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Summary of Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand Includes Analysis
Here's to Us, a novel by Elin Hilderbrand, follows the aftermath of the death of celebrity chef Deacon Thorpe, who succumbed to an unexpected heart attack at the age of 53. The present-day action takes place over a long weekend in June 2016, six weeks after his death. Deacon's best friend gathers the three women to whom Deacon had been married, as well as their children, for a long weekend...
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Summary of Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer Includes Analysis
Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer is a novel that describes the last few months of a marriage. Jacob and Julia Bloch, a couple in their early forties, have been drifting apart for years when a betrayal throws their union into acute crisis. As they determine next steps, tragedies unfold in their extended family and in the Middle East, where the aftermath of an earthquake threatens Israel's...
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Summary of Start with Why by Simon Sinek Includes Analysis
Start With Why by Simon Sinek is a self-help book for business leaders seeking ways of gaining authenticity through a focus on their purpose.
Most companies rely on manipulations to attract customers and employees, they use short-term motivators that do not inspire or encourage loyalty. Customers who are not inspired will stop buying the product as soon as the company cannot keep up the manipulative...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of The Arbinger Institute's Leadership and Self-Deception by Instaread
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Leadership and Self-Deception by the Arbinger Institute is a business fable that illustrates the ways that self-deception can undermine interpersonal relationships and productivity. It begins with a new product-line lead employee, Tom Callum, at the fictional Zagrum Company. He's meeting with the company's executive vice president, Bud...
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Summary of Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo Includes Analysis
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 juggle long-standing grudges, acute crises, and surreal weather events to the best of their limited abilities. Along the way, readers learn about their troubled pasts.
At Hilldale Cemetery, Douglas Raymer, chief of...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Peter Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds by Instaread
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses the evolution of intelligence in cephalopods in order to better understand the development of consciousness and cognition. Cephalopods like octopuses and cuttlefish have the most complex nervous systems in the invertebrate world. Examining the similarities and differences...
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Summary of Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins Includes Analysis
Awaken the Giant Within by motivational speaker Tony Robbins is a comprehensive self-help book designed for people who want to feel in control of all aspects of their lives and fulfill their greatest potential in their relationships, career, finances, and personal lives.
Everyone is born with the capacity to be happy and achieve their greatest destiny, but not everyone is happy...
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Summary of True to Form by Eric Goodman Includes Analysis
True to Form by Dr. Eric Goodman is a self-help book designed to show people, especially those experiencing muscle and joint pain, how easy it is to return the body to its natural state of health and well-being. Dr. Goodman is a chiropractor and personal trainer who experienced debilitating pain and found a surgery-free method for treating it using an extremely simple movement methodology....
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Summary, Analysis & Review of James D. Hornfischer's The Fleet at Flood Tide by Instaread
James D. Hornfischer's The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 is a history of the Pacific naval battles that led to American victory at the end of World War II. The book focuses primarily on battles under the aegis of Admiral Raymond Spruance including the invasion of Truk, the invasion of the Marianas Islands, and the Battle...
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Summary of The Field of Fight by Michael T. Flynn with Michael Ledeen Includes Analysis
Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and its Allies presents Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn's assessment of where the United States is failing in its fight against extremism and offers a strategic formula for how to proceed in the future. After decades of serving his country in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Flynn has developed...
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Summary of Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz Includes Analysis
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz is a guide to using hostage negotiation techniques in business and personal negotiations.
Modern negotiation strategies taught in business school usually center on classic texts that describe negotiation without factoring in emotions or irrational behavior. In reality, all negotiations involve emotional factors...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Thomas L. Friedman's Thank You for Being Late by Instaread
Thomas Friedman's Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Acceleration is about the accelerating pace of change in modern society. The event that inspired the book's title occurred when some of Friedman's colleagues from the New York Times failed to arrive on time for an appointment. Friedman realized that the time spent waiting,...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Instaread
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 their path of self-development. Manson's personal experience in self-improvement is the cornerstone of his philosophy. He argues that people should learn to care less-or in his parlance, give fewer fucks-...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Jonah Berger's Contagious by Instaread
Contagious: Why Things Catch On is a playbook for marketing in the internet age, when products and ideas live or die based on whether or not they can go viral. Author Jonah Berger describes six principles that, when applied together, can often predict whether an idea or product will spread.
Any product or idea can go viral. It doesn't take a big advertising budget or a celebrity...
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Summary of Feeling Good by David D. Burns Includes Analysis
Feeling Good by Dr. David D. Burns is a self-help guide to using cognitive therapy (CT) as an effective, scientifically proven tool for combating depression of all degrees, especially when used in combination with therapy and possibly medication. CT is based on the idea that people's perceptions about themselves, their relationships, their job, and their overall life will shape their feelings....
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Sadhguru's Inner Engineering by Instaread
Inner Engineering by yogi and mystic Sadhguru is a nonfiction book that explores the path to spiritual enlightenment, a state in which joy is constant. Human consciousness is like a machine. When people learn how to master their own minds and bodies as they do machines, they will have the ability to experience profound and sustained joy. Therefore, a person's path to lasting...
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Summary of Game of Crowns by Christopher Andersen Includes Analysis
Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne by Christopher Andersen blends historical narrative with an in-depth account of the personal lives of members of the British royal family. He considers the stability of the past, present, and future monarchy under Queen Elizabeth II and her heirs, including the nation's crisis of confidence following the death of Princess Diana...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Brad Stone's The Everything Store by Instaread
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon recounts the rise of Amazon since it was founded in 1994. Simultaneously, the book is a partial biography of the company's CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, whose personality, values, and life experiences have had enormous influence shaping the company as it exists today. He is a much-feared but much-respected leader whose...
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Summary of The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Includes Analysis
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a work of speculative fiction that follows a runaway slave, Cora, on a grisly tour through the American South. Conveyed by the underground railroad, which the author has rendered as a literal mode of transportation, Cora travels from Georgia, to South Carolina, to North Carolina, to Tennessee, and finally to Indiana. Dogged every...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Melissa Hartwig's Food Freedom Forever by Instaread
Food Freedom Forever by Melissa Hartwig is a self-help guide for anyone, who has struggled with dieting and making healthy food choices. "Food freedom" is a way of life that helps people make conscious decisions about all foods instead of permanently restricting certain foods, such as cheese or cupcakes. Hartwig, a certified sports nutritionist and co-founder of the...