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#1 On January 3, 1942, an assembly of top army officers was flying in to meet with their naval counterparts, with whom they rarely agreed on anything. The meeting was to discuss the invasion of New Guinea, which lay just eleven hundred miles to the southwest.
#2 In 1940, the Imperial Army had promoted Horii to major general and assigned him command of the South...
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Get the Summary of Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans where he was sold into slavery. He spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton...
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#1 The ironman is a contest against a fixed and unyielding foe: the race itself. It brings out the best in people, and it is a victory when you finish it.
#2 The Ironman race is a part of the folklore of the sport. It is a drama that captured the imagination of millions of Americans. The main question for the ironman athlete is, will I finish and at what cost....
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#1 The two men who got on that flight from Moscow to London were actually spies working for a foreign power. They were career officers with Russian military intelligence. Their real names were Anatoliy Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin. They had come to London to murder someone.
#2 The GRU, by contrast, was global. It dealt with external threats. Its mandate was everywhere....
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#1 There is a five-paragraph introduction to Vonnegut's advice series. He suggests that you find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.
#2 The author's father had a list of criteria for when he...
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#1 The body, in cooperation with your mind and spirit, has miraculous self-healing abilities. The body is the temple of your life. Mind and spirit are the dwellers within the temple. Mind's intelligence and spirit's inspiration vitalize and quicken the body.
#2 The secret of healing is now available to the masses. The simple practices of focusing on the breath, applying...
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Get the Summary of Michael Cohen's Disloyal in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: About the Original Book In the book "Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump" by Michael Cohen, Cohen an American attorney and businessman. Who acted as Special Counsel to President Donald J. Trump from 2017-2018 and as Executive VP for the Trump Organization...
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#1 Joan and Paul, who were lawyers, had tried to find a way to avoid surrendering their three boys to CPS. They had tried to think of every possible way to avoid today's decision, but they had come up empty. Their home was 70 percent filled, and there was nowhere for them to sit or eat as a family. They had to surrender their kids to CPS.
#2 Terri, who is dealing with...
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Get the Summary of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at...
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#1 I had lived in China for five years by 2001, and I had traveled passively by bus, plane, boat, and train. But when I got a Chinese driver's license, I realized that nothing could be taken for granted.
#2 When I began planning my trip, a Beijing driver recommended The Chinese Automobile Driver's Book of Maps. The book divided the nation into 158 separate diagrams,...
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Get the Summary of Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing...
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#1 The music industry has changed dramatically over the past few decades, and so has the way musicians think about their careers. You must start thinking about your career from a more professional and businesslike perspective.
#2 The marketing process typically starts with a vision, which is a declaration that defines your ultimate place in about seven to ten years...
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#1 The Allied campaign in Italy had been a drain on Hitler's army, a third front. The final German defensive barrier, the Gothic Line, had been unbreakable by the Allies.
#2 By late 1944, the American Fifth Army had broken through the Gothic Line and was making its way north along the Adriatic. The Germans were beginning to retreat, but they were taking the last ridge...
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Get the Summary of Salman Rushdie's Victory City in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who...
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#1 I grew up in the 1970s, and I was always obsessed with athletics. I was a fairly skinny kid, but I ended up being 6'5 by the time I graduated high school. I ate the same stuff everyone else did, and I was constantly reading about how to get big and strong.
#2 I was a premed student at the University of Texas in Austin when I decided to become a doctor because I was...
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#1 Following the rules listed in this section will put you in the best position to protect yourself and your family should a crisis arise.
#2 Life is rarely cut and dry. While knowing what to do in emergency situations is important, it's your ability to adapt to new situations that can make the biggest difference.
#3 I believe in self-reliance. I don't want to depend...
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#1 Forgiveness is essentially something we do for ourselves, regardless of whether the perpetrator shows any contrition. It is counterproductive to tell someone that you are forgiving them, as they may not even be aware that they have upset you.
#2 Forgiveness is extremely difficult, and very few people ever manage to achieve it. Self-forgiveness is even more difficult,...
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Get the Summary of Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this thought-provoking and incisive book, Robin DiAngelo tackles the issue of racism in America by challenging white supremacy. She asks white people to examine their culture and socialization in order to understand and disrupt racism as a system and structure.
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#1 The fundamental truth of evolution is that individuals who are best able to acquire food and avoid predation or disease are the most likely to survive and pass on their genes.
#2 The brain and body's abilities to endure periods of food deprivation are adaptations that allowed our ancestors to survive and pass on their genes. These include the creativity that...
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#1 There are ten fundamental concepts for training dogs, no matter what you're teaching them to do. Make sure you address these concepts first before moving on to more complex issues.
#2 The most important aspect of training your dog is establishing a strong bond with him. This takes time, so be patient and understanding with your dog. If you can get your dog playing...
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