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Summary of David Allen's Getting Things Done is the revised second edition of a book on organization and productivity originally published in 2001. Allen takes readers through the implementation of his method for personal and professional productivity, beginning with the various messy piles of incomplete tasks many people have lying around and creating structured, trustworthy systems for capturing new tasks and deciding on the next action to take…...
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As he was turning 90, Jimmy Carter decided it was a good time to write a book about his life. He has written previous books about specific times or events, from life on his childhood farm to his four years as president. This latest memoir spans his youth, his naval career, his years as an agricultural businessman, as a local and national politician, and, finally, his later life as a peace activist and humanitarian. A Full Life combines these recollections...
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Summary of Khloé Kardashian's Strong Looks Better Naked is a hybrid memoir-lifestyle book in which reality TV star Khloé Kardashian shares hard-won and heartfelt lessons about taking care of her body, mind, and heart. She shares tips about healthy living, including recipes, her favorite forms of exercise, her musical playlists, and the daily routine that keeps her grounded even as she manages the pressures of continually being in the media glare....
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jimmy Soni's The Founders
Jimmy Soni's The Founders (2022) is the remarkable success story of one of the world's largest online payment systems and the entrepreneurs who turned what seemed like an overambitious vision into reality. Sonic chronicles how PayPal's turbulent start threatened the company's whole existence, amid heated competition and a ceaseless fight for power.
PayPal resulted from the historic...
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Summary of Chris Hadfield's An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth tells the Canadian astronaut's life story and offers practical life advice based on this professional experience. Focusing on his training and his third and final mission to space, Hadfield demonstrates how the unusual way in which astronauts work is surprisingly applicable to everyday life…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's Peril
One of the most perilous moments in American history was the transitioning from President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.
But, as #1 New York Times bestselling author Bob Woodward and renowned journalist Robert Costa disclose in Peril (2021), it was far more than a national political crisis. This study takes readers deep into the Trump White House, the Biden White House,...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Kerry Brown's CEO, China
Kerry Brown's CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping (2016) is an analysis of power in modern China and a biography of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president of the People's Republic of China. Brown argues that the power of Xi's party stems from its belief systems and its goal of achieving a powerful and prosperous China. Xi is not only a political leader:...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Ron Chernow's Titan.
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1) The most extensive quest for John D. Rockefeller's ancestors leads to a ninth-century French family known as the Roquefeuilles, who supposedly lived in a castle.
2) The German lineage of the Rockefellers, on the other hand, can be traced back to the early 1600s in the Rhine valley.
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Kevin Hart & Neil Strauss's I Can't Make This Up
I Can't Make This Up (2017) is superstar comedian Kevin Hart's funny, heartbreaking, and inspiring memoir about survival, achievement, and the value of believing in yourself. Written with bestselling author Neil Strauss, the memoir starts with Hart's childhood and chronicles all the obstacles he has faced. His father was a heroin addict who was in and out of jail,...
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Summary of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks chronicles the life, death, and immortality of Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman whose cervical cancer cells became one of the most important factors in bringing about important scientific and medical advancements in the twentieth century. Her family, however, did not know until much later that researchers were using Henrietta's cells in their experiments. When the family learned...
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Summary of Claudia Kalb's Andy Warhol was a Hoarder offers 12 short biographies of famous individuals, focusing on their individual struggles with mental illness. The biographies are used to help illustrate and provide information about different mental disorders, such as OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and gambling addiction. In turn, the discussion of mental illness provides insight into the personalities of notable historical individuals, including...
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Summary of 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 published in 2001 and won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. It was adapted into an HBO miniseries in 2008.
Adams was the son of a farmer in the small town of Braintree, Massachusetts....
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Jamie Foxx's Act Like You Got Some Sense
In his new memoir, Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me (2021), Oscar-winning actor and musician Jamie Foxx opens up about his childhood in Texas, trying to make it in the entertainment industry, and his numerous pitfalls raising his two daughters.
He recalls how he was brought up by his strict tough-loving grandparents, who were also his...
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Summary of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential recounts his transformation from an affluent child who sampled French cuisine during summer vacation to a rough-and-tumble chef who oversaw doomed and flourishing kitchens alike. Kitchen Confidential reveals the often disgusting environments where chefs sling out expensive meals for high-paying customers...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mary L. Trump's The Reckoning
In The Reckoning (2021), Mary L. Trump pinpoints the cumulative racial and social traumas that are imprinted on the American psyche, including the latest ones inflicted by Donald Trump's presidential term and the COVID outbreak. Mary Trump, a psychologist who is the former president's niece, shares a general historical overview of the main problem that continues to haunt America...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Clayborne Carson's The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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1) Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in a black, religious, lower-middle-class neighborhood.
2) His household situation was pleasant. His parents, Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King, were Christian people of profound integrity. They taught him the importance...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Tom Clavin's Lightning Down
A lot has been written about World War II: the triumphs, the tribulations, and the horrors. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down (2021) includes all three, as he covers the incredible story of Joseph "Joe" Moser, an American pilot who survived his stay at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Buchenwald is one of the most infamous German concentration camps, not for its sheer size, but the absolutely...
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Summary of Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark describes author Michelle McNamara's quest to identify a California serial killer who committed a rash of rapes and murders during the 1970s and 1980s. The book examines both the serial killer's crimes and the efforts made by law enforcement and amateur detectives to identify him...
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Summary of Henry Marsh's Do No Harm is neurosurgeon Henry Marsh's memoir, with a particular focus on his mistakes and regrets.
Marsh admits that he grew up privileged. He began his college career studying English, but quit school due to an unrequited love. He took a job working in a mining town hospital, an experience that inspired him to become a surgeon. He returned to Oxford to finish his degree and then attended the Royal Free Medical School in...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Dave Grohl's The Storyteller
In his memoir The Storyteller (2021), Dave Grohl sheds light on his life in the music industry, as a kid from Springfield, Virginia, who saw his heart's deepest and most passionate desires slowly turn into reality. He chronicles the most significant phases of his career: his early interest in music and drumming, touring with his favorite childhood band Scream, becoming a member of...
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