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Get the Summary of Mohandas K. Gandhi's “An Autobiography” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the story of his life from early childhood through 1921, Mohandas K. Gandhi candidly reveals his young investigations into sin and seeking atonement; the philosophy, art, and literature that influenced his thoughts and ideas; and his first experiences with politics and protest, which would...
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#1 The Italian kingdom, which encompassed most of southern Italy, annexed Sicily in 1860. The island had a long-standing reputation as a revolutionary powder keg. The incorporation of 2. 4 million Sicilians into the new nation brought about an epidemic of conspiracy, robbery, murder, and score-settling.
#2 The Italian government tried to pacify Sicily by using...
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Get the Summary of Anabel Hernandez's “Narcoland” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The definitive history of drug cartels, this "investigative magnum opus" takes readers to the frontlines of the 'war on drugs' in Latin America (Los Angeles Times)
The product of five years' investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that...
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Get the Summary of Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Return of Great Powers" delves into the geopolitical tensions and military strategies of the early 21st century, focusing on the resurgence of Russia and China as formidable global actors challenging the post-Cold War international order. The book provides an in-depth analysis of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,...
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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 I was reading about Africa's history when I came across the Congo, and what I read shocked me. I had always thought of Africa as a continent with a lot of different countries, but I realized that they all share the same problems: stasis, or stagnation.
#2 The Congo was the site of the world's bloodiest war in the 21st century, but the loss of life there hardly made...
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Get the Summary of Kerry Brown's “CEO, China” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise of a corruption crackdown, which has...
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#1 Candy's parables were always enjoyed by the kids, and she was always joyfully childlike in her delivery. She would always point toward the ceiling, just like she had practiced the night before, and the kids would be enthralled.
#2 The beginning of June, 1980, was a punishing Texas summer, and Candy Montgomery had arrived at the United Methodist Church of Lucas, Texas,...
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Get the Summary of Christopher R. Browning's Ordinary Men in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 of the German Order Police, which was responsible for mass shootings as well as round-ups of Jewish people for deportation to Nazi death camps in Poland in 1942. Browning argues that most of the men of RPB 101 were not fanatical Nazis...
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#1 Rutherford Hayes, the future president, had little in common with George W. Bush, his twenty-first-century successor. He was a New Englander born in West Brattleboro, Vermont, who descended from a long line of Presbyterians who had come from Scotland in 1625 to settle in Connecticut.
#2 Hayes was a sickly child, and it was Fanny who was his protector and nurse. He...
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#1 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor between 1493 and 1519, was not the most astute of rulers. He spent a lot of money on projects that never really went anywhere, like an imperial postal service. But he did have imagination, and he harnessed the power of the printing press more effectively than any other ruler.
#2 The Roman postal service was an achievement of breathtaking...
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#1 Soleyman the First, Sultan of Turkey, was seventy years old in 1564. He had just taken the decision to attack the island of Malta in the spring of the following year. His had been a life of unparalleled distinction from the moment when he had succeeded his father, Selim, at the age of twenty-six.
#2 The Knights of Malta had been an irritation for the Sultan for a...
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#1 The wedding of Almina Wombwell, a 19-year-old society bride, was unusual. She was marrying the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who was getting married on his 29th birthday. His family and title were distinguished, and he was charming.
#2 Almina had known her husband for nearly 18 months before the wedding. They had never spent any time alone but had met on several occasions...
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#1 The Mayflower had set sail with three pregnant mothers: Elizabeth Hopkins, Susanna White, and Mary Allerton. They had endured long delays, seasickness, and cold weather, but they had helped the carpenter repair the ship's fractured beam.
#2 The English Puritans who founded the colony of Virginia Company in 1607 were a very different sort of group than the typical...
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#1 I had come to Portsmouth that morning from San Diego, where I had been advanced in rank to radioman, first class. I had put in for the Seawolf when I learned she was being built, and they had told me that if I was selected, I'd sail under Lieutenant Commander Frederick Warder.
#2 I was transferred to the Wolf, and I was to be her radio and sound man. I was to learn...
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#1 In 2001, warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba found himself low on beer. He had a solution: hire Viktor Bout, who was equipped not only with weapons and ammunition, but also with the means to scour for beer.
#2 Bout, the Russian arms dealer, has become the preeminent figure in the multibillion-dollar contraband weapons trade. He has a flexible, expanding corporate organization...
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#1 The final trial was the Columbia Race Riot trials, in which 25 black men were accused of rioting and attempting to murder white police officers in Columbia, Tennessee. The verdicts were stunning, and the national press had defined the riots as the first major racial confrontation following World War II.
#2 The atmosphere around the Columbia courthouse was becoming...
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#1 I am afraid of my father, the brute of all brutes. I am afraid of what he will do to me when he visits me every few months. I hide behind the curtain cutting our room in half, on one side is the kitchen and on the other, the family bedroom.
#2 I once heard that a roofer who passed by my parents' house heard a child screaming. He saw Father beating his terrified little...
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Get the Summary of Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman's The Bible Unearthed in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Bible Unearthed" by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman explores the historical and archaeological context of the biblical narratives, particularly those of the patriarchs, the Exodus, and the monarchies of David and Solomon. The book scrutinizes the traditional chronology and historicity...
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