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Get the Summary of Frances Mayes's A Place in the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Place in the World" by Frances Mayes is a rich tapestry of personal reflections on home, history, and the deep connections to place. Mayes recounts her experiences with Chatwood, a farmhouse in North Carolina, and its transformation over time. She delves into the history of the land, the surrounding community of Hillsborough,...
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#1 The world's greatest philosophers came from Europe, because they spent their time at cafés and let their minds wander until some radically new school of philosophy popped into their heads. I was hunting for happiness.
#2 I visit the World Database of Happiness, or WDH, in the morning. It is a secularist's answer to the Vatican and Mecca and Jerusalem and Lhasa, all...
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#1 The author made a picture of what would happen if a pretty stenographer entered your office. She took off her gloves, opened her purse, and dumped it out on the table. She had two dimes and a nickel, and a cardboard match box. She left the nickel on the desk, put the two dimes back into her purse, and took her black gloves to the stove.
#2 F. Scott Fitzgerald, the...
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#1 There were many who thought it was my duty to make immediate amends by post-dating Corti's climb, rehabilitating him. But I felt my duty was to be a true friend to all the world's climbers, particularly the younger generation.
#2 The confusion in Corti's report was not due to the intense nervous strain and nights of delirium on the Face, but rather because his mental...
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#1 I'm a newsletter developer and author, and I help authors start, build, and manage their lists. I can help you with your email list. But if you're looking for step-by-step instructions for setting up an email list, this isn't the book for you.-> The first part of the question is easy for me: My name is Tammi Labrecque and I'm an indie author, editor, and publisher....
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#1 The Vikings had discovered Greenland in the search for more land, and turned its stock of walrus and narwhals into a global enterprise. They had then launched even farther west, and discovered sailing routes from Europe to North America five hundred years before Columbus.
#2 The story of Iceland begins with exile. Like many people, I used to romanticize stormy ocean...
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#1 The Oxford comma is the comma you see before the and in a list. It is highly encouraged by The Chicago Manual of Style, but The Associated Press Stylebook, which governs a lot of what you see in newspapers, doesn't advocate using it unless it's necessary for clarity. I believe strongly in The Chicago Manual of Style, and I use it often. It is a great resource, and...
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#1 The book was made into a movie in 1958, and it was groundbreaking for its frankness on sexual matters at the time. It was seen as a testament to the unwritten law, which stated that a husband who found another man in bed with his wife was justified in killing him. But the law was a myth.
#2 Anatomy of a Murder is a film noir, and it is largely because of its atmospheric,...
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#1 I biked from Mexico to Canada and back with the migrating monarch butterflies.
#2 The monarch butterfly is an ectothermic animal that matches its environment temperature. As temperatures drop, they become unable to move and can't seek out microclimates such as tree trunks.
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#1 I wrote three pieces that became a book called Encounters with the Archdruid. I had been writing profiles for more than a decade at Time magazine and then at The New Yorker, and I was desperate to escalate.
#2 I decided to do a double profile, through a process similar to the one I described above. I would meet myself coming the other way. I would not be able to do...
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#1 We all have strategies to keep us from hearing our own voices. It's easier to drink wine and watch TV than it is to try and figure out why this voice is urging us to quit our jobs, set new boundaries in our old friends, or let go of some stability or security that has given us peace for years.
#2 The Hang-Up is the fear of expressing ourselves honestly. We try to...
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#1 I had known exactly what my future held, or at least the most important part of it, when I was planning my wedding. But when my fiancée suddenly left me for another man, I was left with no future.
#2 I had gotten into the habit of giving myself pep talks after my breakup, but this was a full-volume aha moment. I knew I was going to find a way to do this no matter...
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#1 I began as I would go on, reading. By the time I was four, my grandfather had shown me how to do it, mostly by having me follow along as he read to me. I loved dogs, and read many books about them.
#2 I grew up reading the classic children's books, as well as the more recent ones. The key books of my childhood were the twelve novels by Arthur Ransome, beginning with...
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#1 The first traveler ever to pull up in his car with the engine already in Portugal but the petrol tank still in Spain was heard preaching to the fish in the river. He told them to gather around and advice him which language they spoke when they crossed the watery frontiers beneath.
#2 The traveller was greeted by a sudden breeze that ruffled the waters. He fell silent,...
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#1 I was trying to get a visa to travel through Afghanistan, but I was told that under no circumstances would they grant a visa to a woman who intended cycling alone through Afghanistan.
#2 I went to the Afghan Embassy and explained my situation. They gave me a letter that was written on the government's behalf requesting the Afghan Government to grant me a visa for...
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#1 Our brain is constantly sifting through and interpreting all the information that comes its way, and it does so by creating stories about it. It knows us well, and uses that knowledge to create stories that will help us survive.
#2 The brain is looking for two key concepts in every story: neuroscientists believe the reason we spend so much time and space getting lost...
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Book Preview:Plandemic: The Hidden Agenda Behind Covid-19 and
Plandemic: Indoctornation are respectively a video and a
short film, both released in 2020 and produced by filmmaker
Mikki Willis. They claimed to uncover the truth behind the
coronavirus pandemic and bring to the public all secrets
masked by controllers of the global narrative.
This 2021 book version, entitled...
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#1 The Netherlands was the most logical place to build an ark. With more than a quarter of the country lying below mean sea level, canals, rivers, and lakes were almost as common as trees.
#2 The Netherlands is a country that was built on land that was reclaimed from the sea. The country is known for its flatness and its windmills, which were used to pump fields dry....
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#1 The goal of clear communication is not to be clear, but to be effective. You won't be able to take action on the information if it is unclear or irrelevant to the subject.
#2 To get action from busy people, your writing must cut through to the heart of the matter. It must require a minimum of time and effort on the reader's part. The importance of this increases with...
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#1 I spent a long time staring out the window. I had many doubts about my ability to complete the journey, but I was determined to go. I had two full lives left, and I was not ready to end them yet.
#2 I yearned for slowness and moments of silence. I wanted to stop and admire eyes rimmed with kohl, the flash of a woman's leg, or a misty meadowland immersed in dreams....
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