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#1 Imagine a box with a set of objects in it that represent your fundamental qualities. Imagine that each object is more than just an object. To help you figure out your essence, imagine a box with a set of objects in it that represent your fundamental qualities. Each object is more than just an object.
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Book Preview: #1 I wanted to write a book about raising the perfect dog, and I wanted it to have a personal touch. I wanted to illustrate how raising puppies as naturally as possible will prevent problems and issues in the future.
#2 Pit bulls are not born aggressive, but they can be made that way by their owners. They are not wild animals, but they are not domesticated pets like...
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#1 The Chinese Politburo Standing Committee, the seven men who lead the country, is chosen almost entirely behind closed doors. The run-up to this particular selection process was particularly fraught, as it was the first time in two-and-a-half decades that the general secretary of the CCP was not hand-selected by Deng Xiaoping.
#2 The new members of the Politburo were...
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Get the Summary of Dean Nelson's Talk to Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro" by Dean Nelson is a comprehensive guide to the art of interviewing. Drawing from his own experiences and those of other professionals, Nelson emphasizes the importance of a central idea to steer both writing and interviewing. He illustrates...
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Book Preview: #1 The roots of Western philosophy can be found in the work of Greek philosophers during the fifth and sixth centuries. These philosophers, later referred to as pre-Socratic, started to question the world around them. Rather than attributing their surroundings to the Greek gods, they searched for more rational explanations.
#2 The term pre-Socratic refers to the differences...
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#1 Take a nap. The truth is, coming up with ideas is hardest in the first few hours of waking up. It's not unusual for me to try to write down an idea in the shower, only to realize after I've written it down that it's a terrible idea. By the time your coffee cup is cold and you're out of the shower, you've forgotten whatever you were going to write down-and while it's...
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#1 The new conception of human sickness and health is based on the assumptions that we have an essential, biologically based inner nature that is good or neutral, and that it is best to bring this out and encourage it rather than to suppress it.
#2 The classical approach to personality problems considers them to be problems in an undesirable sense. Struggle, conflict,...
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#1 The American linguist Noam Chomsky has a very difficult time explaining how his linguistic theories are connected to his political criticisms of American imperialism. His approach is straightforward, and anyone can do it.
#2 The elitist claim that only intellectuals can produce insightful analyses of social issues is false. In fact, the social sciences are accessible...
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#1 The relationship between alcohol and war has been long and intimate. While alcohol has helped soldiers prepare for combat, it has also made them unreliable and self-destructive. It has helped civilian populations endure wartime hardships, but it has also provoked charges that it undermines worker productivity.
#2 The importance of alcohol for war can be seen in the...
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#1 I had been on the job for a few months when I was assigned the task of voting on early decision applications. The process seemed straightforward, but actually voting-that was another story. The thing is, when it comes to college admissions, there are no clear-cut answers. No easy answers. The decision-making process is a messy, complicated, and imprecise art. The...
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Get the Summary of Frances Mayes's A Place in the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Place in the World" by Frances Mayes is a rich tapestry of personal reflections on home, history, and the deep connections to place. Mayes recounts her experiences with Chatwood, a farmhouse in North Carolina, and its transformation over time. She delves into the history of the land, the surrounding community of Hillsborough,...
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#1 We all have strategies to keep us from hearing our own voices. It's easier to drink wine and watch TV than it is to try and figure out why this voice is urging us to quit our jobs, set new boundaries in our old friends, or let go of some stability or security that has given us peace for years.
#2 The Hang-Up is the fear of expressing ourselves honestly. We try to...
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#1 The Oxford comma is the comma you see before the and in a list. It is highly encouraged by The Chicago Manual of Style, but The Associated Press Stylebook, which governs a lot of what you see in newspapers, doesn't advocate using it unless it's necessary for clarity. I believe strongly in The Chicago Manual of Style, and I use it often. It is a great resource, and...
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#1 I biked from Mexico to Canada and back with the migrating monarch butterflies.
#2 The monarch butterfly is an ectothermic animal that matches its environment temperature. As temperatures drop, they become unable to move and can't seek out microclimates such as tree trunks.
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#1 A good sex scene is a dialogue scene with physical details. It should be a sensual detail rather than a overtly sexual one. The Rule of Three can help you make a scene vivid and three-dimensional: if you use any three of the five senses, it will make the scene immediately three-dimensional.
#2 When he came to her, he found that she didn't want gentleness or courting....
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#1 I wrote three pieces that became a book called Encounters with the Archdruid. I had been writing profiles for more than a decade at Time magazine and then at The New Yorker, and I was desperate to escalate.
#2 I decided to do a double profile, through a process similar to the one I described above. I would meet myself coming the other way. I would not be able to do...
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#1 The Vikings had discovered Greenland in the search for more land, and turned its stock of walrus and narwhals into a global enterprise. They had then launched even farther west, and discovered sailing routes from Europe to North America five hundred years before Columbus.
#2 The story of Iceland begins with exile. Like many people, I used to romanticize stormy ocean...
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#1 The book was made into a movie in 1958, and it was groundbreaking for its frankness on sexual matters at the time. It was seen as a testament to the unwritten law, which stated that a husband who found another man in bed with his wife was justified in killing him. But the law was a myth.
#2 Anatomy of a Murder is a film noir, and it is largely because of its atmospheric,...
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#1 There were many who thought it was my duty to make immediate amends by post-dating Corti's climb, rehabilitating him. But I felt my duty was to be a true friend to all the world's climbers, particularly the younger generation.
#2 The confusion in Corti's report was not due to the intense nervous strain and nights of delirium on the Face, but rather because his mental...
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#1 Music is a vast genre that can be defined as organized sound. It can be traditional, like the great masters, or it can be avant-garde, like Francis Dhomont, Robert Normandeau, or Pierre Schaeffer.
#2 The muscial terms I'll be using are pitch, rhythm, tempo, and contour. Pitch is a purely psychological construct related to the actual frequency of a particular tone...
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