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Get the Summary of Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger's Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Co-authors Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger have combined talents in the telling of yet another classic piece of American history. A punchy narrative of violence and liberation, the team has catapulted this renowned piece of history from bland textbook factual...
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Get the Summary Joseph E. Stiglitz's The Price of Inequality in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The top 1 percent of Americans control some 40 percent of the nation's wealth. But, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in this best-selling critique of the economic status quo, this level of inequality is not inevitable. Rather, in recent years well-heeled interests have compounded their wealth...
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Book Preview: Sam Quinones's “The Least of Us” (2021) is an in-depth analysis of drug use and addiction in America, and how it has been exacerbated by Mexican smugglers, drug traffickers, and pharmaceutical companies. Quinones chronicles the American opioid epidemic and explores the far-reaching damage generated by the meth and fentanyl crises. This follow-up to his bestseller...
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Get the Summary of Liza Mundy's The Sisterhood in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Sisterhood" by Liza Mundy chronicles the experiences of women in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the CIA, highlighting their significant yet often overlooked contributions to American intelligence. The book begins with the OSS's recruitment and training of a diverse workforce during World War II, emphasizing the inclusion...
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Get the Summary of Joe Biden's Promise Me, Dad in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a much-needed respite, a time...
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Get the Summary of Heather Cox Richardson's How the South Won the Civil War in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "How the South Won the Civil War" by Heather Cox Richardson offers a comprehensive examination of American democracy's evolution, highlighting the enduring influence of oligarchic values from the Civil War through the mid-20th century. The narrative begins with the depiction of Western individualism and...
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Get the Summary of Neil deGrasse Tyson & Avis Lang's Accessory to War in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. "The overlap is...
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Get the Summary of Thomas Sowell's Discrimination and Disparities in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Thomas Sowell's bestselling book Discrimination and Disparities is his empirical examination of how the economic disparities and other disparities arise. Different outcomes like economic and others have a big difference depending on the individuals, their groups or their nations. Many...
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Get the Summary of Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund's Factfulness in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The summary of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong about the World and Why Things Are Better than You Think, by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, and Ola Rosling is meant to update our knowledge of the world, to reveal the instincts that shape our perception,...
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Get the Summary of Luke Harding's Collusion in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Luke Harding is vicious when telling the truth and speaks about Russian and American players without holding anything back. He also exposes how the Russians helped Donald Trump secure his victory. Espionage, money laundering, and computer hacking, sketchy real estate, you'll learn all about these topics on...
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Get the Summary Johann Hari's Chasing the Scream in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, not knowing what to do, he set out and traveled over 30,000 miles over three years to discover what really causes addiction-and...
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Get the Summary Sheelah Kolhatkar's Black Edge in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: It's common knowledge these days that Wall Street has a lot to answer for. After the events of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, one would hope that governments would crack down on the excesses at the heart of global finance.
Sadly, that simply has not been the case, and the injustice of this state of affairs...
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Get the Summary of Michael Harriot's Black AF History in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Black AF History" by Michael Harriot is a comprehensive examination of the often-ignored contributions and experiences of Black Americans throughout the nation's history. Harriot begins with personal anecdotes about his Uncle Junior, who instilled in him a skepticism that would shape his understanding of America's past. He...
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Get the Summary of Yaroslav Trofimov's Our Enemies Will Vanish in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Our Enemies Will Vanish" by Yaroslav Trofimov is a comprehensive account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent war. The book details the initial Russian expectations of a quick victory and the annexation of Crimea, followed by the Ukrainian revolutions that sought closer ties with the European Union....
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Get the Summary of S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia...
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