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Summary of Bobby Bones's Bare Bones whose birth name is Bobby Estell, looks back on his life so far. Bobby, who was 36 at the time of its 2016 publication, reflects on his successful and storied career, which has spanned three radio stations. He also explains how his difficult childhood has had an ambivalent legacy in his adult life: it has fueled his near-superhuman work ethic and severely stunted his personal relationships.
Bobby was raised by his...
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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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Summary of Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin's Five Presidents is a memoir by Clint Hill. It details his experiences as a Secret Service agent from 1958 until his retirement in 1975. The book discusses what it was like to work with each of the five presidents and offers a character sketch of each. It also examines the challenges of providing presidential security.
Hill joined the Secret Service in 1958. He quickly moved up the ranks and was soon working...
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Summary of Jaycee Dugard's Freedom is the sequel to the memoir A Stolen Life (2011) by Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped in 1991 at age 11 and held captive in a hidden backyard compound in California for 18 years. In Freedom, she narrates her reintegration into mainstream society.
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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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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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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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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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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 Jean Edward Smith's Bush is a biography of George W. Bush, the forty-third president of the United States. Bush was a talented politician with a sincere commitment to domestic policy issues such as education and Medicare expansion. However, his decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003 was disastrous. It undermined his presidency and his legacy.
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Kayleigh McEnany's For Such a Time as This
If someone had told Kayleigh McEnany when she was in college that Donald Trump someday would ask her to become the White House press secretary, as a pandemic ravaged the world, she wouldn't have believed it.
In For Such a Time as This (2021), McEnany traces her remarkable path from college into the media and politics. As she chronicles her time in the White House, she...
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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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Summary of Ron Chernow's Washington is a Pulitzer Prize-winning account of George Washington's life from birth to death. It is based on newly available archival material from the most recent edition of Washington's papers, which allows Chernow to focus on Washington as a public and especially as a private figure. For example, the biography dwells on Washington's relationship with his difficult mother, Mary.
Washington was known for his tight self-control...
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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 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 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 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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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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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 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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