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Get the Summary of Pablo Vierci's Society of the Snow in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Society of the Snow" by Pablo Vierci recounts the harrowing tale of the survivors of the Flight F571 crash in the Andes. The narrative follows the survivors' return to the crash site, their emotional and physical struggles, and the profound transformations they underwent. The group, including Roberto Canessa, Gustavo Zerbino,...
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Get the Summary of Julia Cooke's Come Fly the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Required to have a college education, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer, a jet-age stewardess serving on iconic Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to be between 5′3" and 5′9", between 105 and 140 pounds, and under 26 years of age at the time of...
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#1 In 2007, Kleiner Perkins was approached by engineers who had named their startup after Nikola Tesla, the legendary inventor. They had partnered with a wildly successful PayPal entrepreneur who was now chairman of the board. They wanted to pitch their idea.
#2 The world must replace all gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles with a fleet of zero-emissions cars, trucks, and buses...
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Get the Summary of Walter Lord's A Night to Remember in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. On the Titanic's maiden voyage, a seemingly minor collision with an iceberg led to a catastrophic sinking, revealing the ship's fatal vulnerabilities and the unpreparedness of its passengers and crew. The initial underestimation of the damage, combined with a lack of sufficient lifeboats and a delayed response from nearby ships,...
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#1 On October 15, 1586, Queen Mary of Scots was on trial for treason. She had been accused of plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth in order to take the English crown for herself. Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth's Principal Secretary, planned to prove that Mary was at the heart of the plot, and was therefore equally culpable and deserving of death.
#2 The plot to...
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#1 The first astronauts were chosen in 1959. They were military test pilots who were eager to fly in space. They were terrified of public exposure, but they were willing to accept it to fly in space.
#2 When World War II ended, Gus was discharged from the Air Force. He married Betty in 1945, and the couple began their life together in Mitchell. But jobs were scarce,...
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#1 Johnny von Neumann was a brilliant mathematician and scientist who was born in Budapest in 1903. He was the first of three sons born to Miksa and Margit, educated, well-to-do parents who were plugged into the city's dazzling intellectual and artistic life.
#2 The First World War would precipitate the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The von Neumann brothers were held as...
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#1 I will argue that more fossil fuel use will not only help alleviate climate change, but also make the world a better place. Fossil fuels provide 80 percent of the world's energy, and without them, millions of people would be left in poverty.
#2 The argument that more fossil fuel use is good and should be supported, and that eliminating fossil fuel use is bad...
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#1 The media regularly promotes the idea that animal agriculture is the biggest contributor to climate change. However, this is completely false.
#2 In 2020, many people around the world heard the call to reduce or eliminate meat consumption. The proportion of UK meat eaters who reported having reduced or limited the amount of meat they consume rose from 28 percent in...
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#1 The wives were constantly on the phone trying to find out what had happened. The wives would phrase it as if they thought something had happened to their husbands, when in reality, they just wanted to know whose husband it was.
#2 The final news that a wife receives is usually delivered by a man with some authority or moral standing. The protocol is for the husband to bring the...
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#1 The fourth R is research. Everyone can learn to use online information more efficiently and effectively, whether they're students, citizens, parents, or professionals. This book makes the case that learning how to be a better online researcher is not just a good idea but something that everyone should know how to do.
#2 Research is a skill that we all take for granted....
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#1 John Flannery, the man about to take over leadership of the most famous company in America, had come to see GE Power leaders on their home turf. Under the surface, however, GE was in total disarray.
#2 Flannery was the new CEO of GE, and he had to get used to his new position. He had outperformed three rival executives to win the position, and his father had died...
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#1 Designers have been relegated to the business of making pretty pictures, but now that UX is everywhere, we are thrust into the limelight of product development with our own ideas forming a critical part of the puzzle.
#2 I began my career in UX by interviewing for jobs as a marketing manager. I enjoyed interviewing others about their work, and I loved to talk about...
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#1 Mervin Kelly, the boy who would become the author's grandfather, was a striver. He was both class president and valedictorian in high school, and people in Gallatin noticed that he was intent on being in charge.
#2 In the early 1900s, when Kelly was going to school, few Americans recognized the differences between a scientist, an engineer, and an inventor. The public...
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#1 The drums communicated information. They were not just instruments of signaling, like the bugle and the bell in European cultures. They could convey a small set of messages: attack, retreat, come to church.
#2 The drums were not just signaling tools, but also a means of communicating large amounts of information.
#3 The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption...
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#1 Mossad is the most intriguing intelligence service. It operates on behalf of a country that is surrounded by enemy states, and its citizens are constantly threatened by war. Nevertheless, they are the best intelligence service in the world.
#2 The CIA may have more technical resources, but no intelligence service is more feared than Mossad. The popular view of its...
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#1 The 2011 earthquake in Japan struck the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which was designed to withstand a large earthquake, but not a 50-foot tsunami. The reactor was severely damaged, and many feared that the uranium inside would explode like an atomic bomb.
#2 A nuclear bomb is made when a nuclear reactor blows up. In a nuclear reactor, the uranium is typically...
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#1 Piracy has been around since the Bronze Age, when the Mediterranean was a hotbed for piratical activity. The word pirate comes from the ancient Greek word piero, which means to make an attempt.
#2 The geography of the sea, as well as political reasons, helped piracy take off in the ancient world. People did their best to thwart it, but it was hard to stop pirates...
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#1 On the night of the Titanic's maiden voyage, lookout Frederick Fleet saw an iceberg directly ahead. He banged the crow's-nest bell three times, warning of danger ahead, but the ship didn't turn.
#2 The passengers in their cabins felt the jar. Some felt it was like a heavy wave striking the ship, while others thought it was nothing at all.
#3 Some of the passengers...
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