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Get the Summary of Toby Lester's The Fourth Part of the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Fourth Part of the World" by Toby Lester delves into the history of cartography and exploration, focusing on the evolution of the world map and the discovery of the Americas. The book begins with the medieval mappaemundi and the work of Brother Matthew Paris, who created maps that combined geography with Christian...
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Get the Summary of Sarah Raymond Herndon's Days On The Road in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Days on the Road" by Sarah Raymond Herndon is a detailed account of a journey across the plains in 1865. Herndon, part of the McMahan train, vividly describes the experiences and challenges faced by her group as they travel from Missouri to Montana. The narrative begins with the group's departure in May, filled with hope...
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Get the Summary of Douglas Brunt's The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Rudolf Diesel's early life in Paris was marked by his curiosity and exposure to technological innovations, such as the internal combustion engine at the 1867 Paris World's Fair. His family's move to London during the Franco-Prussian War exposed him to the harsh realities of industrial labor, fueling his resolve...
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Get the Summary of David Grann's The White Darkness in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In 2015, Henry Worsley, a retired British Army officer, embarked on a solo expedition across Antarctica to complete Ernest Shackleton's unfinished journey from a century ago. Worsley, hauling a 325-pound sled, faced extreme conditions, including temperatures of minus forty degrees Fahrenheit and treacherous crevasses. His trek...
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#1 The Freedom Sunday service at First Baptist Church, Dallas, was attended by thousands. But not everyone was happy about the billboards advertising the event, which quoted pastor Robert Jeffress as saying, America is a Christian nation.
#2 Americans hold a variety of orientations toward the intertwining of Christianity and American civil society. While most Americans...
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Get the Summary of Jim Popkin's Code Name Blue Wren in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Montes didn't just deceive her country. Her betrayal was intensely personal. Her mercurial father was a former US Army Colonel. Her brother and sister-in-law were FBI Special Agents. And her only sister, Lucy, also worked her entire career for the Bureau. The highlight of her distinguished 31 years...
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Get the Summary of Dan Bongino's The Gift of Failure in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In The Gift of Failure, leading conservative commentator Dan Bongino identifies failures in his life and how those failures led to bigger and better things. With the same laser-focused intensity that has made him one of America's most popular voices, Bongino uncompromisingly cuts to the heart of failure...
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Get the Summary of Miles Taylor's Blowback in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: What sounds like a political thriller-from shadowy presidential powers and CIA betrayals to angry henchmen and assassination plots-is instead America's political reality, as Taylor uses untold stories to shed light on the ex-President's unfulfilled plans, the dark forces haunting our civic lives, and how we...
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Get the Summary of Barbara Butcher's What the Dead Know in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Butcher (yes, that is her real name, and she has heard all the jokes) spent day in and day out investigating double homicides, gruesome suicides, and most heartbreaking of all, underage rape victims who had also been murdered. In What the Dead Know, she writes with the kind of New York attitude...
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Get the Summary of Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Democracy Awakening, Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. By weaponizing language and promoting false history they have led us into authoritarianism -- creating a disaffected...
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Get the Summary of Kash Pramod Patel's Government Gangsters in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A sinister cabal of corrupt law enforcement personnel, intelligence agents, and military officials at the highest levels of government plotted to overthrow a president. Even after they failed, they continue to secretly pull the levers of power without any accountability to the American people....
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Get the Summary of Cassidy Hutchinson's Enough in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Hutchinson was faced with a choice between loyalty to the Trump administration or loyalty to the country by revealing what she saw and heard in the attempt to overthrow a democratic election. She bravely came forward to become the pivotal witness in the House January 6 investigations, as her testimony transfixed...
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Get the Summary of Nathan Thrall's A Day in the Life of Abed Salama in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall tells the story of Abed Salama, a Palestinian man from Anata, and his experiences amid the Israeli occupation and Palestinian resistance. Abed's early life is marked by a secret romance with Ghazl, his involvement with the Democratic Front for the Liberation of...
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Get the Summary of Stephen Fry's Troy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Stephen Fry's "Troy" is a retelling of the Greek myths surrounding the Trojan War, a conflict that has captivated audiences for millennia. The book intertwines the fates of gods and mortals, with the city of Troy at the epicenter. The narrative traces the origins of Troy back to Dardanus, son of Zeus, and follows the lineage of kings, including...
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Get the Summary of Barbara W. Tuchman's The Proud Tower in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Proud Tower" by Barbara W. Tuchman is a richly detailed historical narrative that explores the social and political landscape of the Western world primarily between 1890 and 1914, leading up to World War I. The book delves into the lives of the aristocracy, the tensions between the old order and emerging political movements,...
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Get the Summary of Barbara W. Tuchman's The Guns of August in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Guns of August" by Barbara W. Tuchman chronicles the events leading up to and the initial weeks of World War I. The book begins with the grand funeral of King Edward VII in 1910, attended by European royalty and dignitaries, setting the stage for the complex web of alliances and rivalries that would soon lead to war....
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Get the Summary of Limor Regev's The Boy From Block 66 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Boy From Block 66" by Limor Regev is a poignant memoir that chronicles the life of Moshe Kessler, a Jewish boy from Carpatho-Russia, whose life was upended by the Holocaust. Born into a region with a shifting national identity, Moshe's early life in Berehovo was marked by a rich Jewish cultural and educational heritage....
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Get the Summary of Bill O'Reilly's Killing Patton in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Killing Patton" by Bill O'Reilly explores the life and mysterious death of General George S. Patton Jr., a prominent figure in World War II. The book delves into Patton's military campaigns, his aggressive and controversial leadership style, and his rivalry with other Allied commanders. It also examines the broader context of the...
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Get the Summary of Brenda Davies's The Girl Behind the Gates in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Girl Behind the Gates" by Brenda Davies tells the story of Nora Jennings, a young woman in wartime England who faces the repercussions of a secret pregnancy. After her father's violent reaction to her confession, Nora is committed to Hillinghurst Hospital, labeled a "moral defective." In the institution, she endures...
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Get the Summary of James Holland's Sicily 43 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Sicily 43" by James Holland offers a comprehensive account of the Allied invasion of Sicily, detailing the strategic planning, execution, and aftermath of Operation HUSKY. The narrative intertwines the experiences of soldiers, leaders, and civilians, highlighting the challenges of coalition warfare, the importance of air and naval power,...
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