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Book Preview: #1 In certain circumstances, statues are more than just stone and metal. They are symbols of individuals, and their symbolism often crosses between the secular and religious.
#2 The culture war binary surrounding the statues issue is a short-hand way for the media to cover the issue, but it overlooks the complex history of how societies around the world have chosen to...
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Get the Summary of Jean-Michel Paul's The Economics of Discontent in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The social contract that has underpinned growth and political stability in the Western world since World War II has broken down. Houses, health care and higher education have become unaffordable to a majority of people, while the burden of unregulated monopolies, globalization and uncontrolled...
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Get the Summary of Lisa Suzanne's Turnover in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: I'm in love with a man who is marrying somebody else. At least that's what was supposed to happen when I was kicked out of the wedding last night by the bride's father.
I find myself without a job, without a home, and without the pro football quarterback I've fallen for. The only thing left to do is head back...
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#1 I went out as a man, and men stopped staring at me. I was shocked, but it made me realize how much I took for granted being a woman.
#2 In 2003, a guy I knew passed as a woman for a short while to see how men treated him. He found that they treated him very differently, more respectfully.
#3 I needed a name for my character. I chose the name Ned, a nickname from...
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#1 Modern-day parenting has fallen into the trap of trying to manage children's behavior, and this has caused many parents to become frustrated and worn out with their children.
#2 Positive parenting helps parents get rid of their fear and control and tap into the wellspring of love and connection. It allows parents to have fun with their children again, and it helps...
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#1 On September 19, 1972, police officer Donald Schwerdt was patrolling the streets of suburban Springfield, New Jersey, when he received a call about a woman who had found an arm on the lawn of her apartment complex. He thought the woman was the victim of a prank.
#2 The rear of the Baltusrol Gardens apartment complex. The arm was discovered by the building's...
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#1 Venezuela was supposed to be a model of democratic socialism, but it has since fallen apart. Western intellectuals, whom Lenin called useful idiots, tend to overlook or make excuses for socialist regimes' economic failures and humanitarian atrocities.
#2 We traveled to Colombia and Venezuela to see how their economies differed. In Colombia, we met with a reporter...
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#1 The Weimar Republic was extremely fragile, and could have easily fallen apart after World War I. However, the German people were extremely patriotic, and the government used this to their advantage to sell the public on the idea of continuing the war.
#2 The German government promised its people that victory would bring a new kind of imperial grandeur. Germany would...
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#1 To beat Big Government Socialism, we must first win the argument that it is not working. The last two and a half years since the emergence of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, have shown just how chaotic and out of touch big government can be.
#2 The American school system has fallen behind both Chinese and Indian schools in preparing students for a competitive world.
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#1 On April 22, 1970, Henry Ross Perot of Dallas, Texas, suffered a paper stock-market loss of about $450 million. He still had, on paper, almost a billion dollars left after the loss, but that wasn't the point. The point was that his one-day loss amounted to more than the total assets of any charitable foundation in the country.
#2 On April 22, Earth Day, a group of...
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#1 Chanel, who would become the epitome of French chic, was born in 1883. She was descended from a tribe of peasants who lived on the edge of a chestnut forest in the Cévennes and were driven by the blight to become itinerant peddlers.
#2 Chanel's life was changed when she met Étienne Balsan, a rich ex-cavalry officer, who became her paramour. She put her needle, thread,...
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Book Preview: #1 The meaning and value of human life has become more difficult to speak about since the war. We must ask ourselves: Can we still use these words today. Has not the very meaning of these words become questionable.
#2 We cannot move toward a spiritual reconstruction while maintaining this type of fatalism. We must overcome it. We cannot blindly trust in progress...
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#1 Alice was on her way to meet with a old lover, who had betrayed her. She was going to steal the photos he kept of his Nazi clients and benefactors. She left the gold bars and cash, and took only the jewels.
#2 Alice Marble, international tennis star, was on the run from Hans Steinmetz, a wealthy Swiss banker. She'd fallen in love with him, but he'd wanted to marry...
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#1 Because of the political slander and bile that marred Washington's two administrations, the first president soon came to be regarded as a demigod.
#2 George Washington was born in 1732, the first President of the United States. He was taught by his family and friends, and he was a man of hands rather than brains. He was, however, extremely practical.
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#1 The Book of Job tells us that the angels were created prior to humanity and even the creation of Earth. We know with certainty that Satan and his fallen angels were watching the new race that would replace them in the heavenly ranks.
#2 Jesus Christ was created in the image of God. When the prophet Ezekiel saw a vision of God on his throne, he wrote that God's appearance...
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#1 Lee Duncan believed that his dog, Rin Tin Tin, was immortal. He had no contracts or connections to the television business, but he still tried to get a producer interested in making a show about Rin Tin Tin.
#2 In 1953, a stuntman who knew Lee from his Hollywood days came out to visit him, and together they created the most famous dog in the world, Rin Tin Tin.
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#1 The Israelite army was terrified of facing the Philistines, so they proposed a contest. The winner would win the war. The giant accepted, and the aide told King Saul that the giant had chosen him as the man for his side. Saul knew he couldn't defeat the giant, so he didn't reply.
#2 The aide informed King Saul that the soldiers were already discussing who they would...
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#1 I had been surfing for about an hour when I noticed the current taking me to the left. I had always been able to handle myself in the ocean, but this current was stronger than I realized.
#2 I was now stuck outside the zone, far from shore. I wondered if I could make it back on my own. I saw images of sunburned survivors found in life rafts, old-style paintings of...
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#1 The first World War was a tragic and unnecessary conflict. It was unnecessary because the train of events that led to its outbreak might have been broken at any point during the five weeks of crisis that preceded the first clash of arms, had prudence or common goodwill found a voice.
#2 There are many ceremonial monuments in French and British communities that commemorate...
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Get the Summary of David Gergen's Hearts Touched with Fire in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: As nations careen from one crisis to the next, there is a growing cry for fresh leadership. Those in charge have repeatedly fallen short, and trust in institutions has plummeted. So, what does great leadership look like? And how are great leaders made?
David Gergen, a leader in the public arena...