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How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can't help but feel she's right back where she started. Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Elizabeth Blackburn's and Elissa Epel's The Telomere Effect by Instaread
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The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel describes advances in the field of gerontology and presents practical information on how to apply scientifically based guidance to daily life. An indicator of health and longevity is the condition of a person's telomeres, which are protective DNA that exists as cap-like structures...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Susan David's Emotional Agility by Instaread
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Emotional Agility by psychologist Susan David is a nonfiction self-help book designed to help people embrace difficult emotions that hold them back in life and work so that they can thrive even in the most challenging of situations. David outlines a four-part method for becoming emotionally agile. The four parts are facing emotions, creating distance from those emotions,...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Eric Schmidt's How Google Works and NOT the original book.
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In How Google Works (2014), Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg share some of the new perspectives on management they gained during their tenure at Google. Google's work culture has achieved iconic status and has become the subject of both admiration and parody...
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· Overview of the Book
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to David McCullough's 1776 and NOT the original book.
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1776 by David McCullough traces the military conflicts between the American and the British armies during the first 18 months of the Revolutionary War. The author chooses three of the war's most pivotal moments-the Battle of Dorchester Heights, the Battle of Long Island, and the Battle of Trenton-to tell a tale that's as much about luck, coincidence,...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robin Norwood's Women Who Love Too Much and NOT the original book.
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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...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Joel Fuhrman's MD The End of Dieting and NOT the original book.
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The End of Dieting by Dr. Joel Fuhrman is a nonfiction book that espouses a natural approach to nutrition, weight loss, and longevity. Dieting is ineffective for weight management...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Ray Kroc's Grinding It Out with Robert Anderson by Instaread
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Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's is Ray Kroc's rags-to-riches story of how he built the fast-food behemoth McDonald's from the ground up. His book has been widely recognized as a business executive's bible for how to succeed. Kroc narrates his life story and demonstrates how the grit and determination he used as a paper cup salesman led him...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Gary Taubes's The Case Against Sugar by Instaread
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The Case Against Sugar argues that sugar is a toxic substance responsible for a wide array of health problems including diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. Author Gary Taubes recounts the history of how sugar came to be cultivated and ultimately refined into the cheap, ubiquitous substance that is eaten globally today. He takes on the American sugar industry...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Richard P. Jacoby's & et al Sugar Crush and NOT the original book.
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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...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Tony Robbins's & et al Unshakeable and NOT the original book.
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Unshakeable (2017) by Tony Robbins with Peter Mallouk is a concise guide to smart investing for both experienced and novice investors. Those without plenty of investing experience often lose out financially because they don't understand the complex rules of the financial market and make uninformed choices, some of which are driven by fear...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad and NOT the original book.
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Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad (1997) is an educational story that contrasts the mindsets of the rich and the poor. The Poor Dad is the main character's biological father, who works as a college professor...
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· Overview of the Book
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· Important People
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Ryan Holiday's and Stephen Hanselman's The Daily Stoic by Instaread
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The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman is an introduction to the practical application of Stoic philosophy in the format of a daily devotional. Often derided as discouraging emotion, Stoicism is a philosophy that encourages discipline, fortitude, and control of perceptions. The greatest possession of a Stoic is reasoned choice,...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Chip Heath's & et al Made to Stick and NOT the original book.
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In Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (2007), educators and brothers Chip Heath and Dan Heath offer a guide for sharing ideas that stick with listeners. As a framework for their advice, they offer the acronym SUCCES, short for simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional, and stories....
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Lawrence Levy's To Pixar and Beyond by Instaread Preview: To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History is Lawrence Levy's personal account of how he and Steve Jobs turned a struggling animation company into a filmmaking powerhouse. Levy is the former Pixar chief financial officer. When Levy arrived at Pixar in 1995 at the behest of CEO Steve Jobs, the animation company was struggling....
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Emma Donoghue's The Wonder by Instaread
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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue is a novel about Elizabeth "Lib" Wright, a British nurse whose wits, beliefs, and compassion are tested during an unusual assignment in rural Ireland circa 1859. Lib's charge is Anna O'Donnell, an 11-year-old who allegedly hasn't had a bite to eat in four months. Dubious of this so-called miracle, Lib has just two weeks to uncover her young...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sam Walton's & et al Made in America and NOT the original book.
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Sam Walton: Made in America (1992) by Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton is an autobiographical account of how Walton, who came from modest means and grew up during the Great Depression, became the proprietor of the largest retailer in the United States. Walton's passion, ambition, and competitive spirit drove him to succeed...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of James D. Hornfischer's The Fleet at Flood Tide by Instaread
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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...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath by Instaread
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Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants is a book about perceived disadvantage. People with few resources or certain disadvantages may seem weak and unlikely to win. However, in many cases, the same factors that make underdogs seem weak gives them built-in advantages. Underdogs are much more likely to win than...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Don Tapscott's Blockchain Revolution and NOT the original book.
Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott describe the potential for blockchain systems to change the way that governments, banks, corporations, and private citizens manage everything from money to personal health data.
Blockchain systems are based on writings attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto, which is the pseudonym of an anonymous technologist.
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