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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...

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...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jean Edward Smith’s Bush and NOT the original book. Preview: Jean Edward Smith’s Bush is a biography of George W. Bush, the forty-third president of the United States. Bush was a talented politician with a sincere commitment to domestic policy...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Bobby Bones’s Bare Bones and NOT the original book. Preview: In his memoir Bare Bones: I’m Not Lonely If You’re Reading This Book, country music radio personality Bobby Bones, whose birth name is Bobby Estell, looks back on his life so far....

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to John Elder Robison’s Switched On and NOT the original book. Preview: Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening by John Elder Robison, a man with Asperger’s syndrome, describes the emotional awakening John underwent after his...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time and NOT the original book. Preview: Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time is about the universe, both the grand-scale universe of stars and planets, general relativity, and the tiny universe of atoms...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to C. Maxwell’s The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and NOT the original book. Preview: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (2007) is a thorough look at the lessons in leadership the author, John Maxwell, has learned in his years as a pastor,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, There Is No Us and NOT the original book. Preview: Wild chronicles Cheryl Strayed’s adventure of self-discovery in the wilderness. The books begins thirty-eight days into her three-month odyssey on the Pacific Crest Trail...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Steven Kotler's & et al Stealing Fire and NOT the original book. Preview: Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work (2017) by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal is a book...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Steve Harvey's Jump and NOT the original book. Preview: Jump by Steve Harvey, a well-known television personality, is an inspirational self-help book designed to motivate people to get out of their habitual ruts and take substantial risks to achieve...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Tom Rath’s StrengthsFinder 2.0 and NOT the original book. Preview: StrengthsFinder 2.0 is a book by author, researcher, and speaker Tom Rath. The book is a guide to help readers identify their natural talents so that they might develop their strengths...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sarah Hepola’s Blackout and NOT the original book. Preview: In her memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, Sarah Hepola examines how she drank, why she drank, how others responded to her, and the misfortunes that occurred during...