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Summary of Essentialism by Greg McKeown, Includes Analysis
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less is a self-help book by Greg McKeown. The book outlines a minimalist approach to tasks and obligations by focusing on truly important goals and learning to turn down opportunities that do not directly contribute to meeting those goals. The modern fixation with multitasking and having it all has paradoxically resulted in accomplished,...
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Summary of Believer by David Axelrod Includes Analysis
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David Axelrod was the son of Joseph Axelrod, who left Eastern Europe at the age of eleven, and his wife, Myril Davidson, also a daughter of Jewish immigrants. Joseph became a psychologist with a small practice that insisted on charging patients a minimal fee. He also occasionally administered psychological tests at settlement houses. Myril, on the other hand, rose to the top on Madison...
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Summary of John Adams by David McCullough Includes Analysis
David McCullough's John Adams is a biography designed to establish Adams's place beside, or even above, better known figures such as Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington in the pantheon of national founders. It was adapted into an HBO miniseries in 2008.
Adams was the son of a farmer in the small town of Braintree, Massachusetts. His family recognized his intelligence...
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Summary of Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins | Includes Analysis Preview: Awaken the Giant Within by motivational speaker Tony Robbins is a comprehensive self-help book designed for people who want to feel in control of all aspects of their lives and fulfill their greatest potential in their relationships, career, finances, and personal lives. Everyone is born with the capacity to be happy and achieve their greatest destiny, but not everyone...
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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 Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo Includes Analysis
Everybody's Fool, a novel by Richard Russo, is set in the fictional town of North Bath in upstate New York. There, over the course of one weekend, a crew of local eccentrics juggle long-standing grudges, acute crises, and surreal weather events to the best of their limited abilities. Along the way, readers learn about their troubled pasts.
At Hilldale Cemetery, Douglas Raymer, chief of...
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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 Gary Taubes's The Case Against Sugar by Instaread
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 for...
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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, Analysis & Review of Jonah Berger's Contagious by Instaread
Contagious: Why Things Catch On is a playbook for marketing in the internet age, when products and ideas live or die based on whether or not they can go viral. Author Jonah Berger describes six principles that, when applied together, can often predict whether an idea or product will spread.
Any product or idea can go viral. It doesn't take a big advertising budget or a celebrity...
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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...
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Summary of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Includes Analysis
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is a legal memoir by Bryan Stevenson. It is set in the 1980s and early 1990s and follows Stevenson's legal career as an advocate for Alabama prisoners who have been condemned to death, especially prisoners who have been wrongly condemned and unjustly treated by the legal system. Stevenson focuses on the case of Walter McMillian, a black man, who...
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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...
20) Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff | Summary & Analysis
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Inside this Instaread Summary & Analysis of Love Does • Summary of book • Introduction to the Important People in the book • Analysis of the Themes and Author's Style