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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Marin Katusa's The Rise of America
Marin Katusa identifies the geopolitical and economic headwinds that we all face in The Rise of America (2021), so that we can make the best decisions for our portfolios and our lives.
The United States of America is deeply divided politically and socially, with the economy hanging on the edge of a cliff. The idea of a bleak future seems to be spreading widely in many sectors....
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Inspired after binge-watching Downton Abbey, a British television show about the relationship between a titled family and their servants, journalist Kate Andersen Brower decided to take a close look at the upstairs-downstairs dynamic of America's grandest home, the White House, in her book, The Residence…
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Summary of Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire examines the intricate evolutionary relationship between plant cultivation and human desire. Author Michael Pollan explores this relationship by recounting the history of four plants that have been cultivated to meet four distinct human longings…
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Summary of Giulia Enders's Gut is a thorough introduction to the most recent scientific discoveries and theories about what happens in the human body's digestive system, from ingestion to digestion. Starting with the basic structure of the system, Enders explains the function of each digestive system part from the lingual tonsils to the glycocalyx and how each relies on the others….
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Devora Zack's Networking for People Who Hate Networking
Typical networking books are aimed at extroverts who already are familiar with the concept and enjoy going out and making connections. These how-to books, however, tend to feel like gibberish to introverts who want nothing to do with networking. In Networking for People Who Hate Networking (2010), Devora Zack reaches out to introverts and outlines effective...
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Summary of Napoleon Hill's The Path to Personal Power, in 1908 Napoleon Hill purportedly met American industrialist Andrew Carnegie. In a series of interviews, Carnegie laid out his secrets to success and charged Hill with seeking further wisdom from other successful individuals including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Dr. Elmer Gates…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Casey Wilson's The Wreckage of My Presence
Casey Wilson is an actress, comedian, mother, and above all, lifetime fan of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Wilson's book, The Wreckage of My Presence (2021), is her unflinching thoughts and feelings about a smattering of subjects, from cults and spin classes (which aren't all that different) to the reality of spiritual healers in Hollywood. But the book also...
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Summary of Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, and John Willis's The DevOps Handbook is a manual for technology companies looking to improve their ability to deliver high-value products to consumers. In the 1980s, Toyota revolutionized manufacturing with its application of the Lean production philosophy…
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Summary of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations are a series of reflections written by the famed Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180) as a personal diary. The aim of Aurelius' text was self-improvement through Stoicism, a philosophical movement that the emperor embraced and sought to internalize...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Steven Pinker's Rationality
Rationality is essential. It shapes decisions that affect our lives and the public, and is the greatest leader of moral advancement and social justice. In Rationality (2021), Steven Pinker refutes the cliché that human beings are an irrational species, eternally doomed with biases, errors, and illusions. After all, humans uncovered the unfathomable laws of nature, extended and enhanced...
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Summary of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel set in a version of the United States that has been overthrown by religious fundamentalists. In what was once most likely Massachusetts, under the militaristic regime of the Republic of Gilead, women no longer have civil rights or autonomy...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Nicholas Sparks's Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks's novel Safe Haven (2010) is a story of hope and love prevailing against abuse and distress. With a fake identity and very little money, a mysterious young woman named Katie arrives in Southport, North Carolina, leaving behind a life engulfed in torture and horror. As she tries to heal her scars and trust people again, she meets Alex, a widowed father of two, who...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Erin Meyer's The Culture Map
Culture differences impact all aspects of international interactions, and they are especially relevant in business. In The Culture Map (2014), Erin Meyer, an expert on cross-cultural management, breaks down cultural differences that impact business interaction into eight linear scales. She explains how and why countries are placed along the scales and offers useful strategies for...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Thick Nhat Hanh's The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
In The Heart of Buddha's Teaching (1998), Thich Nhat Hanh dives deeply into the teachings of Buddhism, bringing forth its accessibility and application in our daily lives. He covers the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, and much more, providing the fundamentals of Buddhist thought.
With eloquence and spirituality,...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mike Duncan's Hero of Two Worlds
In Hero of Two Worlds (2021), Mike Duncan takes readers on a ride down history to discover the life of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat and general who became an American hero. In his historical biography, Duncan highlights the political events that traced Lafayette's heroic life and how he profoundly contributed to the evolution of French and American society...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart (2021) by Michelle Zauner is a memoir about her upbringing as a Korean American struggling with her identity and dealing with the untimely death of her mother from cancer.
H Mart is an Asian supermarket chain that provides Zauner and other transplanted Asian-Americans the tastes, smells, and products of their home countries and families. For Zauner, food was...