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Get the Summary of Ron Lieber's The Opposite of Spoiled in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Opposite of Spoiled" by Ron Lieber is a comprehensive guide for parents on how to discuss money with their children in a constructive and non-judgmental way. The book addresses the challenges parents face when children ask probing questions about family income, wealth, and the ability to help others. Lieber emphasizes...
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#1 The second half of the book ranges more widely over various topics that together inform and set the context of the biblical model of discipleship. Chapters 7, 8, and 12 were preached in Worcester College, Oxford, during the last two years of my chaplaincy there.
#2 The first half of the book is an invitation to do some homework. It grew out of my reading of the Bible,...
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Book Preview: #1 There are many ways to make money, and you don't need millions to start. The best way to make money is to simply be able to pay your bills.
#2 There are many ways to make money while still in high school that don't require a job. Some of them may even help you pay for college.
#3 The urge to start a business is a significant driving force in the make-up of every...
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Get the Summary of Scott Young's ‘Ultralearning’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: ‘Ultralearning’ explores this fascinating subculture, shares a proven framework for a successful ultralearning project, and offers insights into how you can organize and execute a plan to learn anything deeply and quickly, without teachers or budget-busting tuition costs.
Whether the goal is...
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Get the Summary of Andrea Lankford's Ranger Confidential in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Ranger Confidential" by Andrea Lankford offers an intimate look into the lives of park rangers, including the author's own experiences. It begins with Lankford handling a medical emergency in the Grand Canyon, highlighting the complex challenges rangers face. Lankford's journey as a ranger started after college, with her...
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#1 John Jackson McLaughry was a total badass. He wore his brown hair combed forward in the style of Clark Kent, the superhero alter ego of Superman. He had a Clark Kent smile. He could make people feel like they were in the right place at the right time when he was around. He was someone you wanted to be around. He was your older brother. This is how he introduced himself...
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Get the Summary of Mary Grabar's Debunking the 1619 Project in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: According the New York Times's "1619 Project," America was not founded in 1776, with a declaration of freedom and independence, but in 1619 with the introduction of African slavery into the New World. Ever since then, the "1619 Project" argues, American history has been one long sordid tale...
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#1 The media storm that erupted in 1956 upon the publication of a book titled “Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, Handbook I: Cognitive Domain”, was largely the result of a misused pyramid visual image. Today's college instructors often believe that the learning of facts and concepts comes beneath them, while higher cognitive...
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Get the Summary of Brad Raffensperger's Integrity Counts in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Raffensperger's defense of democracy made him a target of President Donald Trump for months following the election, culminating in an hour-long phone call in which the president told him, "I just want to find 11,780 votes," the exact number he needed to win Georgia's sixteen Electoral College...
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Get the Summary of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster's classic guide, a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.
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Get the Summary of Dorothy A. Brown's ‘The Whiteness of Wealth’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In ‘The Whiteness of Wealth’, Brown draws on decades of cross-disciplinary research to show that tax law isn't as color-blind as she'd once believed. She takes us into her adopted city of Atlanta, introducing us to families across the economic spectrum whose stories demonstrate...
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#1 The Cold War has been followed by a transatlantic class war between elites based in the corporate, financial, government, media, and educational sectors and disproportionately native working-class populists.
#2 Following the abandonment of communism, the global norm has been a mixed economy dominated by bureaucratic corporations, bureaucratic government, and bureaucratic...
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Get the Summary of Tara Westover's Educated in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent. When...
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Get the Summary of Jesse Watters's How I Saved the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes readers on a tour of his life from basement-dwelling Fox minion to pampered champion of right-thinking Americans. He has divined great truths about the nature of our country while stumbling across beaches asking oblivious college students basic political...
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Get the Summary of David Bach's The Automatic Millionaire, Expanded and Updated in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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The Automatic Millionaire starts with the powerful story of an average American couple- he's a low-level manager, she's a beautician-whose joint income never exceeds $55,000 a year, yet who somehow manage to own two homes debt-free, put two kids through college, and retire...
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#1 Incomes are getting lower every year. This will never stop, and relying on college, a job, promotions, security, and stability is a thing of the past. Meanwhile debt has gone straight up.
#2 The basic equation of all economics has been reversed. Supply is almost infinite, and demand has gone down. The rich are getting richer because of this.
#3 The rich get richer,...
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Get the Summary of Greg Harden's Stay Sane in an Insane World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: This is why hundreds of world-class athletes, doctors, lawyers, teachers, business leaders, college students, and professionals from all walks of life have come to him for advice and direction--including 7-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady, 23-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps, Heisman...
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Get the Summary of Liza Mundy's Code Girls in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Recruited by the US Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than 10,000 women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of codebreaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless...
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#1 Alex, an introvert, had set up his own videography studio. He didn't have a knack for sales, and he hated social situations. His discomfort with social situations persisted through high school and college.
#2 It can be difficult for introverts to act like extroverts. We are inwardly focused, and extroverts are outwardly focused. We recharge our batteries from being...
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#1 Lemon and his anti-Trump guests mocked the tens of millions of Americans who voted for Trump as being elitists who only know how to sip their lattes and know about other countries. They didn't care that Trump was from New York City.
#2 The media's small-minded approach to its job and routine dismissal of conservative and populist thought is a major reason America...
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