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Get the Summary of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Part memoir, part allegory, part fable, and written so convincingly as an autobiography that readers were convinced it was a true account, Robinson Crusoe continues to shock, fascinate, and entertain readers of all ages. The novel reshaped the literary world, spawning a new genre of realistic fiction...
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#1 Buenos Aires has two airports, Ministro Pistarini International, which is fourteen miles from the center of Buenos Aires, and Jorge Newbury Airfield, which is just a mile and a half from the downtown area.
#2 Tony enjoyed the unassuming family-run joint across from La Bombonera stadium, Bodegón Don Carlos, which was owned and run by Juan Carlos Zinola since 1970.
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Get the Summary of Richard F. Thomas's Why Bob Dylan Matters in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Why Bob Dylan Matters" by Richard F. Thomas is an exploration of Bob Dylan's music and its enduring legacy, drawing parallels between Dylan's work and ancient Greek and Roman poetry. Thomas, a classics professor, identifies similarities in artistic values, themes, and the impact of political and cultural climates on...
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Get the Summary of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Ignatius J. Reilly, an eccentric and slothful man, stands out in New Orleans with his peculiar attire and disdain for modern society. While waiting for his mother, he gets into a scuffle with a policeman, drawing public attention. His mother, Mrs. Reilly, deals with her own health issues and Ignatius's lack of employment....
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Get the Summary of Christina Sharpe's Ordinary Notes in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Christina Sharpe's "Ordinary Notes" delves into the complexities of Black life, memory, and resistance. She draws parallels between historical and contemporary forms of racism, from the forced labor and rape in a Georgia prison labor camp in Toni Morrison's "Beloved" to the Nazi Documentation Center in Nuremberg, where memorials...
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Book Preview: #1 Richard, the son of the Black Prince, was born in 1367. His mother, who had been a widow when she married Edward the Black Prince, had no doubts that the boy was the most beautiful baby ever born in a royal bed. His father shared this satisfaction, but he did not smile often.
#2 The Black Prince's second son, Richard of Bordeaux, was born in 1330. The prince acted...
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Get the Summary of Helen Macdonald's Vesper Flights in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Helen Macdonald's "Vesper Flights" is a collection of essays that weave together personal memories, reflections on nature, and observations of wildlife. Macdonald's childhood fascination with birds and their nests leads her to explore the concept of home and the interconnectedness of humans and nature. She delves into the history...
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Get the Summary of Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" follows Francie Nolan's life in early 20th-century Brooklyn. Francie's childhood is marked by poverty, but she finds solace in reading and her vivid imagination. Her father, Johnny, is a singing waiter with a drinking problem, and her mother, Katie, is a janitress who instills the...
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Get the Summary of Joan Didion's The White Album in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The White Album" by Joan Didion is a collection of essays that delve into the author's personal experiences and observations from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Didion reflects on her life as a writer, grappling with internal uncertainties despite her successful career in magazines, books, and film. She recounts her time in...
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Get the Summary of Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In a deteriorating world, Kilgore Trout, an obscure science-fiction writer, and Dwayne Hoover, a wealthy Pontiac dealer on the verge of madness, are two disconnected men on the brink of personal crises. Both are emblematic of a disjointed United States, marked by a flag that never dips, a national anthem filled with questions,...
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Get the Summary of Samantha Irby's Quietly Hostile in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Quietly Hostile" is a collection of candid and humorous essays by Samantha Irby, where she shares her life's challenges and idiosyncrasies. Irby discusses her struggles with self-improvement, her unabashed personal tastes, and her experiences during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes the eerie quiet of Chicago's...
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#1 The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has received 38 murders so far this year, which is a record-breaking number. The most ever was 52 in 1981.
#2 The police department has a rotation system for assigning cases to lead detectives. This time, partners Russo and Allen were up to handle the case from start to finish. If it wasn't solved by the group effort in the next...
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Get the Summary of Harold Bloom's The Western Canon in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Western Canon" by Harold Bloom is a comprehensive exploration of the literary works and authors that have shaped Western culture. Bloom delves into the concept of the Canon, emphasizing its evolution from a prescriptive list of essential readings to a more personal selection of literature that fosters individual connections....
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Get the Summary of Adiva Geffen's Surviving The Forest in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Surviving The Forest" by Adiva Geffen tells the poignant story of the Shidlovsky family, Jewish residents of the Polish village Wolka Zablocka, before and during the Holocaust. The family, including Yaakov Mendel, his wife Taiba, and their daughter Shurka, live a peaceful life, deeply rooted in Jewish traditions and community...
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Get the Summary of George Saunders's A Swim in a Pond in the Rain in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain," George Saunders provides an in-depth analysis of storytelling through the examination of Russian literature. He dissects Anton Chekhov's "In the Cart," exploring how details like character backgrounds and setting shape the narrative and reader expectations. Saunders discusses the...
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Book Preview: #1 I was hired to be the manager of the Facebook team in May of 2006. I had very little experience, but I was eager to make my mark on the world. I had no institutionalized doctrines or tragic failures to speak of.
#2 The answers to the question, What is the job of a manager. are an assortment of activities. If I asked you, What is the job of a soccer player. you would...
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Get the Summary of Scott Trench's Set for Life in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Building wealth is always possible, even while working full-time, earning a median income, and paying off debt. By layering philosophy with practical knowledge, Set for Life gives people in their twenties and thirties an action plan to conquer their financial goals early in life. With more than 140,000 copies...
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Get the Summary of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War" chronicles the protracted conflict between Athens and Sparta, along with their respective allies. The war, which drew in numerous Hellenic states, was a result of Athens' growing power and the subsequent threat it posed to Sparta. The narrative details the early instability...
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Get the Summary of David Sedaris's A Carnival of Snackery in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Carnival of Snackery" by David Sedaris is a compilation of diary entries that provide a window into the author's life, filled with humor, cultural observations, and personal reflections. Sedaris recounts dining with friends in London, witnessing a racial exchange on a bus, and experiencing anti-war sentiments in Paris....
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