT the original book. Preview: Still Alice is a novel by writer Lisa Genova. It tells the story of Alice Howland, a fifty year-old psychology professor at Harvard and an expert in the field of linguistics, who is...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Melody Beattie’s Codependent No More and NOT the original book. Preview: Codependent No More by Melody Beattie is a self-help book that explains codependency and how to overcome it. Originally published in 1986, it was written before codependency...