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ABOUT THE BOOK As a counselor working with women who have been abused as children, I find it useful to read books like Punished: A mother's cruelty. A daughter's survival. A secret that couldn't be told. Such stories give me insight into the factors that scar abused children and impair their...

ABOUT THE BOOK John Lennon is regarded not only as one of the most important and influential musicians of the 20th century. As the leader of The Beatles, he guided the band to a level of international superstardom that had until then never been seen before and which has only been matched by...

Summary of The Terror Years by Lawrence Wright | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Lawrence Wright’s The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State is a collection of Wright’s essays from The New Yorker and other venues about radical Islamic terror in the 2000s. Terrorist...

Summary of Spain In Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild | Includes Analysis   Preview: Adam Hochschild’s Spain In Our Hearts is an account of the involvement of US citizens in the Spanish Civil War. It focuses on the experiences of a number of individual volunteers and reporters...

Summary of Red Platoon: by Clinton Romesha | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor by Clinton Romesha is a memoir of the October 2009 Battle of Kamdesh, in which hundreds of Taliban insurgents attacked Keating, the most remote American...

Summary of John Adams by David McCullough | Includes Analysis   Preview: David McCullough’s John Adams is a biography designed to establish Adams’s place beside, or even above, better known figures such as Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington in the...

Summary, Analysis & Review of Ronald C. White’s American Ulysses by Instaread   Preview:   Ronald C. White's American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant is a biography of general, president, and statesman Ulysses S. Grant. During his lifetime, Grant was considered...

Summary, Analysis & Review of Megyn Kelly’s Settle for More by Instaread   Preview:   In her memoir Settle for More, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly looks back on her life and describes her winding road to fame and the many obstacles she encountered along the way. From...

Summary of Valiant Ambition: by Nathaniel Philbrick | Includes Analysis   Preview: Nathaniel Philbrick’s Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution focuses on the treachery of Benedict Arnold as it plays out against the wider...

Summary, Analysis & Review of Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Instaread   Preview:   The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by blogger Mark Manson is a candid self-help guide for anyone who needs a dose of inspired but realistic perspective on...

ABOUT THE BOOK The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made chronicles the lives of America’s arguably most influential power brokers of the 20th century. Kennan, Acheson, Bohlen, Lovett, Harriman, and McCloy. While these currently may not be household names, the impact these...

ABOUT THE BOOK First released in 2003, this book was originally titled Be Your Own Brand: A Breakthrough Formula for Standing Out From the Crowd. Authors David McNally and Karl Speak realized that with the advent of our current technology, specifically, the rise in social networking, our personal...

Summary of Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée A. Mauborgne | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant is the 2015 update to the classic business strategy...

Zero To One: by Peter Thiel | Summary & Analysis A Smarter You In 15 Minutes… What is your time worth? In Zero to One, Peter Thiel speaks to the world’s dreamers, the inventors, and the business-minded champions of the future. With a fresh perspective, Thiel identifies the old ideas...