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#1 I wanted to title this book I'll Show You, because it represents me, my story, and who I am. It shows both sides of my personality. I'm an introvert, and I didn't understand that for a long time. But it's also how I lead by example.
#2 I was always told about how gifted I was when it came to basketball. I could get places on the court without scoring, and I never...
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Book Preview: #1 I, Henry David Thoreau, lived alone in the woods for two years and two months. I now live a sojourner in civilized life again. I have been asked many questions about my lifestyle, and I will answer some of them in this book.
#2 I have traveled a lot, and I have seen how the citizens of Concord are doing penance in a thousand remarkable ways. I have met many people...
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Get the Summary of Jared Knott's Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters" by Jared Knott examines how seemingly minor mistakes and oversights have had profound impacts on history. The book delves into various historical events, demonstrating how small errors or decisions led to significant consequences. It explores George Washington's pivotal victories in the American...
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#1 The family was on the road to Texas, traveling through No Man's Land, a strip of geographic afterthought in the far western end of the Oklahoma Panhandle. The land was so threadbare that the Great Plains tilted slightly. They considered selling the organ, their prized possession, and making another horse purchase.
#2 The family made it to No Man's Land, which was...
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#1 I was returning to the United States, and I felt out of place in the white-dominated airplane. I thought about the political climate in America, which was also turbulent. I knew that the air in America was no less turbulent than in Ghana.
#2 I had started making plans to go back to America to work with Malcolm. My friends and colleagues began treating me...
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#1 I was in Haiti to report on American soldiers. Twenty thousand of them had been sent to reinstate the country's democratically elected government, and to strip away power from the military junta that had ruled with great cruelty for three years.
#2 I remember Captain Carroll and Dr. Farmer making a mismatched pair. The captain was a redneck, while Farmer was a champion...
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#1 The American Revolution had begun by the spring of 1776, when British and American troops had been fighting each other for a full year. The Continental Congress maintained its loyalty to the British Crown, and George III did not know about the war.
#2 The American Revolution was caused by the American colonies' response to Parliament's assumption of sovereignty. The...
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Book Preview: Donald Trump, the forty-fifth president of the United States, is regarded as one of the most influential but chaotic presidents in history. What was his downfall really like?
Political journalist Jonathan Karl wrote Betrayal as a documentation of Trump's final days as president. He knew Trump better than any other reporter in the White House and had a front-row seat...
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#1 The first Americans migrated from Siberia in northeast Asia about 15,000 to 12,000 years ago. They came in small groups that ranged far and wide in pursuit of the grazing herds of large, hairy, and meaty animals.
#2 The Archaic Indians, who lived in North America from about 14,000 years ago to about 1000 years ago, were the first to develop more enduring...
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#1 I was eating deviled eggs in the Fenway Park visitor's clubhouse in 1973 when I was confronted by Thurman Munson. He knew I loved to eat, but he also knew that I knew better than to take food out of his locker.
#2 I was having a very good spring in 1973, and I was coming off a pretty good season in 1972. But I pulled a hamstring during a spring training game, and...
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#1 The idea that women should not pursue higher education was first put forward in 1873 by Dr. Edward Clarke, who argued that the female body was not designed for studying. But Mary Jacobi, the first woman to be admitted to France's École de Médecine, proved him wrong with her medical school studies.
#2 The Clarke versus Jacobi dispute was not just academic...
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Book Preview: In “Wake Up America” (2016), Eric Bolling warns that the Left is out to destroy all the core values that made America the greatest nation on earth.
Bolling argues that fear, guilt, and class conflict have been utilized by the socialist Left to divide us in their quest to dramatically transform American society. They understand that doing so would result in the annihilation...
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#1 To get to the islands, you have to fly here. While this may sound painfully obvious, many people contemplate cruises to the islands. There is not a single speck of land between the west coast and Hawai'i.
#2 If you're planning to spend the day at a beach, don't feel compelled to bring everything with you from the mainland. Hawai'i Beach Time rents everything beachy...
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#1 My father was a big, wild Irishman, and my mother was a German princess. They met in London when he was with the UN army, and they fell in love. They had a marriage of international proportions, like Germany marrying Ireland.
#2 My father, a drinker, would visit our house and turn off all the lights. He would point at someone if they were in the room and say, What...
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Book Preview: #1 I had a dream that was triggered by a condition I've suffered from my entire life. I would spend my summer vacations with my father, a traveling machinist for the Continental Can Company, who would take me and my mother and sister to visit canning factories in central and northern Wisconsin.
#2 I spoke to my father, who had died the previous year, on the off chance...
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Book Preview: In “San Fransicko” (2021), bestselling author Michael Shellenberger tackles the problem of increasing homelessness, especially in the city of San Francisco. He argues that the root cause isn't the absence of accommodation, money, or social aid programs, but the principles embedded in the minds of some people who acquire them either by experience or by identity. As...
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#1 I grew up in a remote Alaskan cannery, and my mail arrived by floatplane once a week. We lived seven miles from the village, and the route was hazardous because of the mercurial nature of our weather. We could be cut off from civilization for weeks at a time.
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Book Preview:Hillary Clinton is the mother figure to two women: her daughter Chelsea Clinton, and her longtime political staffer Huma Abedin.
In Abedin's Both/And , she tells of her unexpected rise into American politics after growing up in Saudi Arabia. A longtime aide to the Clinton family, she is now a longtime family friend as well. She helped Hillary run for president in both...
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Get the Summary of Sanjay Gupta's World War C in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Gupta argues that we need to prepare for a new era where pandemics will be more frequent, and possibly even more deadly. As the doctor who's been holding America's hand through the crisis with compassion, clarity, and well-earned wisdom, he gives you the unvarnished story behind the pandemic, including...
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Get the Summary of Mary L. Trump's The Reckoning in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Mary L. Trump is uniquely positioned to answer these difficult questions. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology specializing in trauma, has herself been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and happens to be Donald J. Trump's only niece. In The Reckoning, she applies her unique expertise to...