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#1 I was born in Japan between two worlds. I was Korean on my father's side and Japanese on my mother's side. I was raised in a poor Korean family in Mizonokuchi, a neighborhood south of Tokyo. I dreamed of becoming the prime minister of Japan.
#2 My mother, Miyoko, was a woman of strong character. She had an oval face that was beautiful in its way. My father, on the...
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Get the Summary of Jennette McCurdy's “I'm Glad My Mom Died” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So, she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself...
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Get the Summary of Greg Steinmetz's American Rascal in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: American Rascal shows Gould's complex, quirky character. He was at once praised for his brilliance by Rockefeller and Vanderbilt and condemned for forever destroying American business values by Mark Twain. He lived a colorful life, trading jokes with Thomas Edison, figuring Thomas Nast's best sketches,...
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#1 I am blessed among men. I was encouraged by my daughter, Maggie, and my wife, Ellen, while writing this book.
#2 My father, Malachy McCourt, was born in Toome, County Antrim. He grew up wild, in trouble with the English, or the Irish, or both. He fought with the Old IRA and for some desperate act he wound up a fugitive with a price on his head. When I was a child,...
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#1 When Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn't know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan, but he was ready. He had written in his journal to both Nathan and Savannah, his ten-year-old son, a letter they weren't meant to see unless the worst happened.
#2 In late 2009, intelligence agencies had been tracking a Taliban leader named...
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Book Preview: #1 iSight Partners, a private intelligence firm, had a team that specialized in software vulnerability research. In 2014, they discovered a secret security flaw in Microsoft Office that allowed hackers to break out of the confines of the software application and begin to execute their own code on a target computer.
#2 iSight's Ukrainian staff found the email, and Hultquist,...
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Get the Summary of L. David Marquet's Turn the Ship Around! in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Marquet acted like any other captain until, one day, he unknowingly gave an impossible order, and his crew tried to follow it anyway. When he asked why the order wasn't challenged, the answer was "Because you told me to." Marquet realized he was leading in a culture of followers, and they...
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Get the Summary of Stanley Tucci's Taste in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester, New York, preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia, falling in love over dinner, and teaming up with his wife to create meals for a multitude of children. Each morsel...
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Book Preview: #1 The last day, Elizabeth Packard woke up in a handsome maple bed, body covered by a snow-white counterpane. She was surrounded by her six children, who were the sun, moon, and stars of her life.
#2 Theophilus had always tried to control Elizabeth, and she had always resisted him. But he had never before gone through her things at night, and she was shocked by his behavior.
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Get the Summary of Eddie Jaku's The Happiest Man on Earth in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Born in Leipzig, Germany, into a Jewish family, Eddie Jaku was a teenager when his world was turned upside-down. On November 9, 1938, during the terrifying violence of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, Eddie was beaten by SS thugs, arrested, and sent to a concentration camp with thousands...
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#1 I was to write the story of my soul. I feared the task might unsettle me, but since then, God has made me understand that by simple obedience, I will please Him best. I began to sing what must be my eternal song: the Mercies of the Lord.
#2 The Little Flower, who was given the task of writing about her life, knew that she had nothing in herself worthy of attracting...
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Get the Summary of Eric Metaxas' Is Atheism Dead? in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
Original book introduction: Is Atheism Dead? is a highly entertaining, impressively wide-ranging, and decidedly provocative answer to that famous 1966 TIME cover that itself provocatively asked "Is God Dead?" In a voice that is by turns witty, muscular, and poetic, Metaxas echoes C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton in cheerfully and...
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#1 The Doctor, a French man, was conscripted and sent to help the French with the war effort. However, he was more than just a kindly man willing to sign what he must to protect his fellow Frenchmen. He was a part of the underground resistance.
#2 The trail was followed by the Jewish community itself. They did not begrudge anyone their secrecy, but if there was a way...
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#1 Bill Frawley was born in 1887 in Burlington, Iowa. He was of Irish descent and grew up in Burlington with his brother and sister. He worked for the Burlington Insurance Company and established his own insurance/real-estate agency in 1891.
#2 Frawley had a thick head of golden curls as a youngster. He and his brother, Paul, sang in the choir at the local St. Paul's...
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#1 The nurse hired to attend Rose during the last days of her pregnancy quickly sent for Dr. Frederick L. Good, Rose's personal obstetrician, to come to the Kennedy home at 83 Beals Street in the Boston suburb of Brookline.
#2 Rose had a difficult time childbirth, and the doctor was delayed. When the baby began crowning, the nurse resorted to holding the baby's head...
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#1 My childhood was wonderful. I had a father who was a bookseller and a mother who was a librarian. I had a large library of Jewish books, and I thought I was the luckiest girl alive because I was given samples of the beautiful dolls my father was selling.
#2 My father was a successful businessman, and because of this, my family was able to live a comfortable life....
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#1 On October 4, 1983, Larry Aylor, a wiry, compact man built like a shortstop, was out inspecting houses he was building in the expensive, sprawling neighborhoods of North Dallas. He was too nervous to sleep. In a mere six days, he and his high school sweetheart, Rozanne Gailiunas, were supposed to be free.
#2 The association between Larry and Rozanne began in December...
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#1 The speaker, Leonard Lake, was going to build a secret room that would house a cell. He would imprison a young woman there and have complete control over her.
#2 I am a sexist slob. I enjoy using women and, of course, women aren't particularly interested in being used. I don't want to bother or entertain or satisfy a woman's whims of emotional whatevers. I just want...
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#1 The French Foreign Legion is a tough place to live. The 2ème REP, which is the elite world of the French Foreign Legion, is known for its tough training. Anyone failing to reach the highest level has no place in a commando company.
#2 The hardest part of the course was the physical aspect. It was not a game and mistakes could lead to serious injury. The cold was...
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#1 Joe Rannazzisi had spent his career bringing down bad guys, but he was eventually ostracized by the DEA for his efforts to stop the flow of opioids into communities.
#2 The opioid industry is a modern-day opium war being fought on American soil. The death toll from overdoses continues to rise as the opioid epidemic takes new forms.
#3 The largest drug distributor...
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