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#1 In early February 1900, the SS Norge arrived in New York harbor, carrying five hundred Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish passengers. The ship was carrying young William McKinley, the president. Theodore Roosevelt, the governor of New York, had signed a treaty for building a canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
#2 Knudsen was a skilled mechanic, and he knew America...
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Get the Summary of Ruth Haley Barton's Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
Each chapter includes a spiritual practice to ensure your soul gets the nourishment it needs. Forging and maintaining a life-giving connection with God is the best choice you can make for yourself and for those you lead.
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#1 The way a fire burns is important. Some fuels burn in short, concentrated bursts, while others burn over a longer, slower period. Fuel can be treated in a number of ways to alter its nature and behavior within the fire.
#2 The smith's forge is a great demonstration of the possibilities of fire. Working with coal, the smith can create a fairly shallow fire that is...
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Book Preview: #1 The two men were looking for a schooner that was small enough to be handled by four sailors, but strongly built as well. They wanted the ship to be cheap, since they had little funding for the ambitious venture they planned.
#2 The two men, François Raynal and Thomas Musgrave, were looking for a ship to take them on their adventure. They found the Grafton, a coal...
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Get the Summary of Alex Prud'homme's Dinner with the President in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Dinner with the President" by Alex Prud'homme is a comprehensive exploration of the culinary habits and food policies of American presidents, from George Washington's austere meals at Valley Forge to the complex relationship between food and politics in the White House. The book delves into the personal tastes of presidents,...
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Get the Summary of Joe Posnansk's Why We Love Baseball in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Why We Love Baseball" by Joe Posnanski is a heartfelt exploration of baseball's most memorable moments and the emotional connections they forge. Posnanski intertwines personal anecdotes with historical events, capturing the essence of the sport through various lenses. From Joe Mantegna's awe at Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout game...
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Get the Summary of The Editors of TIME's TIME The Science of Relationships in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
It's only natural: people are fundamentally social creatures, yearning for close, meaningful bonds with others. We crave and consequently forge human relationships that give our lives meaning. In fact, thousands of studies have linked the quality of people's closest relationships to better health, longevity,...
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Get the Summary of Geoff Duncan's GOP 2.0 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: GOP 2.0 is Geoff Duncan's vision, forged by his unexpected struggle for the party's future. In his words, "GOP 2.0 is not a new party — it's a better direction for our Republican Party." In this refreshing and reinvigorating new book, a leader who has been through the fire lays out a better way forward, one...
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Get the Summary of Scott Cook's Operation Snare Drum in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Operation Snare Drum" follows the intense wartime experiences of Arthur Turner, second-in-command of the submarine Tautog, and later the Bull Shark. The narrative captures the tension and camaraderie aboard the submarine as Turner and his crew navigate the perils of underwater combat, facing Japanese and German naval forces....
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Get the Summary of Lisa Gable's Turnaround in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: For more than 30 years, Lisa Gable has been called to turnaround failing organizations-businesses, teams, nonprofits, political campaigns, and government projects-and solve seemingly intractable problems. From Silicon Valley to Washington DC, she's seen it all. Over time, she's learned the key to course-correct...
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Get the Summary of Kate Zernike's The Exceptions in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Exceptions" chronicles the journey of Nancy Doe, a Radcliffe College student with a passion for molecular biology, against the backdrop of the 1960s and beyond, a time of significant societal change and the rise of the women's movement. Nancy's story unfolds within the male-dominated world of science, where she aspires to work...
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#1 The mystery that concerns us is the uncovering and opening up of a master blueprint that lies behind the events of the modern world. It has no animus against anyone with whom it corresponds or involves. It is the unveiling of a mystery that has affected our lives and times.
#2 The Paradigm is the other dimension and realm of The Harbinger. It arises from the same...
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Get the Summary of Mustafa Suleyman's The Coming Wave in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In The Coming Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces will create immense prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms on one side, the threat of overbearing surveillance...
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Get the Summary of Hasard Lee's The Art of Clear Thinking in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the world with fewer than one in a thousand succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000 mph means that every split-second decision can have catastrophic consequences. This extreme environment...
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Get the Summary of Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile's The Road Back to You in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships, and even keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts?
The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human...
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Get the Summary of Evan Osnos' Joe Biden in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest-fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses and disappointments that he has suffered.
Yet even as Biden's life has been shaped by drama, it...
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Get the Summary of Marin Katusa's The Rise of America in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Doom and gloom is the predominant sentiment in America. It has become widely accepted within the investment, political, and media sectors that America is on the decline and that China will drive the global agenda in the 21st century.
To which I say, not so fast. This book carefully examines the trends...
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Get the Summary of David Corn's American Psychosis in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A fast-paced, rollicking, behind-the-scenes account of how the GOP since the 1950s has encouraged and exploited extremism, bigotry, and paranoia to gain power, American Psychosis offers readers a brisk, can-you-believe-it journey through the netherworld of far-right irrationality and the Republican Party's...
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#1 The Continental Army was a disaster. It was poorly disciplined, and the soldiers were starving. The camp needed 30,000 pounds of bread and an equivalent amount of meat daily. In addition, the soldiers were promised a gill of whiskey a day.
#2 John Marshall, a lieutenant from the Culpeper regiment of rural Virginia, was one of the few soldiers who seemed upbeat. He...
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#1 The book A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington was published by priest Mason Locke Weems in 1800. It was a commercial venture, and it worked. The book sold well, going through some eighty editions.
#2 The story of Washington kneeling in the snow at Valley Forge is a lie. There is no historical evidence to support it. Washington...
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