IRB Media
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IRB
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner | Summary & Analysis Secrets of a Charmed Life is the story of how two young sisters survived World War II in London. In 2015, at Stow-on-the-Wold in the English countryside, Kendra Van Zant, a history major, interviews ninety-three year old Isabel MacFarland. Kendra quickly realizes Isabel is not her subject's real name, nor is she ninety-three. Isabel, a well-known artist, tells Kendra the tale of two...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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The Blue Zones Solution: by Dan Buettner | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review The Blue Zones Solution by Dan Buettner expands on research into the regions of the world where residents are more likely to live to the age of 100 and beyond, the Blue Zones… This companion to The Blue Zones Solution includes: Overview of the book Important People Key Takeaways Analysis of Key Takeaways and much more!
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Get the Summary of Stephen Covey & A. Roger Merrill & Rebecca R. Merrill's First Things First in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that I'm doing what matters most and doing it well? Does this nagging question haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient?...
Author
Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and NOT the original book. Preview: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (2017) by Neil deGrasse Tyson is a collection of essays covering a variety of topics in astrophysics. Physicists theorize that the universe originated with a Big Bang 14 billion years ago, when all matter that exists in the universe began as an extremely dense point and rapidly spread out…...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Stephen R. Covey's The 8th Habit in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the more than twenty-five years since its publication, the classic The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has become an international phenomenon with more than twenty-five million copies sold. Tens of millions of people in business, government, schools, and families, and, most importantly, as individuals,...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Emmanuel Acho's Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many White Americans are afraid to ask - yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Seth Godin's This is Marketing 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In his 19th best seller, This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See, Seth Godin turns everything you think about marketing on its head, presenting a simple but novel idea: marketers exist to serve the audience they target. In his book This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I was the black sheep of the community, and I had been warned many times by the Mistress of Novices that I could not race down the staircase like that, taking two and three steps at a time. #2 I was sent to Aigen, Austria, to teach Baron von Trapp’s daughter. I was to leave the world and give up everything, but I did it wholeheartedly. #3 I was bowing farewell to...
Author
Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Summary, Analysis & Review of Thomas L. Friedman’s Thank You for Being Late by Instaread Preview: Thomas Friedman's Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Acceleration is about the accelerating pace of change in modern society. The event that inspired the book’s title occurred when some of Friedman’s colleagues from the New York Times failed to arrive on time for an appointment. Friedman realized that the time...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Gary John Bishop's Unfu*k Yourself in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life is Gary John Bishop's first book, published in 2016. Bishop is a personal development expert, and this book came from years of experience, traveling, and meeting various people from all walks of life. Many people spend a lot of their time in...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Andrew Morton's Diana: Her True Story-In Her Own Words in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Greeted initially with disbelief and ridicule, the #1 New York Times bestselling biography has become a unique literary classic, not just because of its explosive...
Author
Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Jerold J. Kreisman & Hal Straus' I Hate You - Don't Leave Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: After more than three decades as the essential guide to borderline personality disorder (BPD), the third edition of I Hate You -- Don't Leave Me now reflects the most up-to-date research that has opened doors to the neurobiological, genetic, and developmental roots of the...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Eric Schmidt's How Google Works and NOT the original book. Preview: In How Google Works (2014), Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg share some of the new perspectives on management they gained during their tenure at Google. Google's work culture has achieved iconic status and has become the subject of both admiration and parody… Inside this companion to the book: • Overview of the Book • Insights from the...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Howard Thurman's Jesus and the Disinherited in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: When we face challenges too daunting to overcome, where can we find the strength to carry on? There is an inexhaustable wellspring of energy available to us in the moments of quiet stillness when we become aware of the Divine. For decades, Howard Thurman's words have guided many toward this...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Brene Brown's Dare to Lead in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions....
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:Fiona Hill has a unique perspective of the world, having spent time in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Russia. She has seen the good and bad of all three countries, and realized that the three aren't all that different. In There Is Nothing for You Here , Hill explains the three countries' post-industrial struggles after World War II, framed within the contest...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Get the Summary of Craig Groeschel's Winning the War in Your Mind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: We've all tried to think our way out of bad habits and unhealthy thought patterns, only to find ourselves stuck with an out-of-control mind and off-track daily life. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel understands deeply this daily battle against self-doubt and...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most...
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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jane Mayer’s Dark Money and NOT the original book. Preview: Dark Money by Jane Mayer profiles the wealthy donors who have funded and established organizations to promote libertarian ideals, particularly the brothers Charles and David Koch. They and their two other brothers were raised by parents who promoted free-market capitalism and were suspicious of anything related or sympathetic to Communism. Inside this...