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Summary, Analysis & Review of Chip and Joanna Gaines's The Magnolia Story with Mark Dagostino by Instaread Preview: The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna "Jo" Gaines, with Mark Dagostino, is the true tale of how the husband-and-wife team, stars of the HGTV show Fixer Upper, built a life together in Waco, Texas. Starting with their first date, which was about 15 years before the book's publication in 2016, the couple traces the development of their...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Chris Hayes's A Colony in a Nation and NOT the original book. Preview: A Colony in a Nation is Chris Hayes's treatise against police brutality, which persisted and continued to develop after Jim Crow laws were dismantled in the 1960s. This police brutality has been endured mostly by people of color... Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights from the Book • Important People •...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Vanessa Van Edwards's Captivate and NOT the original book. Preview: Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People (2017) by Vanessa Van Edwards is a collection of tips and tricks, or hacks, aimed at creating more meaningful and productive social interactions. Interpersonal skills are acquired, not innate... Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights from the Book • Important...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and NOT the original book. Preview: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) is a serious examination of four approaches to food production in the United States: industrial, industrial organic, sustainable, and foraging. Author Michael Pollan tries to resolve what he calls the omnivore's dilemma, or the problem of deciding what and how to eat from among...

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 one of the great American leaders, comparable to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. His reputation has fallen over time, but author Ronald White aims to restore him to his former glory. Grant...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robin Norwood's Women Who Love Too Much and NOT the original book. Preview: In Women Who Love Too Much (1985), marriage and family therapist Robin Norwood offers guidance for women with destructive relationship patterns. Though they might not realize it, "women who love too much" are addicted to their partners like an alcoholic is addicted to alcohol... Inside this companion to the book: · Overview of the Book ·...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Richard P. Jacoby's & et al Sugar Crush and NOT the original book. Preview: Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health is Dr. Richard P. Jacoby's treatise against sugar. Sugar is the direct cause of many common health ailments including the obesity and diabetes epidemics in the United States. Sugar Crush outlines the damage that sugar inflicts on the body, describes how...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Amy Myers's The Thyroid Connection and NOT the original book. Preview: The Thyroid Connection by functional medicine doctor Amy Myers is a self-help book for people who suffer from thyroid dysfunction or suspect that they do. Myers took up her mission to help others understand thyroid conditions when she was in medical school and was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune condition that results in hyperthyroidism,...

Summary, Analysis & Review of Steve Harvey's Jump by Instaread 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 their dreams. Too many people believe that leaving an unsatisfying job or relationship is too great a chance to take. They think that they can't start over or that they'll go broke and...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Paco Underhill's Why We Buy and NOT the original book. Preview: In Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping (1999), Paco Underhill details the factors that influence consumer choices and preferences and explains how retailers tailor the environment to induce people to spend. Underhill's team closely studied every detail of shoppers' interactions with the retail environment to find out what inhibits or encourages spending... Inside...