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Book Preview: For years now, digital technologies have been exploiting our online data to control our decisions and thoughts, but enough harm has been done. To regain power, we must first protect our privacy.
Carissa Véliz's “Privacy Is Power” (2020) is a wake-up call about the dangers of the digital age in which we live. Véliz highlights security breaches and privacy violations...
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Book Preview: Fiona Hill has a unique perspective of the world, having spent time in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Russia. She has seen the good and bad of all three countries and realized that the three aren't all that different.
In There Is Nothing for You Here, Hill explains the three countries' post-industrial struggles after World War II, framed within the context...
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#1 The world's most successful lover, Casanova, was born in Venice, Italy, in 1725. He died in 1798. He had sexual encounters with 122 women over the course of his travels across Europe as a clergyman, soldier, violinist, and magician.
#2 The Science of Social Dynamics is about more than just seduction and sexual conquest. It encompasses making friends with men and...
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Get the Summary of John C. Maxwell's The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Are there tried and true principles that are always certain to help a person grow? John Maxwell says the answer is yes. He has been passionate about personal development for over fifty years, and for the first time, he teaches everything he has gleaned about what it takes to reach...
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Book Preview: #1 The first steps towards financial freedom are learning how to spend less and save more, two things that will make you feel satisfied with your life and your financial situation.
#2 If you are going to pursue money, do so for a reason. Money should only be a process used to obtain your goals, not the means itself.
#3 Money can add pleasure to people's lives, but it...
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#1 The Roman Empire was based around the city of Rome, which was situated on the coast of the Bay of Naples. Pliny the Elder, an admiral, was in charge of maintaining and fitting out the boats that served primarily as protectors of the seas off Italy.
#2 Pliny the Elder was a friend of Rectina, who lived beneath Vesuvius. She was terrified, and begged him to help her...
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Get the Summary Gene Kim's ‘The Unicorn Project’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In, ‘The Unicorn Project’, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy...
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Book Preview: #1 I was 45 years old, unmarried, and my waistline was long since vanished. But today, I thought, the maroon dress looked very smart. I was going to the party with Betsie, who was seven years older than me.
#2 I had loved to step into the customers' part of the shop with its glass case full of watches. It was still dark outside because the shutters had not been drawn...
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#1 The keto diet is based on the idea that when you drastically reduce your carbohydrate intake and instead consume 80 percent of your daily calories from fat, your body shifts into a unique metabolic state called ketosis. In ketosis, the liver converts fat into ketones, which can be used to power the body and brain instead of glucose.
#2 Some of my patients have even...
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Book Preview: Would you know what to do if the apocalypse hit and you were the only one capable of taking care of your injured loved ones?
“The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide” (2015) is a how-to book written by Joseph Alton, a doctor, and his wife, Amy Alton, an advanced nurse practitioner. The main aim is to train the average person in survival medicine. Whether you are in...
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#1 Becoming multi-orgasmic is one of the greatest gifts a man can give his partner. It will help women to understand their partners if they also read this chapter. It will help them to understand how their partners are developing and how they can help them achieve multiple orgasms.
#2 To become a multi-orgasmic man, you must understand that orgasm and ejaculation are...
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Book Preview: #1 The practice of wearing masks outdoors is completely irrational. There is no evidence that any significant number of people have caught a respiratory infection by being outdoors.
#2 Women are not disproportionately victims of violent crime. In fact, they are more vulnerable due to their higher degree of empathy and attachment to others, especially the most vulnerable.
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Get the Summary of Mary L. Trump's The Reckoning in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Mary L. Trump is uniquely positioned to answer these difficult questions. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology specializing in trauma, has herself been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and happens to be Donald J. Trump's only niece. In The Reckoning, she applies her unique expertise to...
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Book Preview: As a man with severe addiction to gambling, card counting, and cocaine, Mike Lindell made terrible life choices that ultimately cost him his wife, family, and financial stability. However, even as he was drowning in despair, God revealed himself in his life and showed him the miracles he could do, if only he had a flicker of hope.
“What Are the Odds?” traces the...
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Book Preview: The Westernized diet has spread all across the world, bringing along acne, diabetes, infertility, and cancer. It is time we change our diets for the better.
Neal Barnard's “Your Body in Balance” explains how the typical meat-reliant, processed food diet is affecting our health. While there are always new medications to help treat physical and emotional ailments,...
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Book Preview:The preoccupation with efficiency and optimization in big tech companies has come at the expense of core human values.
System Error (2021) lays forth actions that may be taken to alter the future, rebuild our democracy, and save humanity. Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy M. Weinstein uncover the source of our present predicament: how big tech's obsessive drive...
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Book Preview: #1 I was born in 1944, a child of Dr. Spock, a child of the Cold War. My parents were cold too but devoted to their kids and their education. In 1954, we moved to San Francisco, where my father had sensed the necessity for a better education.
#2 I graduated from Duke without honors in 1962. I was about to be drafted and sent to Vietnam, so I enlisted as an officer in...
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Book Preview:##1 It's important to remember that choosing a dog is a huge commitment, and one that can last for fifteen years or more. It's crucial to do your homework. Too many people decide to get a dog on a whim, and they wind up having to give their pet away after they realize they just can't handle the responsibility.
#2 If you work a lot, don't get a dog. Dogs require mental...
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Get the Summary of 50 Cent and Robert Greene's The 50th Law in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, best-selling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a "bible" for success in life and work, based on a single principle: fear nothing.
With intimate stories from 50 Cent's life on...
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Get the Summary of 50-Cent's Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In his early twenties Curtis Jackson, known as 50-Cent rose to the heights of fame and power in the cutthroat music business. A decade ago, the multi-platinum selling rap artist decided to pivot. His ability to adapt to change was demonstrated when he became the executive producer and star...
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