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Get the Summary of Jack Weatherford's Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World in the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade,...
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Get the Summary of Thomas Piketty's “A Brief History of Equality” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the...
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#1 It's a book-length essay about Reagan's novels, which Byrne describes as insightful, thoughtful, and a valuable contribution to the literature of the American Dream. According to Byrne, these books were the first to argue that government should never intrude on the lives of Americans. They were also among the first to feature an African American family in a positive...
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Get the Summary of Matt Ridley's “The Rational Optimist” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Life is getting better at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down all across the globe. Though the world is far from perfect, necessities and luxuries alike are getting cheaper; population growth is slowing; Africa...
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Get the Summary of Jared Kushner's Breaking History in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Now, Kushner finally tells his story-a fast-paced and surprisingly candid account of how an earnest businessman with no political ambitions found himself pulled into a presidency that no one saw coming.
Breaking History takes readers inside debates in the Oval Office, double-crosses at the United...
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#1 Q is a cryptic figure claiming to be a military intelligence officer who posts purposely vague and cryptic messages on imageboards about an upcoming great purge of the deep state. It has a cult-like following, and is a conspiracy theory, but it also touches on aspects of cultic movements, new religions, Internet scams, and political doctrine.
#2 QAnon is...
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Get the Summary of Stephanie Land's Maid in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide...
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#1 When Nixon took office, America had been fighting for the past several years to defend South Vietnam from being taken over by the Communist regime of North Vietnam, which itself was supported by China and the Soviet Union. America's goal was to make sure South Vietnam and its neighbors in Southeast Asia did not fall into the Communist camp.
#2 In his first two years...
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#1 Fascist politics was the major political innovation of the twentieth century, and the source of much of its pain. It was the unexpected combination of dictatorship and popular enthusiasm that fascism was able to put together one short generation later.
#2 The word fascism is derived from the Italian word fascio, which refers to a bundle or sheaf. It was originally...
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#1 The couple was shot dead in their home. Their rings were taken, and their wallets and credit cards were stolen. They were covered in blankets, and their blood was seeping through the two layers.
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Get the Summary of Yeonmi Park's In Order to Live in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die - from starvation, or disease, or even execution.
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#1 You will begin by learning how to stay present. Once you have practiced the exercise suggested for being present, you can read about dissociation in the chapter.
#2 Being in the present is essential to learning, growing, and healing from a dissociative disorder. You may encounter a number of problems that interfere with being present, such as being under stress or...
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Get the Summary of Stephanie Land's Class in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples...
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#1 The concept of a good death is something that Catholics are familiar with. It is there in the catechism, the Catholic instruction manual. Occupy yourself with thoughts of death until you fall asleep. One can even pray to St Joseph in the hope that he will intercede when the time comes.
#2 Community hospitals do not have the facilities to support life-support machines...
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#1 Bob Feller's ascent from the cow pastures of Iowa to national prominence was as baffling as it was astonishing. He was a figure straight out of a dime-store novel, an adolescent dream come to life. In his first start with the Cleveland Indians, he tied the American League record of fifteen strikeouts in a single game.
#2 The color line between Feller and Paige was...
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#1 The People's Government in Urumqi, China, has a Population Data Collection Form that requires people to report information about their religious faith and travel habits. It also has a list of countries that are problematic for the regime.
#2 In China, the Party was preoccupied with the separatist threat. In Urumqi, the police would ask people about their religious...
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#1 Saying no is one of the most important skills you can develop. It allows you to pursue your own interests, both personal and professional. It boosts your productivity and improves your relationships.
#2 I was a people pleaser, and I was miserable. I would always say yes to help others, even if it meant sacrificing my own interests. It took me years to learn to say...
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#1 In 2012, I met with Michael Morell, the deputy director of the CIA, to discuss a sensitive story the Times was preparing to publish. I knew that the meeting would be difficult, as the US government was not yet ready to discuss the consequences of its decision to use cyberweapons against another state in peacetime.
#2 I had come to hear about which details of the Olympic...
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Get the Summary of Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian-American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's...
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#1 We are more likely to be told that we are a good person than anything else. We are taught that our worth lies in our physical appearance, which is never good enough. Our bodies are an integral part of us, and they impact the way we participate in the world.
#2 The body positive movement can sometimes focus too much on affirming beauty and not enough on deconstructing...
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