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Summary of The Euro by Joseph E. Stiglitz | Includes Analysis   Preview:   The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe is Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz’s evisceration of the euro as the cause of political and economic turmoil in...

Summary of Daring Greatly by Brene Brown | Includes Analysis   Preview: Daring Greatly, a book by researcher Brene Brown, deals with vulnerability. But its key tenet is one that will surprise many people. That tenet is the idea that being vulnerable is not a negative aspect...

Summary of Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson | Includes Analysis   Preview: Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things is a series of essays that are hysterically funny and poignant at the same time. The author, Jenny Lawson, suffers from clinical depression, an anxiety...

Summary of How Not To Be Wrong: by Jordan Ellenberg | Includes Analysis   Preview: How Not to Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg attempts to demonstrate real-life applications of mathematics. In schools, students learn math principles in abstract contexts. Math in the real world is...

Summary of The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene | Includes Analysis Preview: The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene is a self-help book offering advice on how to gain and maintain power, using lessons drawn from parables and the experiences of historical figures. Power depends...

Summary of How to Win Friends and Influence People: by Dale Carnegie | Includes Analysis     Preview: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help book. It instructs readers on ways to improve their standing with others and convince...

The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck | Summary & Analysis Preview: Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey chronicles Rinker and his brother’s experiences reliving the journey taken by the original nineteenth-century travelers of the Oregon Trail. At the same time, the...

How to Raise an Adult: by Julie Lythcott-Haims | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review   Preview: How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success is a book of parenting advice. The author, Julie Lythcott-Haims, is a former freshman dean...

Summary of Brain Rules: by Dr. John Medina | Includes Analysis   Preview: John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist with a special interest in how the brain works. In Brain Rules, he groups his findings into twelve brain rules. Medina only uses research...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary of the book and NOT the original book.    Summary of The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle | Includes Analysis   Inside this Instaread Summary:   -Overview of the entire book -Introduction to the important...

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review Preview: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (2011) by Marie Kondo helps readers discard unnecessary items, reorganize their possessions,...

Wreckage by Emily Bleeker | Summary & Analysis Preview: A plane crash shatters the lives of two families, raising complex issues of love, loyalty and loss, in Wreckage, the debut novel by Emily Bleeker. Lillian Linden takes a much-needed vacation to Fiji with her mother-in- law, Margaret,...

Summary of In Trump We Trust by Ann Coulter | Includes Analysis   Preview:   In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome! is conservative pundit Ann Coulter’s wholehearted endorsement of Donald Trump in his bid for the presidency in 2016. While Coulter acknowledges that Trump...

Summary of The Girl on the Train: A Novel by Paula Hawkins | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Girl on the Train is a psychological thriller that tells the story of three women and how their lives intersect. Rachel Watson is an alcoholic. Rachel often drinks to excess and...