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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, 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 Sylvia Tara's The Secret Life of Fat by Instaread
The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You is a thorough summary and synthesis of recent research surrounding the science of human fat. Author Sylvia Tara explores the many intricacies of fat including its composition, its functions as a bodily organ, and its seemingly indomitable ability to persist and grow...
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Summary of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: by Oliver Sacks Includes Analysis Preview.
In this edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks, M.D. brings together more than two dozen narratives of patients with many different neurological impairments. The narratives illuminate medical details of the diseases while illustrating how those diseases play out in a patient's thoughts and actions, bringing a more human aspect to...
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Summary of Crippled America by Donald Trump Incudes Analysis
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Much has been written about Donald Trump and his campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination for president. But what does the billionaire builder and media personality himself have to say about what America's greatest problems are? And just as important, what solutions does he offer to address these issues? Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again offers a revealing...
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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 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 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 of Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger Includes Analysis
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger is an historical account of one of the earliest wars the United States fought as a newly independent nation, against the Barbary nations of North Africa. Though lesser known than other wars the US has fought over the years,...
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Summary of Deep Work by Cal Newport Includes Analysis
Deep Work describes a method of engaging with one's professional efforts in a full and immersive manner to produce better results. This type of focused effort does not require longer hours. Instead, a seasoned practitioner can accomplish more in a shorter time frame. Furthermore, the product of this working style will be of a higher quality than what others produce when they attempt to work while...
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Summary of Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler | Includes Analysis Preview: Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler is a coming-of-age story set in New York City. Over the course of a year, 22-year-old Tess, a girl straight out of small-town middle America, arrives in New York City, creates a niche for herself in the glitzy, fast-paced Manhattan restaurant scene, falls in love, and has her heart broken. Smart, pretty Tess arrives in her car in New York in June...
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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 Lab Girl by Hope Jahren Includes Analysis
In her memoir Lab Girl, Hope Jahren describes the life she's lived and the knowledge she's learned as a scientist trying to find her way in the world. Focusing mostly on a period of professional development that stretches from 1997 to 2008, the bulk of the narrative follows Jahren from her first appointment as a professor in Atlanta to her current job at the University of Hawaii. Navigating personal...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Bernie Sanders's Our Revolution by Instaread
In Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders outlines his career and political ideals. The book includes an autobiographical sketch of his early life, a discussion of his 2016 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, and a summary of his views on important national issues. Sanders believes that the wealthy control government institutions...