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Get the Summary of David McCullough's The Pioneers in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Pioneers" by David McCullough chronicles the settlement of the Northwest Territory through the lives of key figures like Manasseh Cutler and Rufus Putnam. Cutler, a respected pastor and polymath, played a crucial role in the Ohio Company of Associates, which aimed to establish a just society in Ohio. His influence helped shape...
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Get the Summary of David Von Drehle's The Book of Charlie in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. David Von Drehle's "The Book of Charlie" chronicles the life of Charlie White, a centenarian whose experiences reflect the vast changes of the 20th century. Von Drehle, initially seeking to write a children's book, instead delves into themes of survival and adaptation, inspired by his neighbor Charlie's resilience. Charlie's...
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Get the Summary of Jerry Bledsoe's Bitter Blood in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Bitter Blood" by Jerry Bledsoe chronicles the harrowing tale of Delores Lynch, a wealthy widow, and her daughter Janie, whose lives were marked by routine, security, and faith. Delores's marriage to Charles "Chuck" Lynch, Jr., a General Electric executive, was strained by frequent relocations and her obsession with cleanliness. Despite...
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#1 The town of Devil was hosting a talk by John Mackay, an Australian who had traveled far to give the audience his book The Bible, which was filled with visions, violence, and lore. The audience was asked to choose between Darwin and God.
#2 The town of Gympie, Australia, is named after a local tree called the gympie-gympie. It is a place of early closing and close...
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#1 Charles Walton, a 74-year-old local gardener and hedge cutter, was murdered in 1945. His body was found the same night on Firs Farm, on Meon Hill, Warwickshire. His death remains the oldest unsolved murder in Warwickshire.
#2 Charles Walton, an old man who lived on his own, had been murdered. He had been beaten with his own stick and his neck had been cut open with...
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#1 The town of Ada, Oklahoma, is a mix of small-town southerners and westerners. The people are friendly and welcoming, and the quarter-horse bidness is a source of local pride.
#2 Ada, Mississippi, was a small town with a large county surrounding it. The town was home to many nightclubs and bars, and it was here that Debbie Carter, a local girl, spent much of her time.
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#1 Interviewing Trump was much easier on television than in print. He was hyper focused and ready for rhetorical battle, and he loved Fox News. I had to get him refocused.
#2 I wanted to understand what motivated the president, so I interviewed him. His mindset affected the lives of individual Americans and the welfare of the entire world. It did, whether we liked it...
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#1 In 1970, ATT's chairman, John deButts, was planning to invite the presidents of the company's local operating companies to Key Largo, so that they could air their grievances with impunity.
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#1 Violet had a hamster and a miniature turtle who lived in a shallow plastic bowl under a palm tree with snap-on fronds. One night, the hamster nosed out of his poorly latched cage and scampered across the glowing iron surface of the gas heater, blistering the bottoms of his tiny pink feet.
#2 Violet was beautiful and much loved by the general public. She represented...
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#1 I was a private military contractor, or PMC, for ten years. I've fought alongside Afghan and Syrian rebels, rescued kidnapped children from inside Pakistan, battled Somali pirates, shoveled the ashes of my best mates off the streets of Baghdad, and tracked down al-Qaeda high-value targets.
#2 I had been in the British military, and now I was in Qatar working for Nigel...
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#1 I was woken up at 3 a. m. by a loud knock at the door of my room. I opened the door cautiously, anticipating that this could be a simulated kidnapping, and that I could be grabbed forcefully and have a bag put over my head before being dragged away and kept captive for hours.
#2 I was stuck in the middle of nowhere, and a car full of college students passed by. I...
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#1 15 Monroe Street was an unremarkable building in an unremarkable town. It was the home of Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, who was just twelve when he entered the United States through Ellis Island in 1904 with his mother and sisters.
#2 The most life-changing event of the young couple's lives occurred in 1914 when Dolly became pregnant. The local doctor delivered...
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#1 I had two parents, a dog, a cat, a parakeet named Buttons, and three good meals a day. In my early years, my sweet mom made sure that my wild daddy came across as a tame, devoted father-figure, but no matter how much she buffered and suffered, it couldn't alter the fact that he was from the Old South, and I was from the New West.
#2 I was a teenager in the early...
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#1 I had the pleasure of working with a young man named Abayomi in 2007, who lived in a rural village in Africa and participated in the Ubuntu community via an Internet cafe. His passion for the community was not just that he could make an impact, but that his impact was amplified when combined with other people in the community.
#2 I wanted to understand how the Internet...
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Get the Summary of Carlo M. Cipolla's The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Throughout history, a powerful force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects and can be found anywhere from the world's most powerful boardrooms to your local bar.
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#1 The Pattle family was torn apart when World War I broke out. Jack Pattle, who was a military magistrate in South Africa, went off to fight against the Kaiser's troops in South West Africa. It was four long years before he was able to see his children again.
#2 The brothers were sent to the local school in Keetmanshoop, and for the first time in their lives, they were...
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#1 As the Roys approached the end of the exit, Christine noticed two cars off to the right side of the road. It looked like an accident. The driver of the blue car had sped off. Someone had to stay with Brendan. So, when Steven stopped the car to let Christine out, she ran toward the man, thinking he was still alive and in need of help.
#2 When Christine and the other...
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#1 Paul McCartney went to the fete to check out the local band, the Quarry Men, which included John Lennon. Paul was instantly impressed by John's confidence and swagger, and he was thinking about which girl to approach first.
#2 When Paul met John, he was excited and apprehensive. John was the coolest kid in Liverpool, and he had just invited Paul to the pub.
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#1 Ghosts are history. Whether you believe in them or not, every time a ghost story is told, someone is providing an interpretation of events of the past. The details of a ghost story may be factually accurate, or they may only be loosely based on actual occurrences.
#2 The story of Barbara Davidson, a young woman who was murdered and decapitated, is told at a...
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#1 On April 22, 1980, Sam Kennedy, a road worker in Newton County, Indiana, was repairing winter damage to a section of County Road 400 North, known locally as Hopkins Park Road. As he stood on the road, he saw a wooden box lying in the weeds up a drainage ditch. He and his partner pried open the box, and inside they found a soiled blanket or quilt and a tangle of clothes...